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Collection description: This collection from by Northwestern Connecticut Community College (NCCC) provides information on NCCC's Engaging Students From Classrooms and Camps to College and Advanced Technological Careers project. This project aimed to increase the STEM interest and skills attainment...

This website from the National Academy of Engineering is intended to bring attention to the opportunities that engineering represents for girls and women. The websites includes a directory of women engineers, interviews, information about historical engineers, facts about engineering careers,...

In this video adapted from Pathways to Technology, you’ll learn about the role of an electronic maintenance technician, and see how this important position keeps the machines in a factory moving. Community college graduate Brad Richardson always liked taking things apart to see how they work, and...

In this video adapted from Pathways to Technology, you’ll learn about the career opportunities available with a degree in engineering. Gina Ferrera, the community college graduate featured in this video, is a value engineer, and her work on night-vision goggles helps people see in the dark. Gina is...

Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) provides this webpage entitled, Environment and Health Program. The webpage addresses an array of environmental health issues relevant to health professionals in the United States and around the globe. These issues include climate change, air pollution, and...

The ATETV project delivers web-based videos to connect students to careers in advanced technology. This episode of ATETV examines three important and growing technological fields: environmental engineering, process technology, and information security. The video can be viewed whole or in three...

This 1-page resource, from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center, provides a problem-based activity on risk assessment of environmental health issues. In the activity, students look at how people pass diseases and germs through their hands. During this classroom activity, students...

This 2-page activity is provided by AgrowKnowledge and is intended to be used for obtaining "parameter samples of water along a river bed using TI-84, CBL2 hand-held technology, probes, and sensors to collect and analyze data." This activity includes the following sections: Purpose; Background;...

During this 2-page activity, from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center, students learn about releases of pollutants into the environment and how to apply knowledge and skills in a community context. The lesson consists of four steps including research on what triggers asthma,...

During this 5-page activity, from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center, students learn about the dangers of releasing polluting materials into the environment by studying what to do with old computers. The activity requires students to research hazards resulting from obsolete...