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Module Description: This module, from Support Center for Microsystems Education (SCME), introduces "students to the common processes used to deposit thin films in the fabrication of micro-size devices." This module is divided into the following six units: Knowledge Probe (Pre-test), Primary...

Published by the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure, this activity allows students to design their own Rube Goldberg device which incorporates shape memory alloys. The goals of the lesson are to "encourage students to compare and contrast science and technology; experimental design...

Learning Unit Description:  The Integrated Geospatial Education and Technology Training Project (iGETT) presents a series of Learning Units (LU) designed to incorporate federal land remote sensing data into Geographic Information Systems (GIS) instruction. The Detecting Gypsy Moth Defoliation in...

Learning Unit Description: The Integrated Geospatial Education and Technology Training Project (iGETT) presents a series of Learning Units (LU) designed to incorporate federal land remote sensing data into Geographic Information System (GIS) instruction. The Determining Ecoroof Locations to Improve...

Learning Unit Description: The Integrated Geospatial Education and Technology Training Project (iGETT) presents a series of Learning Units (LU) designed to incorporate federal land remote sensing data into Geographic Information System (GIS) instruction. The Determining Greenway Potential in...

Learning Unit Description:  The Integrated Geospatial Education and Technology Training (iGETT) presents a series of Learning Units (LU) designed to incorporate federal land remote sensing data into Geographic Information Systems (GIS) instruction. The Classifying Land Cover in Minnesota and...

This learning module, provided by Support Center for Microsystems Education, introduces participants to diagnostic BioMEMS, or biological microelectromechanical systems. The module presents information about the areas in diagnostic medicine that are impacted by the introduction of BioMEMS. The...

This lesson, from the Technological Education Pathways Partnership (TEPP), uses a bathroom scale to explore the load cell technology used in weigh stations on interstate highways. A Word document explains the concept of the Wheatstone bridge measure of electrical resistance, and two PowerPoint...

This resource provided by SRI International includes the Discovering Your Professional Skills student handbook and a corresponding student rubric. The 16-page handbook introduces students to professional skills for self-development. The handbook can be used to demonstrate examples of professional...

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...