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  1. RGS Week 1 Resources Summer 2011

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

    Research Goes to School Week 1 list of links to PBL resources from Summer 2011

  2. RGS Week 1 Supplemental Resources Bloom Revised Taxonomy

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

    Research Goes to School Week 1 Supplemental Resources: Bloom's Revised Taxonomy Key Words Summer 2011

  3. Save the Wolf (Simple Machines)

    03 Jun 2014 | Contributor(s): Kendra A Erk, James Daniel Lehman

    This grade 3 design lesson introduces simple machines and challenges students to use simple machines to create a device to capture a wolf.

  4. 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...

  5. 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.

  6. Slow Boat PowerPoint

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

    The PowerPoint slides which accompanied the Slow Boat design task at the 2013 Summer Institute.

  7. Slow Boat PowerPoint Presentation

    29 Jun 2017 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Bryan Hubbard, James Daniel Lehman, Alyssa Panitch

    This PowerPoint presentation was designed to accompany the SLED Slow Boat activity.

  8. Slow Boat PowerPoint Presentation Summer 2017

    29 Jun 2017 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Arielle Mucha, James Daniel Lehman, James J Minogue

    This PowerPoint presentation accompanied the Slow Boat design activity at the SLED summer workshops in 2017.

  9. 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?

  10. 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?

  11. Sound Absorption

    09 Jun 2013 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman

    This grade 3 lesson plan focuses on a design task to create a wall to absorb sound.

  12. 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

  13. 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,...

  14. 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...

  15. 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.

  16. 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...

  17. 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?

  18. What Would it Take to Power Purdue University for One Month Using Wind Energy

    17 Feb 2012 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Candice B Kissinger, Todd Millar, Dan J Sacre

    PPT Presentation: What Would it Take to Power Purdue University for One Month Using Wind EnergyPBL Investigation by The Windjammers