The Pre-College Education program within the NASCENT Engineering Research Center has developed a host of curriculum materials through the Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program. We’ll be adding more materials as they become available. We hope you find them useful!
You can download available materials by clicking the links in the “Title” column. You can sort the table by clicking on any of the column headers to sort by that field or use the menu selector below:
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| 01 | Piano in a Box | 01st to 05th | Music/STEM | Markland |
| 02 | Starlight, Starbright: Which Light will Turn my Paper White? | 03rd to 05th | Science | Dial |
| 03 | Liquid Crystal Thermometers | 05th | Science | Lengnick-Hall |
| 04 |
The Art of Molecular Structure through Photolithography*
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06th
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Science
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Nixon
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| 05 | Photolithography Lab | 06th to 08th | Science | Romero |
| 06 |
Solar Energy vs. Wind Energy*
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07th
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Science
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Deeter
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| 07 | Nanotechnology Uses in Medicine | 07th | Science | Kizer |
| 08 |
Bacterial Adaptations and their Application in Genetic Engineering
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07th | Science | Peña |
| 09 |
Microfluidics and Engineering
Act-1-Microscope-Slide.docx Act-1-Student-Worksheet_Smile-Youre-on-a-Microscope-Slide.docx Act-2-Capillary-Action-All-Swirled-Up.docx Act-2_Worksheet-Scale-Capillary-Action-pg-1.docx Act-2_Worksheet-Scale-Capillary-Action-pg-2.docx Act-4-Microfluidics-Eng-Challenge.docx Act-4_Worksheet_Microfluidics-Eng-Challenge.docx |
07th to 08th
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Science
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Kizer
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| 10 |
Lithography and Nanotechnology
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08th | Science | Romero |
| 11 |
Microscopic Chemical Changes to Sand
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06th to 07th | Science | Olson |
| 12 | Cryopreservation and Sustainability | 07th to 08th | Biology/Chemistry | Garcia |
| 13 | 08th | Mathematics | Collins | |
| 14 | Stained Glass – The Art of Linear Equations* | 08th | Mathematics | Collins |
| 15 | Using scatter plots to analyze data sets | 08th | Mathematics | Curtin |
| 16 | Scatter Plots and Correlation | 08th | Mathematics | Curtin |
| 17 |
Micro:Bit Student Coded Circuits
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08th | Physics; Comp Science | Stamman |
| 18 | Stars in a Syringe | 08th | Science | Romero |
| 19 | Simulation Applications in Medicine | 08th | Science and Technology | Sauter |
| 20 | Introduction to Computer Science | 08th | Science and Technology | Sauter |
| 21 | The Antimicrobial Power of Nanoparticles | 08th to 12th | Science | Read |
| 22 | Maidbot* | 09th | Physics | Foster |
| 23 | Space, Time and Scale KimWilliamETP-Final4DocuSign2016-02.22.17.pdf |
09th | Physics | Kim |
| 24 | Building an Obstacle Course* | 09th | Mathematics | Negley |
| 25 | Testing Hydrophobic Materials | 09th | Mathematics | Negley |
| 26 | When Life Gives you Lemons* | 09th | Mathematics | Trenfield |
| 27 | Shape Matters* | 10th | Mathematics/Engineering | Barron |
| 28 | From Lobster Shells to Plastic Objects to Compost: A Bioplastics Activity* | 10th | Chemistry | Hamm |
| 29 | Heater Redesign* | 10th to 11th | Mathematics/Engineering | DiMaria |
| 30 | Conservation of Energy and Organics | 11th | Physics | Nguyen |
| 31 | Lasers* | 09th to 12th | Physics | Bodman |
| 32 | Photolithography Data Collection and Mathematical Modeling Lesson: 1-Lesson_Photolithography-Data-Collection-and-Mathematical-Models.docx 2-PowerPoint_Photolithography-and-Mathematical-Models.pptx 3-Student-Worksheet_BeyondtheData.docx Activity: 1-Activity_CreatingPrintedCircuitBoards.docx 2-Lab-on-CopperEtching.docx 3-Student-Worksheet_TempertureModelWorksheet.docx 4-Rubric_WetEtching.docx |
09th to 11th | Algebra 2 | Castanon |
| 33 |
Coating Hydrophobic Substrates with Polydopamine Under Varying Environmental Conditions
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09th to 12th | Aquatics, Biology, Chemistry | Bucko |
| 34 |
Mini-factories
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09th to 12th | Biology | Diaz |
| 35 |
Conductivity and Materials
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09th to 12th | Physics | Lira |
| 36 | Printing electric systems (developed by pre-service teacher)* | 09th to 12th | Chemistry | Hessong |
| 37 | Apocalypse Proof School* | 09th to 12th | Mathematics | Montgomery |
| 38 | Using Lasers to Make the Invisible, Visible Unit Write-ups: Lesson #1 - Laser Light - What's the Difference Lesson #2 - Lasers for Super Small Measurements Lesson #3 - Sugar Concentration with Laser Pointers Lesson #4 - Lasers in Medicine - Disease Detection |
09th to 12th | Physics | Plaza |
| 39 | Lucky Dip (developed by pre-service teacher) | 09th to 12th | Mathematics | Tsai |
| 40 | Chemical Equilibrium: Le Chatelier’s Principle (developed by pre-service teacher) | 10th to 12th | Chemistry | Lenaburg |
| 41 | Intermolecular forces and their effects on the wetting of solutions | 10th to 12th | Mathematics | Lester |
| 42 |
Solar Energy and Data
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10th to 12th | Mathematics | Christopherson |
| 43 | Lasers and Trig | 10th to 12th | Mathematics | Christopherson |
| 44 |
Bulk Properties from Micrscopic Structure
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11th | Physics | Carroll |
| 45 | Solar Powered Classroom* | 12th | Earth and Sciences | Bachmayer |
*These curriculum materials will be posted as they become available. Please check back!