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This learning module, from the National Center for Autonomous Technologies (NCAT), provides a lesson on road safety audits for middle school students. The lesson explores the safety aspects of the transportation routes and devices around schools. Learning outcomes include the following: ...

This learning module, from the National Center for Autonomous Technologies (NCAT), provides a lesson on traffic signal design for middle school students. The lesson introduces students to Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) concepts whereby the transportation infrastructure of roadway sensors,...

This learning module, from the National Center for Autonomous Technologies (NCAT), provides a lesson on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) for middle school students. The lesson explores ITS-based solutions for reducing fuel consumption and how to calculate one's own carbon footprint. Learning...

This learning module, from the National Center for Autonomous Technologies (NCAT), provides a lesson on congestion-based tolling, flowcharting, and programming for middle school students. Learning outcomes include the following:  Students will learn about congestion-based pricing: its purpose...

The Molecular Expressions website features photo galleries that explore the fascinating world of optical microscopy. The site offers a large collection of color photographs taken through an optical microscope (commonly referred to as "photo-micro-graphs"). The Photo Gallery contains an introductory...

Catch a ride to NanoSpace with Oxy and her crew to boldly go where only atoms have gone before! Aboard the Molecularium, the most fantastic ship in the universe, fly through the crystalline structure of a snowflake, explore the metallic maze of a penny, blast through the far reaches of space, escape...

This 25-page report, from Mount Laurel Library (MTL), describes the design and construction of the underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) created by the MTL Horizon team for the Ranger Class of the 2023 MATE ROV competition. MATE ROV is a global competition that challenges STEM students to build...

These presentation slides are from the K-12 Resources in Nanotechnology webinar presented by the Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge (NACK) Center on January 31, 2014. Joyce Palmer Allen, Assistant Educational Coordinator at the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, discussed...

This exercise, presented by the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure, covers the concept of nanobacteria. In this lesson, students will "calculate surface area, draw graphs, and approximate the populations of bacteria and nanobes." This exercise will run more smoothly if students have...

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?...