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This video, from the LEAD with Guitars in STEM project, demonstrates the process of wet sanding the body a guitar after spray painting in order to prepare it for buffing and polishing. The host, Doug Hunt, explains the importance of wet sanding before demonstrating the set-up process and the...

This webinar from the STEM Guitar project provides information on the transition to remote learning for the Summer 2020 STEM Guitar Remote Institutes and was created for Institute participants. The STEM Guitar project engages high school and college faculty and students in hands-on guitar design and...

This 3-page assessment, created and published by Northwest State Community College, evaluates a student's ability to understand motor control and motor branch circuits. The assessment is composed of an introduction, five questions, three figures, and a Department of Labor's Employment and Training...

This resource, published by Georgia Tech Research Institute, features a mathematics data visualization activity designed for eighth graders. In this activity, students use a computer simulation to collect data on helmet safety in order to act as crash-test scientists make a recommendations on...

This 21-page paper, provided by Georgia Tech Research Institute, discusses a new curriculum from Georgia Tech that attempts to bring the maker movement to high school students. "The curriculum is structured around engineering standards and learning goals that reflect design and advanced...

This resource, published by Georgia Tech Research Institute, features a mathematics activity designed for eighth graders. In this activity, students "define extraction logistics using the Pythagorean Theorem and the linear equation for distance, rate and time." Doing this, students create a...

This 3-page white paper, written by Ned D. Young, discusses the differences between supply chain technology and supply chain management, by defining both concepts, and then describing their purposes. As it is defined in this paper, supply chain management involves "the design, planning, execution,...

This lesson plan from the Florida Advanced Technological Education (FLATE) Center provides an introduction to manufacturing careers for high school students. The students will identify which items in their classroom were manufactured, and connect those items to possible career paths. The activity...

How Products Are Made is a website that explains and details the manufacturing process of a wide variety of products. Organized in seven "volumes," products are listed alphabetically. Each product article then details, step-by-step, the processes and procedures used in manufacturing. Articles also...

This webinar, from the Florida Advanced Technological Center for Manufacturing (FLATE), provides a brief introduction to FLATE followed by presentations from international professionals who share their respective cultures and insights on increasing diversity. The featured presenters are from...