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The Materials Science and Technology Teacher's Workshop (MAST) provides this lesson plan for students learning about concrete. The purpose of the activity is to "determine the density of a concrete sample and to learn the effect of various types of aggregates on concrete's density." The experiment...

This inquiry lesson teaches students about the properties of materials, specifically they will learn about superhydrophobic coated materials in contrast to uncoated materials. This contains a teacher's preparatory guide with lesson diagrams, pictures, material lists, and detailed procedures....

This 1-page document provided by AgrowKnowledge includes a template and instructions for doing a lab write-up. This template explains that "Writing a report clarifies and reinforces the concepts of the lab." The following sections are included: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and...

This 16-page resource, from the STEM Guitar Project, includes information about guitar humidity and dry guitar symptoms, a guitar humidifier construction activity, and a laboratory experiment. The activity teaches students how to make a guitar case humidifier and includes a 12-question quiz and...

This module consists of a presentation and lab on the topic of Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) safety, and were developed to enhance automotive courses with HEV technologies through a seed grant from the Center for Advanced Automotive Technology (CAAT). In the presentation, some safety considerations...

These nine Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) Automotive labs were developed by Lewis and Clark Community College to modify National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF) certified courses with HEV technologies. This project was funded by a seed grant from the Center for Advanced Automotive...

Published by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, and created by Alonda Droege and the University of Washington, this 50-minute activity "explores how nanotechnology can be used to change the properties of a surface so that it either attracts or repels water." The Teachers' Guide PDF...

This collection, provided by Columbia State Community College, includes an activity and facilitator instructions that use the Anki COZMO robots as an interactive way to teach K-12 students about real world applications of Logistics Engineering Technology. The activity includes hints, instructions,...

This video from Laser-Tec is part of a series of light and optics experiments. In this lab, participants explore interference and diffraction through a pinhole. Participants learn about the diffraction of light when it passes through a pinhole and calculate the radius of a central airy disc....

This video from Laser-Tec is part of a series of light and optics experiments. In this lab, participants explore interference and diffraction through a slit. Participants learn about the diffraction of light when it passes through a slit and calculate the width of a slit. Equipment includes a red...