This page will assist your programs as you get ready for NM MESA Day. Explore and navigate through various activities and supplemental information.
COMPETITION THEME: Energy as a Grand Challenge – Sustainable Living
OVERVIEW: All NM MESA schools are invited to participate in our MESA Day
STATE WEBSITE: MESA Day 2020
MESA Day Track
Teams will compete in four events:
- Prepared Design – Living Off the Grid: Build a Smart House
- On-Site Science – Energy Science Escape
- On-site Math – Watts Up? Calculating Energy Efficiency
- On-Site Engineering – Generating Energy
Please click the following resources to help our MESA educators, students, families and campuses learn more about ENERGY in New Mexico and beyond!
- Exploring Energy: What is Energy? – Teach Engineering, STEM curriculum for k-12
- Renewable Energy Living Lab: Energy Priorities – Teach Engineering, STEM curriculum for k-12
- Renewable Energy Design: Wind Turbines – Teach Engineering, STEM curriculum for k-12
- Energy Activities x 4 – Science-U@home
- Energy – exploratorium
- Energy – PBS LearningMedia
- NM EMNRD 2016 Clean Energy Map & NM Energy Policy and Implementation Plan
- WindWise Education (Energy) – KidWind Project
- Aerodynamics of Wind Turbine Blades – The NEED Project (2015)
- Put a Spark in It: Electricity – Teach Engineering, STEM curriculum for k-12
- Adventures in Science: How to Use Common Electrical Engineering Tools – Sparkfun Education
- Careers in Science – Science Buddies
- What is Energy? Explained – U.S. Energy Information Administration
- Renewable Energy Explained – U.S. Energy Information Administration
- Teaching Energy Across the Sciences, K-12 – National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
- Bioenergy Classroom Materials – Great Lakes Bioenergy Resource Center
The NM MESA, Inc., Annual Statewide Math and Science “MESA Day” is designed to encourage the concept of problem solving through teamwork. It salutes NM MESA students for their commitment to academic excellence and reinforces the NM MESA mission of preparing students from historically underrepresented ethnic groups for college majors and careers in math, engineering and science. In keeping with our mission, advisors are encouraged to assemble teams that are representative of the ethnic and gender diversity of their school and MESA enrollment.
