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This website on electronics is set up to explain electronics and how they work. The lessons are free and give basic information for the beginner. This guide answers some of the most common questions about electronics: What are a.c. and d.c.? What is Ohm's Law? What is the difference between current...

The Materials Science and Technology Teacher's Workshop (MAST) provides this lesson plan for students learning about polymers. The class will create a material similar to silly putty using cross linking polymers. The module will allow students to observe the changes in physical properties when a...

In this video adapted from the ICT Center, students will learn about "the angles associated with light propagation in optical fibers." The video also demonstrates the meaning of total internal reflection, acceptance angle and numerical aperture. The material is intended for students in grades 11-12....

In this video adapted from the ICT Center, students will "learn how rise-time analysis is performed to determine the maximum data range of a fiber optic communications system." The video also demonstrates how a transmitter, fiber, and receiver work together. The material is intended for students in...

In this 3-page activity, provided by the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC), students study environmental contaminates and human health. Each student takes the role of a stakeholder in the issue of protecting a community from foodborne illness. Suggestions are provided to...

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...

This webinar, from Edmonds Community College, introduces the FAS4ATE2 project and discusses professional development (PD) assessment challenges and instruction assessment tools. The webinar begins with a discussion about PD, PD challenges, and a background study conducted by the project. The main...

In this video, published by InnovATEBIO, Ying-Tsu Loh and Terri Quenzer discuss the BioSCOPE supply chain hub project and their work in developing curriculum and materials. BioSCOPE 101, a resource for implementing supply chain biomanufacturing projects, was created by this project and is described...

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. 

This paper, by Richard E. Satchwell and William E. Duggar, Jr., from the Technology for All Americans Project in Blacksburg, Virginia, introduces their project and the results consensus building activities that they conducted at technology education meetings around the United States. Technology...