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This paper, by Bernard Zubrowski, with the Education Development Center, Inc., covers the integration of technology into elementary and middle school science education. Design engineering, as an approach, is discussed, as well as an example pedagogical model using an exercise in model windmills. 

This web site offers a variety of resources for learning about technology. Sections include: K-12 Education Resources, Maker Resources for Educators, Higher Education, Intel Education Accelerator, and Intel Technology Provider. Information is also included for Creating Successful Learning...

This site offers free technology, math, science, and language arts resources for K-12 educators with a special emphasis on project-based collaborative student-centered learning. Intel's 21st century teaching and learning resources are designed to facilitate critical thinking skills, and promote fun...

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 website is provided by Shodor Education Foundation and contains a series of online interactive activities designed for use in middle school mathematics. Topics include: Geometry, Algebra, Probability, Statistics, Modeling, Discrete, and others.

In this podcast, Bre Pettis shows you how to set up a breadboard for power and then play around with electronics on it. This can be used as a student project to learn basic electronics. There is an accompanying PDF, which can be found for free, at the iTunes store at MAKE Magazine.

In this video, Dan Swafford from Virginia Tech introduces students to precision agriculture. Swafford explores basic agricultural concepts, such as crop yield, and also highlights the roles of and decision-making for plant food, fertilizers, minor elements (micronutrients), nitrogen, phosphorus,...

This web page, from the Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Support Center (NACK Center), includes introductory nanotechnology activities. These activities include "... some common and not so common applications of nanotechnology that students can relate to. In general, these products...

This 2-page lesson plan outlines how an instructor can demonstrate how a diffraction grating "separates all the constituent colors from each source and allows us to see the spectrum of the source." This lesson plan includes a short description, a list of objectives, background information, and a...

The Izaak Walton League of America is a national nonprofit organization that educates the public about population and natural resource consumption issues through their Sustainability Education Project. This group also works with organizations involved in promoting sustainability at the community...