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This website, provided by the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University, provides information regarding the economic, science, technology, and issues surrounding environmental policy and development.  Users can access teaching modules for economics instruction....

This site is a free public resource which provides teachers with the tools needed to enhance their instruction using Google Earth, the free program that brings the world to the classroom. Lesson plans include basic how-to guides, student and teacher controlled exercises and more.

This 4-page resource, published by the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC), provides an introduction to global position systems (GPS) and geographic information systems (GIS) and their usage in fieldwork. Included are two in-class activities: one pertaining to Geo-caching,...

This 3-page learning activity, from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC), provides a guide for instructors looking to give their classes hand-on experience with groundwater monitoring and sampling. The class will need access to property where at least three groundwater...

This lesson plan from Edmonds Community College will serve as an excellent introduction to the hardness of materials. The module illustrates the differences in properties between different materials. Students will determine property differences between different types of materials, observe property...

This resource, published by Georgia Tech Research Institute, features a mathematics data visualization activity designed for eighth graders. In this activity, students use a computer simulation to collect data on helmet safety in order to act as crash-test scientists make a recommendations on...

This teaching resource, provided by the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure, touches on the issue of ethics in bio-nanotechnology for 6-12 teachers and adults. "Bio-nanotechnology is the application of nanotechnology to living things. This ranges from the creation of pharmaceuticals...

This webpage, provided by the Center for Occupational Research and Development, features 19 lesson plans for in-class activities focused on employment and careers, specifically tailored to high school students. The lesson activities are categorized as follows: Skills Identification and Career...

This lesson from the STEM Action Center - Utah explores how seeds are dispersed and turn into plants. Through the lesson, students learn how to "develop and use a model that mimics the function of an animal dispersing seeds or pollinating plants." Educators can use this lesson and activity to...

This resource, published by Georgia Tech Research Institute, features a mathematics activity designed for eighth graders. In this activity, students "define extraction logistics using the Pythagorean Theorem and the linear equation for distance, rate and time." Doing this, students create a...