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This animation, provided by Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC), shows a cut-away of a pneumatic 90 degree rotary table. The objective of the animation is to describe how the 90 degree rotary table works. A short description of a 90 degree rotary table is included. An .mp4 is also...
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This paper, from engineering faculty at Purdue University and the president of ATeL LLC, producer of virtual lab technology, covers the design of an engineering course on "Wireless Networking" in a traditional classroom and distance learning format. The paper discusses "how classroom learning can be...
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This one-page description of the 4.0 Learning System is provided by the National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science. This is "an easy-to-follow 3-step systematic framework that empowers students by enhancing their ability to learn principles and concepts." The core principle of...
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This article, which originally appeared in the International Journal of Engineering Education, describes the NSF-sponsored Southeastern University and College Coalition for Engineering Education (SUCCEED) faculty development program and briefly reviews the events in engineering education that led to...
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This resource, published in the Experimental Techniques journal, describes an experiment related to the Helmholz resonator. "The Helmholz resonator is perhaps the simplest acoustic resonant system. The ideal Helmholz resonator consists of an air volume enclosed with rigid walls and vented through a...
Screenshot for A Prelude to Pickups Activity: The Solenoid
This 7-page resource, made available by the STEM Guitar Project, is an activity "designed to lay the foundation for future discussions and learning activities regarding electric guitar pickups, and is appropriate for both middle and high school students." The learning objectives for this...
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ATETV continues to produce excellent web-based videos spotlighting advanced technical careers and educational programs. This video, part of the From High School to College series, focuses on high school students at the Learning Center for the Deaf experience a college level IT class. The video runs...
Screenshot for A Turn to Engineering: The Continuing Struggle of Technology Education for Legitimization as a School Subject
This paper, from Theodore Lewis of the Department of Work Community and Family Education at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, discusses technology education as a school subject. Lewis introduces pre-engineering and its magnet school conception, as well as wider adoption. 
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This article, which originally appeared in the Journal of Engineering Education, reports on an experimental study of the use of a peer rating system in an introductory engineering course. The study examines the incidence of students receiving low ratings from all their teammates, inflated and...
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This 15-page document, made available by the STEM Guitar Project, is an activity on cost estimates and the anatomy of acoustic guitars. During the activity students "calculate the cost and quantity of the following components: soundbox or body back, sides, top, interior bracing and kerfing,...
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