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This presentation and accompanying paper by Nathan Kuncel was given to the Workshop on Assessment of 21st Century Skills, held in January 2011. Kuncel discusses definitions and examples of critical thinking skills and these questions: 1) What are 21st century cognitive skills? To what extent do they...

This page, from the U.S. National Library of Medicine's Medline Plus, offers information on the topic of cloning. Included are a short summary of the topic, with definitions of gene cloning, reproductive cloning, and therapeutic cloning, as well as collections of links under the headings Start Here,...

Mentor-Connect provides "comprehensive and interactive support for leadership development and knowledge transfer by developing and supporting potential, current and former grantees" for National Science Foundation grants in technical education. This searchable resource library includes resources for...

In this professional development video from Getting Results, Dr. John Bransford, professor of education at the University of Washington School of Education, as well as instructors and students from an aquarium science class, talk about how to make course content relevant through first-hand...

Nanooze is a website that has been created to get kids excited about science and especially nanotechnology. The world that is too small to see is full of interesting stuff. Scientists and engineers are beginning to understand this world and learning how to change things at the nanoscale level. Why?...

This page from Foothill College provides a list of nanostructures. For each structure, its properties, structure, process, and application are detailed. Additionally, most pages include a picture, video, and references. The structures include aerogels, biomolecules, carbon, composite materials,...

Teachers' Domain presents this video as part of a series on advanced technological education. This segment shows what goes on in a nanofabrication lab, as well as the basics of the nanotechnology industry. The top-down fabrication process of photolithography is shown, as well as the protective...

This website, hosted by the National Aeronautics Air and Space Administration (NASA), serves as a landing page for the organizations Robotics Alliance Project Mission, which exists "to create a human, technical, and programmatic resource of robotic capabilities to enable the implementation of future...

Although the case method has been used for years to teach law, business, and medicine, it is not common in science. Yet the use of case studies holds great promise as a pedagogical technique for teaching science, particularly to undergraduates, because it humanizes science and well illustrates...

The National Energy Technology Lab supports research on clean uses of fossil fuels, energy efficiency, and fuel cells. Fact sheets, technical reports, and journal publications can be downloaded from this site. This site has some information that would be useful as a reference for community college...