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This page, developed by the Environmental Protection Agency, serves as a resource for information concerning recycling procedures for electronic materials – or, eCycling. Because eCycling follows different procedures than typical recycling, it is important that those interested in recycling...
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This 2-page toolkit includes information about the teaching resources offered by the Minnesota State Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence. These resource provide information about manufacturing career opportunities. The following resources are covered: Youth Outreach Toolkit, Teacher Guide &...
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This paper, from Cory Culbertson, Chris Merrill, and Michael Daugherty, of Illinois State University, covers modular technology education for middle schoolers, and how its effect on achievement scores. The authors present a study "to examine whether technology education improves students’...
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The University of Colorado's simulation and animation website features a number of simulations related to Electricity, Magnets, and Circuits. Topics covered by the many available simulations include balloons and static electricity, magnets and electromagnets, Faraday's Law, radio waves &...
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This 26-page report, published by Les Ecoles Ideal High School, describes the design and construction of the underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) created by the Electro Gills team for the Ranger Class of the 2022 MATE ROV competition. MATE ROV is a global competition that challenges STEM...
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In this webinar, published by the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE), Denise Renfro from the Academy of Green Technology discusses using drones to teach grade school students about energy. Renfro provides an overview of the how the Academy of Green...
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This lesson, developed by Mandy Adami, reviews students' knowledge of Wyoming energy resources as they relate specifically to Wyoming geography and infrastructure. The culminating activity will have students demonstrate their knowledge of the different types of energy in Wyoming, and where they are...
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Environmental Literacy and Inquiry (ELI), sponsored by the Lehigh Environmental initiative, is an inquiry-based middle school curriculum that uses geospatial information technologies including GIS and Google Earth to investigate environmental issues. The Web site includes curriculum units Energy,...
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This online course is provided by Annenberg Learner and covers topics related to earth and space science. "This course is composed of eight sessions, each with a one-hour video program addressing a topic area in Earth and Space science that emphasizes the science content that is likely to be part of...
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This 25-page report, provided by the Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport, describes the design and construction of the underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) created by the Eternal team for the Ranger Class of the 2023 MATE ROV competition. MATE ROV is a global competition...
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