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Screenshot for NCSR: Town Meeting - An Approach to Exploring Environmental Issues
This module uses a "town Meeting" teaching method and a case study to evaluate complex environmental issues. The case study used is the Klamath Basin, Oregon situation where endangered species management, dwindling water supplies, and drought have impacted the local agricultural community. "The town...
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This 137-page report documents activities of the Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources and focuses on new directions NCSR partners are taking in creating educational programs to meet the needs of the twenty-first century natural resource technology workforce. The report includes a table of...
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Course Description: This Introduction to Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) course was developed by Roane State Community College and the Center for Advanced Automotive Testing (CAAT). This course is a synopsis of non-destructive and destructive evaluation methods for evaluation of welds. Students are...
Screenshot for Nelson Diversity Surveys
This site provides results of and information about our diversity surveys, which determined demographics of tenured / tenure track faculty at pertinent departments of the "top 50" universities, ranked by NSF (National Science Foundation) according to research expenditures in that discipline. These...
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This 5-page syllabus provides information about the Network Principles course taught at Gateway Technical Colldge. This 2-credit course teaches students networking concepts. These concepts include the OSI model, wireless, security, topologies, basic router setup and switch configuration, network...
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These presentation slides, provided by the GeoTech Consortium of Western New York, include background information on New York State dams for the related Dams in New York State activity. The presentation covers the Dam Hazard Ratings system and includes graphics on dams created by year in New York...
Screenshot for Nuclear Mice Demonstration: The Principles of Chain Reactions
The Materials Science and Technology Teacher's Workshop (MAST) provides this activity to illustrate the principles of chain reactions. The demonstration uses ping pong balls and mouse traps to show the chain reaction process involved in fission. Each mouse trap is placed into a large container and...
Screenshot for Opening the Pathway to Technician Careers: ASL Specific Resources
This collection, published by BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium, is composed of ASL specific resources. These resources were used during the conference Opening the Pathway to Technician Careers: A Conference for Biology Teachers of Deaf Students, which took place at the National Technical Institute for...
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This report, published by National Academies (U.S.), reviews barriers that students face when completing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) degrees. Also discussed are opportunities for development that are intended to aid degree completion in these fields for diverse students....
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This webpage, created by Pamela Redmond for Teaching and Learning Interchange, provides video case studies and resources for instructors who teach math and science.  The video cases "demonstrate lessons from real general science, biology, chemistry, physics, algebra and geometry classrooms at the...
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