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This 4-page resource, published by the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC), provides an introduction to global position systems (GPS) and geographic information systems (GIS) and their usage in fieldwork. Included are two in-class activities: one pertaining to Geo-caching,...

This page, from GreatScopes, offers a number of labs and experiments for teachers to incorporate microscope use into the classroom. The activities range from learning to prepare wet mounts and blood smears, to observing specific substances like yogurt and spider webs. There are also lessons on...

This 7-page resource, from the STEM Guitar Project, is an activity on estimating the cost of building an electric guitar. From estimating the cost of building a guitar, "... students will learn basic business math computation; how to create and use an Excel spreadsheet with formulas; how to search...

This 8-page resource, made available by the STEM Guitar Project, is an activity on the geometric design of guitar bodies. During the activity students will determine the total surface area of a guitar body by "measuring, calculating, and combining the individual areas." The learning objectives for...

This 3-page resource, from the STEM Guitar Project, is an activity for creating an electric guitar template design. The learning objective of this activity is "to teach students the fundamentals of electric guitar body template design by tasking them to actually make a useable paper cardboard...

This collection, made available by Clark State Community College, includes instructional material about using the Garmen eTrex GPS receiver. The collection consists of a short hands-on activity, a brief overview of basic operation of the device, and instructions on editing data fields of five ...

Module Description: This module, from Support Center for Microsystems Education (SCME), provides "information on hazardous materials and how these materials could affect one's health and the safety of the working environment." This module is divided into the following five units: HazMat I and II...

This 5-page learning activity, from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC), helps students learn how to react in real-world situations in which clear communication and effective teamwork are vital to solving an urgent problem. In this case, a hazardous material spill is...

This resource, published by Georgia Tech Research Institute, features a mathematics data visualization activity designed for eighth graders. In this activity, students use a computer simulation to collect data on helmet safety in order to act as crash-test scientists make a recommendations on...

This 5-page resource, from the STEM Guitar Project, is an activity on acoustic resonance. "... this activity will explore how the hollow body of a guitar/ukulele works as an acoustic resonator, as well as what these instruments have in common with the Helmholtz resonator. This activity has the...