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Module Description: This module, from Support Center for Microsystems Education (SCME), provides an overview of actuator devices, including "what they are, how they work and how they are used in both macro and micro-sized systems." This module is divided into the following four units: Pre-test...

This activity, created by Maricopa Community Colleges, is designed to provide students with a short introduction to solar photovoltaic and solar thermal technology. The PowerPoint, which contains 74-slides, provides a brief overview of the history of solar energy: how it was originally used in the...

The Northeast Biomanufacturing Center and Collaborative (NBC2) has created this webpage that provides an introduction and overview to the field of biomanufacturing. Links to a three-part series of articles on the topic are included.  In addition, visitors to the webpage can take a virtual tour of a...

Description: This learning module is provided by Work-Ready Electronics and provides an introduction to electronics. Work-Ready Electronics modules are intended to be used either independently or integrated with current electronics curricula in college programs. This module is divided into three...

This site from the Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College provides a number of resources for teachers of introductory geoscience courses. Lesson plans include topics like the history of geology, causes and implications of global change, global sustainability, physical geology and the...

Collection description: This collection, from the Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Support (NACK) Center at Pennsylvania State University, includes modules that introduce various aspects of nanotechnology. The modules are "designed to be used in workshops, courses, and overview...

Program Description ISO-TOPE is a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant-funded project at the Minnesota State Transportation Center of Excellence that aims to train operators and technicians in the use, maintenance, diagnosis, and repair of autonomous technologies. The grant seeks to provide...

This collection from the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE) is composed of teaching materials that highlight a lesson on energy savings for homeowners. The collection is composed of seven documents. The documents include an instructors guide, a...

The Izaak Walton League of America is a national nonprofit organization that educates the public about population and natural resource consumption issues through their Sustainability Education Project. This group also works with organizations involved in promoting sustainability at the community...

This website, from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, describes the activities of the Mobility and Robotic Systems Section, as well as related robotics efforts around the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Flight projects, applications, and research tasks of the section are all detailed. There are also...