Authentic Lessons for 21st Century Learning
In this session, participants will be given a menu of instructional strategies to "taste test." Each of these strategies is research-based and supports components of authenticity. Once strategies have been chosen, the session will be built around a three-course meal of participants' chosen strategies.... Read more »
Created by: Lindsay Hawkins
Date Updated: November 10th, 2021
The "Embedded Literacy Across the Disciplines (2019)" professional development focuses on defining and promoting literacy strategies across all subject areas. Participants will examine how literacy components are necessary for their subject areas, identify the specific literacy strategies appropriate... Read more »
Created by: Keristy Nieto
Date Updated: September 14th, 2020
This activity will dive deep into encouraging inquiry and implementing inquiry-focused instructional strategies in the classroom. Participants will be actively engaged in a variety of strategies as facilitators model the implementation of these strategies. Read more »
Created by: Chelsee Wilson
Date Updated: August 3rd, 2021
This professional development session, built on theoretical constructs SAMR and Authentic Teaching and Learning, engages participants in an overview of LEGO Mindstorms and a model activity for Mindstorms EV3. Participants can expect to be engaged in a hands-on experience where they will apply research-based... Read more »
Created by: Taylor Thurston
Date Updated: April 11th, 2022
Workshop offered to all 10th to 12th-grade students interested in understanding the ACT and increasing their composite scores. Students engage in specific content through instructional strategies for seven two-hour ACT prep sessions. These research-based instructional strategy examples are designed... Read more »
Created by: Lindsay Hawkins
Date Updated: July 27th, 2021
Workshop offered to all 10th to 12th-grade students interested in understanding the ACT and increasing their composite scores. Students engage in specific content through instructional strategies for seven two-hour ACT prep sessions. These research-based instructional strategy examples are designed... Read more »
This activity provides an opportunity for students to critically think about financial aid as a resource to help take away some of the financial burden from attending college. Students will work together with a teacher or facilitator to fill out the FAFSA (or OTAG for undocumented students). They will... Read more »
This professional development session is the mathematics content-specific day of the Formative Assessment Institute. In this session, participants will learn what formative assessment looks like in a mathematics classroom and will create formative assessments to take back to their classrooms. Read more »
Created by: Lindsey Link
Date Updated: October 26th, 2021
Research indicates that teachers will likely bear additional duties and responsibilities outside the classroom. These added hours can potentially lead to stress and strain. This session is designed to bridge the two roles of coaching and teaching by understanding their similarities. Participants will... Read more »
Created by: Kim Press
Date Updated: May 15th, 2023
Be ready to move! Classroom practices that engage and maintain student interest while promoting student-centered learning and real-world connections are highlighted in this presentation. Participants will use Flipgrid technology to understand how students can communicate their learning in a new and... Read more »
Created by: Daniel Schwarz
Date Updated: May 31st, 2022
Participants will learn how to plan and host "Game to Prepare for Life" events at their schools. They will experience sample booths that let them see what the event can feel like for students. Afterward, participants will reflect on the process and discuss some of the benefits and challenges of coordinating... Read more »
Created by: Mariah Warren
Date Updated: April 21st, 2023
Students will spend time exploring the Bill of Rights from the US Constitution. They will determine what each right guarantees, the reason behind the right being included in the Constitution, and examples of how the right has been protected since the amendment was written. They will demonstrate their... Read more »
Created by: Susan McHale
Date Updated: March 5th, 2023
Bill of Rights
Banned Books, Censorship Part 2
This lesson is designed to take place following completion of another K20 lesson, "Trigger Warnings." Through collaboration, reading, and research, students will continue the study of a controversial work of literature by examining various perspectives on book banning. Students will establish their... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: April 17th, 2023
Banned Books, Censorship Part 2
Students will activate prior knowledge and make connections to the post-WWII era in America by looking at images from the time period. In addition, students will read poems that depict contrasting points of view from the decade (the point of view of an American versus a Holocaust survivor resettled... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: May 18th, 2023
Characterization
Students will use close reading strategies to analyze symbolism in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven." The class will begin by observing symbols being displayed on the board, transition into recognizing the main symbol in the poem, and finally create a symbolic poem of their own. Through collaborative exercises,... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: May 18th, 2023
