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  1. Exploring Whirligigs

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    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...

  2. Extracting Energy From Plants: Why is this important? A Virtual Field Trip by Dr. Mahdi Abu-Omar

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    06 Feb 2014 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Lisa Paulette Kirkham

    Dr. Mahdi Abu-Omar, Robert Wetherill Professor of Chemistry, presents a 20 minute virtual field trip for high school STEM students. Dr. Abu-Omar describes work he is doing on the conversion of biomass to biofuels, emphasizing techniques for breaking down lignin in plant materials. Lignin contains...

  3. Follow-Up: Creating a Bar Graph in Excel

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    11 Jan 2012 | Seminars | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman

    This narrated video shows how to create a bar graph in Excel with data from the M&M activity.

  4. Follow-Up: Creating a Line Graph in Excel

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    11 Jan 2012 | Seminars | 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.

  5. Follow-Up: Creating a Pie Chart in Excel

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    11 Jan 2012 | Seminars | 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.

  6. Follow-Up: Creating a Scatterplot in Excel

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    11 Jan 2012 | Seminars | 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.

  7. Follow-Up: Introduction to Data Visualization with Excel

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    11 Jan 2012 | Seminars | 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.

  8. Future U.S. Biofuels: Current Situation, Potentials, Policies, and Uncertainties

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    18 Sep 2013 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Farzad Taheripour

    This one hour video presentation given by Dr. Farzad Taheripour. In this presentation he covers the economic impact of current biofuel policy. It was given to the Summer 2013 Research Goes to School participants. Be sure to look at the supporting documents to see a copy of the power point...

  9. Generating Evidence to Improve Practice

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    23 Jun 2011 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman

    PowerPoint slides for mini-workshop on Generating Evidence to Improve Practice.

  10. Getting Started with SLED

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    30 Jan 2017 | Teaching Materials | 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.

  11. Goals and Strategies of a Problem Based Learning Facilitator

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    17 Feb 2012 | Downloads | 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...

  12. Grade 5 Candy Bag Lesson

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

    Candy Bag lessons from:Riverside, Sunnyside, Taylor

  13. Grade 5 Compost Lesson

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

    Lessons from: Sunnyside, Riverside

  14. Grade 5 Prosthetic Leg Lesson

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

    Lessons from:Riverside, Sunnyside, Taylor

  15. Grade 5 Structure Lesson

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

    Lesson from: Sunnyside

  16. Grade 5 UV Beads Lesson

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

    Lesson from: Wea Ridge

  17. Grade 5 Volume and Surface Area

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

    Lessons from: Riverside

  18. Grade 5 Water Filtration Lesson

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

    Lessons from: Wea Ridge and Sunnyside

  19. Graphic Organizers PowerPoint

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    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.

  20. Green Roof PowerPoint

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    16 Jun 2014 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Bryan Hubbard, James Daniel Lehman

    PowerPoint slides from the green roof design task during the 2014 SLED Summer Institute.