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This publication, from Florida's Regional Center for Manufacturing Education (FLATE), presents a model for running summer robotic camps for middle and high school students. Authored by Marilyn Barger, Richard Gilbert, and Marie A. Boyette, this paper offers details about FLATE's experiences as well...

This 1-page resource, made available by Los Angeles Mission College, provides a brief overview of a one week biotechnology workshop series held at the college in 2019. The goal of the workshop series was to "introduce participants to the endless possibilities that the biotechnology field has to...

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 article, published by the National Association of Independent Schools, discusses Carol S. Dweck's research on the effects of student mindsets on motivation, learning, and student achievement. The article describes the different intelligence mindsets and how mindsets are learned. Research on...

This collection, published by Marion Technical College, provides promotional materials for the 2021 and 2022 Smart Manufacturing Summer Camps. This 3-day program, located at Marion Technical College's campus, engaged students from ages 12 to 18 in introductory Smart Manufacturing topics. The program...

This activity is provided by Stanford Solar Center and covers building a working spectroscope to study the nature of light. "The curriculum includes study guides for various grade groups, PowerPoints to explain concepts, age-appropriate hands-on activities, and three videos." The site also includes...

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 paper, from Suzanne Silverman and Alice M. Pritchard of the Vocational Equity Research, Training, and Evaluation Center, a project of the Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund in Hartford, Connecticut, covers the disparity of girls in technology programs in Connecticut. A study was...

This lesson, developed by Martha Muir, guides students through a simulation of some of the steps and challenges in isolating uranium, and then asks them to compare the quantity of energy obtained from uranium to the amount of energy obtained from coal. Upon completion of the lesson, students should...

The objective of this learning activity is to "create an awareness of carbon nanotubes (CNT) and how their use in future applications within the field of nanotechnology can benefit our society." This will be achieved through the use of hands-on models that explore bonding and molecular geometry....