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This site offers a variety of lesson plans, hands-on projects, multimedia presentations, and other STEM resources for middle school and high school teachers that can be used in the classroom. The lesson archives section includes resources in the areas of mathematics, finance, science, social...

This 11-page resource, made available by the STEM Guitar Project, is an activity on the use of threaded fasteners in guitar construction. During the activity students will "[identify] the various threaded fasteners that are found in this project, and in industry, with respect to the following...

This 6-page resource, provided by the Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center (ATEEC), features three activities centered on Emergency Response Plans to oil spills. Included are lesson plans for each activity, assignments, timeframes, and materials needed. The activities are...

This 4-page resource, from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center, provides problem-based activities on risk assessment of environmental health issues. The following three activities are included: Bacteria Study, Micro Study, and Bacteria Killers. Bacteria Study gives students...

The Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center provides these problem-based activities on risk assessment of environmental health issues. During these activities, students study infectious diseases, particularly those spread via vector-borne, food-borne, and water-borne means. Students also ...

This webpage from the GeoTech Center features a document from Irina Kopteva of Pikes Peak Community College discussing the Tiered Internship Model for students in geospatial technology. The goal of the project was "to create a tiered internship program with industry that will start with two-year...

In this video provided by Bio-Link, Xan Simonson discusses creating a high school biotechnology program. Simonson is the coordinator of the Mesa Public Schools Biotech Academy, a program created for at risk students. The program focuses on teaching skills and techniques for working in a research...

This National Academy of Sciences book on better practices for the recruitment, retention and promotion of women scientists and engineers can be browsed online or downloaded for free. It includes strategies actually implemented by universities to recruit more women to undergraduate and graduate...

This 13-page resource, made available by the STEM Guitar Project, is an activity on the use of tolerances in engineering drawings. During the activity students will "learn to identify tolerances on a drawing, calculate the acceptable dimension of a feature, and specify tolerances for dimensions...

This 25-page document is designed to assist educators in the development of curriculum, application of supporting instructional technology, and in supporting other aspects of natural resource education. This Toolbox is intended to assist faculty in documentation and testing of their instructional...