Browse Resources

This video, from the 2021 Esri Education Summit, provides a panel about GIS library instruction and collaboration. The benefits of collaborating with librarians, the types of library GIS services, GIS librarian roles, and curriculum design are highlighted. Perspectives from educators and librarians...

This 2-page lesson plan is designed to demonstrate to K-12 students "how the polarization of light by transparent and optically active materials can be used to create colorful art." The lesson plan includes a short description, a list of objectives, a list of required materials, background...

This resource from the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing (FLATE) will help educators bring music into their classrooms. Everyday items are used including rubber bands, tissue boxes and paperclips. The lesson plan is intended for middle school aged students; the...

The Materials Science and Technology Teacher's Workshop (MAST) provides this experiment on concrete in construction. The experiment focuses on developing an understanding of concrete as a construction material. Concrete products will be designed and constructed. Students will use two different sized...

DO-IT serves to increase the success of people with disabilities, especially in fields where they have traditionally been underrepresented, such as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. DO-IT uses technology to maximize the independence, productivity, and participation of students with...

The Materials Science and Technology Teacher's Workshop (MAST) provides this experiment on "the effect of cold-working (strain-hardening) and annealing on the ability of wires of the same metal to support a load." Students will gain hands-on experience with cold-working and annealing and get to...

This page from the Center for Aviation and Automotive Technical Education (CA2VES) and the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing (FLATE) provides a lesson plan for high school students entitled, "Manufacturing Your Way to a Brighter Future."  This 7-page lesson plan...

This webpage from the EFMR Monitoring Group provides information on the extraction of natural gas from Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale formation. Users may read a brief overview of the extraction efforts and the environmental concerns involved. A lesson plan and resource guide is available for...

This 5-page resource, provided by the Southeast Maritime and Transportation (SMART) Center, is a maritime and transportation industry internet activity. The task of this activity is "to create a five minute digital artifact that illustrates the route one of your favorite possessions may have taken...

Made available by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the Materials Science and Technology Teacher’s Workshop (MAST) modules were created through the work of high school teachers, university professors and students. Seven modules...