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This nine-page guide from Edmonds Community College provides an instructional module introducing students to microscopy using a light microscope.  Students learn about light optical microscopy and how to use a microscope to optimize sample viewing. Through a presentation and hands-on microscopy use,...

This classroom module will help students understand the process of viscosity testing and the behaviors of fluids though experiments with household materials. The guide includes directions for two modules to be completed over two weeks of class time, including notes on the experiments and analysis of...

The Materials Education Resource Center has provided this module to help students learn the basics of metal welding, including techniques. Students will learn the vocabulary used in welding and see examples of welding processes. This PDF document includes a step by step procedure for the learning...

This webpage from Edmonds Community College provides a brief introduction to the topic of general materials science. "Materials science focuses on the relationship between the atomic and molecular structure of a material, the properties of the material (such as strength, electrical conductivity or...

The Materials Science and Technology Teacher's Workshop (MAST) provides this activity as an introduction to the physical properties of matter. The objective of this laboratory is to identify different classes of matter based on their physical properties, specifically the ingredients of concrete. The...

The Materials Science and Technology Teacher's Workshop (MAST) provides this experiment on the reactivity of metals. The module will help illustrate the chemistry of metals and how metals are used together to prevent corrosion. The lesson includes a step by step explanation of the laboratory...

This four-page guide from Edmonds Community College provides a laboratory activity demonstrating the process of work hardening and the annealing of copper. Students observe the hardening of metal by deformation, the effects of work hardening in metals, and the effects of processing on materials...