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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's site on household hazardous waste stresses the importance of household waste awareness. Household waste may come from single or multiple family dwellings, hotels and motels, and other types of residences. This site answers frequently asked questions about...

In this article, the author discusses the advantages of active teaching and learning methods vs. chalk and talk traditional teaching with particular relevance for technical courses. Felder describes formats and strategies for small-group in-class exercises and producing the one-minute paper.

This 6-page article, from Lisa-Angelique Lim Yuen Lie and Emil Cheong, addresses the different approaches to learning adopted by men and women. The paper examines the academic performance of male and female students at the National University of Singapore and analyzes gender differences in learning...

This case study from the National Center for Women & Information Technology explains how instructors can implement pair programming in their computing courses, and shares how the University of California Santa Cruz used pair programming assignments to increase the retention of both female and male...

This website provides an explanation of how a transistor works and a brief history of transistors. The site includes Part 1, Part 2, and additional links. "This article delves into bipolar transistor internal operation: it's the physicist's viewpoint; not the engineer's or technician's." The goal of...

This website provides a variety of visual image tutorials on how industrial components and devices work. Gadget profiles include capacitors, computer keyboards, memory cards, diodes, RFID tags, resistors, servo motors and many other interesting devices.

This resource, provided by the National Center for Optics and Photonics Education, is an infographic that includes information on how lasers are used. The resource defines lasers and includes information on laser materials processing, laser designation, advanced driver assistance systems, fiber...

How Products Are Made is a website that explains and details the manufacturing process of a wide variety of products. Organized in seven "volumes," products are listed alphabetically. Each product article then details, step-by-step, the processes and procedures used in manufacturing. Articles also...

This article written by Karim Nice explains what a Stirling engine is and how it works. "The Stirling engine is a heat engine that is vastly different from the internal-combustion engine in your car. A Stirling engine uses the Stirling cycle, which is unlike the cycles used in internal-combustion...

This article, presented by HowStuffWorks.com, shows how a submarine dives and surfaces in the water. It also shows how life support is maintained, how the submarine gets its power, how a submarine finds its way in the deep ocean and how submarines might be rescued. The article addresses many points...