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This 92-page manual contains information on safety and health for electrical trades. Sections include Burns Caused by Electricity, Recognizing Hazards, Evaluating Hazards, and Controlling Hazards. A glossary of terms is included at the end for those new to fields involving electricity.

This lesson, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, covers the general concepts of measurement by using a pool noodle to measure objects. The activity "encourages students to consider features that are useful when developing or using a measurement tool." The lesson...

This lesson, created by Callan Bentley, introduces students to the concept of fossil fuel reservoirs within Laramide basins of Wyoming. Students will use case studies as examples to guide a simulated exploration activity in which they will map and interpret the distribution of oil and coal...

This lesson plan, from the Contextualize to Learn project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, provides an opportunity to introduce students to the real number line. In this lesson, students work individually and in pairs to create fraction strips and number lines, using base-ten blocks to...

This 43-page student workbook was created to supplement the Summer Energy Education Program, offered by the Northern Wyoming Community College District from 2010 through 2012 with funding from a National Science Foundation's Advanced Technology Education grant. The program was designed to serve...

In this lesson from the MAPS GIS program at Lane Community College, students will study the Oak Savannah ecosystems in Oregon to determine the environmental conditions that support this specific ecosystem. This lesson will be an inquiry based lesson that will create the foundation of a larger class...

This resource, published by Georgia Tech Research Institute, features a science activity designed for seventh graders. In this activity, students act as environmental engineers to develop a procedure that removes the largest amount of oil possible from the ocean in the shortest amount of time in the...

This lesson plan, from the Contextualize to Learn project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, provides an opportunity for students to further explore multiplication though learning about the concept of distributive property. In this lesson, students will work in pairs to draw out multiplication...

Lesson Description: This lesson is the seventh of nine lessons from the Vocational Math: Contextualized for Construction course that was taught at Madison Area Technical College. During this lesson, students work in groups followed by whole-class discussion to solve percent problems involving...

Module Description: This module, from Support Center for Microsystems Education (SCME), provides an overview of personal protective equipment (PPE) used in manufacturing and laboratory environments. The module also covers "the purpose of PPE and what type of PPE is required for different tasks."...