tekLINK activities challenge students to design and build hydraulic circuits with both the simulation software and actual hardware panel components. In addition, Intelitek's Pneumatics Technology tekLINKs use applied science experiments to demonstrate the physical principles of air power.

Intelitek's Pneumatics Technology tekLINKs feature PneuMotion simulation software, which provides an accurate working simulation of pneumatic devices and circuits. With PneuMotion, students can create, operate and observe simulated pneumatic and electro-pneumatic devices and circuits. Circuits can be printed, altered and improved as needed. The tekLINKs also include the PneuLine panel with its wide variety of industrial-grade pneumatic components.

Students connect different components, change physical parameters and observe system responses. This unique combination of software and industrial equipment enables students to test and troubleshoot simulated pneumatic circuits before hardware connections are made. In all these tekLINKs students design solutions for industrial pneumatic applications with emphasis on real industrial concerns.

The curriculum for each tekLINK incorporates SCANS and National Skills Standards in a 15-lesson format designed to bridge the transition between school and the workplace. All Pneumatics Technology tekLINKs are supported by optional tekSURF multimedia curriculum enhancements and tekSCOPE lab/classroom management software, which provides instructors with total classroom control

The tekLINK's Activities Book contains 15 activities, each of which can be completed in one 45-minute lab session. Each activity includes the following sections:

• Objectives - goals the student will achieve,
• SCANS skills - competencies the student will develop,
• Materials - specific items needed for the activity,
• Overview - description of the subjects to be explored,
• Procedures - includes a series of tasks or operations the students perform; questions and review conclude each activity,
• Worksheets - all questions and tasks are printed on a set of worksheets for recording the student's answers and lab results,
• Academics - contains enrichment materials such as industrial applications and opportunities.

1. Getting Started
2. Atmospheric Pressure and Vacuum
3. Atmospheric Pressure, Vacuum and Mechanical Work
4. Double-Acting Cylinder
5. Push button Valves
6. Controlling a Piston with Push Button Valves
7. The 5/2 Air-Operated, Air-Returned Valve
8. The 5/2 Valve
9. Law of Gases - Part 1
10. Law of Gases - Part 2
11. The Air Operated, Spring-Returned Valve
12. Spot Welding: A Semi-Automatic System
13. The 3/2 Roller Valve
14. The Punch: A Semi-Automatic System
15. Final Project and Conclusion

1. Getting Started
2. The Logic Function: AND
3. Implementing AND in a Pneumatic Circuit
4. The Toggle Valve
5. Using AND to Build a Fully Automatic System
6. The Logic Function: OR
7. Implementing OR in a Pneumatic Circuit
8. Adding a Second Double-Acting Cylinder
9. Creating a Sequential Cycle
10. The Delay
11. Sequential Delay with a Timed Delay
12. Overlapping Control Signals
13. Timing Diagrams
14. Using Timing Diagrams
15. Final Project and Conclusio

1. Getting Started
2. Building a Basic Electro-Pneumatic Circuit
3. The 5/2 Solenoid-Solenoid Valve
4. Using a PB as an Electrical Switching Device
5. Controlling a Piston with Electrical Signals
6. Magnetic Switches
7. Building a Semi-Automatic Cycle
8. Implementing the Logic Function AND
9. Building a Fully Automatic Cycle
10. Implementing the Logic Function OR
11. Building a Fully Automatic Cycle
12. Sequential Operation
13. A Fully Automatic, Sequential Cycle
14. Adding a Delay Using an Electric Timer
15. Final Project and Conclusion