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200+ Free Tutorials at GCFGlobal.org

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200+ Free Tutorials at GCFGlobal.org

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Over 200+ videos, tutorials, and modules covering Computers, Technology, the Internet, Software Applications, Career Planning, Job Search, Money Management, Workplace Skills, Applying for Jobs, Work Life, Digital Skills, Photography and Graphics, Social Media, and more along with Teacher Guides and additional Resources and Tools.

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20/20 Vision

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In this activity, students determine their own eyesight and calculate what a good average eyesight value for the class would be. Students learn about technologies to enhance eyesight and how engineers play an important role in the development of these technologies.

Subject:: Engineering and Information Technologies
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering
Author:: Denali Lander; Janet Yowell; Joe Freidrichsen; Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Date Added:: 09/26/2008

3D Printing, Computer Aided Design (CAD) and G-Code Basics

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Students learn how 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, is revolutionizing the manufacturing process. First, students learn what considerations to make in the engineering design process to print an object with quality and to scale. Students learn the basic principles of how a computer-aided design (CAD) model is converted to a series of data points then turned into a program that operates the 3D printer. The activity takes students through a step-by-step process on how a computer can control a manufacturing process through defined data points. Within this activity, students also learn how to program using basic G-code to create a wireframe 3D shapes that can be read by a 3D printer or computer numerical control (CNC) machine.

Subject:: Engineering and Information Technologies; Geometry; Mathematics; Measurement and Data
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: Activities
Author:: Matthew Jourden
Date Added:: 05/04/2019

3RC (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Compost)

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3RC (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Compost)

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In this lesson, students expand their understanding of solid waste management to include the idea of 3RC (reduce, reuse, recycle and compost). They will look at the effects of packaging decisions (reducing) and learn about engineering advancements in packaging materials and solid waste management. Also, they will observe biodegradation in a model landfill (composting).

Subject:: Ecology; Engineering and Information Technologies; Life Science
Material Type:: Lesson Plan
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering
Author:: Amy Kolenbrander; Janet Yowell; Jessica Todd; Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Date Added:: 09/18/2014

ADE CTSO New & Advanced Advisor Training Schedule 23/24

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ADE CTSO New & Advanced Advisor Training Schedule and Advisor Leadership Camp for 23/24.

Subject:: AgriScience; Business and Marketing Education; Communication Media Technologies; Construction Science Technologies; Education and Training; Engineering and Information Technologies; Family and Consumer Sciences; Health Science Technologies; Professional Skills; Public Service Careers; Transportation Technologies; Welding Technologies
Material Type:: Primary Source
Author:: Julie Ellis
Date Added:: 08/20/2020

AI Literacy Lessons for Grades 6–12

AI Literacy Lessons for Grades 6–12

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Quick, grab-and-go lessons to help your students think critically about AI and its impact.

Subject:: Automation and Robotics; Business and Marketing Education; Communication Media Technologies; Digital Animation; Education Professions; Education and Training; Engineering and Information Technologies; Family and Consumer Sciences; Hospitality Management; Marketing; Professional Skills
Material Type:: Unit of Study
Author:: Common Sense Education
Date Added:: 01/18/2024

AM I on the Radio?

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AM I on the Radio?

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Student groups create working radios by soldering circuit components supplied from AM radio kits. By carrying out this activity in conjunction with its associated lesson concerning circuits and how AM radios work, students are able to identify each circuit component they are soldering, as well as how their placement causes the radio to work. Besides reinforcing lesson concepts, students also learn how to solder, which is an activity that many engineers perform regularly giving students a chance to be able to engage in a real-life engineering activity.

Subject:: Electronic Technologies; Engineering and Information Technologies
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering
Author:: Brandon Jones; Emily Spataro; Lara Oliver; Lisa Burton
Date Added:: 09/18/2014

ARIZONA PHOTONICS DAYS 2021

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Arizona Photonics Days 2021 – Expanding Optics and Photonics Technologies in Industrial and Commercial Applications
The fourth annual Arizona Photonics Days will be a virtual conference held March 3-5, 2021, just prior to Photonics West. Engage with your peers and industry leaders for technical discussions, industry trends, and virtual business connections with global attendees. There will be no cost to attend the 2021 virtual conference.

Conference Focus:

The focus of this year’s conference will be expanding the scope of optics and photonics technologies in industrial and commercial applications in Sensing and Metrology, Astronomy, Quantum Technology, Laser Technology, and Biomedical Technology.

