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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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Grade 6 Candy Bag Lesson
19 Sep 2011 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Dana Nicole Ruggiero
Lesson from: WMS
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Grade 6 Compost Lesson
19 Sep 2011 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Dana Nicole Ruggiero
Lessons from: Sunnyside
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Grade 6 Packaging Lessons
19 Sep 2011 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Dana Nicole Ruggiero
Lessons from Sunnyside and Taylor
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Grade 6 Potential and Kinetic Energy Lessons
19 Sep 2011 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Dana Nicole Ruggiero
Lessons from:Riverside, Sunnyside, Taylor, WMS
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Grade 6 Structure Lesson
19 Sep 2011 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Dana Nicole Ruggiero
Lesson from: Sunnyside
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Grade 6 Vibrations Lesson
19 Sep 2011 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Dana Nicole Ruggiero
Lesson from: Sunnyside
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Grade 6 Volume and Surface Area Lesson
19 Sep 2011 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Dana Nicole Ruggiero
Lessons from: Taylor
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Grade 6 Water Filter Lesson
19 Sep 2011 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Dana Nicole Ruggiero
Lessons from:Riverside and Sunnyside
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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...
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IS-IT Learning? Challenging Students to Think 'Outside the Box' through Interdisciplinary Contexts for Inquiry in STEM
12 Oct 2011 | Publications | Contributor(s): Gwen Lawrie, Kelly E Matthews, Gabriela Weaver
Transforming Education from Innovation to Implementation Conference: Session E2Large-enrollment first-year STEM courses present a significant challenge to academics in terms of engagement and in catering for student diversity in academic ability, career aspiration, and prior experiences. In this...
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Learning Cycles in Large Chemistry Lectures: Implementation Logistics
12 Oct 2011 | Publications | Contributor(s): Ellen Yezierski
Transforming Education from Innovation to Implementation Conference: Session F2 Inquiry-based instruction employing the learning cycle is theoretically grounded in constructivism (1) and social constructivism (2) as well as empirically supported in research conducted in learning environments...
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Model Ecosystem Video
04 Oct 2012 | Demonstration Video | 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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Online Learning Systems for Science: From Grant-Funded Project to Widespread
12 Oct 2011 | Publications | Contributor(s): William Vining, Lisa Lockwood
Transforming Education from Innovation to Implementation Conference: Session E1This presentation will describe the genesis, testing, modification, and eventual commercial distribution of a web-based homework/learning system for chemistry. This project relates to the design and implementation of...
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Pill Bugs' Habitat Inquiry Activity
11 Nov 2012 | Lesson Plans | 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).
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Project Kaleidoscope: Leadership for Implementing Change in Undergraduate STEM Education
12 Oct 2011 | Publications | Contributor(s): Susan Elrod, Judith Dilts, J Lynn Zimmerman
Transforming Education: from Innovation to Implementation Conference: Session D1 Transforming undergraduate STEM education requires vision, leadership and action. Since 1996, Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL), a national organization, has been offering leadershipinstitutes for STEM faculty members to...
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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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Sound Absorption
09 Jun 2013 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman
This grade 3 lesson plan focuses on a design task to create a wall to absorb sound.
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STEM Strategies in K-15 Education in Colombia
12 Oct 2011 | Publications | Contributor(s): Maria Figueroa
Transforming Education from Innovation to Implementation Conference: Session F3 The Center for Research and Development in Education (CIFE) at Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia) has launched a STEM program as a part of its mission to produce research based knowledge for the...
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STEMEdhub: Supporting STEM Education Initiatives via the H U Bzero Platform
07 Apr 2015 | Publications | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman, Peg A Ertmer, Ann Bessenbacher
Built as one of 60+ hubs on the HUBzero platform, STEMEdhub was developed in 2011 as a resource for research, education, and collaboration in STEM education. The hub currently supports 82 different groups. In this article, the authors describe two specific groups (SLED and AAU) that are taking...