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This lecture series, from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Biointeractive project, features the following lectures: "Understanding Embryonic Stem Cells," "Adult Stem Cells and Regeneration," "Coaxing Embryonic Stem Cells," and "Stem Cells and the End of Aging." Each lecture, available in Flash...

Learning Unit Description:  The Integrated Geospatial Education and Technology Training (iGETT) presents a series of Learning Units (LU) designed to incorporate federal land remote sensing data into Geographic Information Systems (GIS) instruction. This lesson uses GIS and remote sensing...

Collection Description: This collection includes interview and survey evaluation reports conducted for the POWER Careers project at Idaho State University. The overall mission of the project was to "achieve equity for women in energy technology career fields by increasing their successful...

"Powers of Ten", the film made by Charles and Ray Eames in 1977, takes the viewer from the core of an atom to the edge of the universe, moving 10 times further every 10 seconds. The film is about scale and how we view the universe and our place in it. Powers of Ten is an extremely valuable tool for...

This 6-page resource. from Edmonds Community College, provides information about effective design and use of pre-assessments. This resource is part of the Professional Development Formative Assessment System (PD-FAS). PD-FAS was created by the Formative Assessment for Advanced Technician Education 2...

This resource guide, commissioned by the National CyberWatch Center, is intended to prepare student teams for the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CDCC). The CDCC is designed to provide students with hands-on experience in the application of information assurance skills and to enhance students...

This paper, from Larry Flick at Oregon State University and Randy Bell from the University of Virginia, covers technology use in science classrooms. The following guidelines for using technology in science teacher preparation are introduced and discussed: 1) Technology should be introduced in the...

This webpage, published by National Academies (U.S.), features a series of slide presentation videos that discuss a report on barriers that students face when completing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) degrees. Also discussed are opportunities in development that are...

This is a course description for Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) course 6.041/6.431, Probabilistic Systems Analysis and Applied Probability. This course introduces students to the modeling, quantification, and analysis of uncertainty. Topics covered include: formulation and solution in...

"How can I get my students to think?" is a question asked by many faculty, regardless of their disciplines. Problem-based learning (PBL) is an instructional method that challenges students to "learn to learn," working cooperatively in groups to seek solutions to real world problems. These problems...