Explore the historic reasons women are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics today.

Get an in-depth look at the ethical, legal, and social implications genetic technologies have on society. Explore the ethical considerations that genetics has on our society with the advances in genetically-tailored treatments, genetic...

This video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey looks at the invention of the automobile and the development of mass production. [4:21]

Investigate the meaning of ethics and morality as applied to technology and scientific advances. Research various issues related to scientific, technological and medical advances in the past decade and take a stand on each.

Students form expert engineering teams working for the (fictional) alternative energy consulting firm, Greenewables, Inc. Each team specializes in a form of renewable energy used to generate electrical power: passive solar, solar...

Students learn about magnets and how they are formed. They investigate the properties of magnets and how engineers use magnets in technology. Specifically, students learn about magnetic memory storage, which is the reading and writing of...

Students learn how motion capture (mo-cap) technology enables computer animators to create realistic effects. They learn the importance of center of gravity in animation and how to use the concept of center of gravity in writing an...

The concepts of stability and equilibrium are introduced while young scholars learn how these ideas are related to the concept of center of mass. They gain further understanding when they see, first-hand, how equilibrium is closely...

For thousands of years, navigators have looked to the sky for direction. Today, celestial navigation has simply switched from using natural objects to human-created satellites. A constellation of satellites, called the Global Positioning...

An online science radio show and podcast covering STEM topics of technology, medicine, and science. Includes experiment ideas, current scientific research, science news, science book reviews, and so much more.

This page provides a brief account of the history of windmills, their origins and types. This is a transcript of an accompanying radio broadcast.

During this instructional activity, students learn how seismographs work and how technology has impacted the world by helping save lives from earthquakes. They will work in teams to design, test, and evaluate the results of their own...

Learn about how to strengthen literacy, inquiry, and problem-solving skills, and how to connect kids with high-quality nonfiction and informational books. Provides videos, articles for parents and for teachers, webcasts for teachers, and...

Read this short article to find out about the history of cloning and genetic engineering. Continue on to the next page to find out how cloning is done. Simple terms and fun animations make it easy to read.

Learning module designed for primary students learning about Roman family life. Students can navigate through a variety of activities, photos, and videos, timelines to learn about the life of Roman children and their families.