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  1. A Scientific Approach to Science and Engineering Education

    12 Oct 2011 | Contributor(s): Carl Wieman

    Transforming Education: from Innovation to Implementation Conference October 10-12, 2011Carl Wieman Keynote PresentationCognitive psychology research What is the learning we want? How is it achieved? II. Education research Data from classrooms III. Institutional change—undergraduate STEM...

  2. Active Learning Classrooms as a Lever for Improving Undergraduate Education

    12 Oct 2011 | Contributor(s): Robert McMaster

    Panel discussion participant at the Transforming Education: from Innovation to Implementation October 10-12, 2011 ConferenceUniversity of Minnesota

  3. Applications of Lego Modeling to Advanced Biology

    18 Sep 2013 | Contributor(s): Suzanne Cunningham

    This one hour video presentation given by Suzanne Cunningham. In the video she demonstrates applications of lego modeling to advanced high school biology. It was presented to the Research Goes to School Summer 2013 participants. Be sure to look at the supporting documents to see a copy of the...

  4. Assessment-Small Group Presentation

    13 Jul 2015 | Contributor(s): Todd M Bauer (contributor), Breanna Berkheiser (contributor), Sharon M Mapes (contributor), Taylor Matthew Owings (contributor)

    This presentation addresses:1) How will you assess student progress (formative)?2) How will you assess student learning (summative)?3) What instruments/formats will you use to assess progress and mastery?4) How will you involve the community to include a larger audience?

  5. Biofuel Candle Comparison Lab

    20 Jun 2013 | Contributor(s): Kathy Daniels

    This basic lab was developed to be used in a non-science classroom to help start student thinking about energy densities of different fuels in mathematical terms. The main objective is to get middle and high school math students to quantify observations of candles made from petroleum based fuels...

  6. Bloom's Action Verbs

    13 Jul 2015

    Bloom's action verbs can help to push students into higher levels of thinking. Including these in objectives can help students think more abstractly.Verbs for Bloom's http://www.highperformancetrainingworks.com/EPSS/TechNotes/Bloom.htm

  7. Calculating the Potential Energy of Flowing Water

    17 Feb 2012 | Contributor(s): Kari Clase

    RGS Summer 2011 Week 1 Material: Student Activity

  8. Calculating the Potential Energy of Flowing Water

    17 Feb 2012 | Contributor(s): Kari Clase

    RGS Summer 2011 Week 1 Material: Student Activity

  9. Calculating the Potential Energy of Flowing Water

    17 Feb 2012 | Contributor(s): Kari Clase

    RGS Summer 2011 Week 1 Material: Student Activity

  10. Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio): An Overview with Dr. Maureen McCann, Center Director

    20 May 2014 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Lisa Paulette Kirkham

    Dr. Maureen McCann, Director of the C3Bio center, provides a 25 minute virtual field trip for high school STEM students. Dr. McCann, a plant biologist, directs interdisciplinary efforts with chemists, biologists, physicists, engineers, and economists to find effective, efficient ways of...

  11. Chemical Catalysis for Sustainable Energy

    17 Feb 2012 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Kari Clase

    RGS Summer 2011 Supplemental materialMahdi Abu-Omar-Purdue University

  12. Cooking with the Sun - Creating a Solar Oven

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

    RGS Summer 2011 Supplemental MaterialFor this activity, students will be given a set of materials: cardboard, a set of insulating materials (i.e. foam, newspaper, etc.), aluminum foil, and plexiglass. Students will then become engineers in building a solar oven from the given materials, keeping...

  13. Cooking with the Sun - Creating a Solar Oven

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

    RGS Summer 2011 Supplemental MaterialFor this activity, students will be given a set of materials: cardboard, a set of insulating materials (i.e. foam, newspaper, etc.), aluminum foil, and plexiglass. Students will then become engineers in building a solar oven from the given materials, keeping...

  14. Creating Informed Problem Solvers: A Case Study in Engineering Education

    12 Oct 2011 | Publications | Contributor(s): Michael Fosmire, Ruth E Wertz

    Transforming Education from Innovation to Implementation Conference: Session F1 In our increasingly knowledge-based society, the focus of engineering education has changed dramatically, de-emphasizing specialized content skills and rote problem solving and concentrating on processes and habits of...

  15. Culture of the Classroom- Small Group Presentation

    13 Jul 2015 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Greysy Rodriguez (contributor), Nicole Sheppard (contributor), Kathryn Grace Stwalley (contributor), Russell Wiggins (contributor)

    This presentation addresses:1) How will students work together (collaboration and teamwork)?2) How will the students monitor their work (training them to take ownership, active engagement, choice and creation)?

  16. Curriculum Maps

    13 Nov 2011 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dana Nicole Ruggiero

    Curriculum maps from:Sunnyside grade 5, grade 6, and grade 5 humanitiesWea Ridge, Wea 6th,TaylorKokomo

  17. Design Team Developed: Conservation of Mass

    06 Sep 2012 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Kari Clase, John Grutzner, Bryan Hubbard, Alyssa Panitch, Nancy Irene Tyrie

    This lesson plan is designed for 5th grade and covers "conservation of mass." PowerPoint slides about 'Gas Mass & Conservation of Mass' is also included.

  18. Design Team Developed: Paper Recycling

    06 Sep 2012 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Senay Purzer, David C Eichinger, Erin K Doherty

    This lesson plan is designed for 5th grade and covers "volume and mass."

  19. Design Team Developed: Prosthetic Leg

    03 Jan 2012 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco

    Lesson Plan.

  20. Design Team Developed: Reasons for Seasons

    30 Nov 2012 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman

    The Reasons for Seasons lesson, designed to meet 5th grade standards, addresses an important science concept involving the movements of the Earth around the Sun and the tilt of the Earth's rotational axis.