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Willms, Ed – Tech Directions, 2007
Chances are that many high school students would not know how to use drafting instruments, but some might want to gain competence in computer-assisted design (CAD) and possibly computer-assisted manufacturing (CAM). These students are often attracted to tech courses by the availability of CAD/CAM instructions, and many go on to impress employers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Computer Software, Computers
Martin, Michael J. – Tech Directions, 2004
With new and inexpensive computer-based methods, measuring the speed of light and the Earth's radius--historically difficult endeavors--can be simple enough to be tackled by high school and college students working in labs that have limited budgets. In this article, the author describes two methods of estimating the Earth's radius using two…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Design, Computer Uses in Education, Spectroscopy, Light