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This lab, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, uses silver nanoplates as a tool to explore the relationship between shape and optical properties. Students will be able to compare material properties and behaviors at both the nano- and macroscale through the exercise, as...

This lab, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, students will be prompted to think critically about examining the world around them. These flexible lessons will allow students to use magnifying glasses and microscopes to observe structures and gather information. For...

Teach.Genetics provides a wealth of resources and information aimed at helping educators bring genetics, bioscience and health alive in the classroom. This site is a companion to the Learn. Genetics website and offers additional tools to support educators including PDF-based Print-and-Go activities,...

Teach the Earth is a portal into the rich geoscience education content available through dozens of independent project websites. The Teach the Earth portal is a handful of web pages which can help guide you through this diverse array of sites. It includes a search interface spanning all the...

This video, from the 2021 Esri Education Summit, provides three presentations about the suite of web-based tools in the ArcGIS School Bundle. In the first presentation, Judith Bock explores the integration of geospatial technologies into AP Human Geography courses. Bock highlights a curriculum...

These technology lesson plans were developed by master teachers for Thirteen Ed Online, an extension of the Education Broadcasting Corporation. Lesson's range from being appropriate for fifth through twelfth grade learners and are color coded accordingly. Each lesson includes an overview, learning...

This page, from the The Center for Innovative Research in Cyberlearning (CIRCL), offers information and resources related to the use of technology to accomplish formative assessment of student achievement in the classroom. The overview section describes how "Technology can help educators effectively...

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 document provides a learning module on tempered safety glass. In this activity, instructors demonstrate the fracture toughness of tempered glass, thereby illustrating how the glass is toughened and introducing the concept of the fractography of glass. It can be used in classrooms from...

This role playing activity, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, covers both methods of scientific inquiry and problem solving. In this activity, students will "use the skills of scientific inquiry to uncover the most likely perpetrator of a crime, and employ a paper...