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August 2007 RC Boats Make Waves • Enter the Fourth Annual Inventors Contest • Construction Management Program Builds Financial Development from the Ground Up • Power Play—Calculating Home Electricity Consumption • Career Directions—Solar Energy Technician • Product Showcase
December 2006 From Sci-Fi to Reality—Mobile Robots Get the Job Done • Design Team Approach Simulates Real-World Engineering • Connecting Teachers and Parents through the Internet • Aspiring Architects Draft Their Future • 1 + 1 = 3—Cross-Discipline Collaboration Really Adds Up! • Career Directions—Information Security Specialist • e-gallery • On-Demand Classroom Projects: Combustion Rocket, Assembly Line Activities Introduce Mass Production
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October 2007 Rock Your Classroom—Use Subwoofers to Teach Electricity and Science • Sure, They Can Build It But . . . Manufacturing Students Need Process Planning Skills • Teach Graphic Design Basics with PowerPoint • Free Teacher Resources
November 2007 Video Game Programmers Learn to "Pitch" • Project Teaches Students to Diagnose an Ailing Windows OS • See the Math with Your Binoculars! • Career Directions—Fire Safety Technician • ACTE Convention and Career Tech Expo Preview • Hands-On Activities
December 2007 Is This Op-Amp Any Good? Lab-Built Checker Removes All Doubt • Here Comes the Sun! Residential Solar Systems Add Up to Savings • Pinhole Cameras—For Science, Art, and Fun! • Poster Project Maps Out Design Process • Gifts for Geeks • e-gallery
January 2008 Engineering and Product Design Capstone Course—Electrathon Vehicle Competition Draws It All Together • Don't Throw It Away! Raise Recycling Awareness Through Communications Project • Rollin' in Style! Students Design Bike-Mounted Skateboard Racks • Reaching New Heights in Middle School Science—Straw Tower Competition Builds Student Interest • Annual Media Review
February 2008 How Engineers Engineer—Lessons from My First Big Engineering Project • Tips on Creating Complex Geometry Using Solid Modeling Software • Press to Test—Shop-Built BJT Checker Is Easy to Use • Career Direections—Cable Television Technician • ITEA Conference—Teaching TIDE with Pride • Professional Development Opportunitues
March 2008 HDTV—Understanding the New, Dealing with the Old • Technical Studies Lead to Dream Career • Fill and Fund Your CAD Classroom with These Exciting Strategies • STEM Progress in Katrina's Wake • School Web Site of the Month • Spring Spotlight
April 2008 A Bridge to the Future • Aeronautics Study Takes Off! Glider Design for Beginners • Career Directions—Project Engineer in the Heavy Construction Industry for Renewable Energy • Annual Buyer's Guide
September 2007 Dome, Sweet Dome—Geodesic Structures Teach Math, Science, and Techology Principles • Help Students Become Wise Energy Consumers • How Does Ferpa Affect You? • Career Directions—Camera Operator and Videographer • e-gallery