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This slide deck, from the Advanced Manufacturing and Prototyping Integrated to Unlock Potential (AMP-IT-UP) project, was presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching in April, 2016. This presentation discusses the AMP-IT-UP project and the designing an...
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This paper from Kurt Y. Michael, Technology Education Teacher at Central Shenandoah Valley Regional Governor's School in Fishersville, Virginia, covers computer-simulation technology in education. He presents a study comparing hands-on activities and simulation activities in technology education....
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These presentation slides, from the Georgia Institute of Technology, discuss engineering notebooks and the Engineering Design Process Log (EDP). The EDP is intended to guide the engineering design process, including documentation and assessment. The evolution of engineering notebooks is discussed...
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This 36-page paper, provided by the Georgia Institute of Technology, discusses an electronic Engineering Design Process Log (EDP). This log is intended to guide the engineering design process, including documentation and assessment. This paper provides "a detailed description of the EDP log and...
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The HubbleSite includes news, lessons, activities, and multimedia on the hubble telescope and the work performed by it and its team of scientists. The site includes a large archive of images taken by the telescope, general astronomy materials for the classroom, and the latest news on the project.
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This 19-page article, from the International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology (IJEMST), discusses a study on the impact of an engineering course on middle school students' academic achievement in science and math and also on non-cognitive skills. The article discusses the...
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This lesson, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, covers the metric system of measurement. In this activity, students will "relate the size and scale of objects to various metric units, including the very small nano-scale." This activity will take two 50 minute classroom...
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This slide deck, from the Advanced Manufacturing and Prototyping Integrated to Unlock Potential (AMP-IT-UP) project, was presented at the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association Conference. The slide deck was presented by Jeff Rosen, Amber Smith, and James Ray and discusses...
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This video, from the 2021 Esri Education Summit, highlights three presentations about GIS projects in education. In the first presentation, Curby Alexander describes the use of ArcGIS for a longitudinal study of urban turtles. Curby explores the project, converting data into ArcGIS, visualization,...
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The Science Club's website lists various science sites and projects intended for K-12 students. This website includes the following sections: Kid's Science Build-It Projects, Science Fair Ideas Exchange, Science Projects at Other Websites, "Ask Science Questions" sites, Fun Science Site,...
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