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This resource, developed by Khan Academy, allows students to test their math skills by answering questions concerning two-step equations that are "more than abstract concepts and exercises." Covered in "Equations for Beginners," are simple equations; one-step equations with addition and subtraction;...

This is a classroom activity to explain liquid crystal sensors for middle school students. A list of activity materials and .pdf handouts are included. The objectives of the activity are to "understand how liquid crystals (LCs) relate to other phases of matter (liquid, solid, gas); observe that...

This TED talk from Lisa Harouni, the Co-Founder of Digital Forming, an additive manufacturing company, covers additive manufacturing, or 3D printing. Lisa gives an introduction to the technology of 3D printing, the data involved, as well as an overview of the possibilities associated with the...

This 2-page resource, from Minnesota State Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence, is a checklist intended for manufacturers hosting a tour during the Minnesota Manufactured Statewide Tour of Manufacturing. This checklist details best practices for 7-10 days before the tour, the day of the...

This resource from the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing (FLATE) will help educators bring music into their classrooms. Everyday items are used including rubber bands, tissue boxes and paperclips. The lesson plan is intended for middle school aged students; the...

This activity, from the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center, is targeted towards students in middle school and high school, and challenges them to think of products (either manufactured or occurring naturally) that originate from Florida. Students begin by watching a 27-minute video...

This webpage from the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing (FLATE) provides information about the Lego Mindstorms Robotics summer camp for middle and high school students. A short video clip provides information on the focus of the camp (running time: 1:53).

This webpage, from the Tap Into Teen Minds website, includes a lesson on sparking curiosity from multiplication to quadratic relationships. "In this 3 act math task, students watch a rectangle that is iterating between getting "shorter" and "wider", then "taller" and "thinner". This task can be...

This lesson, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, covers magnetism. Students will experiment with ferrofluid which is "a unique material that has both magnetic and liquid properties. It is a colloidal solution of nano-sized particle of magnetite suspended in a liquid." A...

This activity for middle school students, from the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing, challenges students to produce their own photo frame in the name of demonstrating the basic processes involved in manufacturing systems. Over the period of two classes, students will...