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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...
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Infusing Rural High School Science Curricula With Cutting Edge Research
04 Apr 2012 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Kathy Daniels, Georgia L Everett
Two teacher participants from the 2011 Research Goes to School program presented this seminar at the NSTA 2012 conference. This presentation shows what the teachers were able to gain from their experience in the program and how they were able to apply to their classrooms.Contributing Authors:...
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Greenergy Supplemental Information
28 Mar 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Kari Clase
RGS (Research Goes to School) 2012 Participant Materials on Green Energy
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Cooking with the Sun - Creating a Solar Oven
17 Feb 2012 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer
RGS Summer 2011 Supplemental MaterialFor this activity, students will be given a set of materials: cardboard, a set of insulating materials (i.e. foam, newspaper, etc.), aluminum foil, and plexiglass. Students will then become engineers in building a solar oven from the given materials, keeping...
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Problem Based Approach to Instruction
17 Feb 2012 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer
RGS Summer 2011 Supplemental Material:This chapter examines the problem-based learning approach to instructionfrom the perspective of instructional design theory and synthesizes the current knowledge and theory into some universal methods, situational methods, and principles for a theory of...
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PBL Learning Meets Case-Based Reasoning in the Middle School Science Classroom: Putting Learning by Design Into Practice
17 Feb 2012 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer
RGS Summer 2011 Supplemental Material:This article tells the story of the design of Learning by Design™ (LBD), a project- based inquiry approach to science learning with roots in case-based reasoning and problem-based learning, pointing out the theoretical contributions of both, classroom issues...
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PBL Developing a Driving Question
17 Feb 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Peg A Ertmer
RGS Summer 2011 PBL: Developing a Driving Question
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Calculating the Potential Energy of Flowing Water
17 Feb 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Kari Clase
RGS Summer 2011 Week 1 Material: Student Activity
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PBL Summer 2011 UV Activity Notes
17 Feb 2012 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer
RGS Summer 2011 UV Bead Activity Experimental Design Notes
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PBL Facilitation and Questioning Strategies
17 Feb 2012 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer
RGS Summer 2011 Supplemental Material
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PBL Challenge Investigating a National and Local Problem
17 Feb 2012 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer
RGS Supplemental Material Summer 2011 EDCI 627000
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Chemical Catalysis for Sustainable Energy
17 Feb 2012 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Kari Clase
RGS Summer 2011 Supplemental materialMahdi Abu-Omar-Purdue University
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Tips for Add Excel and You Tube Pieces to PowerPoints
17 Feb 2012 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer
RGS Summer 2011 Week 1 Supplemental Materials
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Hydroelectricity
17 Feb 2012 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Mike Arvola, Joe Brennan, Christine Marie Dora
RGS Summer 2011 Participant Presentation Hydroelectricity by Team Watt-er
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WAKE the Water 2: Hydroelectric Power
17 Feb 2012 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Kathy Daniels
RGS Summer 2011 Participant Presentation: Is the relatively small amount of hydroelectric power produced in Indiana worth the environmental trade-off?
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Quixote Industries Presentation
17 Feb 2012 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Jessica Austin, Georgia L Everett, Michael Mieher, Robin L Townsend
RGS Summer 2011 Presentation: What percent of Indiana's electrical grid energy can be displaced by wind energy in the next 20 years?
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Solar Power: Is it the IN thing?
17 Feb 2012 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Melissa D. Keown
RGS Summer 2011 Presentation: Solar Power: Is it the IN thing? Can solar energy collection devices be viable choices to lessen Indiana's dependence on fossil fuels?
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Solar Too!
17 Feb 2012 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Dane Brown, Cortnaye Smith, SIDNEY RAY DOBSON
RGS Summer 2011 Solar Energy Presentation: Is it feasible to utilize solar power in average Indiana homes?
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What Would it Take to Power Purdue University for One Month Using Wind Energy
17 Feb 2012 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Candice B Kissinger, Todd Millar, Dan J Sacre
PPT Presentation: What Would it Take to Power Purdue University for One Month Using Wind EnergyPBL Investigation by The Windjammers
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Using Questioning to Facilitate Discussion of Science Teaching Problems in Teacher Professional Development
17 Feb 2012 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer
Previous research has shown that questioning is a key strategy that facilitators use topromote discussion in Problem-Based Learning (PBL). Yet, there is a lack of detailedunderstanding on what questions facilitators ask and how those questions aff ectdiscussion. In this study we examined diff...