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  1. 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.

  2. Teacher Reflection Template for 2017-18

    28 Sep 2015 | Teacher Reflections | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, James Daniel Lehman

    This is the template for SLED teacher reflections for 2017-18

  3. Nanoscience and PBL Resources for Teachers

    13 Jul 2015 | Publications

    This document includes nanoscience resources separated by big idea. There are also resources based on the applications discussed in the 2015 RGS course and websites where you can purchase materials for nano activities. The PBL resources include examples, tools and articles. All of the resources...

  4. SLED 2015 Teacher and Student Research Powerpoint (grades 5-6)

    19 Jun 2015 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, Todd Richard Kelley, James Daniel Lehman

    This PowerPoint gives what to expect regarding the SLED 2015-16 research for teachers in grades 5-6.

  5. SLED 2015 Teacher and Student Research Expectations PowerPoint

    19 Jun 2015 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, Todd Richard Kelley, James Daniel Lehman

    This PowerPoint gives what to expect regarding the SLED 2015-16 research for teachers in grades 3-4.

  6. Dog gone it!

    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.

  7. Teacher Reflection: Fletcher, Bio-Inspired Flower, Spring 2015

    17 Mar 2015 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Kara Ann Fletcher

  8. Teacher Reflection: Lehman, Keeping It Cool, Summer 2014

    18 Jun 2014 | Teacher Reflections | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman

    This is my reflection about which activity I liked in the 2014 SLED Summer Institute.

  9. Teacher Reflection: Lehman, Keeping it Cool, Summer 2014

    18 Jun 2014 | Teacher Reflections | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman

    This is my reflection about the favorite summer task in SLED in 2014.

  10. Research Activities 2013-14 PowerPoint Slides

    16 Jun 2014 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Brenda Capobianco, Todd Richard Kelley, James Daniel Lehman

    PowerPoint slides detailing SLED research activities during the 2013-14 and 2014-14 years.

  11. Bio-Inspired Paper Flowers

    03 Jun 2014 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Bryan Hubbard, Kari Clase, Alyssa Panitch, Evan Rebar, Tahira Reid, Nancy Tyrie, James Daniel Lehman

    This grade 3 lesson introduces students to the basic structures of plants and their functions. Students are challenged to create paper flowers that turn colors through processes that mimics how real plants function.

  12. Save the Wolf (Simple Machines)

    03 Jun 2014 | Lesson Plans | 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.

  13. Earthen Dam Design Task

    03 Jun 2014 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): Venkatesh Merwade, James Daniel Lehman

    This grade 3 design task focuses on earth materials and the construction of an earthen dam.

  14. Reflection Upload Guide 2015

    14 Oct 2013 | Teacher Reflections | Contributor(s): James Daniel Lehman

    This short guide explains how to upload your teacher reflections.

  15. PBL to the Rescue: Using PBL in a Human Anatomy and Physiology High School Class

    17 Sep 2013 | Seminars | Contributor(s): Brian Duncan

    This one hour video presentation given by Brian Duncan, an Attica, Indiana Jr./Sr. High School science teacher. He presents his experience using PBL to teach Human Anatomy and Physiology High School class to the Research Goes to School workshop in Summer 2013. Be sure to look at the supporting...

  16. Biofuel Candle Comparison Lab

    20 Jun 2013 | Lesson Plans | 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...

  17. Drink Pouch

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

    This 3rd grade design activity is focused on creating a drink pouch that can keep a drink cool in the hot sun.

  18. Design of Musical Instruments for a Rock Band

    10 Jun 2013 | Lesson Plans | Contributor(s): David C Eichinger, Erin K Doherty, James Daniel Lehman, Venkatesh Merwade

    This grade 3 design task helps students to learn about sound by designing a stringed musical instrument.

  19. 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.

  20. 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...