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This learning activity will provide an introduction to ceramic slip casting for advanced high-school and introductory college and technical school students. The exercise covers the properties of ceramics, the slip casting process, and the limitations of slip casting. The module can be completed in...

These syllabi, provided by Career Education in Renewable Energy Technology (CERET), are for courses that satisfy credit requirements for the Renewable Energy certificate offered at Madison Area Technical College. A syllabus is included for the following courses: Energy Management, Introduction to...

This report from the National Cyber League contains challenge explanations from Fall 2012. In this competition, collegiate participants had the opportunity to "develop, demonstrate, and test their cybersecurity skills in a real-world, fast-paced environment" ending with a "Capture the Flag" exercise...

In this video provided by Bio-Link, Debbie Hawks, science teacher at Blair I.B. High School in Pasadena, California talks about the challenges in starting a high school biotech program. Finding laboratory equipment for the biotech program has been one of the biggest challenges for Hawks. Connections...

The focus of this presentation is the nation's aerospace technician workforce and the transformation needed to meet the aerospace industry's requirements for the global aerospace marketplace of the 21st century.

This tutorial, provided by Virginia Geospatial Extension, is part of a series of 30 videos that cover remotely sensed data in ArcMap 10.x versions. This "tutorial covers change detection using Landsat Imagery." Visual change detection and calculating differences between images are demonstrated in...

In this lesson designed for professional development, learn about rapidly emerging fields in advanced technology that your students may find of interest when considering a career. You will watch videos, explore interactive activities, and answer content-related questions to gain insights into the...

This downloadable publication from the National Academies Press concerns the public understanding of the field of engineering and ways to attract young people to the profession. The report offers tested messages that reposition engineering as a satisfying profession that involves creative ideas and...

This interactive presentation, created by Terry Bartelt and hosted by the Electromechanical Digital Library, discusses the history and theory of Charles's Law, which states, "the volume of a given quantity of gas varies directly with its temperature." A series of interactive flash animations show...

This publication of Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University, is of research conducted that compared weighted average source distance (WASD) of foods grown locally in Iowa to those foods obtained from traditional sources.