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Solutions for Cell Phone Safety

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Elda Sandoval

Age Groups

6-8

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Elda Sandoval is a middle school STEM teacher in Phoenix, Arizona. Her learning experience addresses issues of thermal runaway in lithium-ion battery devices, and challenges her students to design real-world solutions of safety and sustainability issues by engineering a safe method for charging cell phones at night.

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