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Design Process for SLED PowerPoint
11 Dec 2012 | Contributor(s): Alyssa Panitch, Todd Richard Kelley
This PowerPoint presentation provides an overview of the SLED design process.
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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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Design Team Developed: Reasons for Seasons
30 Nov 2012 | 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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Pill Bugs' Habitat Inquiry Activity
11 Nov 2012 | 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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SLED Perspectives Newsletter Fall 2012
05 Nov 2012 | Contributor(s): WooRi Kim, James Daniel Lehman
The SLED Perspectives newsletter contains project updates and information for fall 2012.
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Teacher Reflection Upload Video
11 Oct 2012 | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman
This video provides a step-by-step overview of how to upload a teacher reflection to the SLEDhub site.
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Reflection Upload Guide
11 Oct 2012 | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman
This printed guide outlines the steps to follow to upload a teacher reflection to the SLEDhub site.
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SLED Teacher Reflection Template 2012
11 Oct 2012 | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman
This is the template teachers should use for SLED reflections during the 2012-13 academic year.
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Teacher Reflection: Lehman, Prosthetic Leg, Fall 2012
09 Oct 2012 | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman
This is Jim Lehman's reflection on the prosthetic leg activity in Fall 2012.
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Model Ecosystem Video
04 Oct 2012 | 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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Design Team Developed: Sun Tracking System for a Solar Panel
13 Sep 2012 | Contributor(s): Bryan Hubbard, Kari Clase, John Grutzner, Alyssa Panitch, Nancy Irene Tyrie
This lesson plan is designed for 6th grade and addresses topics related to the sun-earth-moon system. Specifically, this lesson addresses that seasons result from the tilt of the earth, which causes changes in sunlight intensity and length of day. Related mathematical standards address...
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Design Team Developed: Sun Tracking System for a Solar Panel
13 Sep 2012 | Contributor(s): Bryan Hubbard, Kari Clase, John Grutzner, Alyssa Panitch, Nancy Irene Tyrie
This lesson plan is designed for 6th grade and addresses topics related to the sun-earth-moon system. Specifically, this lesson addresses that seasons result from the tilt of the earth, which causes changes in sunlight intensity and length of day. Related mathematical standards address...
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Design Team Developed: Solar Panel
06 Sep 2012 | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, John Grutzner, Bryan Hubbard, Alyssa Panitch, Nancy Irene Tyrie
This lesson plan is designed for 6th grade and covers 'Solar Panel' in the content area of Earth and Space Science. Extension activities and PowerPoint slides about solar panel are included.
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Design Team Developed: Conservation of Mass
06 Sep 2012 | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, John Grutzner, Bryan Hubbard, Alyssa Panitch, Nancy Irene Tyrie
This lesson plan is designed for 5th grade and covers "conservation of mass." PowerPoint slides about 'Gas Mass & Conservation of Mass' is also included.
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Design Team Developed: Paper Recycling
06 Sep 2012 | Contributor(s): Senay Purzer, David C Eichinger, Erin K Doherty
This lesson plan is designed for 5th grade and covers "volume and mass."
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Design Team Developed: Reindeer Habitat
06 Sep 2012 | Contributor(s): Senay Purzer, David C Eichinger, Erin K Doherty
This lesson plan is designed fro 6th grade and covers life science topics in science and are calculations in math. In engineering, the importance of using scientific and engineering vocabulary in explanations & justifications is emphasized.
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Bottle Design PowerPoint from 2012 SLED Summer Institute
25 Jun 2012 | 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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Seasons PowerPoint from 2012 SLED Summer Institute
25 Jun 2012 | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman
The PowerPoint presentation for the Reasons for the Seasons design activity from the 2012 SLED Summer Institute from Professor Larry Braile.
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The View from 93,000,000 Miles Powerpoint
14 Jun 2012 | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman, Bryan Hubbard
The PowerPoint slides from Carol Ormay and Brian Turner of CMTA for the 2012 SLED Summer Institute.
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2012 Summer Institute Week 1 Reflection
14 Jun 2012 | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman, Brenda Capobianco, Dana Nicole Ruggiero
Complete this reflection prior to Friday's SLEDhub workshop.