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This lab, provided by eSyst: Tools for Electronics Education, introduces students to data contained in computer files and hardware that can make use of this data. "This knowledge helps the student have a better understanding of how the digital world of computers is a world of 1s and 0s and hardware."...

The National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) has made digital home technology integration curriculum available online. The site includes a syllabus, learning activities and PowerPoint presentations related to the topic. Sample resources are available to anyone.

From the University of California, Davis, Partnership for Plant Genomics Education, this biotechnology laboratory is a two-day activity using the ELISA assay, a "test that uses the immune system to detect disease," to study the epidemiology of a hypothetical small scale epidemic. The lesson gives...

The Using DNA Barcodes to Identify and Classify Living Things laboratory demonstrates several important concepts of modern biology. During the course of this laboratory, students will collect and analyze sequence data from plants or animals or products from them, use DNA sequences to identify...

This virtual lab from the Genetic Science Learning Center at the University of Utah provides an overview of DNA extraction, including what it's used for, illustrations, and an activity using cheek cells and laboratory equipment to isolate DNA. The lab is followed by a classroom activity that allows...

Module Description: This module, from Support Center for Microsystems Education (SCME), introduces participants to DNA microarrays. The module covers types of arrays, applications, interpretation, design, and fabrication. Included "activities provide the opportunity for students to gain a better...

This resource, published by the Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Support (NACK) Center at Pennsylvania State University, is a 9-page guide for a lab activity where students "test the antibacterial properties of their lab synthesized silver nanoparticles." During the lab, students...

The Materials Science and Technology Teacher's Workshop (MAST) provides this lesson plan for students learning about polymers. The exercise will investigate the use of the "three arrow numbering system" for recycling polymers. The lab covers classes of polymers, their uses and physical properties of...

This lab, from Pennsylvania State University, provides insight into the dry etch process. During the lab, students will gain experience with the Technics Micro-80 and the Plasma Therm 720 Reactive Ion Etch systems. The goal of the lesson is to determine "etch rates for photoresist, silicon nitride,...

This resource, provided by Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Support Center (NACK Center), is an 18-page guide for a lab on the construction of a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC). Upon completion of the lab, students will be able to: Understand the basic concepts of energy...