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From the GeoExchange Initiative at Gateway Technical College, this Course Outcome Summary describes the GeoExchange Site Safety course, in which students learn "the hazards associated with the typical active work site at a GeoExchange installation project" and the topics covered include "recognizing...

This document from the GeoTech Center provides a report on the Geospatial Environmental Project. The project, which was done at the Collegiate High School at Northwest Florida State College, aimed to "increase the number of high school students who will major in engineering, science, and/or...

This webpage, from National Cybersecurity Training and Education (NCYTE) Center, is a "one-day workshop designed to help middle school girls explore careers in technology fields." Included on the webpage is a list of course topics and downloadable course materials.  Course materials include a...

This site, created by Venkatesh Merwade of Purdue University, offers tutorials relating to GIS and water resources modeling. Topic areas covered are hydraulic and hydrologic modeling, GIS and hydrologic modeling and downloading geospatial and temporal data for hydrologic/hydraulic modeling. All...

In this activity, students will "analyze data detailing global energy sources and sinks (uses) and construct a diagram to show the relative scale and the connections between them. Discussions of scale, historical, socio-environmental and geographic variation in this data and implications for future...

This site is a free public resource which provides teachers with the tools needed to enhance their instruction using Google Earth, the free program that brings the world to the classroom. Lesson plans include basic how-to guides, student and teacher controlled exercises and more.

From the GeoExchange Initiative at Gateway Technical College, this Course Outcome Summary describes the Grouting and Sanitation course, which introduces students to "sanitation and grouting operations on a Geo Boring site" and includes topics such as grouting materials, mixing methods, pumping...

This lesson plan from Edmonds Community College will serve as an excellent introduction to the hardness of materials. The module illustrates the differences in properties between different materials. Students will determine property differences between different types of materials, observe property...

Module Description: This module, from Support Center for Microsystems Education (SCME), provides "information on hazardous materials and how these materials could affect one's health and the safety of the working environment." This module is divided into the following five units: HazMat I and II...

This resource, published by Georgia Tech Research Institute, features a mathematics data visualization activity designed for eighth graders. In this activity, students use a computer simulation to collect data on helmet safety in order to act as crash-test scientists make a recommendations on...