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This 28-page report, created by the Automotive Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative (AMTEC), provides an executive summary with findings from a national case study of five exemplary career pathway programs that work, as well as a review of existing literature on career pathways within the...

This paper, by Aki Rasinen, Senior Lecturer in Pedagogy of Technology in the Department of Teacher Education at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, covers technology education curricula of six countries: Australia, England, France, The Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States. An overview is...

This paper by Rodney L. Custer, Brigitte G. Valesey, and Barry N. Burke, covers problem solving in technological education and presents and assessment model to evaluate technological design activities. The research problem, objectives, methodology, findings, and recommendations are discussed.

This article, published by Nanowerk, provides an example of the way in which the use of nanotechnology in combination with other branches of science and technology leads to technological innovations.  The paper cites a specific instance where "the convergence of nanotechnology, microtechnology,...

Module Description: The production of genetically modified organisms as an environmental issue is examined in this module. "Potential environmental impacts of genetically modified crops are emphasized, although human health concerns are also addressed. Our current state of knowledge and the...

Module Description: The Fire Ecology and Management Series is provided by the Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources and includes six modules. This series “is designed to address both the general role of fire in ecosystems as well as specific wildfire management issues in forest ecosystems.” The...

This paper, from Michael Jones of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, covers privacy and security issues at a small university. The paper identifies security and privacy strategies already in place, explores how these are dealt with in different departments procedures,...

This learning object, created by Terry Bartelt of the Wisconsin Online Resource Center, provides information about impedance matching applications. "learners consider why an impedance matching transformer is needed to connect an antenna to a television."

This website from nanoHUB provides information about BioMEMS and Bionanotechnology. The website provides a brief description about BioMEMS and Biotechnology and links to four course lecture videos. The lectures are titled Introduction, Device Fabrication Methods, DNA and Proteins; Essentials of...

In this video, created by Support Center for Microsystems Education (SCME), viewers are introduced to the concept of DNA microarrays including what they are and how they are used today. DNA microarrays are used in a variety of fields including medicine, agriculture, and toxicology and have led to...