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This page, from the The Center for Innovative Research in Cyberlearning (CIRCL), offers information and resources related to the use of technology to accomplish formative assessment of student achievement in the classroom. The overview section describes how "Technology can help educators effectively...

In this interactive activity adapted from A Science Odyssey, students will look at how technology in the home has changed over time. Specifically, they will examine a timeline from 1900 to 2010 and think about technological innovations and how they changed our daily lives. The material is intended...

This document provides a learning module on tempered safety glass. In this activity, instructors demonstrate the fracture toughness of tempered glass, thereby illustrating how the glass is toughened and introducing the concept of the fractography of glass. It can be used in classrooms from...

This role playing activity, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, covers both methods of scientific inquiry and problem solving. In this activity, students will "use the skills of scientific inquiry to uncover the most likely perpetrator of a crime, and employ a paper...

This slide deck, from the Advanced Manufacturing and Prototyping Integrated to Unlock Potential (AMP-IT-UP) project, was presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching in April, 2016. This presentation discusses the AMP-IT-UP project and the designing an...

This paper from Kurt Y. Michael, Technology Education Teacher at Central Shenandoah Valley Regional Governor's School in Fishersville, Virginia, covers computer-simulation technology in education. He presents a study comparing hands-on activities and simulation activities in technology education....

These presentation slides, from the Georgia Institute of Technology, discuss engineering notebooks and the Engineering Design Process Log (EDP). The EDP is intended to guide the engineering design process, including documentation and assessment. The evolution of engineering notebooks is discussed...

This 36-page paper, provided by the Georgia Institute of Technology, discusses an electronic Engineering Design Process Log (EDP). This log is intended to guide the engineering design process, including documentation and assessment. This paper provides "a detailed description of the EDP log and...

This classroom module will serve as an introduction to the topic of biomimetics. Students will gain an understanding of the basic concepts of scale, laboratory instruments involved, logical reasoning and imaging materials related to the topic. The activity is appropriate for upper elementary and...

The HubbleSite includes news, lessons, activities, and multimedia on the hubble telescope and the work performed by it and its team of scientists. The site includes a large archive of images taken by the telescope, general astronomy materials for the classroom, and the latest news on the project.