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Generating Evidence to Improve Practice
23 Jun 2011 | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman
PowerPoint slides for mini-workshop on Generating Evidence to Improve Practice.
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Getting Started with SLED
30 Jan 2017 | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman
This short guide for teachers and school administrators provides basic information for how to get started using SLED materials for integrating engineering design in elementary science teaching and learning.
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Graphic Organizers PowerPoint
29 Jun 2017 | Contributor(s): Nikki Rumpler, James Daniel Lehman, Stacy VanDerWeele
This PowerPoint presentation accompanied the session on graphic organizers at the SLED summer workshops in 2017.
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Green Roof PowerPoint
16 Jun 2014 | Contributor(s): Bryan Hubbard, James Daniel Lehman
PowerPoint slides from the green roof design task during the 2014 SLED Summer Institute.
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Hot Wheels Lab
25 Jun 2014 | Contributor(s): Nikki Rumpler, James Daniel Lehman
This grade 4 inquiry lab lesson plan, developed by Nikki Rumpler for the 2014 SLED Summer Institute, addresses the question, "Does the height of a ramp affect the speed and distance a Hot Wheels car will travel?"
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Introduction to Engineering Design
11 Jun 2013 | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman
PowerPoint slides on engineering design from day 1 of the 2013 SLED Summer Institute.
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Introduction to SLEDhub
23 Jun 2011 | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman, Dana Nicole Ruggiero
A brief introduction to SLEDhub and its use.
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Keeping It Cool PowerPoint
10 Jun 2014 | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, Todd Richard Kelley, James Daniel Lehman
PowerPoint slides for the Keeping It Cool activity from day 1 of the 2014 SLED Summer Institute.
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Lifeguard Chair
09 Jun 2013 | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman
This lesson, for grades 3-6, involves an introductory design activity to build a lifeguard chair from note cards and tape. It is an adaptation of a design lesson introduced by Engineering is Elementary called “Tower Power.”
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Lifeguard Chair Design Process PowerPoint
29 Jun 2017 | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman, Chell Nyquist, Todd Richard Kelley
These PowerPoint slides address the engineering design process in the context of the Lifeguard Chair design activity.
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Lifeguard Chair PowerPoint Summer 2017
29 Jun 2017 | Contributor(s): James J Minogue, James Daniel Lehman, Arielle Mucha, Jessica Schenkel
This PowerPoint presentation was used with the Lifeguard Chair activity during SLED summer workshops in 2017.
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Light Just Right
13 Jun 2013 | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman
This 4th grade design activity focuses on electrical current and resistance. Students design a way to make a bulb light with differing brightnesses.
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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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Marble Tower Video
16 Jun 2011 | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman
Video showing marble tower from several angles.
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Mass Volume Density PowerPoint
20 Jun 2011 | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman, John Grutzner
PowerPoint overview of mass, volume, and density from SLED summer institute.
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Mass, Volume, and Density Video
10 May 2012 | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman, John Grutzner
Demonstrations related to mass, volume, and density.
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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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Model Eliciting Activity (MEA): Windmill
23 Jun 2011 | 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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Perspectives on the SLED Project
05 Jun 2013 | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman
This video provides perspectives on the SLED project from members of the leadership team and participating teachers.
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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).