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This video, made available by the STEM Guitar Project, was recorded at the Guitar Build Institute held at Aptos Middle School in San Francisco, California in 2018. In the video Nancy Chang and Steve Brown demonstrate applying Tru-Oil to a sanded electric guitar body. The video runs 3:46 minutes in...

This 8-page resource, made available by the STEM Guitar Project, is an activity on the geometric design of guitar bodies. During the activity students will determine the total surface area of a guitar body by "measuring, calculating, and combining the individual areas." The learning objectives for...

This video, made available by the STEM Guitar Project, is a demonstration of making a guitar body spread as part of the computer numerical control (CNC) process. Topics covered include selecting the appropriate wood type, gluing the wood pieces together, attaching clamps, planing to desired...

These resources, from the STEM Guitar Project, include an example syllabus, a grading rubric, and consent forms that are related to the STEM Guitar Building Institute. The syllabus is intended to be an example for a STEM guitar build course. The syllabus includes sections on materials covered,...

This 12-page resource from the STEM Guitar Project is an activity on the design and function of an electric guitar control circuit. In this activity, students gain an understanding of individual electronic components and how to assemble an electric guitar control circuit from a circuit diagram. The...

This video, made available by the STEM Guitar Project, is a demonstration of adjustment of the neck pocket depth during electric guitar construction. Adjusting neck pocket depth is described as a way to repair over-sanding of the guitar face and/or issues with neck thickness. The video runs 5:33...

This video, made available by the STEM Guitar Project, was recorded at the Guitar Build Institute held at Aptos Middle School in San Francisco, California in 2018. In the video Steve Brown demonstrates hand sanding a wooden electric guitar body. The video runs 3:52 minutes in length and is part of...

ATETV continues to produce excellent web-based videos spotlighting advanced technical careers and educational programs. This video, part of the From High School to College series, focuses on a program that inspires a passion for engineering while offering the support needed to guide students through...

This presentation, provided by the Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) Center, is from the BEST Center's 2023 Annual Institute. During this presentation, Christian Kohler, department head for Building Technologies at Berkley Lab, discusses "... one approach to support a fast...

This 5-page resource, from the STEM Guitar Project, is an activity on acoustic resonance. "... this activity will explore how the hollow body of a guitar/ukulele works as an acoustic resonator, as well as what these instruments have in common with the Helmholtz resonator. This activity has the...