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Active Learning Classrooms as a Lever for Improving Undergraduate Education
12 Oct 2011 | Contributor(s): Robert McMaster
Panel discussion participant at the Transforming Education: from Innovation to Implementation October 10-12, 2011 ConferenceUniversity of Minnesota
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A Scientific Approach to Science and Engineering Education
12 Oct 2011 | Contributor(s): Carl Wieman
Transforming Education: from Innovation to Implementation Conference October 10-12, 2011Carl Wieman Keynote PresentationCognitive psychology research What is the learning we want? How is it achieved? II. Education research Data from classrooms III. Institutional change—undergraduate STEM...
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Theories of Action for STEM Education The Role of the National Science Foundation Investments in STEM Learning and Higher Education
11 Oct 2011 | Contributor(s): Joan Ferrini-Mundy
What is the most stategic approach for a federal funding agency in shaping investment programs to improve STEM teaching and learning? NSF's Directorate for Education and Human Resources is focused increasingly on its role within the Foundation and in coordination with other agencies in supporting...
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Design Team Developed: UV Beads Task
20 Sep 2011 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco
UV Beads Task
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Grade 5 UV Beads Lesson
19 Sep 2011 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Dana Nicole Ruggiero
Lesson from: Wea Ridge
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Grade 5 Structure Lesson
19 Sep 2011 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Dana Nicole Ruggiero
Lesson from: Sunnyside
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Grade 5 Volume and Surface Area
19 Sep 2011 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Dana Nicole Ruggiero
Lessons from: Riverside
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Grade 5 Compost Lesson
19 Sep 2011 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Dana Nicole Ruggiero
Lessons from: Sunnyside, Riverside
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Grade 5 Prosthetic Leg Lesson
19 Sep 2011 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Dana Nicole Ruggiero
Lessons from:Riverside, Sunnyside, Taylor
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Grade 5 Water Filtration Lesson
19 Sep 2011 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Dana Nicole Ruggiero
Lessons from: Wea Ridge and Sunnyside
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Grade 5 Candy Bag Lesson
19 Sep 2011 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Dana Nicole Ruggiero
Candy Bag lessons from:Riverside, Sunnyside, Taylor
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SLED Design Model
08 Sep 2011 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman
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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...
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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...
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SLED Mini-Grants
24 Jun 2011 | Publications | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman
Description and application form for SLED mini-grants.
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Assessment Examples
23 Jun 2011 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman
Examples assessments from the mini-workshop on Gathering Evidence to Improve Practice.
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Generating Evidence to Improve Practice
23 Jun 2011 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman
PowerPoint slides for mini-workshop on Generating Evidence to Improve Practice.
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Introduction to SLEDhub
23 Jun 2011 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman, Dana Nicole Ruggiero
A brief introduction to SLEDhub and its use.
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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.
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Design Team Developed: Water Filter Project
23 Jun 2011 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco
Lesson Plan.