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These presentation slides from Advanced Manufacturing and Prototyping, Integrated to Unlock Potential (AMP-IT-UP) address integrating STEM into middle school math and science curriculum. AMP-IT-UP is "a National Science Foundation Math and Science Partnership to promote workforce development and to...

The Materials Science and Technology Teacher's Workshop (MAST) provides this activity as a vehicle to examine the I-V characteristics of a diode versus a resistor. The exercise will measure the voltage drop across both a diode and a resistor as voltage is varied. Students will then discover the...

The Materials Science and Technology Teacher's Workshop (MAST) provides this activity as an introduction to the physical properties of matter. The objective of this laboratory is to identify different classes of matter based on their physical properties, specifically the ingredients of concrete. The...

This 12-page resource, made available by the STEM Guitar Project, is an activity on the material properties of wood. The purpose of the activity is to help students "understand why certain wood species are typically selected for various parts of the guitar." The learning objectives for this...

This 5-page resource, made available by the STEM Guitar Project, is an activity on selecting wood for the construction of acoustic guitars. During the activity students research, examine, and tap test various species of wood and build an acoustic instrument. The learning objectives for this activity...

The Materials Science and Technology Teacher's Workshop (MAST) provides this activity for classes learning about semiconductors and LEDs (light-emitting diodes). The class will observe visible LEDs in simple electrical circuits, relate the composition of semiconductor materials with their behavior...

The ability to write a good laboratory report is an essential skill for all scientists. For many students, however, producing a well-written lab report is a laborious task. This document presents some useful pointers on lab report writing, and a discussion of lab report content so that students will...

In this 2-page activity, provided by the GeoTech Consortium of Western New York: Get the GIST (Geospatial Information Science Technology) Certificate, users will use GIS technology to learn about latitude and longitude. Objectives for this activity include estimate latitude and longitude to the...