Teacher Reflection: ONeal, Solar Tracker, Spring 2013

15 May 2013 | Teacher Reflections | Contributor(s): Kathleen Ann O'Neal

Reflection of Solar Tracker in 6th grade classroom.

http://stemedhub.org/resources/1721

Roller Coaster

15 May 2013 | Teacher Reflections | Contributor(s): Peggy Ann Gruver

Students designed and constructed a roller coaster prototype.

http://stemedhub.org/resources/1719

Teacher Reflection: Vance, Solar Tracker, Spring 2013

13 May 2013 | Teacher Reflections | Contributor(s): Heidi Vance

This tasks allows students to create a solar tracker that is designed to "track" the sun during the day and throughout the year.

http://stemedhub.org/resources/1696

Teacher Reflection: Stone, Reindeer Habitat, Spring 2013

07 May 2013 | Teacher Reflections | Contributor(s): Allison Stone

This reflection is about the reindeer habitat design activity. I completed this activity with my 90 sixth graders just before ISTEP to help them review formulas.

http://stemedhub.org/resources/1673

Teacher Reflection: O'Shaughnessey, Roller Coaster, Spring 2013

29 Apr 2013 | Teacher Reflections | Contributor(s): Laura B O'Shaughnessey

6th Grade Roller Coaster Design Activity

http://stemedhub.org/resources/1654

Solar Tracker

11 Feb 2013 | Teacher Reflections | Contributor(s): Casey Richard Davenport

http://stemedhub.org/resources/1605

Teacher Reflection: Eric Knebel, Sun Tracking System For a Solar Panel, Fall 2012

18 Dec 2012 | Teacher Reflections | Contributor(s): Eric Knebel

In this design activity I introduce the math concepts for the activity Sun Tracking System for a Solar Panel.

http://stemedhub.org/resources/1588

Careful Carrier

17 Dec 2012 | Teacher Reflections | Contributor(s): Peggy Ann Gruver

The students designed a environmental friendly carrier that had to hold six filled water bottles for one minute without breaking.

http://stemedhub.org/resources/1564

Teacher Reflection: Heidi Vance, Roller Coaster, Fall 2012

17 Dec 2012 | Teacher Reflections | Contributor(s): Heidi Vance

This is a summary of what my students did for the roller coaster design task.

http://stemedhub.org/resources/1560

Teacher Reflection: Chudzynski, Plastic Bottle Design, Fall 2012

16 Dec 2012 | Teacher Reflections | Contributor(s): Elyse Chudzynski

http://stemedhub.org/resources/1556

Stone,Yucky Water, Fall 2012

03 Dec 2012 | Teacher Reflections | Contributor(s): Allison Stone

This is Allison Stone's reflection on the Yucky Water lesson plans. This was taught in the Fall of 2012

http://stemedhub.org/resources/1522

Design Team Developed: Plastic Water Bottle Design

30 Nov 2012 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman

This lesson plan, intended for grade 6, focuses on using mathematics to design the shape of a plastic water bottle to optimize the surface area to volume ratio and so reduce the amount of plastic …

http://stemedhub.org/resources/1514

Teacher Reflection, O'Shaughnessey, Solar Tracker, Fall 2012

28 Nov 2012 | Teacher Reflections | Contributor(s): Laura B O'Shaughnessey

http://stemedhub.org/resources/1504

Davenport, Reindeer Habitat, Fall 2012

21 Nov 2012 | Teacher Reflections | Contributor(s): Casey Richard Davenport

Students will design a zoo enclosure to accomodate 10 reindeer for the Columbian Park Zoo.

http://stemedhub.org/resources/1489

Pill Bugs' Habitat Inquiry Activity

11 Nov 2012 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman

This is an inquiry activity, aligned to grade 6 standards, in which students design fair test investigations to determine the habitat of pill bugs (roly polies).

http://stemedhub.org/resources/1474

Model Ecosystem Video

04 Oct 2012 | Demonstration Video | Contributor(s): David C Eichinger, James Daniel Lehman

In this video, Professor David Eichinger discusses a model ecosystem activity that is used in Biology for Elementary Teachers and is applicable to the elementary classroom.

http://stemedhub.org/resources/1417

Design Team Developed: Sun Tracking System for a Solar Panel

13 Sep 2012 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Bryan Hubbard, Kari Clase, John Grutzner, Alyssa Panitch, Nancy Irene Tyrie

This lesson plan is designed for 6th grade and addresses topics related to the sun-earth-moon system. Specifically, this lesson addresses that seasons result from the tilt of the earth, which causes …

http://stemedhub.org/resources/1410

Design Team Developed: Reindeer Habitat

06 Sep 2012 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Senay Purzer, David C Eichinger, Erin K Doherty

This lesson plan is designed fro 6th grade and covers life science topics in science and are calculations in math. In engineering, the importance of using scientific and engineering vocabulary in …

http://stemedhub.org/resources/1398

Teacher Reflection: Fitzgerald, Grade 5, Reindeer Habitat, Summer Institute Reflection

15 Jun 2012 | Teacher Reflections | Contributor(s): Carol L. Fitzgerald

Teacher Reflection of Reindeer Habitat from Summer Institute 2012. This activity is actually a 6th grade activity.

http://stemedhub.org/resources/1288

Teacher Reflection Burns Grade 6 Careful Carrier Summer Institute Reflection

15 Jun 2012 | Teacher Reflections | Contributor(s): Kimberley Burns

Teacher Reflection of Careful Carrier Design Challenge K. Burns Grade 6 Riverside

http://stemedhub.org/resources/1285