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SLED 2014 Summer Institute Welcome PowerPoint
10 Jun 2014 | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman, Chell Nyquist
The introductory PowerPoint slides from day 1 of the 2014 SLED Summer Institute.
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SLED 2014 Summer Institute Welcome PowerPoint
10 Jun 2014 | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman, Chell Nyquist
The introductory PowerPoint slides from day 1 of the 2014 SLED Summer Institute.
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Bio-Inspired Paper Flowers
03 Jun 2014 | Contributor(s): Bryan Hubbard, James Daniel Lehman
This grade 3 lesson introduces students to the basic structures of plants and their functions. Students are challenged to create paper flowers that turn colors through processes that mimics how real plants function.
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Design of a Green Roof
03 Jun 2014 | Contributor(s): Bryan Hubbard, James Daniel Lehman
This grade 4 lesson addresses standards related to plant adaptation and response to the environment. Students are challenged to construct a model of a green roof for a house.
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Designing Safer Roadways
03 Jun 2014 | Contributor(s): Kendra A Erk, James Daniel Lehman
This grade 4 design task focuses on forces, motion, and transportation systems by challenging students to design a roadway that will slow and then stop vehicles from running off the road.
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Save the Wolf (Simple Machines)
03 Jun 2014 | Contributor(s): Kendra A Erk, James Daniel Lehman
This grade 3 design lesson introduces simple machines and challenges students to use simple machines to create a device to capture a wolf.
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Earthen Dam Design Task
03 Jun 2014 | Contributor(s): Venkatesh Merwade, James Daniel Lehman
This grade 3 design task focuses on earth materials and the construction of an earthen dam.
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Water Canal Design Task
03 Jun 2014 | Contributor(s): Venkatesh Merwade, James Daniel Lehman
This grade 4 design tasks focuses on erosion and the construction of a canal to bring water to a water park.
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Designing Safer Roadways Support Materials
03 Jun 2014 | Contributor(s): Kendra A Erk, James Daniel Lehman
These materials are intended to support the Designing Safer Roadways design task. The materials include videos of successful and unsuccessful trials as well as a PowerPoint slide that illustrates the roadway zones.
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Short version-SLED Unit Plan Template 2014
03 Jun 2014 | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman
The short version of the SLED Unit Plan Template for 2014-15.
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Short version-SLED Unit Plan Template 2014
03 Jun 2014 | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman
The short version of the SLED Unit Plan Template for 2014-15.
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Long version-SLED Unit Plan Template 2014
03 Jun 2014 | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman
The long version of the SLED Unit Plan Template for 2014-15.
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Long version-SLED Unit Plan Template 2014
03 Jun 2014 | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman
The long version of the SLED Unit Plan Template for 2014-15.
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The Big Ideas of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Chapter 1
02 Jun 2014 | Downloads
Chapter 1: The Foundational Science Content for the Big Ideas of Nanoscale Science and Engineering.
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Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio): An Overview with Dr. Maureen McCann, Center Director
20 May 2014 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Lisa Paulette Kirkham
Dr. Maureen McCann, Director of the C3Bio center, provides a 25 minute virtual field trip for high school STEM students. Dr. McCann, a plant biologist, directs interdisciplinary efforts with chemists, biologists, physicists, engineers, and economists to find effective, efficient ways of...
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SLED Perspectives Spring 2014
27 Mar 2014 | Publications | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman, WooRi Kim
The volume 3, number 2 issue of the SLED Perspectives newsletter.
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SLED Perspectives Spring 2014
27 Mar 2014 | Publications | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman, WooRi Kim
The volume 3, number 2 issue of the SLED Perspectives newsletter.
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RGS Student Content Test Data Cohort2
10 Mar 2014 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Ann Bessenbacher, Lola Adedokun, Kari Clase, Lisa Paulette Kirkham, Nicole Cook, Kasey Goodpaster
This is the Research Goes to School student content test data pairs from cohort 2. The pre and post tests were completed during the Fall 2012-Spring 2013 school year and at different times depending on the school implementation. The data is deidentified with 200 pre-post pairs in an excel file...
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SLED AACTE 2014 Presentation
03 Mar 2014 | Publications | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman
Slides from SLED presentation at the American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE) 2014 annual conference March 2, 2014, in Indianapolis, IN.
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SLED AACTE 2014 Presentation
03 Mar 2014 | Publications | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman
Slides from SLED presentation at the American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE) 2014 annual conference March 2, 2014, in Indianapolis, IN.