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The Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center provides these problem-based activities on risk assessment of environmental health issues. During these activities, students study infectious diseases, particularly those spread via vector-borne, food-borne, and water-borne means. Students also ...

This 13-page resource, made available by the STEM Guitar Project, is an activity on the use of tolerances in engineering drawings. During the activity students will "learn to identify tolerances on a drawing, calculate the acceptable dimension of a feature, and specify tolerances for dimensions...

This 1-page learning activity, from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC), helps students understand the impacts of pollution in an ecosystem and the effects that different substances can have on those who live there. In the activity, students define basic routes of entry...

These learning materials, made available by the STEM Guitar project, are an activity and a presentation on the growth of trees. The presentation describes factors that affect tree growth including the following topics: what information about a tree can be gained by looking at the cross section of...

During this 2-page learning activity, from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center, students research the sources of radiation at the surface of the earth. Students will also research how radiation is measured, collect data, enter data into a spreadsheet, and learn how to report the...

This resource kit is provided by Unesco and is designed to aid in teaching scientific and technological literacy. "Scientific and technological literacy is about understanding and applying concepts, process skills, attitudes, and values which enable a person to relate science and technology to the...

Unit Description: This teaching unit from Louisiana Delta Community College is part of a high school basic electronics course from Project COMPLETE (Controlling, Operating, and Measuring: Pathways for Learners to Engineering Technology Employment). The course is intended for use in a project-based...

Module Description: This module was created by the Center for Nanotechnology Education (Nano-Link) and serves as an introduction to crystal structures and properties. During this module students will learn about the atomic nature of solid materials, the structure of crystaline materials, crystal...

Module Description: This module, from Support Center for Microsystems Education (SCME), provides "information on the evolution of the current systems of weights and measures, and an overview of the International Standards of Units and metric system." This module is divided into the following five ...

This webpage, provided by the University New Hampshire, is an educational research program that focuses on New England forest systems.  Spreadsheets can be downloaded for teachers to use in gathering their own data.  Materials for educational use are divided into two species categories: Mapes and...