In 2016, they took first place among academic institutions again. Students entered the project in the NASA World Wind Europa Challenge in 2015 and took first place, beating teams from American and foreign universities. Students designed and built a system that can pick up on these electromagnetic anomalies and, in theory, forecast seismic activity. One of the World Bridge projects is a real-time Earthquake Signal Precursors system based on the theory that tectonic plates generate electromagnetic signals prior to an earthquake. Learning becomes much more engaging and exciting when students have opportunities like World Bridge.” “Our vision for education in the 21st century is a blended approach that leverages technology to connects students with peers, experts and resources from around the world. “We are extremely proud of the work our students our doing through the Kodiak World Bridge Project,” said Stewart McDonald, superintendent of Kodiak Island Borough School District. Through the A World Bridge project, Kiae and her fellow students are teaming up with scientists at NASA, NOAA and other organizations to design and implement real-world solutions to current Arctic problems and thereby stimulate interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education. Junior Kiae Shin and about 120 of her peers are part of the Kodiak World Bridge project, a partnership between the Kodiak Island Borough School District and project-based education group Trillium Learning. Sounds like a Hollywood movie, right? But it’s real. What if I told you that a bunch of high school students entered their science project in a university competition and took first place, beating teams from the United States, Europe, and Asia? What if I told you those kids aren’t from an elite Ivy league prep school, but live in Kodiak, Alaska? What if I told you they didn’t win just once, but two years in a row? And what if I told you their science project isn’t merely a school project, but is making a real-world difference in Alaska and that their work is being relied on by NASA, NOAA and used by other scientists around the world?
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