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  1. Design of a Green Roof

    03 Jun 2014 | 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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...

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. 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.

  16. 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.

  17. Electricity PowerPoint for Light Just Right

    13 Jun 2013 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman

    These PowerPoint slides accompany the Light Just Right design lesson.

  18. Engineering Design Assessment PowerPoint

    29 Jun 2017 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Colleen Cooper, James Daniel Lehman, Aaron Hamilton

    This PowerPoint presentation accompanied the session on engineering design assessment at the SLED summer workshops in 2017.

  19. 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.

  20. Exploring Packaging Design PowerPoint

    23 May 2011 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman

    PowerPoint slides for Exploring Packaging Design activity from teacher orientation.Brenda Capobianco