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These documents from MatEd provide materials needed to teach a Fused Deposition Modeling ​(FDM) Additive Manufacturing Fundamentals Orientation course. At the end of the course, students will be able to identify manufactured projects or products that are compatible for production on FDM Machines,...

The North Carolina Community College System BioNetwork's interactive eLearning tools (IETs) are reusable chunks of training that can be deployed in a variety of courses or training programs. IETs are designed to enhance, not replace hands-on training. Learners are able to enter a hands-on lab...

This high school or beginning undergraduate level lab demonstration and inquiry activity will introduce students to the process of fermenting cellulosic biomass into cellulosic ethanol, along with the challenges researchers face in this area. The demonstration uses a Vernier probe or balloons to...

Optical fibers transmit light signals and are widely used in the telecommunications industry to transmit data over long distances. Light travels through the core material of an optical fiber by essentially repeatedly bouncing off the cladding material that surrounds the core. Understanding...

Fiber U is a learning website provided by the Fiber Optics Association. This website includes free online self-study programs, tutorials, textbooks, videos, iPad apps and links to other FOA pages that will help users learn about fiber optics and premises cabling. The site includes the following...

Students will discover the relationship between biofuel crop production and invertebrate biodiversity in these field investigations as well as the "effects those organisms have on pollination rates and weed seed predation." Instructors will have the option to choose from six field-sampling methods...

This video segment, adapted from ATETV, follows Travis Blackwell, a field service engineer working for ESAB Manufacturing, showcasing how technical college prepared him for work in this field. This video is a helpful for students considering or pursuing electromechanical engineering degrees to help...

This video, made available by the STEM Guitar Project, was recorded at the Guitar Build Institute held at Aptos Middle School in San Francisco, California in 2018. In the video Steve Brown demonstrates filing fret ends during electric guitar construction. The video runs 8:08 minutes in length and is...

The ATETV project delivers web-based videos to connect students to careers in advanced technology. In this episode of ATETV, geographical information systems, computer aided design and water treatment technology are discussed. Community college programs emphasizing technical knowledge are a great...

The ATETV project delivers web-based videos to connect students to careers in advanced technology. In this episode of ATETV, internships, information and communications technologies, and biotechnology are discussed. Internships provide students with valuable experience, and they often lead to...