Authentic Lessons for 21st Century Learning
Students will investigate the similarity of reproduction, embryonic development, and DNA sequences to illustrate the indirect evidence for evolution. This lesson is adapted for a middle school class. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: July 23rd, 2025
Evolution: Embryonic Development
No more: "I'm not a math person!" "Growth mindset" is more than a buzz phrase—it shapes instructional choices. This session explores what growth mindset is and how it can support reluctant math learners. The math achievement gap—the math anxiety and frustration that comes with that—is very real for... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: June 30th, 2025
Students will be introduced to Shakespeare's language through a hands-on approach. First, students will read the prologue of "Romeo and Juliet" and translate the text into their own words. Then, students will think of present-day examples of art and media with similar themes to connect with Shakespeare's... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: July 22nd, 2025
Making Shakespeare Accessible
In this lesson, students use graphs with linear and nonlinear relationships to connect the idea of a constant rate of change with a graph being linear. Then, students identify or calculate the rate of change from a given scenario and use it—along with the y-intercept—to write a linear equation in slope-intercept... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: June 18th, 2025
Exploring Linear (and Nonlinear) Situations
This lesson guides students to understand how reading strategies enhance comprehension of a text. Students read a variety of texts, including artwork, a video, and a short story, using the OPTIC strategy. Students use the strategy to make Observations and Predictions about the text to aid their understanding... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: June 18th, 2025
Visual Literacy
In this lesson, students will explore the conservation of mechanical energy and how it relates to work during collisions. They will activate prior knowledge using the How I Know It strategy to review key vocabulary such as potential energy, kinetic energy, and work. In groups, students will follow a... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: June 18th, 2025
Work and Energy
In this lesson, students will analyze real Safety Data Sheets for common household chemicals and discuss the sheets' most important features. Then, working with groups, students create their own lab safety posters, integrating the safety guidelines they discussed with their peers. This lesson is intended... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: June 11th, 2025
Lab Safety and Chemical Properties
This lesson addresses writing linear equations given a table of values. Students will use their knowledge of slope and y-intercept to analyze linear data tables and represent the linear relationship in the data as an equation. Students also will watch a video of a former air traffic controller speaking... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: June 9th, 2025
Writing Linear Equations: Tables
In this lesson, students will research the concepts of genetic discrimination and discuss the ethics involved. Then, students will use the information to make an informed decision about genetic science and its role in today’s society. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: May 27th, 2025
Genetics and Ethics
In this lesson, students will explore real-world examples of functions and patterns within function notation to represent function machines algebraically. They will use given inputs and outputs to identify independent and dependent variables and the domain and range of different functions. This lesson... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: May 28th, 2025
Introduction to Functions
