KS1 History Resources

14 Feb 2020 | Contributor(s): Sophie Winters

KS1 and Years 1-2 history, children will learn about a number of subjects over a wide time frame. This includes changes in recent memory to national life or events that are beyond memory. Topics include The Gunpower Plot, First and Second World Wars and The Battle Of Hastings. Plus, you will...

KS1 Maths Resources

11 Feb 2020 | Contributor(s): Declan Lockheed

Twinkl Stage 1 Maths resources are linked to the National Curriculum and contain support materials for Year 1 & Year 2 SATs maths revision. Download KS1 numeracy worksheets to develop fluency, reasoning and problem-solving, play fun and engaging KS1 maths games on number bonds and have a...

KS1 and KS2 Maths Resources

14 Jan 2020 | Contributor(s): Sophie Winters

 Key Stage 1 Maths resources are linked to the National Curriculum and contain support materials for Year 1 & Year 2 SATs maths revision. Download Key Stage 1 Maths worksheets to develop fluency, reasoning and problem-solving, play fun and engaging KS1 maths games on number bonds and...

Moodle in Latin America

11 Jul 2019 | Contributor(s): Andres Paredes

I'm working on a Moodle article, telling my story on how I set up a Moodle Cluster for more than 20,000 Students per Monthwww.educanet.ec

NAE Call for Applications: Training STEM Faculty New to Teaching Ethics Workshop

10 Jun 2019 | Contributor(s): Rebecca Monteleone

October 22–23, 2019, Washington, DCApplications are available at https://www.onlineethics.org/workshop-application.aspx.Apply no later than July 15, 2019The National Academy of Engineering Online Ethics Center (OEC) of the Center for Engineering Ethics and Society will hold a...

Into the Magic Shop

05 Nov 2016 | Contributor(s): Michael Canning

Book recommended by Linda.

"Do You Know How Lucky You Are?" by Robert H. Frank

14 Jun 2016

This brief article (link below) by Cornell management and economics professor Robert H. Frank in the April 22, 2016 Chronical Review is about the role of chance and luck in our professional and personal lives. Frank writes about events that took place early in his academic career that put...

Princeton University Report on Diversity

10 Oct 2013 | Contributor(s): Princeton University Trustee Ad Hoc Committee on Diversity

Princeton University Report on Diversity

10 Oct 2013 | Contributor(s): Princeton University Trustee Ad Hoc Committee on Diversity

The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE)

26 Sep 2013 | Contributor(s): Monica Farmer Cox

This website has PDF files of seminars presented by Dr. Lesia Crumpton-Young.

Use of case studies for practice in statistical test selection

28 Feb 2013

Multiple case studies covering a range of topics in biology are presented. Students then use an online decision tree to select the appropriate statistical test based on the information provided by the case study. Developed by Tiantian Qin, Purdue University, Dept. of...

Survey of basic understanding of statistics, experimental design, and cellular components

18 Oct 2012 | External Link | Contributor(s): Ed Bartlett

This is an assessment of statistics, experimental design, and cellular components that has been used pre and post course for a cell biology class consisting mainly of biomedical and chemical engineers. Some of the statistics questions and the biology questions were developed by Ed Bartlett, and...

Indiana Standards

19 Jul 2012 | External Link | Contributor(s): Nicole Cook

This links to the Indiana Department of Education's site for the state standards.https://learningconnection.doe.in.gov/Standards/About.aspx?art=11

TodaysMeet

28 Jun 2012 | External Link | Contributor(s): Nicole Cook

TodaysMeet allows audience members to comment in real time during a presentation. It was very popular at the 2012 Research Goes to School workshop after the Bio I group used it in their presentation on Organizing and Planning a PBL unit.http://www.todaysmeet.com

Where do trees come from?

21 Jun 2012 | External Link | Contributor(s): Kathy Daniels

This is a 4 minute video showing where the mass of a tree comes from. The interviewer asks people of various ages where the "stuff" that makes up a tree is derived. The video also describes an early experiment conducted to determine where the mass of a tree comes from. Short, entertaining and...

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 from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science. C3Bio researchers at Purdue University are...

School Biomass to Energy PBL Website Links

31 Aug 2011 | External Link | Contributor(s): Candice B Kissinger, Todd Millar, Dan J Sacre

This website describes a Problem-Based Learning (PBL) unit centered on the idea of converting biomass to energy. It is intended for multiple age groups, including 8th grade science, high school environmental science, and high school earth science students. This site was created to fullfill the...

GREENergy PBL Website Links

31 Aug 2011 | External Link | Contributor(s): Kathy Daniels, Georgia L Everett, Melissa D. Keown

This problem based unit has students devise a way to use reclaimed and degraded land in their community to create a green energy source in the form of biofuel. The unit has a preliminary time line of 3 weeks, but may take a little more time.The unit is designed for Advanced Placement...