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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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Bio-Inspired Paper Flowers PowerPoint
16 Jun 2014 | Contributor(s): Bryan Hubbard, James Daniel Lehman
PowerPoint slides for the bio-inspired paper flowers activity during the 2014 SLED Summer Institute.
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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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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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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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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.
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Earthen Dam Design Task
03 Jun 2014 | Lesson Plans | 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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Earthen Dam PowerPoint
10 Jun 2014 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Venkatesh Merwade, David C Eichinger, James Daniel Lehman
PowerPoint slides for Earthen Dam activity during the 2014 SLED Summer Institute.
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Erosion Lesson (Canal) PowerPoint
10 Jun 2014 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Venkatesh Merwade, David C Eichinger, James Daniel Lehman
PowerPoint slides for the erosion lesson associated with the canal design task from the 2014 SLED Summer Institute.
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Exploring Whirligigs
09 Jun 2013 | Lesson Plans | 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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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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Keeping It Cool PowerPoint
10 Jun 2014 | Downloads | 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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Long version-SLED Unit Plan Template 2014
03 Jun 2014 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman
The long version of the SLED Unit Plan Template for 2014-15.
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Perspectives on the SLED Project
05 Jun 2013 | Demonstration Video | 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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Reflection Upload Guide
11 Oct 2012 | Teacher Reflections | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman
This printed guide outlines the steps to follow to upload a teacher reflection to the SLEDhub site.
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Reflection Upload Guide 2015
14 Oct 2013 | Teacher Reflections | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman
This short guide explains how to upload your teacher reflections.
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Research Activities 2013-14 PowerPoint Slides
16 Jun 2014 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, Todd Richard Kelley, James Daniel Lehman
PowerPoint slides detailing SLED research activities during the 2013-14 and 2014-14 years.
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Save the Wolf (Simple Machines)
03 Jun 2014 | Lesson Plans | 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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Save the Wolf (Simple Machines) Slides
11 Jun 2014 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Kendra A Erk, James Daniel Lehman
PowerPoint slides for the Save the Wolf (Simple Machines) activity during the 2014 SLED Summer Institute.
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Short version-SLED Unit Plan Template 2014
03 Jun 2014 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman
The short version of the SLED Unit Plan Template for 2014-15.