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This animated game, provided by Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC), tests a user's knowledge of oxidation. Topics include semiconductor oxidation, linear parabolic model, factors that affect oxidation, oxidation techniques, and inspection. The game is Jeopardy style and users can...

This animation, created by Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC), is a simulation of AC power that is used to create Radio Frequency (RF) plasma. RF plasma also exhibits glow regions, dark spaces, and sheaths. The objective of this simulation is to explain the relationship between...

Teachers' Domain presents this video as part of a series on advanced technological education. In the clip, students describe what is involved in rapid prototyping technology, including how three-dimensional models are produced. The video presents a student’s point of view on the educational...

This best practices guide from FLATE, the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence, offers strategies for engaging and retaining girls in STEM education from elementary school all the way through entry into the workforce. The 28 page guide begins by describing the challenges and...

In this video adapted from the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center, students will learn about a robotics competition which uses remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) underwater. The material is intended for students in grades 6-12. Running time for the video is 3:32. It is accompanied by...

In this interactive activity adapted from the Wisconsin Online Resource Center, students will "use mathematics and measuring skills to solve a construction problem." They will determine how many shingles are required to reroof a house using common tools, and learn about the importance of planning...

This video, presented by WGBH, takes a look at what it is like to be a research assistant in a university setting working on a nanoparticle project. The video showcases the kind of independent and collaborative work that goes on in a laboratory setting as a research assistant. Viewers will also find...

This resource, provided by the Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC), is an animation that shows how radio frequency (RF) energy creates the desired conditions for initializing a plasma. An .mp4 file is also available for viewing and runs 00:30 minutes in length. 

This video runs 7:12 minutes in length and features employees from two of Maryland's STAR manufacturing companies, Marlin Steel Wire Products and the Lion Brothers Company. These employees discuss the present and future for Next Generation Manufacturing.

This best practices guide from FLATE, the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence, is directed at those educators or STEM professionals "interested in learning how to maximize your success for creating and running a middle school summer camp about robotics—with the least amount...