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, …

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RGS Student Content Test Data Cohort 1

12 Apr 2013 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Ann Bessenbacher, Lola Adedokun, Kari Clase, Lisa Paulette Kirkham, Nicole Cook, Kasey Goodpaster

Research Goes to School student content test data from cohort 1 Fall 2011 - Spring 2012. The data is deidentified with pre-post pairs in an excel file format. You can find the metadata file under …

http://stemedhub.org/resources/1644

RGS Teacher Content Test Data Cohort 1

12 Apr 2013 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Ann Bessenbacher, Lola Adedokun, Kari Clase, Lisa Paulette Kirkham, Nicole Cook, Kasey Goodpaster

Research Goes to School teacher content test data from cohort 1 Summer 2011. The data is deidentified with pre-post pairs in an excel file format. You can find the metadata file under the …

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RGS Teacher Content Test Data Cohort 2

10 Apr 2013 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Ann Bessenbacher, Lola Adedokun, Kari Clase, Lisa Paulette Kirkham, Nicole Cook, Kasey Goodpaster

Research Goes to School teacher content test data from cohort 2 Summer 2012. The data is deidentified with pre-post pairs in an excel file format. You can find the metadata file under the …

http://stemedhub.org/resources/1638

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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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 …

http://stemedhub.org/resources/1317

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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Prensky Teaching Digital Natives Intro-Ch2

08 Jun 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Peg A Ertmer

The introducation section through chpater 2 of the 'Teaching Digital Natives-Partnering for real learning' book. Marc Prensky

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The Current State of Energy

05 Jun 2012 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Maureen McCann

This is a 27 minute video to introduce a teacher or lay person to the topic of sustainable energy. It lays out the current energy problems, the research underway to solve these problems, as well as …

http://stemedhub.org/resources/1175

Teaching with Technology-Designs for Problem Solving

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

Chapter 5: Designs for Problem Solving. This is a 19 page chapter taken from the book: Teaching with Technology: Designing Opportunities to Learn. Priscilla Norton- George Mason University Karin …

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PBL Meets Case-Based Reasoning in the Middle-School Science Classroom

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

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 reasoning and problem-based learning, pointing …

http://stemedhub.org/resources/1171

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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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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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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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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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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Standardized Test Outcomes for Students Engaged in Inquiry-Based Science Curricula in the Context of Urban Reform

28 Mar 2012 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Peg A Ertmer, Kari Clase

RGS Week 1 Supplemental Resource: Abstract: Considerable effort has been made over the past decade to address the needs of learners in large urban districts through scaleable reform initiatives. We …

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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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Problem Based Approach to Instruction

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

RGS Summer 2011 Supplemental Material: This chapter examines the problem-based learning approach to instruction from the perspective of instructional design theory and synthesizes the current …

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