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The Materials Science and Technology Teacher's Workshop (MAST) provides this experiment on forming brass and bronze from pennies. Students will use post and pre-1983 pennies to create bronze and brass alloys. The class will learn the differences between brass, bronze and copper as well as laboratory...

This 17-page paper, provided by the National Center for Supply Chain Automation, highlights the importance of a technology focused interdisciplinary approach to supply chain management in the current manufacturing warehouse environment. "This paper discusses the supply chain technologies, 21st...

This lecture, published by Columbia Gorge Community College, discusses the "origins of the relationship between effective and peak values for sinusoidal waveforms." The recording runs 6:05 minutes in length and part two is available to view separately.

This lecture, published by Columbia Gorge Community College, discusses the "origins of the relationship between effective and peak values for sinusoidal waveforms." The recording runs 6:08 minutes in length and part one is available to view separately.

These resources, developed by EvaluATE: Evaluation Resource Center for Advanced Technological Education, include ten hints and ten fatal flaws to consider while preparing an ATE proposal's evaluation plan. The first resource is a 1-page summary of these hints. The other 5-page resource includes...

“10 Simple and Effective In-class Experiments and Demonstrations for Materials Education–An Overview,” is a formal evaluation of 10 basic activities which can be utilized in classrooms from the elementary level through undergraduate. The modules evaluated during this review were compiled by...

This 2-page guide, made available by Madison Area Technical College, provides a ten step project management plan for creating a solar photovoltaic roadmap based on the college's own experience. The steps are as follows: Identify Team and Articulate Purpose, Motivating Objectives, Identify...

This webinar from Mentor-Connect features ten tips on developing recruitment and retention plans for National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) proposals. Highlighted throughout the video is the importance of having focused recruitment plans that identify a specific...

This animation, provided by Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC), shows a cut-away of a pneumatic 180 degree rotary table. The objective of the animation is to describe how the 180 degree rotary table works. An .mp4 is also available for viewing and runs 01:25 minutes in length. 

This webinar, provided by EvaluATE: Evaluation Resource Center for Advanced Technological Education, discusses the retrospective pretest method for evaluating professional developmental training activities. Webinar objectives include design retrospective pretest questions; analyze and report data...