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Learning Unit Description: Integrated Geospatial Education and Technology Training (iGETT) presents a series of Learning Units (LU) designed to incorporate federal land remote sensing data into Geographic Information Systems (GIS) instruction. This LU covers the use of GIS to detect land change...

This 1-page document provides information about the Introduction to Remote Sensing (GIS 12) course taught at Bronx Community College. This 3-credit course introduces students to basic concepts in Remote Sensing (RS). The course also provides an opportunity to acquire hands-on industry standard...

In this 7-page activity, provided by the GeoTech Consortium of Western New York, students will "discover and investigate tectonic plate boundaries by analyzing maps showing seismic volcanic activity." The student worksheet includes instructions and questions to be answered throughout the lab. This...

This 2-page lesson plan outlines how an instructor can demonstrate how a diffraction grating "separates all the constituent colors from each source and allows us to see the spectrum of the source." This lesson plan includes a short description, a list of objectives, background information, and a...

These presentation slides are provided by the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) and were part of a presentation by Dr. Ann Beheler and Mark Dempsey at the 2017 Summer Working Connections "Leadership Academy" track. These slides cover best practices and key strategies behind getting a ...

This 36-page resource, developed by the National Center for Optics and Photonics Education (OP-TEC), is one of four modules that cover photonics and manufacturing. This module "covers the ability of high-power lasers to vaporize and remove material, systems for material removal, and applications of...

This 41-page resource, developed by the National Center for Optics and Photonics Education (OP-TEC), is one of four modules that cover photonics and manufacturing. This module "covers the ability to use high-power lasers for welding, welding procedures, and applications, and the use of high-power...

This 55-page resource, developed by the National Center for Optics and Photonics Education (OP-TEC), is one of three modules that cover forensic science and homeland security. These modules pertain "to the imaging component in homeland security as a photonics-enabled technology." This module "covers...

This 46-page resource, developed by the National Center for Optics and Photonics Education (OP-TEC), is one of three modules that cover optics and lasers in the biomedicine field. This module "covers the process of absorption of laser light by human tissue, reflection of laser light by human tissue,...

This 29-page resource, developed by the National Center for Optics and Photonics Education (OP-TEC), is one of four modules that cover photonics and manufacturing. This module "covers the use of lasers for industrial measurement, tracking and alignment, and metrology and inspection." The following...