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Using a Java applet, this lesson has students perform virtual experiments to study the characteristics of projectile motion (which would otherwise be difficult to perform in a typical classroom). Using the applet, students will observe the effects of air resistance on the idealized motion presented...

This lesson, from the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE), gives students the opportunity to look ahead and consider a future in the energy industry. During the lesson, students investigate a job within the energy industry of their choosing. Students...

This resource from the Florida Advanced Technological Education (FLATE) Center will help students develop their understanding of high tech careers. The lesson will provide students the opportunity to use the internet to access career and education planning information while considering their own...

This lesson, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, covers nanotechnology in consumer products. First, the instructor presents an introductory PowerPoint and then "students are given a chance in groups to explore consumer products through an information sheet provided over...

Lesson Description: This lesson is from a welding course and is provided by the Contextualize to Learn project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During the lesson, students create a bill of materials including detailed part weight. Topics include calculating weights based on per foot weight...

This website from the Fiber Optic Association is a self-study course on fiber optic testing. This site includes learning objectives, definition, prerequisites, references, videos, lesson plans, and more. The six lesson plans included are Overview of fiber optic testing; Fiber optic test parameters...

Optical fibers transmit light signals and are widely used in the telecommunications industry to transmit data over long distances. Light travels through the core material of an optical fiber by essentially repeatedly bouncing off the cladding material that surrounds the core. Understanding...

This course, developed by the Fiber Optic Association, Inc., provides an overview of FTTx (Fiber to the Home), and provides six lesson plans called: What is FTTX, FTTx Architectures, FTTx PON Protocols, Installing FTTX Networks, Testing FTTx Networks, and FTTH Design, Case Study. Each lesson plan...

This page from the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing (FLATE) provides links to a number of lesson plans for high school students. Some of the lessons pertain to manufacturing in the state of Florida, and others would be applicable to a number of science classes,...

This page from the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing (FLATE) provides links to a number of lesson plans for middle school students. Some of the lessons pertain to manufacturing in the state of Florida, and others would be applicable to a number of science classes,...