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This video, made available by the STEM Guitar Project, was recorded at the Guitar Build Institute held at Aptos Middle School in San Francisco, California in 2018. In the video Steve Brown introduces hand and power tools used to shape wooden guitar bodies. Tools introduced include: an angle grinder,...

This animation, provided by Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC), shows how a Bourdon Tube Gauge measures a vacuum. An .mp4 file is also available for viewing and runs 00:00:32 in length. 

This interactive presentation, created by Terry Bartelt and hosted by the Electromechanical Digital Library, discusses the history and theory of Boyle's Law. The presentation offers two different variations of the concept. The first involves "a change in pressure exerted on a given quantity of gas...

This site from Brain Pop includes a number of educational resources on technology related topics, appropriate for younger students. The site includes materials on topics like fuel cells, digital animation, computer viruses, nuclear energy, nanotechnology, social networking and many more.

This 12-page paper, from the Journal of Research and Technical Careers, discusses a study that was conducted to "explore how technical skills taught ... in Florida engineering and engineering technology-themed career academies fit technical skills desired by local employers in technology and...

This slide deck, from the Advanced Manufacturing and Prototyping Integrated to Unlock Potential (AMP-IT-UP) project, was presented at the Georgia Science Teachers Association Annual Conference in February, 2016. This presentation discusses building science partnerships in classrooms, schools, school...

This 59 page report, sponsored by California Energy Commission Pubic Interest Energy Research (PIER), provides a comprehensive overview of the practice of commissioning as it pertains to energy performance in buildings. Commissioning is a type of risk management used to assess "access, safety,...

This paper, by scholars at Purdue University in building construction management and computer graphics technology, discusses building information modeling (BIM) and its incorporation into several academic departments at Purdue. The paper discusses integration of BIM in these departments: Computer...

This presentation, provided by the Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) Center, is from the BEST Center's 2023 Annual Institute and covers building performance standards. During this video, the presenter talks about "... how building performance standards work to lower building...

This video from the Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) National Center is part of the center's 2023 Annual Institute. In the video, Joshua Kace describes building performance standards (BPS) for decarbonization. Kace provides background and contextual information on BPS, as well...