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This paper, from Suzanne Silverman and Alice M. Pritchard of the Vocational Equity Research, Training, and Evaluation Center, a project of the Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund in Hartford, Connecticut, covers the disparity of girls in technology programs in Connecticut. A study was...

The ATETV project delivers web-based videos to connect students to careers in advanced technology. This episode of ATETV focuses on "some of the many ways students can build their resume while still in school and graduate ready to enter a high-paying, high-demand job of the future." The episode can...

This video, created by Support Center for Microsystems Education (SCME), provides an overview bulk micromachining. The lecture runs for 6:17 and describes the process of bulk micromachining as a process used to fabricate micro-sized components. More information can be found on the SCME website.

The ATETV project delivers web-based videos to connect students to careers in advanced technology. In this episode of ATETV, biotechnology and telecommunications are discussed. Community colleges work with companies in fields such as biotechnology to design curriculum to better educate their...

Description: This collection of learning resources, made available by the STEM Guitar Project, are activities on using computer-aided design and drafting software (CADD) to create guitar fretboards. The collection includes a series of three learning activities on designing and creating fretboards...

This video and online calculator show how to calculate the molecular weight of a substance from the atomic weights given on the periodic table. Use the molecular weight to convert between the macroscopic scale (grams of a substance) and the microscopic scale (number of molecules of that substance)....

This lesson, from the Northern Wyoming Community College District, focuses on California's natural resources. Students identify the energy resources present in the state, including oil, natural gas, hydroelectric, and wind power generation, and plot them on a map of the state. Using this map,...

This collection of videos, from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, features researchers as they "explain the basics of stem cell research and discuss the many hurdles in translating the basic research into new therapies." Some of the topics covered here include: creating embryonic...

This 1-page activity, from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center, includes a lesson in which students survey foods at a supermarket to determine which gives the most energy for the least amount of money. The lesson helps students make comparative judgments from data; interpret data...

This 15-page paper, from the Wisconsin Center for Education, presents the results of a study investigating whether adapting instruction to gender preferences can improve the attitudes of students and their performance in mathematics. The study found that there was no effect on performance based on...