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In this interactive activity adapted from A Science Odyssey, students will look at how technology in the home has changed over time. Specifically, they will examine a timeline from 1900 to 2010 and think about technological innovations and how they changed our daily lives. The material is intended...

This online, interactive lesson provided by Wisc-Online and the National Science Foundation explains how data is transferred through electrical conductors and the various configurations in which one can find these conductors. This slideshow goes into detail about the reasoning behind twisting cables...

This site, supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), the U.S. National Institutes of Health, and the American Society for Cell Biology, is a resource database of cell images, videos, and animations for use in research, education, and training. The historic and modern...

This resource, created by The GIS 2 GPS Portal Resources For Educators & Students, "want[s] to make educators and students aware of these two new emerging technologies, Geographical Information System (GIS), Global Positioning System (GPS), and Remote Sensing (RS)." The resource contains links to...

This episode of ATETV looks at the National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education program. In the video, "NSF program officers, ATE faculty, and students discuss the program and the role played by community and technical colleges in meeting industry's workforce needs across the US."...

This website, from the program On the Cutting Edge - Strong Undergraduate Geoscience Teaching, focuses on metacognition and its role in geoscience education. Metacognition, broadly, is defined as "thinking about thinking," and can help students monitor and adjust their own learning strategies to...

This webpage from Edmonds Community College provides a brief introduction to a number of core materials including ceramics, composites, concrete, electronic/optical, metals, polymers/plastics and wood.

This presentation by Steven Wise of the Northwest Evaluation Association was given to the Workshop on Assessment of 21st Century Skills, held in January 2011. In it, Wise discusses practical measurement issues in assessing 21st century skills including reliability and validity, item/task complexity,...

This page serves as an overview of the United States Department of Energy's Office of Science, which is the "lead federal agency supporting fundamental scientific research for energy and the Nation's largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences." From the homepage, users can access...

This page, from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), offers information on green infrastructure, or the use of "natural hydrologic features to manage water and provide environmental and community benefits." In addition to basic overviews of the green infrastructure and its social...