Symbolism
In this lesson, students will explore conservation of mechanical energy and the relationship that it has with work. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: May 3rd, 2023
Work and Energy
In this lesson, students will engage in inquiry and literary components to help gain an understanding of and define interest groups, provide examples, and analyze how they affect the political process in the United States. Read more »
Created by: Clayton Canon
Date Updated: November 8th, 2022
American Federal Government
In this lesson, students will analyze the differences between Native American and European cultures of the past, using the instructional strategies of Card Sorts, 4.2.,1 and a Gallery Walk, and by creating posters. Students will analyze various primary sources, including federal legislation and the... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: June 6th, 2022
The Dawes Act and native culture
Annotating a text allows students to process information about an author’s purpose and point of view. In this lesson, students will learn techniques for analyzing a text to create an argumentative paragraph related to an author’s style. This lesson may be adapted to fit any text with a particular style... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: April 18th, 2023
Style and Syntax
Students will determine basic properties of quadrilaterals through activities and games. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: May 31st, 2022
Properties of Quadrilaterals
Students will investigate the similarity of reproduction, embryonic development, and DNA sequences to illustrate the indirect evidence for evolution. "How EGG-ceptional Are We?" is written for a general biology course. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: November 16th, 2022
Evolution: Embryonic Development
This lesson analyzes the impact of minor political parties on national elections. Read more »
Created by: Chelsee Wilson
Date Updated: November 17th, 2022
U.S Government
Students will identify common lab mistakes via simulated lab stations. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: June 8th, 2022
lab safety
Elements of an Essay
In this lesson students will engage in multiple independent and group strategies to both identify and analyze essential structural elements of an essay. By doing this, students will both practice and gain a clearer perspective of how to write with greater clarity and effectiveness. Read more »
Created by: Jane Baber
Date Updated: November 8th, 2022
In this lesson about Greek and Latin roots, students will explore word origins by discovering root words and applying them to their own writing. Students will work in groups and use learning strategies to recognize Latin and Greek roots, then complete a reading and annotation activity to identify English... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: September 13th, 2022
Greek and Latin Roots
Students will analyze primary documents to better understand the colonial resistance to British rule and how this resistance influenced the American Revolution. Read more »
Created by: Brandi Graham
Date Updated: May 31st, 2022
Colonial resistance and movement towards revolution
Students need strategies to help them read informational texts and sort out the details that are important in contributing to the overall main idea of the text. This series of activities is designed to give students practice first with visual advertisements, then shorter texts, and then finally, a longer... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: May 22nd, 2023
Identifying the Main Idea
Banned Books, Censorship Part 1
Through conversation and close reading, students will begin the study of a controversial work of literature by examining the pros and cons of trigger warnings in our society. Students will choose two published opinion pieces (one from both sides of the free-speech debate) and deconstruct the arguments... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: April 17th, 2023
Banned Books, Censorship Part 1
Students will use primary sources to explore and help them explain the Boston Massacre. They will compare two images depicting the event and draw conclusions about what happened based on what the artist chose to depict. Students will examine the roles of perspective and propaganda with regard to the... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: September 29th, 2020
Primary sources
This lesson places students in the role of a college admissions officer in order to help them better understand admissions requirements, the admissions process, and how to fill out a good college application. Read more »
Created by: Kristen Sublett
Date Updated: May 17th, 2023
10th Grade Pre-Campus Visit Learning Activity
Using pictures related to pop culture as mentor texts, students will identify the archetypal figures represented. They will then be broken into small groups where they will choose a figure not previously identified to represent the archetype assigned to them and be asked to justify this choice to the... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: May 18th, 2023
Every surgeon needs to have an in-depth knowledge of the structure of the human body before diving into surgery. The alternative would be catastrophic for the patient. The approach to literature should be no different. For readers to successfully navigate and understand a text, it is important for them... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: November 9th, 2022
