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This lesson plan from Breathe Utah and the STEM Action Center - Utah covers air pollution. The lesson is intended for 6th to 8th graders and includes the aligning Core Standards. During the lesson, "students will investigate possible solutions to air pollution in relation to per capita consumption...

In this computer game, made available by Borough of Manhattan Community College, users can test their knowledge of algebraic principles. After selecting Play, users are prompted to select from the following topics: Variables on Opposite Sides, Radical Equations, Absolute Value Equations, Quadratic...

Alice is free educational software provided by Carnegie-Mellon University. Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a teaching tool for introductory...

These presentation slides from Advanced Manufacturing and Prototyping Integrated to Unlock Potential (AMP-IT-UP) provide an outline of the science modules implemented in eighth grade classrooms in the Griffin-Spalding County School System as a result of the AMP-IT-UP partnership between the Georgia...

This webpage, provided by the Georgia Institute of Technology, includes videos from the Advanced Manufacturing and Prototyping Integrated To Unlock Potential (AMP-IT- UP) project. AMP-IT-UP is a partnership between the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Griffin-Spalding County School System....

This lesson, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, uses an EasyBake oven and edible materials as a means to interest younger students in nanotechnology. The creation of a 'wafer' in the EasyBake oven simulates concepts in chip fabrication for electronic devices, such as...

​​​​​This 80-page teacher guide, provided by the Minnesota State Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence, includes ready-made lessons for students in grades 6-12 to explore careers in manufacturing. This guide includes the following chapters: What is Manufacturing, Manufacturing in Minnesota,...

This lesson, developed by Cindy Nestel of Summit Middle School, is designed to be a follow-up lesson to "Which Rare Earth Element Will Be Named 'The Element of the Year?'" The lesson serves as an integrated science and math activity, in which students analyze data about rare earth elements and read...

This activity is provided by the Stanford Solar Center and gives students the opportunity to study sunspots. Students will measure sunspot speeds and shapes across the solar disk to determine whether the spots are on the Sun or are planets revolving around it (Galileo's dilemma). This activity...

This page from FLATE, the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence, offers a number of best practice guides for outreach. Each of these downloadable resource booklets addresses a topic related to technological education and the workforce pipeline, ranging from introducing and...