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This lesson plan, from the Contextualize to Learn project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, provides an opportunity for students to further explore division through the standard algorithm. In this lesson, students will work in pairs to contextualize and apply division to problems. Included in...

Corresponding to the PBS NOVA television program, this site covers the story of how humans developed a method for finding our way around the globe. It discusses today's greatest scientific challenges, explores GPS and how it works, and describes how ancient navigators found their way without...

This activity, from the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center, is targeted towards students in elementary school, and challenges them to think of products (either manufactured or natural) that originate from Florida. Students begin by watching a 27-minute video ("Made in Florida") and...

This activity, from the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center, is targeted towards students in middle school and high school, and challenges them to think of products (either manufactured or occurring naturally) that originate from Florida. Students begin by watching a 27-minute video...

This lesson, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, covers magnetism. Students will experiment with ferrofluid which is "a unique material that has both magnetic and liquid properties. It is a colloidal solution of nano-sized particle of magnetite suspended in a liquid." A...

This activity for middle school students, from the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing, challenges students to produce their own photo frame in the name of demonstrating the basic processes involved in manufacturing systems. Over the period of two classes, students will...

This lab, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, introduces students to the temperature response of liquid crystals, and how they respond in different phases of matter. In addition to liquid, solid, and gas, the fourth phase of matter includes liquid crystals which "have...

This educator resource, provided by the National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing (NCNGM), contains valuable information for students interested in pursuing manufacturing as a career. "This educator’s guide introduces students to contemporary manufacturing processes and products (with a...

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 Post-Fire Burn Assessment LU, by...

This webpage from the EFMR Monitoring Group provides information on the extraction of natural gas from Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale formation. Users may read a brief overview of the extraction efforts and the environmental concerns involved. A lesson plan and resource guide is available for...