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This lesson, from the Northern Wyoming Community College District, focuses on the principles of surface mining and reclamation in coal mining using chocolate chip cookies (where the cookie represents the earth and the chocolate chips coal the students will be surface mining). Using tools provided,...

This resource, published by Georgia Tech Research Institute, features a mathematics and decision making activity designed for eighth graders. In this activity, students use simulations, data visualization, and computational skills to craft product reviews for helmets. Additionally, they will and...

This 7-page resource, provided by the Southeast Maritime and Transportation (SMART) Center, is a portside robotics educational module for middle school and high school students. During this module students will learn the "basics of the Engineering Design Process, that energy used in our environment...

This lesson plan from the STEM Action Center - Utah covers incomplete vs. complete combustion and is intended for sixth through 9th graders. During the lesson, students will "develop models to show that molecules are made of different kinds, proportions, and quantities of atoms." Students will also "...

This web page, assembled by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for their resource pertaining to the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft, includes ten science-related lesson plans for teachers. Topics covered include sunspots, solar rotation, magnetic fields, orbits,...

This lesson, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, covers the concept of solar ovens. In this lesson, students will learn how "thermal energy flows from the hot air to the cold water via conduction and will indicate that this would continue to happen until the water sample...

This toolkit, published by the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE), seeks to "flatten the learning curve for those seeking to install solar at their own institution" by providing tools and resources on installing a solar voltaic system. These...

This report presents the findings of a two-year study by the Committee on Standards for K-12 Engineering Education. The committee assessed the potential value and feasibility of developing content standards for engineering education at the K-12 level. The report includes a table of contents and the...

Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology, put out by the International Technology Education Association, and commonly called STL, "articulates a complete set of technological literacy standards and identify a vision for developing a technologically literate...

Collection Description This collection, from the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA), provides documentation related to the revision of the Standards for Technological Literacy (STL). The STL was published in 2000 and "established content guidelines and benchmarks...