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This lesson, created by Jackie Carl, guides students to research various types of energy resources with the ultimate goal of creating a policy for Missouri's energy future. Students will research fossil fuels, nuclear energy, and alternative sustainable sources of energy as well as budgetary...

This 2-page Every Plant for Itself activity is provided by AgrowKnowldge and focuses on plant survival. The activity is intended to strengthen student's knowledge of the key requirements of plants, demonstrate plant survival, and to explain how herbicides eliminate competition for key resources by...

This 70-page report from the National Center for Autonomous Technologies (NCAT) describes the results of the Experience STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics) event held by NCAT at the Mall of America (MoA) to generate interest in STEAM concepts, education, and careers. The...

This webpage features a wide variety of interactive science teaching activities. Each activity includes subjects and keywords, tools and materials, detailed instructions, and an explanation of the science behind the activity. Occasionally demonstration videos are featured. Sample activities include...

Course Description: Exploratory Design and Engineering II is a project-based course for seventh to ninth grade students, which focuses on skills in math, science, technology, and engineering as it applies to electric vehicles. The course, from Utica Community Schools, and developed with seed...

This Exploring Computer Science (ECS) website is supported by the Broadening Participation in Computing division of the National Science Foundation, and provides curriculum and related resources for teaching the course Exploring Computer Science. ECS’s mission “is to increase and enhance the...

This hands-on activity, published by the National Informal STEM Education Network, can be used by instructors to teach electroplating. Included with this activity is a description, objectives, a video that runs 12:28 minutes in length, a handout titled Exploring Fabrication Electroplating (available...

This resource from the Florida Advanced Technological Education (FLATE) Center will help students develop their understanding of high tech careers. The lesson will provide students the opportunity to use the internet to access career and education planning information while considering their own...

This lesson, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, covers nanotechnology in consumer products. First, the instructor presents an introductory PowerPoint and then "students are given a chance in groups to explore consumer products through an information sheet provided over...

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) for Nanostructured Materials and Interfaces has launched an effort to make the nanoworld accessible and comprehensible to everyone. This booklet is an important part of the effort. LEGO bricks provide a...