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  1. SLED Unit Plan Template 2015-16

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    08 Jun 2015 | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman

    This is the SLED unit implementation plan template for the 2015-16 academic year.

  2. Dog gone it!

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    08 Jun 2015 | 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.

  3. Zombie Apocalypse Activity for Indiana Highschool Students

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    06 May 2015 | Contributor(s): Steven Smith (contributor), Ann Bessenbacher (contributor)

    Zombie Apocalypse Activity used for the High School Purdue GIS Day 2014, although the materials could be used for any time and class.Just when we thought it was safe … another outbreak of the deadly Zombie Virus #372 has arisen. This time, it is in Indianapolis, Indiana, a metropolitan area of...

  4. STEMEdhub: Supporting STEM Education Initiatives via the H U Bzero Platform

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    07 Apr 2015 | 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...

  5. Hot Wheels Lab

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    25 Jun 2014 | Contributor(s): Nikki Rumpler, James Daniel Lehman

    This grade 4 inquiry lab lesson plan, developed by Nikki Rumpler for the 2014 SLED Summer Institute, addresses the question, "Does the height of a ramp affect the speed and distance a Hot Wheels car will travel?"

  6. Light Just Right

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

    This 4th grade design activity focuses on electrical current and resistance. Students design a way to make a bulb light with differing brightnesses.

  7. SLED Unit Implementation Plan Rubric 2013-14 2014-15

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    12 Jun 2013 | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman

    This rubric will be used to assess teachers' unit implementation plans for the SLED project.

  8. Summer 2013 SLED Unit Plan Template

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    12 Jun 2013 | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman

    This is the template teachers should use during the 2013 SLED Summer Institute to prepare their lesson implementation plans.

  9. Slow Boat

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    11 Jun 2013 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Bryan Hubbard, Alyssa Panitch, Tahira Reid, Kari Clase, Nancy Irene Tyrie, Evan Rebar, 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.

  10. Exploring Whirligigs

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    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...

  11. Lifeguard Chair

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

    This lesson, for grades 3-6, involves an introductory design activity to build a lifeguard chair from note cards and tape. It is an adaptation of a design lesson introduced by Engineering is Elementary called “Tower Power.”

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  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: 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.

  16. 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.

  17. 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."

  18. 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.

  19. Summer 2012 long version SLED Unit Plan Template

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    13 Jun 2012 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman

    Long version of the SLED Unit Plan Template for Summer 2012.

  20. Summer 2012 short version SLED Unit Plan Template

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    13 Jun 2012 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman

    The short version of the SLED Unit Plan Template for Summer 2012.