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Design Team Developed: Plastic Water Bottle Design
30 Nov 2012 | 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 used to make the bottles.
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Whirligigs PowerPoint
11 Jun 2013 | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman
PowerPoint slides for Whirligig activity on day 1 of the 2013 SLED Summer Institute.
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Designing Safer Roadways
03 Jun 2014 | Contributor(s): Kendra A Erk, James Daniel Lehman
This grade 4 design task focuses on forces, motion, and transportation systems by challenging students to design a roadway that will slow and then stop vehicles from running off the road.
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Hot Wheels Lab
25 Jun 2014 | Contributor(s): Nikki Rumpler, James Daniel Lehman
This grade 4 inquiry lab lesson plan, developed by Nikki Rumpler for the 2014 SLED Summer Institute, addresses the question, "Does the height of a ramp affect the speed and distance a Hot Wheels car will travel?"
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Save the Wolf (Simple Machines)
03 Jun 2014 | Contributor(s): Kendra A Erk, James Daniel Lehman
This grade 3 design lesson introduces simple machines and challenges students to use simple machines to create a device to capture a wolf.
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Circuits PowerPoint
10 Jun 2013 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): David C Eichinger, Erin K Doherty, James Daniel Lehman, Venkatesh Merwade
PowerPoint slides to accompany the Design of a Door Alarm task.
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Electricity PowerPoint for Light Just Right
13 Jun 2013 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman
These PowerPoint slides accompany the Light Just Right design lesson.
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Pill Bugs' Habitat Inquiry Activity
11 Nov 2012 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman
This is an inquiry activity, aligned to grade 4-6 standards, in which students design fair test investigations to determine the habitat of pill bugs (roly polies).
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Dog gone it!
08 Jun 2015 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, Todd Richard Kelley, Chell Nyquist, James Daniel Lehman
This design challenge, for students in grade 3, focuses on simple and compound machines. The objective of the challenge is to design a compound machine to help a large breed of dog to get into and out of the back of a car.
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Exploring Whirligigs
09 Jun 2013 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman
This inquiry lesson, for grades 3-4, involves students conducting a fair test investigation to determine the way an object (a whirligig) falls through the air and how this fall depends on its mass, surface area, and other factors. This lesson is an adaptation of a lesson developed by...
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Sound Absorption
09 Jun 2013 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman
This grade 3 lesson plan focuses on a design task to create a wall to absorb sound.
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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.
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Keeping It Cool PowerPoint
10 Jun 2014 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, Todd Richard Kelley, James Daniel Lehman
PowerPoint slides for the Keeping It Cool activity from day 1 of the 2014 SLED Summer Institute.
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Lifeguard Chair
09 Jun 2013 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman
This lesson, for grades 3-6, involves an introductory design activity to build a lifeguard chair from note cards and tape. It is an adaptation of a design lesson introduced by Engineering is Elementary called “Tower Power.”
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Save the Wolf (Simple Machines) Slides
11 Jun 2014 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Kendra A Erk, James Daniel Lehman
PowerPoint slides for the Save the Wolf (Simple Machines) activity during the 2014 SLED Summer Institute.
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Bottle Design PowerPoint from 2012 SLED Summer Institute
25 Jun 2012 | Downloads | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman
PowerPoint presentation for the bottle design activity from the 2012 SLED Summer Institute by Professor Larry Braile.
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Science and Engineering Practices PowerPoint
16 Jun 2015 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, Todd Richard Kelley, Chell Nyquist, James Daniel Lehman
These slides, from the 2015 SLED Summer Institute, identify science and engineering practices.
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Design Team Developed: Reasons for Seasons
30 Nov 2012 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman
The Reasons for Seasons lesson, designed to meet 5th grade standards, addresses an important science concept involving the movements of the Earth around the Sun and the tilt of the Earth's rotational axis.
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Getting Started with SLED
30 Jan 2017 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman
This short guide for teachers and school administrators provides basic information for how to get started using SLED materials for integrating engineering design in elementary science teaching and learning.
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Design of a Door Alarm
10 Jun 2013 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): David C Eichinger, Erin K Doherty, James Daniel Lehman, Venkatesh Merwade
This grade 4 design task helps students learn about simple circuits by designing a door alarm.
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Bio-Inspired Paper Flowers PowerPoint
16 Jun 2014 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Bryan Hubbard, James Daniel Lehman
PowerPoint slides for the bio-inspired paper flowers activity during the 2014 SLED Summer Institute.
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Bio-Inspired Paper Flowers
03 Jun 2014 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Bryan Hubbard, James Daniel Lehman
This grade 3 lesson introduces students to the basic structures of plants and their functions. Students are challenged to create paper flowers that turn colors through processes that mimics how real plants function.
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Design of Musical Instruments for a Rock Band
10 Jun 2013 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): David C Eichinger, Erin K Doherty, James Daniel Lehman, Venkatesh Merwade
This grade 3 design task helps students to learn about sound by designing a stringed musical instrument.
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Slow Boat
11 Jun 2013 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Bryan Hubbard, Alyssa Panitch, Tahira Reid, Kari Clase, Nancy Irene Tyrie, James Daniel Lehman
This 4th grade design task lesson focuses on the concept of drag by asking students to develop ways to slow down a boat.
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AAC&U 2015 STEM Conference Workshop 4 -- Transforming Institutions: 21st-Century Undergraduate STEM Education
18 Nov 2015 | Downloads | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman, James Daniel Lehman, James Daniel Lehman, James Daniel Lehman
This material was presented at pre-conference workshop 4 on November 12, 2015, at the 2015 AAC&U Crossing Boundaries: Transforming STEM Education Conference in Seattle, Washington. The workshop, entitled Transforming Institutions: 21st-Century Undergraduate STEM Education, was conducted by James...