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Exploring Whirligigs
09 Jun 2013 | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman
This inquiry lesson, for grades 3-4, involves students conducting a fair test investigation to determine the way an object (a whirligig) falls through the air and how this fall depends on its mass, surface area, and other factors. This lesson is an adaptation of a lesson developed by...
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Exploring Whirligigs
09 Jun 2013 | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman
This inquiry lesson, for grades 3-4, involves students conducting a fair test investigation to determine the way an object (a whirligig) falls through the air and how this fall depends on its mass, surface area, and other factors. This lesson is an adaptation of a lesson developed by...
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Follow-Up: Creating a Bar Graph in Excel
11 Jan 2012 | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman
This narrated video shows how to create a bar graph in Excel with data from the M&M activity.
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Follow-Up: Creating a Line Graph in Excel
11 Jan 2012 | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman
This narrated video shows how to create a line graph in Excel using data from measurements of the shadow cast by a stick at various times throughout one day.
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Follow-Up: Creating a Pie Chart in Excel
11 Jan 2012 | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman
This narrated video shows how to create a pie chart in Excel using data about a set of coins that can help with concepts of probability.
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Follow-Up: Creating a Scatterplot in Excel
11 Jan 2012 | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman
This narrated video shows how to create a scatterplot or XY graph in Excel using data from the measurement of the circumference and diameter of various circular objects.
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Follow-Up: Introduction to Data Visualization with Excel
11 Jan 2012 | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman
This narrated PowerPoint presentation introduces this SLED online follow-up activity on using Excel to create various kinds of graphs or charts to visualize a data set.
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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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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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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 Structure Lesson
19 Sep 2011 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Dana Nicole Ruggiero
Lesson from: Sunnyside
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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 Volume and Surface Area
19 Sep 2011 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Dana Nicole Ruggiero
Lessons from: Riverside
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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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Graphic Organizers PowerPoint
29 Jun 2017 | Downloads | 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 | Downloads | 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 | Lesson Plans | 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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Institutional Course Redesign
12 Oct 2011 | Publications | Contributor(s): Marne George Helgesen, Frank J Dooley, Tomalee Doan, Donalee H Attardo
Transforming Education from Innovation to Implementation Conference: Session D2This presentation addresses policy, implementation, design, sustainability, research and institutional cultural change for a unique and compelling course transformation program. This program bases its transformation on...