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Constraints and Criteria Video
30 Jun 2014 | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman
This video, produced by the SLED project, features several engineers discussing the difference between constraints and criteria in engineering design tasks.
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Cooking with the Sun - Creating a Solar Oven
17 Feb 2012 | 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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Creating Informed Problem Solvers: A Case Study in Engineering Education
12 Oct 2011 | Contributor(s): Michael Fosmire, Ruth E Wertz
Transforming Education from Innovation to Implementation Conference: Session F1 In our increasingly knowledge-based society, the focus of engineering education has changed dramatically, de-emphasizing specialized content skills and rote problem solving and concentrating on processes and habits of...
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Culture of the Classroom- Small Group Presentation
13 Jul 2015 | Contributor(s): Greysy Rodriguez (contributor), Nicole Sheppard (contributor), Kathryn Grace Stwalley (contributor), Russell Wiggins (contributor)
This presentation addresses:1) How will students work together (collaboration and teamwork)?2) How will the students monitor their work (training them to take ownership, active engagement, choice and creation)?
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Design of a Door Alarm
10 Jun 2013 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): David C Eichinger, Erin K Doherty, James Daniel Lehman, Venkatesh Merwade
This grade 4 design task helps students learn about simple circuits by designing a door alarm.
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Design of a Green Roof
03 Jun 2014 | Lesson Plans | 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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Design of Musical Instruments for a Rock Band
10 Jun 2013 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): David C Eichinger, Erin K Doherty, James Daniel Lehman, Venkatesh Merwade
This grade 3 design task helps students to learn about sound by designing a stringed musical instrument.
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Design Process for SLED PowerPoint
11 Dec 2012 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Alyssa Panitch, Todd Richard Kelley
This PowerPoint presentation provides an overview of the SLED design process.
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Design Team Developed: Compost Bin Lesson Plan
05 Apr 2011 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman
SLED project lesson plan for compost bin design task.
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Design Team Developed: Sun Tracking System for a Solar Panel
13 Sep 2012 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Bryan Hubbard, Kari Clase, John Grutzner, Alyssa Panitch, Nancy Irene Tyrie
This lesson plan is designed for 6th grade and addresses topics related to the sun-earth-moon system. Specifically, this lesson addresses that seasons result from the tilt of the earth, which causes changes in sunlight intensity and length of day. Related mathematical standards address...
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Designing Professional Development Template
08 Jun 2015 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman
This template is for SLED teachers to design professional development experiences for other teachers. It was developed for use during the 2015 summer institute.
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Designing Safer Roadways
03 Jun 2014 | Lesson Plans | 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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Designing Safer Roadways Slides
11 Jun 2014 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Kendra A Erk, James Daniel Lehman
PowerPoint slides for the Designing Safer Roadways activity in the 2014 SLED Summer Institute.
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Designing Safer Roadways Slides
11 Jun 2014 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Kendra A Erk, James Daniel Lehman
PowerPoint slides for the Designing Safer Roadways activity in the 2014 SLED Summer Institute.
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Designing Safer Roadways Support Materials
03 Jun 2014 | Demonstration Video | 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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Designing the Invitational Envirnonment
17 Feb 2012 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer
RGS Summer 2011 Week 1 Resource: Designing the Invitational Envirnomentfrom Problem Based Learning: an Inquiry Approach, by John Barrell
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Desk Review of the Tusome Early Grade Reading Progam
10 Jan 2020 | Publications
Final Desk ReviewKenya ‘Tusome’ Case Study: one-year grant to examine the process of scaling up of Kenya’s early grade reading program from 2011 to 2018 to enable USAID to better understand the scaling up process and to foster replication (Makerere, CRS, U....
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Dog gone it!
08 Jun 2015 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, Todd Richard Kelley, Chell Nyquist, James Daniel Lehman
This design challenge, for students in grade 3, focuses on simple and compound machines. The objective of the challenge is to design a compound machine to help a large breed of dog to get into and out of the back of a car.
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Dr. Nate Mosier's Virtual Field Trip on Developing Biofuels
04 Dec 2012 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Nate Mosier, Lisa Paulette Kirkham
Dr. Nate Mosier, Associate Professor of Ag and Biological Engineering, presents a 30 minute virtual field trip for high school STEM students. Dr. Mosier and his graduate assistant, Barron Hewetson, describe work they are doing on the conversion of biomass to biofuels, with a special emphasis on...
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Drink Pouch
11 Jun 2013 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Bryan Hubbard, Alyssa Panitch, Kari Clase, Tahira Reid, Nancy Irene Tyrie, James Daniel Lehman
This 3rd grade design activity is focused on creating a drink pouch that can keep a drink cool in the hot sun.