What and where is "the cloud"? The lesson teaches scholars about the history of cloud computing and about its current uses. It also teaches how to install a multiple guest OS in a host OS and how to use cloud computing services.

Need some activities to go along with your unit? A collection of hands-on activities from PBS offers opportunities to add to your electricity, sound, and force units. The electricity activities revolve around building a...

Glencoe offers the STEM Handbook which outlines the importance of science, technology, engineering, and math in opening many career pathways.

An Australian site offering career information on an Analyst (System Analyst) career. Gives a description of what an analyst does in general, specific analyst descriptions, personal and educational requirements, related jobs, and state...

This site from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration provides fun information on the subject. "people can do their jobs even better if they have very accurate images of the ground. Oddly enough, the best way to see lots of...

Learn about the many specializations in the field of geography within its two branches of physical and human geography.

A career as a computer software engineer is profiled. Included: nature of the work, training, advancement, employment, job outlook. projections data, earnings, related occupations. A detailed examination of this career is clearly presented.

This resource provides information about careers in audio/visual technology and film, including camera operators.

This site describes how by the 1970s, foreign manufacturers were embedded in the U.S. markets. For the U.S., this meant a loss of sales, a loss of jobs, and a loss of economic confidence.

This site has basic information about careers for computer programmers, including the nature of the work, working conditions, employment, training, job outlook, earnings and related occupations. Multimedia is mentioned in the training...

Contains a profile of Ms. Gloria Chaw, a process engineer at Chevron Research & Technology Company in Richmond, California. Presents a video interview and written transcripts of portions of the interview.

Combine your interest in art, engineering, and computers in a career as a CAD technician. Science Buddies' Career Profile tells you what you need to know about this interesting career that has applications in many different fields. Read...

A brief career profile of Ms. Michelle O'Brien, a physicist for the ionizing radiation division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Can be downloaded in PDF format.