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This PDF document from Edmonds Community College describes career pathways related to materials science. Jobs described include composite manufacturing technician, quality and testing technician and composite assembly technician. The document would be useful for materials science instructors and...

This 11-page resource, made available by the STEM Guitar Project, is an activity on the measurement of guitar string action. During the activity students will "learn to use precision measurement tools (string action gauges or steel rules) to determine the amount of string action on their guitar."...

Course Description: This course was developed by Roane State Community College and The Center for Advanced Automotive Technology (CAAT). In this course students will be introduced to robotic welding systems and learn how to perform basic procedures. Students will learn how to create welding...

This is the companion website for the textbook "Introduction to Mechatronics and Measurement Systems" by David G. Alciatore and Michael B. Histand. The web site includes a list of lab activities and video demonstrations, as well as other resources.

In this activity, provided by the GeoTech Consortium of Western New York, students hike Mendon Ponds Park to learn about topography and glacial features. "Students will fortify their understanding of topographic maps, by physically hiking an area that they previously viewed on paper and experiencing...

This 178-page textbook, developed by the National Center for Optics and Photonics Education (OP-TEC), is intended for use in an introductory course on precision optics fabrication and photonics. This textbook could also be used for programs designed for retraining or updating the skills of...

This 18-page instructor guide, provided by eSyst: Tools for Electronics Education, is for a microprocessor Operation of Full Adder and Subtractor Using Xilinx ISE 9.2i lab activity. "The purpose of this lab is to introduce the student to Xilinx software, Spartan 3E FPGA board, how to program in...

BLOSSOMS, a video resource library created by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, contains over 100 math and science lessons, all freely available to teachers as streaming video, Internet downloads, DVDs, and videotapes for use in their classrooms.  Each video lesson contains, which last...

This project aims to demonstrate the effective use of technology to a student-centered, model-based approach to secondary science teaching. Using a variety of computer-based manipulable models and probeware, MAC teaches students how to create, refine, and apply mental models to improve their...

This 6-page module, provided by Southeast Maritime and Transportation (SMART) Center, covers simple machines and the Port of Virginia (Hampton Roads area). In this module, the user's "task is to create both a presentation and an exhibit to explain one of the simple machines and explain how one of...