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This page from the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing (FLATE) provides links to a number of lesson plans for high school students.  The teacher guide and student activity sheets are to be used in conjunction with the video series "Made in Florida 2015: What's Made in...

This page from the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing (FLATE) provides links to a number of lesson plans for middle school students. Some of the lessons pertain to manufacturing in the state of Florida, and others would be applicable to a number of science classes,...

This best practices guide from FLATE, the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence, offers guidance in creating and utilizing strategic communication tools to reach audiences around ATE programs and initiatives. The 20 page document describes the outreach strategies used...

This video from FLATE, the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence, features an interview with Michael Ennis, a manufacturing engineer working for Harris Government Communications Systems in Florida. Mr. Ennis describes the work Harris does building communications and...

This video from FLATE, the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence, features an interview with Roy Sweatman, president of Southern Manufacturing Technologies, Inc., a high-precision machine shop producing components and assemblies for the aircraft and aerospace industry. Mr....

This video from FLATE, the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence, features an interview with Allen Carlson, president and CEO of Sun Hydraulics Corporation. Mr. Carlson describes the work Sun Hydraulics does in designing and manufacturing hydraulic equipment for use in...

The Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing (FLATE) provides this useful wiki page for the use by the educational community. The site includes a wealth of educational activities for middle and high school educators on a variety of topics related to the STEM disciplines,...

This best practices guide from FLATE, the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence, provides information and tools for starting and sustaining school-industry partnerships to develop Florida's manufacturing workforce. The 28 page document includes two major sections: Partnership...

This 4-page whitepaper, from the National Center for Supply Chain Automation, provides a detailed analysis of seven foundational skills deemed necessary for supply chain technicians. These basic skills, acquired through education and professional experience, are meant to serve as a base from which...

This paper, from Roger Bohn at the University of California, San Diego, "models knowledge about manufacturing methods as a directed graph of cause-effect relationships." The paper covers changes in knowledge over time, including the shift from art to science in technical and manufacturing knowledge.