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This 9-page booklet provides guidance for using Google Earth and NASA World Wind as tools in teaching. Instructions for navigating the programs are included. This booklet includes six sections: Introduction, Google Earth, NASA World Wind, Examples of Imagery Use, Application of World Wind, and...

Learning Unit Description: The Integrated Geospatial Education and Technology Training Project (iGETT) presents a series of Learning Units (LU) designed to incorporate federal land remote sensing data into Geographic Information System (GIS) instruction. The A Beginning Assessment Comparing...

This lesson examines ISO 14001 (an international standard encouraging pollution prevention) with respect to existing consumer products. The lesson helps students to understand how redesign of existing products can lead to being able to reuse the materials later. A PowerPoint document with...

This 154-page resource from the STEM Guitar Project is a guitar design and manufacturing workbook. The resource is divided into the following sections: About Us, Learner Centered Learning Objectives, Science, Math, Electronics, Technology, Wood, and Appendi[ces]. Background information on the STEM...

This paper, by Bernard Zubrowski, with the Education Development Center, Inc., covers the integration of technology into elementary and middle school science education. Design engineering, as an approach, is discussed, as well as an example pedagogical model using an exercise in model windmills. 

This interactive movie "is an educational tool designed to teach individuals about working in a regulated biomanufacturing environment. It is a story about a fictional biopharmaceutical company, Franklin Biologics, and an imaginary drug, Squabanin. Franklin is a mid-sized contract bioprocessing...

Module Description: This module, from Support Center for Microsystems Education (SCME), provides an overview of actuator devices, including "what they are, how they work and how they are used in both macro and micro-sized systems." This module is divided into the following four units: Pre-test...

This learning module will help instructors explain composite materials specifically for engineers and technicians. Students will learn the structure and advantages of composite materials as well as the basic processing procedures involved in their creation. It will serve as a one-lecture...

This lesson, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, covers "an introduction to the field of nanotechnology by discussing its real-world implications in light of current economic issues and conditions. The lesson is performed using the Creative Problem-Solving format and...

AgrowKnowledge has developed a series of Faculty Development Workshops that present the use of technology applied to agricultural education. These workshops are offered annually on a regional basis or materials may be adapted by instructors for classroom use.  This 117-page Introduction to Data...