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This 17-page report, published by Landstown High School, describes the design and construction of the underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) created by the Deep Sea Tactics team for the Ranger Class of the 2022 MATE ROV competition. MATE ROV is a global competition that challenges STEM students...

Published by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, this activity allows students to design their own Rube Goldberg device which incorporates shape memory alloys. The goals of the lesson are "encourage students to compare and contrast science and technology; experimental design and...

These presentation slides, from the Georgia Institute of Technology, address three middle school engineering and technology courses created by the Advanced Manufacturing and Prototyping, Integrated to Unlock Potential (AMP-IT-UP) project. These 18-week STEM Innovation and Design courses include the...

This slide deck, from the Advanced Manufacturing and Prototyping Integrated to Unlock Potential (AMP-IT-UP) project, was presented at the Griffin Regional Educational Service Agency 2nd Annual Drive-In STEM Conference in November, 2015. This presentation discusses the Rigor and Relevance Scale, the...

This 13-page article discusses the impact of Click! Urban Adventure, an interactive game designed to engage middle school aged old girls with STEM skills. This article was authored by Kristin Hughes of Carnegie Mellon University, a member of the team that developed Click! Urban Adventure. As Hughes...

This 42-page article, provided by the Georgia Institute of Technology, addresses how to best assess K-12 engineering instruction. In particular, the authors of this study "[demonstrated] the use of mixed methods to guide the development and revision of K-12 Engineering Design Process (EDP)...

This 17-page paper, provided by the Georgia Institute of Technology, addresses the utilization of Think Aloud Interviews (TAIs) as an assessment in the Engineering Design Process (EDP). The Engineering Design Process "frames... [the] curriculum" for an NSF funded partnership between the Georgia...

This 25-page report, from Grove Academy, describes the design and construction of the underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) created by the Discovery Robotics team for the Ranger Class of the 2022 MATE ROV competition. MATE ROV is a global competition that challenges STEM students to build...

This is the first video session in the DroneTech Educator Workshop: Drones and Geospatial Applications series provided by the National Center for Autonomous Technologies. In this presentation, Ben Richason introduces the workshop series, and its objective to develop practical application of drone...

This video presentation is from the DroneTech Educator Workshop: Drones and Geospatial Applications series provided by the National Center for Autonomous Technologies. In this presentation, Ben Richason discusses the different types of unmanned aerial system (UAS) analyses, including reconnaissance,...