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This paper discusses whether gender differences are relevant in students' learning process and their use of technological components in their courses. The focus is specifically on computers and instructional technology in higher education. Surveys are used to learn if gender is a critical variable...

This 13-page article, published by Digital World Biology, provides an overview of Biotech-Careers.org, its pathways for career exploration, and the results of a study on college students who have used the site. Biotech-Careers.org was created to address the needs of biotechnology employers for...

This 12-page professional development activity, provided by Cape Fear Community College, introduces STEM educators to the proper use of a burette. The laboratory procedure provides background on the use and setup of a burette, an introductory problem, instructions for the lab, and lab questions. In...

This 9-page professional development activity, provided by Cape Fear Community College, introduces STEM instructors to the proper use of micropipettes. The laboratory procedure provides background on the use and setup of a micropipette, an introductory problem, instructions for the lab, and lab...

This 9-page professional development activity, provided by Cape Fear Community College, introduces STEM instructors to the proper use of volumetric pipettes (or pipets). The laboratory procedure provides background on the use, parts, and setup of a volumetric pipette, an introductory problem,...

This 12-page article, published in the American Journal of Engineering Education, explores Madison College's experience offering a project-based engineering design course. This article discusses challenges and opportunities for engineering design courses at two-year colleges and includes recommended ...

This lab sequence guides students through the process of converting plant-based fuel sources (biomass) first into sugars then ethanol. "As biomass samples are pretreated, enzymatically digested, and fermented, students use glucose meters and ethanol probes to measure the key products of this...

This video, provided by the GeoTech Center, is part of a series on web mapping and focuses on creating and editing a dashboard on ArcGIS Dashboards. ArcGIS Dashboards, a component ArcGIS Online, allows users to display a map and associated data in a browser on one customizable page. During the...

This toolkit for educators of all levels and communities about sustainable development was developed by Rosalyn McKeown. This is the second version of the resource, completed in 2002, and is based on "the idea that communities and educational systems within communities need to dovetail their...

Students will discover the relationship between biofuel crop production and invertebrate biodiversity in these field investigations as well as the "effects those organisms have on pollination rates and weed seed predation." Instructors will have the option to choose from six field-sampling methods...