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This 2-page activity and lesson plan, provided by the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC), is intended to "demonstrate what actually happens to garbage in landfills, and compare it to simply burying the trash." The activity simulates the effects of burying garbage using ...

This module, made available by Skagit Valley College, is one of two that provide a detailed instructional information on materials recycling. The module consists of five lecture slides decks and some of the slides include lecture notes. Module 2 is available to view separately.  The first lecture,...

This module, made available by Skagit Valley College, is one of two that provide a detailed instructional information on materials recycling. The module consists of five lecture slides decks and some of the slides include lecture notes. Module 1 is available to view separately.  The first lecture,...

This webpage, from the American Composites Manufacturing Association, provides an overview of composites in manufacturing. A composite is defined as "a material made from two or more different materials with different physical or chemical properties that, when combined, are stronger than those...

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is an international agreement between 183 governments. Its aim is to "ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival." There is a species data base,...

These slides, from the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE), were presented at the 2016 American Society For Engineering Education conference. These presentation slides provide information about two international learning exchanges that focused on...

This page, assembled by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, features a collection of curricula resources concerning groundwater. The site features lesson plans and activities for students from Kindergarten to High School, and involve topics such as Wells and Groundwater, Predicting...

This website, from the United States Department of Commerce, provides access to daily weather maps from 2002 to the present. Maps that are available include plotted station observations, maximum and minimum temperatures, winds, and precipitation.  Users can locate past maps and navigate to specific...

In this 4-page exercise, from Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center, students complete a critical thinking activity on hypoxia and the Mississippi River watershed. The activity requires role playing "a public meeting to discuss the Integrated Assessment of Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf...

This 36-page report, published by the Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center (ATEEC), details the results of the Defining Energy Technologies and Services forum, which sought to accurately define and raise awareness of careers in the Energy technologies field for students and educators....