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Module Description: This Cross-Linked Polymers module was created by the Center for Nanotechnology Education (Nano-Link). "This module allows students to investigate forces and interactions at the molecular scale by mixing different liquids with a cross-linked polymer." Science concepts covered in...

The Materials Science and Technology Teacher's Workshop (MAST) provides this lesson plan for students learning about polymers. The class will be introduced to the concepts and vocabulary of polymers with simple models. Cheese puffs and Cheetos will be used to create simulations of polymer chains....

The Materials Science and Technology Teacher's Workshop (MAST) provides this experiment on the basic crystal structures that metal atoms form. The laboratory exercise uses Styrofoam balls and toothpicks to construct the packing configurations that metals form. The lesson includes a step by step...

Module Description: This module, from Support Center for Microsystems Education (SCME), introduces "the science of crystallography and its importance to microtechnology." This module is divided into the following six units: Knowledge Probe (KP), Primary Knowledge (PK), Growing Crystals - Hot Ice...

Project Description: This collection of course content was created by the DREAMS (Developing Rigorous and Enhanced Academic Modules) project. This project had the following three main goals: Develop cybersecurity lab activities that are functional for high school schedules, and can also be used...

This lab manual developed by Whatcom Community College provides activities for a high school cybersecurity camp. The 101-page manual contains instructions for nine labs arranged into five sessions. Lab activities include: install Ubuntu 10.10 in VMware, set up a simple network, investigate Linux...

This Dancing Magnets - Ferrofluids Lab was created by SHINE: Seattle's Hub for Industry-driven Nanotechnology Education. "This lab consists of activities designed to teach students about ferrofluids and how nanotechnology can be used to modify the properties of magnetic materials." Lab resources...

This 11-page lab is provided by eSyst: Tools for Electronics Education and is intended to familiarize students with the basic principles of computer based data acquisition, data store, and display. The lab includes a description, system concepts, learning outcomes, learning objectives, lab...

This lab activity collection, provided by eSyst: Tools for Electronics Education, is intended to help instructors set up a web server through which server I/O can be controlled. The 9-page instructor guide provides the instruction necessary to set up, configure, and load the necessary scripts that...

This 5-page resource, provided by Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC), is the second in a series of three lab activities that are part of the DC/AC Circuits course. This activity covers the basic theory and operation of a lab digital multimeter (DMM). The activity is focused on...