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In this professional development video from Getting Results, Dr. John Bransford, professor of education at the University of Washington School of Education, as well as instructors and students from an aquarium science class, talk about how to make course content relevant through first-hand...

Nanooze is a website that has been created to get kids excited about science and especially nanotechnology. The world that is too small to see is full of interesting stuff. Scientists and engineers are beginning to understand this world and learning how to change things at the nanoscale level. Why?...

This page from Foothill College provides a list of nanostructures. For each structure, its properties, structure, process, and application are detailed. Additionally, most pages include a picture, video, and references. The structures include aerogels, biomolecules, carbon, composite materials,...

Teachers' Domain presents this video as part of a series on advanced technological education. This segment shows what goes on in a nanofabrication lab, as well as the basics of the nanotechnology industry. The top-down fabrication process of photolithography is shown, as well as the protective...

This website, hosted by the National Aeronautics Air and Space Administration (NASA), serves as a landing page for the organizations Robotics Alliance Project Mission, which exists "to create a human, technical, and programmatic resource of robotic capabilities to enable the implementation of future...

Although the case method has been used for years to teach law, business, and medicine, it is not common in science. Yet the use of case studies holds great promise as a pedagogical technique for teaching science, particularly to undergraduates, because it humanizes science and well illustrates...

The National Energy Technology Lab supports research on clean uses of fossil fuels, energy efficiency, and fuel cells. Fact sheets, technical reports, and journal publications can be downloaded from this site. This site has some information that would be useful as a reference for community college...

The National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology, & Sciences (IWITTS) website provides articles on training, strategies, publications, and technical assistance designed to integrate women into technology and law enforcement careers in which they are underrepresented. Careers range from...

The Partnership for Environmental Technology Education (PETE) provides leadership in environmental education and training through community and technical college partnerships with business, industry, government and other educational providers. PETE is a National Consortium for Environmental...

Is nanotechnology present in our everyday lives? This is the question the website looks to address. Presented by the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure, this page highlights many aspects of nanotechnology that we experience on a daily basis. Such things as a moth’s eye or a butterfly’...