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  1. Biofuel Candle Comparison Lab

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    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...

  2. Calculating the Potential Energy of Flowing Water

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    17 Feb 2012 | Contributor(s): Kari Clase

    RGS Summer 2011 Week 1 Material: Student Activity

  3. Cooking with the Sun - Creating a Solar Oven

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    17 Feb 2012 | 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...

  4. Design Team Developed: Compost Bin Lesson Plan

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    05 Apr 2011 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman

    SLED project lesson plan for compost bin design task.

  5. Design Team Developed: Conservation of Mass

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    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.

  6. Design Team Developed: Hot/Cold Pack

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

    Create a hot/cold pack- 6th grade

  7. Design Team Developed: Paper Recycling

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    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."

  8. Design Team Developed: Plastic Water Bottle Design

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

    This lesson plan, intended for grade 6, focuses on using mathematics to design the shape of a plastic water bottle to optimize the surface area to volume ratio and so reduce the amount of plastic used to make the bottles.

  9. Design Team Developed: Prosthetic Leg

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

    Lesson Plan.

  10. Design Team Developed: Reasons for Seasons

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    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.

  11. Design Team Developed: Reindeer Habitat

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

    This lesson plan is designed fro 6th grade and covers life science topics in science and are calculations in math. In engineering, the importance of using scientific and engineering vocabulary in explanations & justifications is emphasized.

  12. Design Team Developed: Sensing Vibration

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

    Lesson Plan.

  13. Design Team Developed: Solar Panel

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

    This lesson plan is designed for 6th grade and covers 'Solar Panel' in the content area of Earth and Space Science. Extension activities and PowerPoint slides about solar panel are included.

  14. Design Team Developed: Sun Tracking System for a Solar Panel

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    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...

  15. Design Team Developed: Take A Stand

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    06 Feb 2012 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Todd Richard Kelley, Kevin J. Kaluf

    5th grade lesson plan.Topic: Structural Engineering, Load

  16. Designing the Invitational Envirnonment

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    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

  17. Dog gone it!

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    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.

  18. EDCI 365 Shady Lunch Spring 2012

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    28 Mar 2012 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Alexis Vesey, Michelle Kuta

    EDCI lesson plan about shadows relative to the relationship between the Earth and Sun.

  19. EDCI Animals and Engineering Spring 2012

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    28 Mar 2012 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Cary Mark Yorn, Lindsey Mae Flajs, Kieran Maureen McMullen

    This is an EDCI 365 lesson plan about animal relationships and their ecosystems.

  20. EDCI Boats Afloat Fall 2011

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    28 Mar 2012 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco

    Grade 5 lesson plan, buoyancy.