This review dives into Lion Lights, a book about Richard Turere’s journey as a young Maasai tribe member who developed a solar-powered lighting system to protect his family’s livestock from lions without harming them. This article explores how Lion Lights aligns with NGSS Standard 4-PS3: Energy, and also offers classroom activities and extensions, including hands-on circuit investigations, problem-solving discussions, and engineering challenges where students design their own deterrent systems. Additionally, it encourages cultural and global connections by examining traditional knowledge and conservation efforts. By integrating this text into the curriculum, educators can foster engineering skills, creativity, and real-world problem-solving in their students.
Simone Nance (2025) studied this question.