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The International Lake Environment Committee (ILEC) works to advance international cooperation for sustainable management of the world's lakes and reservoirs through the collection and provision of environmental data, the promotion of scientific research, and the promotion of interchange with...

In this podcast, Bre Pettis shows you how to set up a breadboard for power and then play around with electronics on it. This can be used as a student project to learn basic electronics. There is an accompanying PDF, which can be found for free, at the iTunes store at MAKE Magazine.

In this video, Dan Swafford from Virginia Tech introduces students to precision agriculture. Swafford explores basic agricultural concepts, such as crop yield, and also highlights the roles of and decision-making for plant food, fertilizers, minor elements (micronutrients), nitrogen, phosphorus,...

This activity, created by Maricopa Community Colleges, is designed to provide students with a short introduction to solar photovoltaic and solar thermal technology. The PowerPoint, which contains 74-slides, provides a brief overview of the history of solar energy: how it was originally used in the...

This free interactive assessment activity from the University of Utah's Genetic Science Learning Center, part of their series titled "Cloning," allows users to test their knowledge of cloning procedures through an animated virtual game console. In this resource, users are presented with scenarios,...

The Izaak Walton League of America is a national nonprofit organization that educates the public about population and natural resource consumption issues through their Sustainability Education Project. This group also works with organizations involved in promoting sustainability at the community...

The Land Institute "is a science-based research organization working to develop an alternative to current destructive agricultural practices." This site contains an archive of past research activities along with downloadable publications for use by scientists or the general public.

This National Renewable Energy Laboratory website provides information about renewable energy. Topics include solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, hydrogen, and advanced vehicles and fuels. 

This TED talk from Lisa Harouni, the Co-Founder of Digital Forming, an additive manufacturing company, covers additive manufacturing, or 3D printing. Lisa gives an introduction to the technology of 3D printing, the data involved, as well as an overview of the possibilities associated with the...

This website from Live Science includes resources that cover developments in robotics. The site includes articles, countdowns, image albums, infographics, quizzes, references, wallpapers, and videos.