Story Structure
Students will be able to explain the fundamental concepts involved in electrostatics, such as: charge, friction, conservation of charge, laws of attraction, and Coulomb’s Law. Read more »
Created by: Danny Mattox
Date Updated: May 1st, 2023
Electrostatics
Inferencing - reading between the lines - is a challenging, yet important, close reading skill. In this lesson, students practice making inferences in a variety of contexts. Through films, picture books, short stories, and works of literature, students make inferences about character, setting, plot,... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: May 18th, 2022
inferencing: A close reading strategY
This lesson addresses rules for exponents. Students will discover the rules for exponents through an exploration of numerical expressions and visual representations of exponents. Prerequisites for this lesson include an understanding of the components of an exponent. This lesson allows students to explore... Read more »
Created by: Amber Stokes
Date Updated: May 25th, 2022
Exponent Rules: Digital Breakout
This lesson focuses on eliminating the emotional fear of mathematics by allowing students to evaluate where they are on the math spectrum and identify their goals moving forward. Students explore math concepts taught in past years and analyze their math knowledge to assess their relationship with mathematics.... Read more »
Created by: Brittany VanCleave
Date Updated: April 18th, 2023
A Mathematical Growth Mindset
In this lesson, students will use self-reflection to create a piece of descriptive writing. Students will use sensory details, organizational strategies, and the revision process to produce a short descriptive piece of writing. Read more »
Created by: Keristy Nieto
Date Updated: April 18th, 2023
Creating and Editing Descriptive Writing
During this lesson, students will use their prior knowledge of multiplication and the distributive property to solve a 2-digit by 2-digit multiplication problem. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: September 29th, 2020
MULTIPLICATION Strategies
This lesson looks at the effects and impact of the Civil Rights movement on other social issues such as the Women's Liberation Movement, the United Farmer Workers coalition, and the American Indian Movement. Read more »
Created by: Susan McHale
Date Updated: May 17th, 2023
Civil Rights Movement
Students will explore the rotation of a Ferris wheel and make conjectures about the function represented by the motion. Students will find and plot points in the motion and use technology to find the line of best fit. Students will also manipulate the equation for their function to discover what the... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: July 25th, 2022
Relationship Between the Unit Circle and the Sine Curve
Students will explore the properties of a cube and make connections to exponents through a short exploration of volume. Students will also construction and defend a mathematical argument. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: May 18th, 2023
Geometry, Volume, & Exponents
Frog dissections are a classic biology lab. This lesson is best not only after students have had some gross anatomy but also when you trust students enough to let them use scalpels in the classroom. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: November 4th, 2022
Frog Dissection
Students will investigate animal behavior by conducting experiments to see how worms respond to stimuli. Read more »
Created by: Danny Mattox
Date Updated: May 17th, 2022
Animal Behavior
Part of any adolescent's life is determining one's identity. In this lesson, students will initially consider who they are as people—what makes up their identities. Then, they will work through several readings, including a poem and two short stories, with a focus on the role characterization and character... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: May 20th, 2022
characterization/character traits
In this lesson, students will estimate population data leading them to discover the midpoint formula. They will then apply the formula they created to various other real-world applications. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: August 31st, 2022
Discovering Midpoint Formula Through Estimations
This lesson focuses on cultural diversity, communication, and artistic expression. Students consider aspects of their cultural identities before conducting an interview to determine a classmate's cultural traits. After reading and analyzing a piece of writing, looking specifically for cultural components,... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: September 14th, 2020
primary and secondary sources
Students will use an example problem about the Three Sisters to complete a Strategy Harvest and develop a conceptual understanding of multiplying. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: May 31st, 2023
Multiplication
This lesson invites students to think about what they know about nouns, verbs, adjectives, and other components of a sentence. Students study a picture prompt and work as a class to compose sentences describing it. Then, students practice diagramming their sentence by drawing color-coded "train cars"... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: September 29th, 2020
Composing Grammatically Correct Sentences