Agenda:

Download the Conference Agenda PDF HERE
Program Overview:

Expert Keynotes
Technology and Business Presentations
Company Presentations
Panel discussions about trends and issues
Important Dates:

Dec. 2, 2020 – Jan. 27, 2021: Call for Papers is closed.
Dec. 2, 2020 – Mar 1, 2021: Sponsor opportunities available. Download Sponsor Opportunities PDF HERE.
Conference Schedule:

The conference will be held virtually over three days to best accommodate our local and international attendees:

March 3: 7:00 am – 1:15 pm MST / 14:00 – 20:15 UTC
March 4: 7:00 am – 1:15 pm MST / 14:00 – 20:15 UTC
March 5: 7:00 am – 1:15 pm MST / 14:00 – 20:15 UTC
Who Should Attend:

Business owners, executives and professionals of optics and photonics companies
Industry leaders whose companies apply these technologies
Academic and industry scientists and engineers
Optics cluster leadership and staff
More Information

Visit Arizona Photonic Days 2020 webpage
Learn more about Arizona Photonics Days

Subject:: Engineering and Information Technologies; Health Science Technologies
Material Type:: Lecture Notes
Author:: Arizona Technology Council
Date Added:: 02/18/2021

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AWS Academy

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Bridging the gap between industry and academia

As cloud technologies continue to help organizations transform at a rapid pace, employees with the necessary cloud skills are in high demand. According to LinkedIn data, cloud computing is the number one hard skill companies need most.

AWS Academy provides higher education institutions with a free, ready-to-teach cloud computing curriculum that prepares students to pursue industry-recognized certifications and in-demand cloud jobs. Our curriculum helps educators stay at the forefront of AWS Cloud innovation so that they can equip students with the skills they need to get hired in one of the fastest-growing industries.

Subject:: Communication Media Technologies; Digital Communications; Engineering and Information Technologies; Network Security; Software and App Design
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson; Module; Primary Source; Teaching/Learning Strategy; Unit of Study
Author:: Amazon Web Services
Date Added:: 10/13/2021

AZCTECC CTE Program Instructional Resources Overview

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AZCTECC CTE Program Instructional Resources Overview

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This overview document provides a description of each of the Instructional Resources developed for CTE programs in Arizona.

Subject:: AgriScience; Business and Marketing Education; Communication Media Technologies; Construction Science Technologies; Education and Training; Engineering and Information Technologies; Family and Consumer Sciences; Health Science Technologies; Public Service Careers; Stagecraft; Welding Technologies
Material Type:: Reading
Author:: Tammy Bonner
Date Added:: 01/22/2022

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AZ CTE LEADS

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The Leadership Continuum grew out of a committee of dedicated Arizona Career and Technical Education professionals who wanted to build capacity and ensure sustainability of CTE leadership in the classroom ranks, school administration, post-secondary leadership, and business & industry. Work began in December 2010 with the charge in determining how best to grow leaders who know and understand CTE.

Subject:: AgriScience; Agriculture and Welding; Business and Marketing Education; Communication Media Technologies; Construction Science Technologies; Education and Training; Engineering and Information Technologies; Family and Consumer Sciences; Health Science Technologies; Professional Skills; Public Service Careers; Transportation Technologies; Welding Technologies
Material Type:: Primary Source; Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:: AZ CTE LEADS
Date Added:: 10/06/2020

Abdominal Cavity and Laparoscopic Surgery

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Abdominal Cavity and Laparoscopic Surgery

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For students interested in studying biomechanical engineering, especially in the field of surgery, this lesson serves as an anatomy and physiology primer of the abdominopelvic cavity. Students are introduced to the abdominopelvic cavity—a region of the body that is the focus of laparoscopic surgery—as well as the benefits and drawbacks of laparoscopic surgery. Understanding the abdominopelvic environment and laparoscopic surgery is critical for biomechanical engineers who design laparoscopic surgical tools.

Subject:: Anatomy/Physiology; Engineering and Information Technologies; Life Science
Material Type:: Lesson Plan
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering
Author:: Benjamin S. Terry; Brandi N. Briggs; Denise W. Carlson; Stephanie Rivale
Date Added:: 09/18/2014

About Accuracy and Approximation

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About Accuracy and Approximation

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Students learn about the concepts of accuracy and approximation as they pertain to robotics, gain insight into experimental accuracy, and learn how and when to estimate values that they measure. Students also explore sources of error stemming from the robot setup and rounding numbers.

