EDCI Keep it Cool Fall 2011

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

5th grade lesson plan, insulation and heat transfer

EDCI Kicking Machine Sp. 2012

28 Mar 2012 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Barbara Kroemer, Kara Ann Fletcher

EDCI 365 Lesson Plan about creating a Kicking Machine design task. The science content focus is potential and kinetic energy.

EDCI Popsicle Bridge Sp12

28 Mar 2012 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Brittnee Anne Garrett, Rachel N Kennedy

EDCI lesson plan about creating a bridge to span a certain distance and hold a load.

EDCI Ship the Chip Sp 2012

28 Mar 2012 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Jenny Meyer, Hannah Henry

This is a lesson plan completed in EDCI 365 about packaging engineering. Students pack a single chip to another school.

EDCI Sticky Bridges Fall 2011

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

Grade 5 lesson plan, mass and structure

EDCI Wind Turbines Fall 2011

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

Grade 5 lesson plan, weight and mass.

Electricity PowerPoint for Light Just Right

13 Jun 2013 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman

These PowerPoint slides accompany the Light Just Right design lesson.

Engineering Design Assessment PowerPoint

29 Jun 2017 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Colleen Cooper, James Daniel Lehman, Aaron Hamilton

This PowerPoint presentation accompanied the session on engineering design assessment at the SLED summer workshops in 2017.

Erosion Lesson (Canal) PowerPoint

10 Jun 2014 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Venkatesh Merwade, David C Eichinger, James Daniel Lehman

PowerPoint slides for the erosion lesson associated with the canal design task from the 2014 SLED Summer Institute.

Exploring Whirligigs

09 Jun 2013 | Lesson Plans | 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...

Follow-Up: Creating a Bar Graph in Excel

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.

Follow-Up: Creating a Line Graph in Excel

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.

Follow-Up: Creating a Pie Chart in Excel

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.

Follow-Up: Creating a Scatterplot in Excel

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.

Follow-Up: Introduction to Data Visualization with Excel

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.

Getting Started with SLED

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.

Grade 5 Candy Bag Lesson

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

Candy Bag lessons from:Riverside, Sunnyside, Taylor

Grade 5 Compost Lesson

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

Lessons from: Sunnyside, Riverside