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This 2-page activity, from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center, covers how aluminum is recycled. Special equipment, including a heat source capable of melting aluminum and an outdoor work area are required to complete the lesson. Extension activities are also provided.

This video from Laser-Tec is part of a series of light and optics experiments. In this lab, participants calculate the total reflectance from an optical window of finite thickness. Equipment includes a red laser diode module, laser holder, optical block, cardboard, a ruler, protractor, pencil, and...

This resource, provided by Piedmont Virginia Community College, includes files from a project-based learning module that has "students build a small relay board that can trigger another device with varying voltage from a low voltage microcontroller." "The current board can be milled or etched by...

This 9-page lab, provided by Michigan Technological University, covers creating a USER Frame using the three-point method. This lab involves the following steps: 1. power up the robot, 2. create a USER Frame using the three-point method, 3. jog the robot in the X, Y, and Z directions, 4. jog the...

This 8-page lab, provided by Michigan Technological University, covers creating a Handling Tool program. In this lab, students will create a handling tool program; check program header information; and teach, test, and execute from the operator panel. This lab requires a FANUC robot and controller...

This 4-page lab, provided by Michigan Technological University, includes register instructions for a FANUC robot. In this lab, students will create and run a counter program, create and run an offset program, and assign and set registers and position registers. Students will need a FANUC robot and...

This 4-page lab, provided by Michigan Technological University, covers modifying programs using branching instructions and calling programs. In this lab, students will: Continue to practice the concept of saving programs before modifications. Practice modifying a program by inserting lines...

This 9-page resource, from the STEM Guitar Project, is an activity on general shop safety and equipment used during the construction of an electric guitar. This resource includes an activity description, learning objectives, safety equipment needed, safety precautions, a ten question pre-quiz, and...

This webpage from the GeoTech Consortium of Western New York: Get the GIST (Geospatial Information Science Technology) Certificate provides sample GIS activities. These activities include a latitude and longitude lab, two topography and glacier feature labs, an exploring rock types using ArcGIS ...

This presentation, published by the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE), is part of a series that introduces learners to Supervisory Controls and Data Acquisition (SCADA) for renewable energy.  The presentation explores the use of SCADA in the...