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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 sanding off the neck tab with a belt sander during electric guitar construction. Topics covered...

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 evenly sand the 12" radius on an electric guitar fretboard. The video runs 6:46 minutes in...

This 9-page resource, from the STEM Guitar Project, is a math activity on scale length, frequency, and string tension. This resource provides some background information on string tension and includes a list of learning objectives, an activity description and directions, activity answers, and ten...

Published by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, this hour-long activity has students "simulate the function of a scanning probe microscope" by creating their own scanning probe microscope (SPM) boxes. The Teacher's Guide contains everything the instructor needs to carry out the...

This resource provides an introductory activity on scanning tunneling microscopy. As the module states, "a scanning tunneling microscope is a powerful tool for observing and manipulating the atomic-scale world." The activity covers concepts such as the tunneling effect, scanning the surface, two...

This video, provided by the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE), analyzes a commercial electricity demand rate from a real Wisconsin high school aiming to educate students about energy conservation and green building practices. Each section of the...

This paper, from Igor M. Verner and Eyal Hershko, presents a case study of team learning experiences and outcomes for a robot design project high school graduation requirement. The paper presents the project framework, fire-fighting robot assignment design, and its application in Mevohot E'ron High...

This site features science fair projects that can be done by K-12 students. The projects are divided into simple, medium and advanced knowledge levels. Projects include ultra-simple electric generator, quick and simple telescope, supermagnet bead tricks, sticky electrostatics, drawing holograms by...

The Science Education Resource Center (SERC), an office of Carleton College, works to improve earth science education through projects that support educators. The office has special expertise in effective pedagogies, geoscience education, community organization, workshop leadership, digital...

This website, maintained by creator Bill Beaty, contains general science topics for study. Instructions for different science experiments are listed. Everything from super neodymium magnets, ten dollar infrared googles, and drawing holograms by hand can be found here.