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This 11-page document, provided by the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC), discusses six contextual teaching and learning (CTL) strategies, including their goals, examples, and "challenges" that help instructors implement them. When conducting CTL, instructors must identify...

This 16-page report, published by the University of California, Santa Cruz, describes the design and construction of Trident, an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV). This report was created by Slugbotics, a student group that participated in the 2021 MATE ROV competition's Explorer class. ...

This lab, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, introduces students to "some of the challenges of making semiconductor chips and waveguides." These parts of electronic circuits will help students to understand the role of nanotechnology and nanofabrication processes and...

This lab, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, introduces students to "some of the challenges of making semiconductor chips and waveguides." These parts of electronic circuits will help students to understand the role of nanotechnology and nanofabrication processes and...

This 7-page resource, provided by the Southeast Maritime and Transportation (SMART) Center, is a portside robotics educational module for middle school and high school students. During this module students will learn the "basics of the Engineering Design Process, that energy used in our environment...

This web page, assembled by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for their resource pertaining to the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft, includes ten science-related lesson plans for teachers. Topics covered include sunspots, solar rotation, magnetic fields, orbits,...

This website has 15 lesson plans in solar energy developed by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. The lesson plans include the following topics: solar cell inquiry, sunshine timer, parts of a solar panel I, parts of a solar panel II, build a simple ammeter, solar-powered...

This lesson, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, covers the concept of solar ovens. In this lesson, students will learn how "thermal energy flows from the hot air to the cold water via conduction and will indicate that this would continue to happen until the water sample...

This toolkit, published by the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE), seeks to "flatten the learning curve for those seeking to install solar at their own institution" by providing tools and resources on installing a solar voltaic system. These...

This is a webpage filled with Solid State learning objects including the following: Semiconductor Diodes, Rectifier Filtering and Regulation, D/A and A/D Converters, Opto Electronic Devices, Operational Amplifiers, Transistors, Thyristors, and Timers.