Marcus McCullough 1/15/25 Marcus McCullough 1/15/25

Energy: From Stars to Stomachs

This is me and my intern, Marcus, teaching a classroom full of 6th and 7th graders the basics of Gravity, The Weak and Strong Atomic Forces, and the relationship between electricity and magnetism. We started with Google Maps to get kids to think about zooming in and looking at relevant and relative things with more thought. Then we zoomed in to the basics of our lesson.

Jim Bruner 12/31/24 Jim Bruner 12/31/24

Introducing Mentors + Interns (MenTerns) Programming

This year in 2025 we will be evolving our intern project to the next level. 2023 and 2024 interns will be returning to Mezzacello Urban Farm to help teach and manage camps. This year, the seasoned kids will also be serving as mentors to newer interns and to the camp kids. So in honor of thois deeper level of engagement, we created the mentor/intern hybrid portmanteau “Menterns”. So this is a blog post Introducing Mentors + Interns = “MenTerns” Programming.

Jim Bruner 12/14/24 Jim Bruner 12/14/24

Knowing Your SuperPower

Today I was working with my Columbus City School intern and they asked if they could conduct an interview. I of course agreed. One of the questions they asked was about knowing my super power. Yes. One of mine is definitely creativity.

Jim Bruner 11/21/24 Jim Bruner 11/21/24

Another Generation of Generators

My 2024/2025 CAHS intern working on a design challenge to help students better understand physical electricity. Here they are ready to install wind power, solar power and an electrical load.

Jim Bruner 6/2/24 Jim Bruner 6/2/24

Biomimicry and BioEngineering

The door to the biodome has been plaguing me. But my 10-year-old bioengineering intern came up with an ingenious design based on a dick’s wing.

Jim Bruner 5/22/24 Jim Bruner 5/22/24

Metro High School 2024 Intern

This is my Metro Intern for 2024. Their capstone was to design a series of three design challenges that focus on ecology, quantume effects, and biomechancs. They rocked it.