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This video, made available by the STEM Guitar Project, is a demonstration of checking pocket depths during electric guitar construction. Checking pocket depths is described as a way to ensure that the bridge saddles will not be too high during final guitar set-up. In the video Chad McCormack...

This simulation, provided by Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC), uses controls (drop down menus) to adjust down force and platen speed parameters to determine an optimum CMP process recipe for focal semiconductor manufacturing. Users may assume that focal is using a rotational...

This 35-page learning module from the Northeast Technological Education Center (NEATEC) provides an introduction to the chemistry of hydrophobic sand. After reviewing the document, students should be able to make their own hydrophobic sand by coating regular beach sand particles with silicone spray...

This reference sheet, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network provides a valuable chemistry reference sheet for high school students. Definition of terms, diagrams, abbreviations, mathematical notations, the periodic table, and other useful information is provided in an easy...

From Teach-nology, an organization developed to provide "individuals ... access to free on-line resources that support classroom instruction," comes this page of lesson plans related to chemistry. Lesson plans provided include Atoms and Chemical Bonding, Chemists with Character, Lab Safety,...

Lesson Description: This collection from the Florida Advanced Technological Education (FLATE) Center includes two lessons intended to help students better understand the "general properties of melting points and emulsions." The first activity, intended for middle or high school students, asks...

This lab activity from the Biotechnology Alliance for Suncoast Biology Educators (BASBE) covers background information on the basic types of chromatography and has the student separate pigments extracted from pens and plant leaves using paper chromatography. The lesson includes the materials needed...

The North Carolina Community College System BioNetwork's interactive eLearning tools (IETs) are reusable chunks of training that can be deployed in a variety of courses or training programs. IETs are designed to enhance, not replace hands-on training. Learners are able to enter a hands-on lab...

This 25-page report, provided by City University of Hong Kong, describes the design and construction of the underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) created by the CityU Underwater Robotics team for the Explorer Class of the 2023 MATE ROV competition. MATE ROV is a global competition that...

This video, made available by the STEM Guitar Project, was recorded at the Guitar Build Institute held at Aptos Middle School in San Francisco, California in 2018. In the video Steve Brown demonstrates how to clean and bend fretwire before installation on an electric guitar. The video runs 5:50...