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Description: This collection of learning resources, made available by the STEM Guitar Project, are activities on adhesives. Topics covered include: the history of glue, types of glue, chemistry of adhesives, strengths of different glues, applications of adhesives in guitar construction, and...

This 21 page case study, from the Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) National Center, provides an overview of the facility management, maintenance, and operations of the Adobe Systems Incorporated World Headquarters in downtown San Jose, California. Best practices are highlighted...

This video, provided by the Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) Center, features a discussion led by Bob Clark from College of DuPage on the positives and limitations of electric and gas-fired appliances and how best educate and prepare heating, ventilation, and air conditioning...

This 3-page document, published by Heartland Community College (HCC), describes the use of Amatrol trainers and digital Amatrol-based instructional materials in HCC industrial technology courses. The document provides course descriptions for fifteen different courses that use Amatrol materials....

In this interactive object, learners answer 25 questions regarding part or assembly drawings. The basic areas of blueprint reading are covered.

This website includes a variety of animations explaining the mechanical workings of a variety of steam, Stirling and internal combustion engines. The animations may be paused, slowed or sped up. The animations are accompanied by additional text explaining how each engine works.

This short article reviews the different types of questions that can be effectively asked in class to promote active learning, with particular relevance for the engineering classroom.

This presentation, provided by the Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) Center, is from the BEST Center's 2022 Annual Institute. During the presentation, Spencer Dutton, principle scientific engineering associate at the Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory, discusses the development...

This 24-page paper, provided by the American Society for Engineering Education, discusses the implementation and assessment of the Unconventional Thinking in Engineering Design (UnTiED) ideation method in a freshman engineering graphics course. This paper presents the following: Results from a...

This video from the Internet Scout Research Group is part of a series that highlights student success stories related to advanced technological education (ATE) programs. In this video, Amanda Bui discusses her experiences at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Bui highlights her family,...