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Module Description: This module, from Support Center for Microsystems Education (SCME), provides "an overview of biomolecules, what are they, types of biomolecules, and how microtechnology is using biomolecules or exploiting their functions for micro and nanosized transducers, sensors and...

This 1-page resource, provided the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC), is a template that can be used to create classroom activities. The template includes areas that can be filled out pertaining to different aspects of the activity, such as cognitive level, learning...

This 2-page resource, from the STEM Guitar Project, is an activity on purchasing lumber for guitars. Activity learning objectives include: calculate total board feet of a guitar and cost for the species used and accurately measure lumber using inches. This resource includes the following sections:...

This resource, published by Georgia Tech Research Institute, features a mathematics activity designed for seventh graders. In this activity, "students use different measurement tools and create procedures to determine the dimensions of a set of 3-D printed geometric solids." Following that, they "...

This activity, from Hagerstown Community College, teaches students about the lifecycle of animals using brine shrimp. Using hand lenses, dissecting microscopes, and compound microscopes, students will examine brine shrimp at various stages of development - eggs, larvae, and adults - and describe and...

This 23-page document from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC) provides educators in environmental education with an activity that explores brownfield areas. "This activity presents a town meeting, with students acting out the roles of stakeholders." A brownfield site in...

This is a lesson plan to develop a robot arm using common materials. Students will explore design, construction, teamwork, and materials selection and use. Although stated as suitable for high school students it could be used in an introductory CC course in robotics to stress concepts. The full...

This activity is provided by Stanford Solar Center and covers building a working spectroscope to study the nature of light. "The curriculum includes study guides for various grade groups, PowerPoints to explain concepts, age-appropriate hands-on activities, and three videos." The site also includes...

This collection from the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE) is composed of teaching materials that highlight a lesson on building a passive solar home. Home energy load profile and variables that affect it are highlighted. The collection is composed...

This 1-page activity, from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center, includes a lesson in which students survey foods at a supermarket to determine which gives the most energy for the least amount of money. The lesson helps students make comparative judgments from data; interpret data...