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  1. School Biomass to Energy PBL Website Links

    31 Aug 2011 | External Link | Contributor(s): Candice B Kissinger, Todd Millar, Dan J Sacre

    This website describes a Problem-Based Learning (PBL) unit centered on the idea of converting biomass to energy. It is intended for multiple age groups, including 8th grade science, high school environmental science, and high school earth science students. This site was created to fullfill the...

  2. SLED 2015 Teacher and Student Research Expectations PowerPoint

    19 Jun 2015 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, Todd Richard Kelley, James Daniel Lehman

    This PowerPoint gives what to expect regarding the SLED 2015-16 research for teachers in grades 3-4.

  3. SLED 2015 Teacher and Student Research Powerpoint (grades 5-6)

    19 Jun 2015 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, Todd Richard Kelley, James Daniel Lehman

    This PowerPoint gives what to expect regarding the SLED 2015-16 research for teachers in grades 5-6.

  4. Slow Boat

    11 Jun 2013 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Bryan Hubbard, Alyssa Panitch, Tahira Reid, Kari Clase, Nancy Irene Tyrie, James Daniel Lehman

    This 4th grade design task lesson focuses on the concept of drag by asking students to develop ways to slow down a boat.

  5. Solar Power: Is it the IN thing?

    17 Feb 2012 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Melissa D. Keown

    RGS Summer 2011 Presentation: Solar Power: Is it the IN thing? Can solar energy collection devices be viable choices to lessen Indiana's dependence on fossil fuels?

  6. Solar Too!

    17 Feb 2012 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Dane Brown, Cortnaye Smith, SIDNEY RAY DOBSON

    RGS Summer 2011 Solar Energy Presentation: Is it feasible to utilize solar power in average Indiana homes?

  7. 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...

  8. Strengthening teaching and learning in science through using different pedagogies

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

    RGS Week 1 Supplemental Resource: Strengthening teaching and learning in science through using different pedagogies

  9. Successfully Scaling and Transitioning Kenya's Tusome Early-Grade Reading Program

    10 Jan 2020 | Publications

    Brief DocumentKenya ‘Tusome’ Case Study: one-year grant to examine the process of scaling up of Kenya’s early grade reading program from 2011 to 2018 to enable USAID to better understand the scaling up process and to foster replication (Makerere, CRS, U. Nairobi,...

  10. Teach English to Non-English Speakers: Early Years Children as a test case

    06 Jan 2021 | External Link | Contributor(s): Samira Zain

    Teaching English as a Second Language is a worthy endeavor, but it is not for everyone. If you're thinking of entering the field, you should make sure that it's a good fit for your academic and professional needs.Unlike lots of languages, English has uppercase and lowercase...

  11. Teacher Reflection: Wargel, Slow Boats, Fall 2017

    17 Jan 2018 | Teacher Reflections | Contributor(s): Karen Sue Wargel

    The slow boat activity worked well as a culminating activity for force and motion.

  12. The Case of the Pilfered Pin

    29 May 2013 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman

    This is an inquiry activity for grades 3-4. Students must measure temperature, mass, and length in order to solve a mystery.

  13. Using Questioning to Facilitate Discussion of Science Teaching Problems in Teacher Professional Development

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

    Previous research has shown that questioning is a key strategy that facilitators use topromote discussion in Problem-Based Learning (PBL). Yet, there is a lack of detailedunderstanding on what questions facilitators ask and how those questions aff ectdiscussion. In this study we examined diff...

  14. WAKE the Water 2: Hydroelectric Power

    17 Feb 2012 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Kathy Daniels

    RGS Summer 2011 Participant Presentation: Is the relatively small amount of hydroelectric power produced in Indiana worth the environmental trade-off?

  15. Water Canal Design Task

    03 Jun 2014 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Venkatesh Merwade, James Daniel Lehman

    This grade 4 design tasks focuses on erosion and the construction of a canal to bring water to a water park.