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In this webinar, published by Florence-Darlington Technical College, Sarah Belknap and Juan Rodriguez Jr., STEM professors at State University of New York Westchester Community College (SUNY WCC), discuss using activities to create an inclusive and engaging classroom atmosphere. Belknap and...

This 7-page resource, made available by the STEM Guitar Project, is an activity on the strength of steel guitar strings. During the activity students over-tighten a steel guitar string to calculate the breaking strength and then compare the breaking strength to tabulated values for common steel...

This lesson plan, from the Contextualize to Learn project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is an exploration in subtracting multi-digit natural numbers. In this lesson, students work in pairs to subtract two multi-digit Natural numbers where the subtrahend and minuend differ in number of...

This lesson plan, from the Contextualize to Learn project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is an exploration in the subtraction of decimal numbers. In this lesson, students work individually and in pairs to solve application problems using multiple methods. This lesson plan includes both...

This lesson plan, from the Contextualize to Learn project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, provides an opportunity for students to explore subtracting fractions with like and unlike denominators. In this lesson, students work in pairs to demonstrate subtraction of fractions with models,...

This lesson plan, from the Contextualize to Learn project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is an exploration done with base-ten blocks. In this activity, students are paired up and work to define subtraction as taking apart and taking from. Students will also discuss subtracting two and three...

This pdf document, provided by NUE: Exposing Engineering Students to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at the University of North Dakota, details a nanoscience and biotechnology activity that asks student to answer the following research question: "Why does hair turn gray?" Students will compare the...

Module Description: This module was created by the Center for Nanotechnology Education (Nano-Link) and introduces students to superhydrophobicity. Science and nanoscience concepts covered during the module include molecular bonds, electron density concepts and molecular modeling, atomic and...

Module Description: This module was created by the Center for Nanotechnology Education (Nano-Link) and introduces students to surface area to volume ratio concepts. "This simple activity conveys one of the most profound aspects of Nanoscience - that for a given volume of material the total...

This website, provided by the Concord Consortium, includes interactive resistor activities for teams and individuals. The goal of the activities is to adjust three variable resistors to achieve the provided goal voltage. PDF instructions, an introduction video, and five activity levels are included....