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  1. Improved Learning in a Large-Enrollment Physics Class

    23 May 2011 | Teaching Materials

    Authors: Louis Deslauriers, Ellen Schelew, Carl WiemanWe compared the amounts of learning achieved using two different instructional approaches under controlled conditions. We measured the learning of a specific set of topics and objectives when taught by 3 hours of traditional lecture given by...

  2. Influence of Federally Funded Food Programs on Children's Health

    31 Aug 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Craig Gunderson, Brandon Melline

    The Influence of Federally Funded Food Programs on Children's Health Module contains five documents:Food Policy SNAP and NSLP.mp4 (video)Food Policy SNAP and NSLP.srt (closed captioning file)Woman, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program.mp4 (video)Woman, Infants, and Children...

  3. Instructions for Running Lab Generated Samples on the CASPiE HPLC

    31 Jan 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Debora M. Steffen

  4. Introduction to Engineering Design

    11 Jun 2013 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman

    PowerPoint slides on engineering design from day 1 of the 2013 SLED Summer Institute.

  5. Introduction to SLEDhub

    23 Jun 2011 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman, Dana Nicole Ruggiero

    A brief introduction to SLEDhub and its use.

  6. Introduction to Vibrational Spectroscopy

    12 Jul 2011 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Fred Lytle

    Tutorial on infrared and Raman active vibrations.

  7. Lab 1: Plant Responses to Burn Season at Konza Prairie

    06 Mar 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Nancy Emery

    This lab uses data published in Towne and Kemp (2003) to investigate the effects of fire disturbance on plant populations and communities in the tallgrass prairie. You will create and interpret graphical representations of the data to evaluate the central question of the lab (stated below) and a...

  8. Lab 2: Plant Responses to Burn Season at Prophetstown State Park

    06 Mar 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Nancy Emery

    In this lab we will collect our own data on plant community composition in a recently restored tallgrass prairie site at Prophetstown State Park. We aim to compare the communities of two parcels that are burned in different seasons, and ultimately compare our results to those reported for Konza...

  9. Lab 3: Data Analysis and Interpretation

    06 Mar 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Nancy Emery

    In your writing assignment for Week 1 you generated at least one hypothesis and prediction for each of these questions. The writing assignment for Week 2 asked you to state the comparisons that are necessary to test your predictions. Today, you will work in pairs to complete some simple graphs...

  10. Lab 4: Broader Significance and Real-World Applications

    06 Mar 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Nancy Emery

    Today's lab activity aims to integrate the knowledge you have acquired over the past three weeks with "real world" challenges and constraints that may accompany restoration decisions. Working in groups, you will (1) address a series of questions about your team's approach to your particular...

  11. Lessons From Thin Air

    21 Jun 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Kathy Daniels

    This is a 56 minute video at the Minds of Our Own website. There are three videos at this site, but the one addressing "where a tree comes from" is found in the second video called "Lessons from Thin Air". Minutes 3 through 6 are great to show your students helping them see even Ivy League...

  12. Lipids: Chemistry, Biology, Food, and Health

    15 Jun 2011 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Bruce Watkins

    Created by Dr. Bruce A. Watkins, Jessica Oesterling, and Yong Li; Lipid Chemistry & Molecular Biology Laboratory;International Omega-3 Learning and Education Consortium for Health and Medicine; Purdue University

  13. Listen! Do you smell something? Signal Detection Theory in Biology

    06 Mar 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Ed Bartlett

    How do organisms detect changes in their environment, and how do scientists and their instruments detect changes in experimental conditions, such as: How does a photoreceptor detect the presence of a photon? How does a doctor detect the presence of a tumor? How does a cell detect the presence of...

  14. Marble Tower Video

    16 Jun 2011 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman

    Video showing marble tower from several angles.

  15. Microbiome and Sensory Taste Influences

    30 Aug 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Megan Daily, Richard T. Mattes

    Microbiome and Sensory Taste Influences Module contains five documents:Gut to Brain Connections in Obesity.mp4 (video)Gut-Brain Connection in Obesity.srt (closed captioning file)Sensory Systems and Obesity.mp4 (video)Sensory Systems and Obesity.srt (closed captioning...

  16. Mitten Activity Design Rubric

    19 Sep 2011 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco

    Design rubric for the Mitten Activity designed by teachers.

  17. Model Eliciting Activity (MEA): Windmill

    23 Jun 2011 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman

    PowerPoint used by Heidi Diefes-Dux in presenting her mini-workshop on the windmill MEA activity.

  18. Nanometer Scaling Activity

    01 Apr 2016 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Alex Madsen

    Activity involving math to relate the size of a nanometer to a meter.

  19. NEED National Energy Education Development Carbon Cycle Activity

    20 Jun 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Kathy Daniels

    This is the curriculum guide from NEED that has several activities including the Carbon Cycle Activity done during the summer 2012 Research Goes to School PBL workshop.National Energy Education Development Project

  20. Neighborhood Influences

    31 Aug 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Angela Odums Young, Monika Stodolska

    The Neighborhood Influences Module contains five documents:Neighborhood Influences on Dietary Behavior and Obesity Risk.mp4 (video)Neighborhood Influences on Dietary Behavior and Obesity Risk.srt (closed captioning file)Space, Physical Activity, and Minority Populations.mp4...