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This resource helps to teach students how to interpret TI or other component manufacturer's data sheets. It is quite extensive, mainly covering the TI Logic Data Sheet. Illustrative material is also included. The document may be downloaded as a PDF.

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory offers a variety of videos about the earth, solar system, stars and galaxies, and technology. Video titles include A Tresure Trove of Planets Found, Enceladus: Mystery of the Icy Moon, Spacecraft Power, Crazy Engineering: Flying Solar to Jupiter, and many more. Videos...

Part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's education resources, this list of "Lesson Plans, Teacher Guides and Online Resources for Educators" contains links to environmental based lesson plans, activities and ideas from the EPA, as well as other federal agencies and external organizations....

Students are required to compare various alternative fuels and evaluate advantages and disadvantages using graphical representations of fuel and energy data. "This activity asks students to begin to consider the life cycle energy and carbon dioxide emission costs of gasoline, corn ethanol, and...

This lecture from the iBioSeminars project is presented by Mary C. Berckerle from the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah and covers a new frontier in cell biology; how cells respond to mechanical information. Cells and tissues are exposed to physical forces in vivo and excessive...

This lecture from the iBioSeminars project, presented by Nevan Krogan of the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology at UC-San Francisco, covers mass spectrometry and its application to molecular biology. Mass spectrometry is a powerful tool for elucidating the elemental composition of a...

This PDF document from Edmonds Community College describes career pathways related to materials science. Jobs described include composite manufacturing technician, quality and testing technician and composite assembly technician. The document would be useful for materials science instructors and...

In this activity, students examine the relationship between soil microbes and carbon cycling through self-designed experiments exploring “microbial respiration rates and soil variables such as temperature, habitat, soil type, and agricultural management choices.” Three different techniques for...

Adapted from the plan and construction methods created by the Madison Area Technical College, the mini-fermenter can be used for both small-scale laboratory fermentation demonstrations and experiments. "This mini-fermenter can be used to demonstrate small-scale fermentation activities similar to...

This website, hosted by the National Aeronautics Air and Space Administration (NASA), serves as a landing page for the organizations Robotics Alliance Project Mission, which exists "to create a human, technical, and programmatic resource of robotic capabilities to enable the implementation of future...