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Module Description: This module, from Support Center for Microsystems Education (SCME), provides "an overview of how MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) are being used for bioterrorism and environmental sensing." The module is divided into the following three units: Primary Knowledge (PK) Reading...

Module Description: This learning module, from Support Center for Microsystems Education (SCME), is an overview of the history of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). This resource provides "a timeline of the progression of microtechnology through a series of innovations that starts with the...

Module Description: This module, from the Support Center for Microsystems Education (SMCE), supports the Making Micro Machines film. The module contains activities and assessments related to the film. "The film introduces MEMS (microelectromechanical systems), applications, fabrications, and...

Module Description: This module, from Support Center for Microsystems Education (SCME), provides an "overview of three micromachining processes (bulk, surface, LIGA) used for the fabrication of microsystems or MEMS (microelectromechanical systems)." This module is divided into the following...

This activity, provided by the GeoTech Consortium of Western New York: Get the GIST (Geospatial Information Science Technology) Certificate, is intended for students to learn about topography and glacial features. The activity includes an introduction, a drone view of Mendon, contour map images,...

Module Description: This module, from Support Center for Microsystems Education (SCME), provides students with "the opportunity to explore micro pressure sensors, their applications, development, fabrication, and operation." The module is divided into the following five units: Knowledge Probe...

Module Description: This learning module, from Support Center for Microsystems Education (SCME), introduces participants to the microcantilever. The module covers microcantilever "applications in micro and nanotechnologies, its use in sensor arrays, and how it works in both static and dynamic modes...

Module Description: This module, from Support Center for Microsystems Education (SCME), provides an introduction to the "micropump, how it works and where it is used in microtechnology." The module contains information on micropumps, macropumps, the differences between mechanical and non-mechanical...

This 1-page activity, from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center, is meant to help students learn the concept of exponential growth, as well as interpret and apply exponential relationships. It is intended for environmental science or biology classes. The activity includes a list...

This lesson, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, covers self-assembly of molecules. Two activity are contained in this lesson. The first is "a hands-on modeling activity designed to introduce students to the area of nanotechnology and give them a basic understanding of...