Biofuel Myths Template

15 Jun 2012 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Kathy Daniels

This is a template created for the Summer 2012 Research Goes to School Project. Groups are to download this word document and fill in the answers. Then they can upload their completed versions as …

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Calculating the Potential Energy of Flowing Water

17 Feb 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Kari Clase

RGS Summer 2011 Week 1 Material: Student Activity

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Chemical Catalysis for Sustainable Energy

17 Feb 2012 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Kari Clase

RGS Summer 2011 Supplemental material Mahdi Abu-Omar-Purdue University

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Clint Chapple- Plant Genetics and Biomass to Biofuels

18 Jun 2012 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Clint Chapple

In this 98 minute presentation, Dr. Clint Chapple gives a presentation on plant genetics and their impacts to plants' physical characteristics. He then describes how this research has been used to …

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Cooking with the Sun - Creating a Solar Oven

17 Feb 2012 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer

RGS Summer 2011 Supplemental Material For this activity, students will be given a set of materials: cardboard, a set of insulating materials (i.e. foam, newspaper, etc.), aluminum foil, and …

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Designing the Invitational Envirnonment

17 Feb 2012 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer

RGS Summer 2011 Week 1 Resource: Designing the Invitational Envirnoment from Problem Based Learning: an Inquiry Approach, by John Barrell

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Dr. Nate Mosier's Virtual Field Trip on Developing Biofuels

04 Dec 2012 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Nate Mosier, Lisa Paulette Kirkham

Dr. Nate Mosier, Associate Professor of Ag and Biological Engineering, presents a 30 minute virtual field trip for high school STEM students. Dr. Mosier and his graduate assistant, Barron Hewetson, …

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Fuel for Thought Chapter 1-Energy

05 Jun 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Lisa Paulette Kirkham

Chapter 1: 'What Exactly is Energy?' from the Fuel for Thought book. This is only available for participants in the Research Goes to School workshop. Fuel for Thought-Building Energy Awareness in …

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Fuel for Thought Chapter 18-Biofuels

05 Jun 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Lisa Paulette Kirkham

Chapter 18: The Interdisciplinary Study of Biofuels' from the Fuel for Tho'ught book. This is only available for participants in the Research Goes to School workshop. Fuel for Thought-Building Energy …

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Goals and Strategies of a Problem Based Learning Facilitator

17 Feb 2012 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer

This paper describes an analysis of facilitation of a student-centered problem-based learning group. The focus of this analysis was to understand the goals and strategies of an expert facilitator in …

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Greenergy Supplemental Information

28 Mar 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Kari Clase

RGS (Research Goes to School) 2012 Participant Materials on Green Energy

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Hydroelectricity

17 Feb 2012 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Mike Arvola, Joe Brennan, Christine Marie Dora

RGS Summer 2011 Participant Presentation Hydroelectricity by Team Watt-er

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Infusing Rural High School Science Curricula With Cutting Edge Research

04 Apr 2012 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Kathy Daniels, Georgia L Everett

Two teacher participants from the 2011 Research Goes to School program presented this seminar at the NSTA 2012 conference. This presentation shows what the teachers were able to gain from their …

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Moving from petroleum to plants to energize our world

13 Apr 2012 | External Link | Contributor(s): Ann Bessenbacher

Can we imagine a future fueled by living plants rather than oil? The Center for direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio) was established in 2009 with a 5-year, $20 million grant …

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No Carbon Left Behind

14 May 2013 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Maureen McCann

Purdue University scientists are hoping to develop new methods of biofuel production from plant biomass distinctly different from that used to make ethanol. The production of advanced biofuels, …

http://stemedhub.org/resources/1708

Open Learning Environments, Foundations, Methods, and Models

17 Feb 2012 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer

RGS Summer 2011 Week 1 Resource Michael Hannafin- University of Georgia Susan Land - The Pennsylvania State University Kevin Oliver - University of Georgia

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PBL Challenge Investigating a National and Local Problem

17 Feb 2012 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer

RGS Supplemental Material Summer 2011 EDCI 627000

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PBL Developing a Driving Question

17 Feb 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Peg A Ertmer

RGS Summer 2011 PBL: Developing a Driving Question

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PBL Facilitation and Questioning Strategies

17 Feb 2012 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer

RGS Summer 2011 Supplemental Material

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PBL Learning Meets Case-Based Reasoning in the Middle School Science Classroom: Putting Learning by Design Into Practice

17 Feb 2012 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer

RGS Summer 2011 Supplemental Material: This article tells the story of the design of Learning by Design™ (LBD), a project- based inquiry approach to science learning with roots in case-based …

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