Describes the stealth technology used by military forces and suggests student activities for exploring the topic. (SK)

Integrating supportive design features and technology into the home are excellent ways to plan to make a home "age-friendly." When an immediate need occurs for eliminating barriers in an existing home, supportive design features and technology will most often need to be examined, and some form of implementation will need to take place. While…

Tools for studying the social and environmental effects of technology include case studies, community-based studies involving real local problems, role playing, cost-benefit analysis, technology assessment, and lab experiments. (SK)

This technology education activity will allow the students to observe acoustical energy and will put them in a problem-solving situation where they must use the movement of a sound-activated diaphragm to perform another activity. (Author)

Presents an action-based technology education activity related to printed graphic communication. Includes objectives, equipment/supply list, procedures, and follow-up activities. (JOW)

Reviews developments in telemedicine and a number of related areas (telecommunications, virtual presence, informatics, artificial intelligence, robotics, materials science, and perceptual psychology). Provides learning activities for technology education. (SK)

Partners for America's Cup Technology--Maine (PACT 95) emphasizes the educational linkages associated with the famous sailboat race. The learning activities used relate to problem solving, communication skills, and cooperative learning. These activities can be designed to reinforce established goals, objectives, and competencies. (JOW)

Presents information on the manufacture of cosmetics, toiletries, and fragrances. Includes a design brief, giving context, challenge, objectives, material and equipment needs, evaluation, student outcomes, and quiz. (SK)

Provides classroom activities and projects related to energy deregulation for technology education classes. (JOW)

This activity on making recycled paper includes background information, implementation directions, equipment and supply lists, drawings, and forms for students to use as they complete the activity. It may be used to develop a new curriculum or be integrated into an existing one. (JOW)

Explains why technology courses should expose students to advanced composites. Addresses such concerns as cost and health, safety, and environmental issues. (SK)

Discusses how to share technology-based lessons with other teachers. Includes an outline for documenting activity suggestions and offers recommendations for preparing print resources for colleagues. Includes essential elements of a published technology-based activity. (JOW)

This student learning activity explores the history and evolution of packaging technology and concerns about plastics and other packaging materials. (SK)

Discusses inventions and innovations in battery technology. Includes information about batteries that have produced products such as cellular telephones, portable computers, and camcorders. Also describes lithium and solid state batteries and offers tips on battery safety. (JOW)

Provides information on the problems with the Hubble Space Telescope and how the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is trying to fix it. Includes a student quiz and possible student outcomes. (JOW)