Pop Culture x STEM
In Iron Man, Tony Stark builds a glowing power source in his chest. What kind of energy does it give him
What is electrical energy?
Engineers use computers to draw blueprints with a program called CAD. What does CAD stand for?
What is Computer-Aided Design?
The term radioactivity was coined by?
Who is Marie Curie?
This equation describes the relationship between the sides of a right angled triangle.
What is the Pythagoras theorem?
This field focused on the study of life itself.
What is Biology?
In Black Panther, the metal called vibranium can store energy from hits. What kind of energy does it store.
What is kinetic energy?
In school, you might take a class called STEM. What do the letters in STEM stand for?
What is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math?
Who was the world’s first computer programmer?
Who is Ada Lovelace?
This formula lets you solve for x in a second-degree polynomial.
What is the quadratic equation?
This field focuses on the structure and identification of the things that make up all matter.
What is chemistry?
In Fast & Furious, cars go faster when they use nitrous oxide (NOS). What does NOS help the engine get more of
What is oxygen?
Doctors use an MRI machine to look inside your body. What does the “M” in MRI stand for?
What is Magnetic?
Who discovered the DNA double helix structure?
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
This equation is the mathematical representation of Newton’s Second Law of motion.
What is F = ma?
If you're studying the nature and behaviour of bees, you're delving into this specific field.
Apiology
In Wall-E, the little robot collects trash and charges his battery from sunlight. What kind of renewable energy is he using?
What is solar energy?
Wi-Fi helps us connect to the internet without wires. What does the “Fi” in Wi-Fi stand for?
What is Fidelity?
Compilers make programming more accessible by allowing it to be written in English-like code. Who created the first compiler?
Who is Grace Hopper?
This famous equation shows that mass and energy are interchangeable
Einstein’s mass-energy equivalence (or E = mc^2)
A specific medical field studies diseases.
What is pathology?
In Spider-Man, Peter Parker’s web shooters spray a sticky material. What kind of scientist would design something like that
What is a chemist?
Robotics engineers often use AI in their projects. What does AI stand for?
What is Artificial Intelligence?
Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program in the United States. Who calculated the flight path for NASA’s Project Mercury?
Who is Katherine Johnson?
The Taylor series is used to derive this relationship between exponential and trigonometric functions
What is Euler’s formula?
This is the study of humanity from part to present.
What is anthropology?