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This video, from the North Dakota State College of Science, features the work of Ross Nanotechnology, a company which uses superhydrophobic technology. The video demonstration will help to facilitate discussion about how companies use this type of technology to create products as well as the...

This resource is provided by Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC) and is an animation that shows a rotary piston pump operation. An .mp4 file is also available for viewing and runs 00:32 seconds in length. 

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:...

This video from CUNY Kingsborough Community College shows the process of running an agarose gel. The video describes the process step by step and would be easy to replicate in a laboratory setting. Running time for the video is 2:52.

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 ...

These resources, provided by Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC), include information about NWTC manufacturing industry tours. To get students interested in manufacturing careers, NWTC typically has high school students visit two local manufacturing companies and then the Green Bay NWTC...