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HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES ROBOTICS ENGINEERING CURRICULUM intelitek’s Robotics Engineering Curriculum (REC), delivers a comprehensive, standards-based two-year robotics course for science, technology, engineering, and math programs. With hands-on activities and compelling online curriculum, each semester includes everything you need to run an introductory robotics program, built around Learn-Mate curriculum with movies and animations and optional classroom management, easyC™ programming software, the easiest way to program your robot, and award-winning Vex Robotics hardware. BUILDING HOMES OF OUR OWN Middle and high school students can design, build, and sell a 3D home with this interactive educational CD-ROM that is given FREE to classroom educators. Developed by the National Association of Home Builders, it applies real-world context to math, science, technology, social studies, and consumer economics curricula and introduces students to career opportunities. This complete program (not a demo) is network-compatible and comes with a Teacher’s Guide. intelitek, inc. 800-221-2763 www.intelitek.com National Association of Home Builders www.HomesofOurOwn.com TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE Bring technology into your middle school at an affordable price with Tech Foundations by Lab-Volt! Tech Foundations is a modular education program designed as an introduction to technological concepts in Biotechnology; Communications; Construction; Energy, Power and Transportation and Manufacturing and Automation. In each module, students complete a final project using the D.E.A.L. method of problem solving and develop higher level problem-solving skills through the supplemental No Child Left Behind activities provided. WORKING MODELS Want to learn more about the Stirling Cycle hot air engine? They’ve been around since 1816 and are as close to perpetual motion as we have ever come. The hot air engines lost out to stationary steam engines and we have machined model kits available for both types of engines for excellent hands-on classroom activity. These activities aid students in blueprint reading, mechanics, engineering principles, and physics. Call or visit our Web site for a catalog. Lab-Volt Systems, Inc. 800-LAB-VOLT • www.labvolt.com P. M. Research, Inc. 800-724-3801 • www.pmresearchinc.com More than Fun Answers GLOBAL WARMING: UNDERSTANDING GREENHOUSE GASES A must-have unit on the science of global warming predictions. Using a highly effective combination of computer simulations and off-line, hands-on experiments, you can teach students why climate change is a very real issue. The software includes an authentic global climate model that is easy to use with clear understandable results, yet it unleashes the incredible computational power of the computer. This impressive software is modular and classroom ready! Seeds Software • 858-586-6349 • Fax 206-782-0918 RealScience@Seeds2Learn.com • www.Seeds2Learn.com 34 techdirections ◆ NOVEMBER 2007 http://www.intelitek.com http://www.HomesofOurOwn.com http://www.pmresearchinc.com http://www.labvolt.com http://www.Seeds2Learn.com

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Tech Directions - November 2007

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