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This learning module from the Northeast Advanced Technological Education Center (NEATEC) explores thin films. Educators can incorporate this module into an existing STEM class. Essential questions and objectives of the learning module are provided alongside New York state's common core learning...

This website, created by MakerBot Industries, hosts the 3D design community Thingiverse. Thingiverse is a collection of 3D printed models, uploaded by users, and made freely available for others to use and customize. The various 3D objects files can be browsed via the explore tab on the website....

This site offers a variety of lesson plans, hands-on projects, multimedia presentations, and other STEM resources for middle school and high school teachers that can be used in the classroom. The lesson archives section includes resources in the areas of mathematics, finance, science, social...

This 2-page checklist, from the Minnesota State Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence, is intended for teachers participating in the Minnesota Manufactured Statewide Tour. This tour is for students to learn more about modern manufacturing in Minnesota. The checklist includes tips for...

This lesson plan, adapted from NASA's Solar and Heliocentric Observatory website, teaches students how to examine and track sunspots at different latitudes on the sun.  This activity "can be used as an introduction to the solar cycle to explore the relationship between sunspots and other solar...

These learning materials, made available by the STEM Guitar project, are an activity and a presentation on the growth of trees. The presentation describes factors that affect tree growth including the following topics: what information about a tree can be gained by looking at the cross section of...

This resource, developed by Khan Academy, allows students to test their math skills by answering questions concerning linear equations that are "more than abstract concepts and exercises." This problem set within the "Two-Variable Linear Equations and Introduction to Functions" section allows...

This resource, developed by Khan Academy, allows students to test their math skills by answering questions concerning linear equations that are "more than abstract concepts and exercises." This problem set within the "Two-Variable Linear Equations and Introduction to Functions" section allows...

This activity from the Florida Advanced Technological Education (FLATE) Center is targeted towards middle school students and asks them to examine the relationship between science and technology. The example of medical manufacturing is used to demonstrate this concept. The lesson should require two...

As an agency within the Department of Transportation, the Maritime Administration is primarily concerned with the world of waterborne transportation. The agency also works in a variety of areas, including shipbuilding, port operations, national security, and safety. Users who find themselves on the...