In this lesson, students will learn the relationship between position, velocity, speed, and acceleration to solve real-world problems involving motion along a line. Students are expected to know the chain rule and how to find higher-order derivatives for both power and trigonometric functions before... Read more »
Created by: Cacey Wells
Date Updated: March 17th, 2023
Connecting Position, Velocity, and Acceleration
Students will use a fun problem to discover and practice the partial quotients process for multiple-digit division. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: April 22nd, 2021
Partial Quotients Division Method
In this lesson, students discover what tax dollars are used for and evaluate which tax-funded community services they feel are important. These services include libraries, police and fire departments, roads, water/sanitation services, and schools. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: September 21st, 2020
Taxes and the Community Services They Provide
Experimental Components
This lesson address the components of evidence used to support hypotheses. It addresses qualitative versus quantitative, as well as primary versus secondary. This would be a good lesson to start the year and requires no prerequisite skills. This lesson includes optional modifications for distance learning.... Read more »
Experimental Components
Students will learn about the FAFSA process and complete their own demo FAFSA application. Read more »
Created by: Chelsee Wilson
Date Updated: April 26th, 2023
Standard 7: Paying for College
In this lesson, students explore the patterns of rhyme and syllables in Shakespearean sonnets in order to understand iambic pentameter. Students compose their own original sonnets. Read more »
Created by: Jordin Carmichael
Date Updated: December 8th, 2020
Shakespearean Sonnets and Iambic Pentameter
In this lesson, students will observe the colors in emission spectra for different excited gases. They will compare the specific emitted wavelengths and explain how these specific emitted wavelengths are the result of energetic and physical transitions by electrons in excited atoms. They will then apply... Read more »
Created by: Lindsey Link
Date Updated: May 20th, 2022
Light Emission Energetics and Spectra
In this lesson, students will learn how to characterize Newton's First Law of Motion as a cause-and-effect relationship and use these relationships to make predictions about how the natural world functions. Read more »
Created by: Teresa Randall
Date Updated: September 7th, 2022
Newton's First Law of Motion
During this interactive science lesson, students will learn about the patterns of the moon and lunar phases. Over the course of one month, students will observe the moon, look for patterns, and make predictions about the changes in the moon each night. Read more »
Created by: Lindsey Link
Date Updated: May 5th, 2023
Phases of the Moon
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: November 16th, 2022
Evolution: Embryonic Development
Sometimes, students have an aversion to writing because they lack a sense of purpose. In this lesson, students learn that letters can be an important way to communicate and can be fun to write. First, students brainstorm what they already know about letters and then explore letters written by a variety... Read more »
Created by: Makala Foley
Date Updated: May 5th, 2023
Writing Letters
Students explore the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through some of his most prominent words. Read more »
The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Students will use springs to investigate the quantitative characteristics of waves. Then, they will use their data to derive the formula connecting frequency, wavelength, and velocity. Later, students will connect those math ideas to an example from nature. This lesson is Part 2 of "Beyond the Slinky®,"... Read more »
Created by: Danny Mattox
Date Updated: June 17th, 2022
Quantitative Characteristics of Waves
This lesson is part of a series, titled "Woman Crush Wednesday" in which we look at how female scientists have shaped our view of science. In this biology lesson, students will explore the contributions of Rachel Carson, the impact of human activity on our ecosystem, and how organisms develop resistance... Read more »
Created by: Mariah Warren
Date Updated: April 18th, 2023
Biological Unity and Diversity
This lesson focuses on an extension of parallel lines by exploring what happens when a transversal line passes through them. The goal is for students to understand the different angles that form due to the intersection and to apply that knowledge to real-world situations. Students will be able to identify... Read more »
Created by: Brittany VanCleave
Date Updated: June 23rd, 2022
Parallel Lines, Transversal Lines, and Angles
This lesson focuses on the properties of real numbers, properties of equality, and inverse operations to help students solve linear equations. The goal is for students to understand the fundamentals of isolating a variable. Students will then be able to solve two-step equations by applying properties... Read more »
Created by: Matthew McDonald
Date Updated: May 18th, 2023
Solving Two-Step Equations
In this lesson, students will build on their prior knowledge of solving equations to learn how to solve absolute value equations. Students will then compare and contrast the four types of equations: two-step, multi-step, literal, and absolute value equations. This is the fourth lesson of four in the... Read more »
Created by: Amber Stokes
Date Updated: October 8th, 2022
Absolute Value Equations
