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Unit Description: FLATE, the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing, has developed a curriculum to prepare students for careers in manufacturing. These Comprehension Instructional Sequence Model (CIS) Lesson Plans are intended to “build learners’ background knowledge in...

Unit Description: FLATE, the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing, has developed a curriculum to prepare students for careers in manufacturing. These Comprehension Instructional Sequence Model (CIS) Lesson Plans are intended to “build learners’ background knowledge in...

Unit Description: FLATE, the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing, has developed a curriculum to prepare students for careers in manufacturing. These Comprehension Instructional Sequence Model (CIS) Lesson Plans are intended to “build learners’ background knowledge in...

This lesson, presented by the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure, provides students with the opportunity to "use the pure silver nanoparticles they synthesize to create antibacterial socks." Using a relatable medium like socks allows students to synthesize new information on and...

In this video presentation, provided by Erie Community College, physics professor Elena Brewer discusses the process of creating an accessible E-book, laboratory manual, and other online resources for training technicians in vacuum technology. Brewer begins by providing background on the...

From the University of California, Davis, Partnership for Plant Genomics Education, this biotechnology laboratory is a two-day activity using the ELISA assay, a "test that uses the immune system to detect disease," to study the epidemiology of a hypothetical small scale epidemic. The lesson gives...

Course Description: This course, titled Experimental Testing of Vehicles and provided by the Center for Advanced Automotive Technology (CAAT), is designed for community college students and automotive test technicians in the area of vehicle experimental testing. It is suitable for inclusion in an...

This high school or beginning undergraduate level lab demonstration and inquiry activity will introduce students to the process of fermenting cellulosic biomass into cellulosic ethanol, along with the challenges researchers face in this area. The demonstration uses a Vernier probe or balloons to...

This 6-page lab guide, created by the Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Network at Pennsylvania State University, features a laboratory activity where students are introduced to the concepts and processes of contact lithography. The lab guide includes objectives, background...

This lesson, presented by the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure, 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...