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This 25-page report, published by Overflow Robotics, describes the design and construction of the underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) created by the Overflow Robotics team for the Ranger Class of the 2023 MATE ROV competition. MATE ROV is a global competition that challenges STEM students to...

This lesson plan introduces students to the properties of metals using the example of a paper clip. A paper clip will fail after being bent many times, illustrating the concept of "fatigue." The fatigue properties of different materials will be compared and observed. The main goal of the lesson is...

This webpage, created by Pamela Redmond for Teaching and Learning Interchange, provides video case studies and resources for instructors who teach math and science.  The video cases "demonstrate lessons from real general science, biology, chemistry, physics, algebra and geometry classrooms at the...

This image shows each element of the periodic table represented by a picture of something that contains that element. For example, sulfur depicts a picture of egg yolks. Symbol and color keys are included. 

This 24-page report, from Brooks DeBartolo Collegiate High School, describes the design and construction of the underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) created by the Phoenix Robotics team for the Ranger Class of the 2023 MATE ROV competition. MATE ROV is a global competition that challenges STEM...

Published in the American Educator, this is a resource paper on the impact of spatial thinking and literacy on American K-12 education. It includes four spatial thinking tests which were used in the project talent study discussed in the article.

This lesson, presented by the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure, covers the general concepts of size or SI prefixes. During the lesson, students will study what equipment or tools a person would need to view objects of particular sizes. The lesson can be used in multiple ways...

This archived webinar from Linda Kekelis and Jeri Countryman of Techbridge presented "practical strategies and resources that will help teachers, Girl Scout Leaders and after-school program providers to conduct outreach." The main goal of the Techbridge program is to "encourage girls in technology,...

In this activity, students will gain an "understanding of a commonly published diagram of global carbon pools and fluxes. Students create a scaled 3-D visual of carbon pools and net fluxes between pools with anthropogenic influences." Targeted at middle school through undergraduate students (grades...

This resource, published by Georgia Tech Research Institute, features a mathematics and finance activity designed for eighth graders. In this activity, "students use linear systems of equations to explore the finances of funding and building a power plant using different insulation materials."...