Erosion Lesson (Canal) PowerPoint

10 Jun 2014 | 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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Goals and Strategies of a Problem Based Learning Facilitator

17 Feb 2012 | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, Peg A Ertmer

This paper describes an analysis of facilitation of a student-centered problem-basedlearning group. The focus of this analysis was to understand the goals and strategies ofan expert facilitator in support of collaborative learning. This was accomplished throughinteraction analysis using video...

Grade 5 Candy Bag Lesson

19 Sep 2011 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Dana Nicole Ruggiero

Candy Bag lessons from:Riverside, Sunnyside, Taylor

Grade 5 Compost Lesson

19 Sep 2011 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Dana Nicole Ruggiero

Lessons from: Sunnyside, Riverside

Grade 5 Prosthetic Leg Lesson

19 Sep 2011 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Dana Nicole Ruggiero

Lessons from:Riverside, Sunnyside, Taylor

Grade 5 Structure Lesson

19 Sep 2011 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Dana Nicole Ruggiero

Lesson from: Sunnyside

Grade 5 UV Beads Lesson

19 Sep 2011 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Dana Nicole Ruggiero

Lesson from: Wea Ridge

Grade 5 Volume and Surface Area

19 Sep 2011 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Dana Nicole Ruggiero

Lessons from: Riverside

Grade 5 Water Filtration Lesson

19 Sep 2011 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Dana Nicole Ruggiero

Lessons from: Wea Ridge and Sunnyside

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.