Supported by the National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technological Education (NSF ATE) program, HI-TEC is a national conference on advanced technological education where secondary and postsecondary educators, counselors, industry professionals, trade organizations, and technicians can update...
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This page from West Texas A&M University provides help for students in college algebra, intermediate algebra, beginning algebra, math for the sciences, and GRE mathematics preparation. Each area contains a number of individual tutorials that increase in difficulty. The GRE prep section includes two practice tests. This resources is free and available to everyone.
For more applied STEM education resources from NSF's Advanced Technological Education program, please visit ATE Central.
The ability to view the night sky is a must for any astronomer, but a planetarium provides even more opportunities to see distant stars and observe astronomical phenomena. Since this free open-source planetarium was last featured in the 04-26-2013 issue of the Scout Report, it has added a browser version and mobile app as alternatives to downloading the program.
Stellarium is a free, open-source home planetarium for people who wonder, "What's out there?" The program includes over 600,000 stars and 80,000 deep-sky objects, with the option to download additional catalogues of over 177 million stars and over 1 million deep-sky objects. There are also constellations from more than 20 cultures, the full Messier catalogue of nebulae imagery, visualizations of shooting stars and comets, simulated eclipses and supernovae, and realistic sunrises and sunsets. The user interface is quite easy to grasp, as it gives users the ability to zoom in and out or use a fisheye projection as a way to experience a bit of that true planetarium feel. Also, the program offers the ability to add new solar system objects from online resources and users' own deep-sky objects. Stellarium is compatible with most operating systems and available in multiple languages.
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Thursday, July 28, 2022
We are excited to announce the release of the ATE Impacts 2022-2023 book. Copies can be ordered online through the ATE Impacts website, and digital copies of the book can be accessed there as well. The digital copies are viewable across all devices....
Monday, May 21, 2018
CWIS version 4.1.1 has been released and is now available for download on the Scout site.
This is a maintenance release, focusing primarily on bug fixes, robustness, and increased PHP and MySQL/MariaDB compatibility. More specific detail about additions and fixes can be found on the Change...