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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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?"

  9. Institutional Course Redesign

    12 Oct 2011 | 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...

  10. 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.

  11. Introduction to SLEDhub

    23 Jun 2011 | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman, Dana Nicole Ruggiero

    A brief introduction to SLEDhub and its use.

  12. 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...

  13. 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.

  14. 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...

  15. Lifeguard Chair

    09 Jun 2013 | Lesson Plans | 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.”

  16. Lifeguard Chair Design Process PowerPoint

    29 Jun 2017 | Downloads | 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.

  17. Lifeguard Chair PowerPoint Summer 2017

    29 Jun 2017 | Downloads | 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.

  18. Light Just Right

    13 Jun 2013 | Lesson Plans | 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.

  19. Light Just Right

    13 Jun 2013 | Lesson Plans | 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.

  20. 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.