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This video created by Alice Hartzog includes a description of some educational technology careers. The video explores the outlook for the field and includes a power point-like presentation with information on careers in the field. Running time: 4:09.

This 2-page toolkit includes information about the teaching resources offered by the Minnesota State Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence. These resource provide information about manufacturing career opportunities. The following resources are covered: Youth Outreach Toolkit, Teacher Guide &...

This lesson plan provides an introduction to the hardness of materials. Specifically, the exercise allows students the opportunity to "observe the changes in hardness of brass resulting from different percentages of rolling, along with the accompanying changes in microstructure." Students will also...

This activity, provided by the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC), takes students on two virtual field trips that focus on the effects of climate change on glaciers and permafrost. The field trips guide students using way points on Google Earth that include explanations,...

This group of activities is provided by Stanford Solar Center and covers topics such as plant growth and evaporation, building a greenhouse, and the Sun's affect on the Earth's magnetosphere by AM radio reception. Information is provided on student prerequisites, materials needed, teacher...

This 26-page paper, from Lynn Okagaki and Peter A. Frensch, discusses a study on video games and spatial awareness. In this study "Older adolescents played the video game Tetris for a total of 6 hr each in two separate experiments." The results of the study "indicated that playing Tetris improves...

The ASEE engineering K-12 center, eGFI, seeks to identify and gather in one place the most effective engineering education resources available to the K-12 community. It works to enhance achievement in pre-college science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education by promoting the...

This 2-page activity, from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC), is intended to help environmental science students connect core skills in math, science, communication, and critical thinking to real-world issues. This lesson introduces simple gas laws and air pressure...

This video, from the Rubbermaid company, demonstrates a plunger which never gets wet. The plunger uses a nanotech coating to stay clean and dry. The video demonstration will help to facilitate discussion about the everyday applications of nanotechnology as well as how this plunger works. Running...

In this animated and interactive object, students view photos of an electric pencil sharpener as it is disassembled. The learning object is intended to prepare students to be able to identify the components and create an assembly process in a future activity.