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The ATETV project delivers web-based videos to connect students to careers in advanced technology. This episode of ATETV examines a remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) competition, HVAC as a career option, and the advantages of online distance learning. It can be viewed whole or in three segments:...

How did Rutherford figure out the structure of the atomic nucleus without looking at it? Simulate the famous experiment in which he disproved the Plum Pudding model of the atom by observing alpha particles bouncing off atoms and determining that they must have a small core. This simulation of a...

This 9-page resource, from the STEM Guitar Project, is an activity on general shop safety and equipment used during the construction of an electric guitar. This resource includes an activity description, learning objectives, safety equipment needed, safety precautions, a ten question pre-quiz, and...

This activity for high school students from the Florida Advanced Technological Education (FLATE) Center asks students to play the role of a safety inspector and identify safety hazards. The class will also learn the different types of Personal Protective Equipment, or PPE, as well as the importance...

This 2-page document is part of a series of resources created by the Nebraska Nanoscale Facility to teach students about electron-beam vapor depositions. Sample data are provided and used for a series of 8 separate sample calculations with their results. This document is part of the Nanoscale...

This webpage from the GeoTech Consortium of Western New York: Get the GIST (Geospatial Information Science Technology) Certificate provides sample GIS activities. These activities include a latitude and longitude lab, two topography and glacier feature labs, an exploring rock types using ArcGIS ...

This activity from Lane Community College's MAPS GIS program, provides students with the opportunity to use a GIS map in conjunction with a statistics lesson and "use the data to find basic statistics about samples with the help of spreadsheet software." In this lesson, students will learn the...

This resource, created by San Diego Bay Watersheds in partnership with San Diego State University, provides data about water quality in the Bay area. The site provides four different tutorials designed to introduce students or educators to the concepts of geographic information systems (GIS) as it...

The objective of this learning activity is to provide students with an introduction to the sand casting method for metals and with an understanding of how the properties of materials can be changed. Sand casting is used to "make parts that are comprised of iron, bronze, brass, and, at times,...

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 fitting the neck into the guitar body during electric guitar construction. The video runs 3:11...