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This lab activity from Amatrol, Inc. is related to the Solar Photovoltaic Installation and Troubleshooting Faculty Workshop that was held in summer 2022. During this lab activity, participants "... connect the components necessary to make an interactive [photovoltaic] PV system." Then participants...

This lab activity, from Renewable Energy Systems Training (REST) Laboratory Development and Workforce Training project, is related to the Solar Photovoltaic Installation and Troubleshooting Faculty Workshop that was held in summer 2022. During this lab, participants will "perform load analysis and...

This lab activity from Amatrol, Inc. is related to the Solar Photovoltaic Installation and Troubleshooting Faculty Workshop that was held in summer 2022. During this activity, participants "... measure the voltage and current delivered to a variable load and use the I-V curve provided to verify that...

This video from Laser-Tec is part of a series of light and optics experiments. In this lab, participants explore refraction and calculate the speed of light with an acrylic block and laser. Equipment includes a laser pointer, acrylic block, protractor, pencil, and white sheet of paper. The video...

This page from the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing (FLATE) provides links to a number of lesson plans for high school students. Some of the lessons pertain to manufacturing in the state of Florida, and others would be applicable to a number of science classes,...

This page from the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing (FLATE) provides links to a number of lesson plans for middle school students. Some of the lessons pertain to manufacturing in the state of Florida, and others would be applicable to a number of science classes,...

The Materials Science and Technology Teacher's Workshop (MAST) provides this demonstration on the different reactivities of copper and zinc to hydrochloric acid. In this module, the reactivities of copper and zinc to hydrochloric acid will be used to separate the two metals in a post-1983 penny. The...

The Materials Science and Technology Teacher's Workshop (MAST) provides this experiment on flocculation in ceramics. The module aims to show the changes in flocculation of suspensions resulting from varying pH levels. The lesson includes a step by step explanation of the laboratory procedure. A link...

This resource, provided by the Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Support Center (NACK Center), includes a lab guide and corresponding videos that walk through the process of examining "the liposome as a carrier of fluorescent tags used in cancer identification." Throughout the lab,...

This lab activity, presented by John Chamberlain, demonstrates the use of an inexpensive spectrometer. The four-minute shows the process of examining the wavelengths of light from three different sources: incandescent, florescent, and neon lights. Questions for students about the spectrum are...