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This educational video on YouTube describes how the technology of superconductors in magnetic levitation works. The video begins by showing a futuristic flying car, then describes how this technology might one day be possible due to superconductors. A working prototype of a "flying car" is also...

The Tabletop Explainer presents this video showing what you need and how to build an electric motor.  It also explains how an electric motor works. This activity can be used with students in a classroom or as a student/class activity or project.

This 22-page paper, provided by the Southeast Maritime and Transportation (SMART) Center, discusses incorporating maritime into STEM courses. The paper includes a background of the maritime industry, reasons to incorporate maritime into courses, ideas and approaches for incorporation, and resources...

This video is provided by Make Magazine and demonstrates how to make a small radio. "During World War II, GIs in the field built really amazing simple radios to listen to. These were made with materials that they could get their hands on and were small enough to carry around in a big pocket." The...

In this video Bre Pettis and Joe Grand demonstrate how to use a multimeter! The video is a step by step presentation about how to use this piece of equipment. This video runs 9:56 minutes in length. 

This presentation and accompanying handouts from the first Workshop on Assessment of 21st Century Skills, given by Deborah Boisvert from Broadening Advanced Technological Education Connections​ (BATEC), reflects on work with employers to define, teach, and assess 21st century skills of computer...

In this lesson from the MAPS GIS program at Lane Community College, students examine global spatial patterns of human development using a web-based GIS map. Using the HDI (Human Development Index) layer, students can identify demographic patterns of population and development and hypothesize reasons...

This resource, presented by the Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC), is an animation that serves as an introduction to Human Machine Interfaces. According to the animation, a Human Machine Interface is "a way for an operator to access a machine." Types of Human Machine Interfaces...

This 16-page resource, from the STEM Guitar Project, includes information about guitar humidity and dry guitar symptoms, a guitar humidifier construction activity, and a laboratory experiment. The activity teaches students how to make a guitar case humidifier and includes a 12-question quiz and...

This 22-page report, from Mt. Pearl Senior High School, describes the design and construction of the underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) created by the Huskey Explorer team for the Ranger Class of the 2022 MATE ROV competition. MATE ROV is a global competition that challenges STEM students to...