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This webpage, from the American Composites Manufacturing Association, provides an overview of composites in manufacturing. A composite is defined as "a material made from two or more different materials with different physical or chemical properties that, when combined, are stronger than those...

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is an international agreement between 183 governments. Its aim is to "ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival." There is a species data base,...

These slides, from the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE), were presented at the 2016 American Society For Engineering Education conference. These presentation slides provide information about two international learning exchanges that focused on...

This page, assembled by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, features a collection of curricula resources concerning groundwater. The site features lesson plans and activities for students from Kindergarten to High School, and involve topics such as Wells and Groundwater, Predicting...

This website, from the United States Department of Commerce, provides access to daily weather maps from 2002 to the present. Maps that are available include plotted station observations, maximum and minimum temperatures, winds, and precipitation.  Users can locate past maps and navigate to specific...

In this 4-page exercise, from Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center, students complete a critical thinking activity on hypoxia and the Mississippi River watershed. The activity requires role playing "a public meeting to discuss the Integrated Assessment of Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf...

This 36-page report, published by the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC), details the results of the Defining Energy Technologies and Services forum, which sought to accurately define and raise awareness of careers in the Energy technologies field for students and educators....

The "Defining Environmental Technologies and Services" careers chart provides a snapshot view of environmental technology careers at the technician level. ATEEC has collected information from expert practitioners and educators in the field to generate the 2016 Defining Environmental Technologies and...

This document, created by Eastern Iowa Community Colleges, displays different careers in environmental technology. The chart provides an overview of environmental technology and environmental technicians. Possible careers in this field include Drinking Water Lab Tech, Heavy Equipment Operator,...

This 40-page report, from the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC), addresses the state of the environmental technology field, updating reports with the same name released in 1996, 2001, and 2008. This report pays particular attention to the "title and definition of the field...