Subject:: Engineering and Information Technologies; Mathematics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering
Author:: Ronald Poveda
Date Added:: 09/18/2014

Above-Ground Storage Tank Design Project

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Above-Ground Storage Tank Design Project

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At this point in the unit, students have learned about Pascal's law, Archimedes' principle, Bernoulli's principle, and why above-ground storage tanks are of major concern in the Houston Ship Channel and other coastal areas. In this culminating activity, student groups act as engineering design teams to derive equations to determine the stability of specific above-ground storage tank scenarios with given tank specifications and liquid contents. With their floatation analyses completed and the stability determined, students analyze the tank stability in specific storm conditions. Then, teams are challenged to come up with improved storage tank designs to make them less vulnerable to uplift, displacement and buckling in storm conditions. Teams present their analyses and design ideas in short class presentations.

Subject:: Engineering and Information Technologies; Physical Science; Physics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering
Author:: Emily Sappington; Mila Taylor
Date Added:: 09/18/2014

Above-Ground Storage Tanks in the Houston Ship Channel

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Above-Ground Storage Tanks in the Houston Ship Channel

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Students are provided with an introduction to above-ground storage tanks, specifically how and why they are used in the Houston Ship Channel. The introduction includes many photographic examples of petrochemical tank failures during major storms and describes the consequences in environmental pollution and costs to disrupted businesses and lives, as well as the lack of safety codes and provisions to better secure the tanks in coastal regions regularly visited by hurricanes. Students learn how the concepts of Archimedes' principle and Pascal's law act out in the form of the uplifting and buckling seen in the damaged and destroyed tanks, which sets the stage for the real-world engineering challenge presented in the associated activity to design new and/or improved storage tanks that can survive storm conditions.

Subject:: Architectural Drafting; Construction Science Technologies; Engineering and Information Technologies
Material Type:: Lesson Plan
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering
Author:: Emily Sappington; Mila Taylor
Date Added:: 09/18/2014

Accelerometer: Centripetal Acceleration

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Accelerometer: Centripetal Acceleration

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Students work as physicists to understand centripetal acceleration concepts. They also learn about a good robot design and the accelerometer sensor. They also learn about the relationship between centripetal acceleration and centripetal force governed by the radius between the motor and accelerometer and the amount of mass at the end of the robot's arm. Students graph and analyze data collected from an accelerometer, and learn to design robots with proper weight distribution across the robot for their robotic arms. Upon using a data logging program, they view their own data collected during the activity. By activity end , students understand how a change in radius or mass can affect the data obtained from the accelerometer through the plots generated from the data logging program. More specifically, students learn about the accuracy and precision of the accelerometer measurements from numerous trials.

Subject:: Engineering and Information Technologies; Physical Science; Physics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering
Author:: Carlo Yuvienco; Jennifer S. Haghpanah
Date Added:: 09/18/2014

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Acid Attack

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In this activity, students explore the effect of chemical erosion on statues and monuments. They use chalk to see what happens when limestone is placed in liquids with different pH values. They also learn several things that engineers are doing to reduce the effects of acid rain.

Subject:: Chemistry; Engineering and Information Technologies; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering
Author:: Janet Yowell; Jessica Todd; Malinda Schaefer Zarske; Melissa Straten
Date Added:: 10/14/2015

Acid Rain Effects

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Acid Rain Effects

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Students conduct a simple experiment to model and explore the harmful effects of acid rain (vinegar) on living (green leaf and eggshell) and non-living (paper clip) objects.

Subject:: Engineering and Information Technologies
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering
Author:: Amy Kolenbrander; Denise Carlson; Janet Yowell; Malinda Schaefer Zarske; Natalie Mach
Date Added:: 10/14/2015

Acid (and Base) Rainbows

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Acid (and Base) Rainbows

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Students are introduced to the differences between acids and bases and how to use indicators, such as pH paper and red cabbage juice, to distinguish between them.

Subject:: Engineering and Information Technologies
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering
Author:: Amy Kolenbrander; Denise Carlson; Gwendolyn Frank; Janet Yowell; Malinda Schaefer Zarske; Natalie Mach; Sharon Perez
Date Added:: 09/26/2008

Action-Reaction! Rocket

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Action-Reaction! Rocket

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Students construct rockets from balloons propelled along a guide string. They use this model to learn about Newton's three laws of motion, examining the effect of different forces on the motion of the rocket.

Subject:: Engineering and Information Technologies; Physical Science; Physics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering
Author:: Ben Heavner; Denise W. Carlson; Malinda Schaefer Zarske; Sabre Duren
Date Added:: 10/14/2015