Authentic Lessons for 21st Century Learning
In this professional development session, participants will engage in embedded instructional strategies that will allow them to examine the criteria for authentic assessments. Participants also will explore connections between the “why's” and “how's” of creating and using rubrics for authentic assessment... Read more »
Created by: Lindsay Hawkins
Date Updated: November 4th, 2021
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
In this lesson, students will analyze primary and secondary sources to determine the push and pull factors that led immigrants to come to the United States by the millions in the 1880s through the 1920s and will also examine the immigrant experience upon arriving in the United States, including the... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: June 13th, 2022
U.S. History
In this lesson, students will explore a variety of plant reproductive structures and determine differences between sexual and asexual reproduction through hands-on observations and online research. Based on their findings, students will use engineering design to create and test "seed dispersal" structures.... Read more »
Created by: Heather Shaffery
Date Updated: June 20th, 2022
Plant Reproduction and Seed Dispersal
In this lesson, students explore how the relationship between limiting nutrients and carrying capacity influence the phenomenon of algal blooms. Through an online simulation and brief research, students will understand how limiting factors influence carrying capacity in ecosystems, with specific emphasis... Read more »
Limiting Nutrients and Carrying Capacity
In this second lesson of the What Is a Wave? unit, students will review key concepts from the first lesson using the Strike Out! strategy. Students will connect prior learning to new content by watching videos that demonstrate the speed of sound waves, and then will be introduced to the Triangle of... Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: October 12th, 2022
Not the Bermuda Triangle
In this fifth and final lesson of the "What Is a Wave?" unit, students will observe two demonstrations and form conclusions to understand how light travels through matter. Students will complete a Concept Card Map activity to demonstrate their understanding of the unit's content and concepts. Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: June 24th, 2022
New Direction
In this fifth and final lesson of the What Is A Wave unit, students observe two demonstrations and form conclusions to understand how light travels through matter. Students complete a Concept Card Mapping activity to summarize their learning of the unit content. Read more »
New Direction