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.

In this lesson students define macro- and micronutrients and describe the nutritional importance of nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus to plants.  They also identify the meaning of the three numbers on a bag of fertilizer.

Students are introduced to biofuels, biological engineers, algae and how they grow (photosynthesis), and what parts of algae can be used for biofuel (biomass from oils, starches, cell wall sugars). Through this lesson, plants—and specifically algae—are presented as an energy solution. Students learn that breaking apart algal cell walls enables access to oil, starch, and cell wall sugars for biofuel production. Students compare/contrast biofuels and fossil fuels. They learn about the field of biological engineering, including what biological engineers do. A 20-slide PowerPoint® presentation is provided that supports students taking notes in the Cornell format. Short pre- and post-quizzes are provided. This lesson prepares students to conduct the associated activity in which they make and then eat edible algal cell models.

Students learn about linear programming (also called linear optimization) to solve engineering design problems. As they work through a word problem as a class, they learn about the ideas of constraints, feasibility and optimization related to graphing linear equalities. Then they apply this information to solve two practice engineering design problems related to optimizing materials and cost by graphing inequalities, determining coordinates and equations from their graphs, and solving their equations. It is suggested that students conduct the associated activity, Optimizing Pencils in a Tray, before this lesson, although either order is acceptable.

Students define and classify alloys as mixtures, while comparing and contrasting the properties of alloys to those of pure substances. Students learn that engineers investigate the structures and properties of alloys for biomedical and transportation applications. Pre- and post-assessment handouts are provided.

This set of anatomy videos illustrating parts of the human body was created under a Round Eleven Mini-Grant for Ancillary Materials Creation.

Topics include:

Axial Skeleton
Appendicular Skeleton
Muscles
Nervous System
Anatomy of the Senses

How can you tell if harmful bacteria are in your food or water that might make you sick? What you eat or drink can be contaminated with bacteria, viruses, parasites and toxins—pathogens that can be harmful or even fatal. Students learn which contaminants have the greatest health risks and how they enter the food supply. While food supply contaminants can be identified from cultures grown in labs, bioengineers are creating technologies to make the detection of contaminated food quicker, easier and more effective.

Design, produce and test a marine boat hull that will: (1) travel faster than any other student-designed boat hull without a payload, (2) hold the heaviest payload without capsizing, (3) travel faster than any other student-designed boat hull with a standard payload, and (4) deliver the greatest net profit in simulated payload-to-power tradeoff races.

Associated lessons plans are also available for download and adaptation in the Guttman Community College OER collection in CUNY Academic Works.

Students build their own satellite using household materials. Through the process, they learn about satellites and their functions.

Students learn about atoms and their structure (protons, electrons, neutrons) — the building blocks of matter. They see how scientific discoveries about atoms and molecules influence new technologies developed by engineers.

In this lesson the student will:Define terminology.Utilize an evaluation tool to analyze employee performance.

In this lesson the students will:Define terminology.Summarize the benefits of international (global) trade.Compose a professional email with an attachment.

In this lesson the students will:Present marketing channels project.Rank order distribution channels based on the presentations.

In this lesson the students will:Define terminology.Identify marketing channels used by businesses.Choose channels of distribution for various products or services.

In this lesson the students will:Define terminology.Describe factors that impact markets.Investigate products influenced by market-affecting factors.Report findings to the class.

In this lesson the students will:Define terminology.Write a reflection on the guest speaker’s presentation.Explain how the guest speaker’s business markets their company, products, or services.

In this lesson the students will:Actively listen, ask questions, and take notes while the guest speaker presents.Summarize the marketing strategies and techniques used by the guest speaker’s company.

In this lesson the students will:Define terminology.Prepare to conduct an interview with a local business to understand their approach to market research and market segmentation.