Authentic Lessons for 21st Century Learning
Participants engage in activities to explore strategies that can increase the intentional use of student choice by bridging content and student interest. These strategies provide opportunities for students to feel they have some control or ownership in their learning environment, which can make learning... Read more »
Created by: Lindsay Hawkins
Date Updated: July 5th, 2024
In this professional development session, participants will find connections between the principles of authenticity and the Marzano elements of Teacher Leader Effectiveness (TLE). This session does not address the other optional model known as the TULSA TLE Model. Read more »
Created by: Lindsay Hawkins
Date Updated: August 4th, 2023
In this professional development session, participants discover how various instructional strategies can be used as authentic tools to create and facilitate student-centered lessons with the 5E Instructional Model. Individually, participants will choose a component of the 5E Instructional Model (Engage,... Read more »
Created by: Lindsay Hawkins
Date Updated: December 15th, 2023
This professional development session focuses on increasing teachers' understanding of authentic science instruction and building their capacity to adapt lessons to more effectively implement authentic instructional practices. Participants will first assume the role of students to engage with an authentic... Read more »
Created by: Mariah Warren
Date Updated: May 30th, 2024
This professional development session focuses on instilling an understanding of the frameworks of authentic learning as well as the SAMR (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition) model for technology. Participants will apply these practices to the authentic use of technology in their... Read more »
Created by: Lindsay Williams
Date Updated: July 27th, 2023
The Creating 5E Lessons PD focuses on familiarizing participants with the 5E instructional model. The goal of the session is to immerse participants in an authentic 5E activity with an emphasis on each element of the 5E model. Participants will identify and describe the components of a 5E lesson and... Read more »
Created by: Robyn Hilger
Date Updated: March 7th, 2024
This Authenticity and Chromebooks professional development session focuses on the relationship of authentic instruction and technology implementation in the classroom. Participants will identify, analyze, and apply components of authenticity in lessons and activities to further their pedagogical knowledge. Read more »
Created by: Chelsee Wilson
Date Updated: May 30th, 2024
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—and the math anxiety and frustration with that—is very real for teachers... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: July 3rd, 2024
The Mindset Makeover PD focuses on increasing teacher knowledge about growth mindset and how it can be fostered in their classrooms. Through this interactive session, participants will review research on growth mindset and develop their own goals for applying the research to classroom practices. Read more »
Created by: Lindsay Hawkins
Date Updated: May 8th, 2025
Participants will experience a workshop session that provides the fundamentals of Essential Questions. They will then discover how they can use Essential Questions as a focus when lesson planning by creating their own content-specific Essential Questions. Read more »
Created by: Lindsay Williams
Date Updated: June 4th, 2024
This activity aims to prepare faculty to design effective, technology-integrated project-based learning (PBL) experiences that leverage the opportunities afforded by a robust Makerspace or STEM lab. It is based on the "Design a Project" Project-Based Learning PD, which introduces participants to the... Read more »
Created by: Christina Naruszewicz
Date Updated: March 8th, 2024
This professional development session focuses on instilling an understanding of the framework of authentic learning through multiple tools, such as the 5E Model and LEARN Strategies, while keeping in mind the Oklahoma Academic Standards for Mathematics. The interactive session will give participants... Read more »
Created by: Brittany VanCleave
Date Updated: January 22nd, 2025
This session engages participants in a model learning activity that showcases how specific technologies that are typically teacher-centered can be authentically used to develop student-centered learning environments. Participants will explore interactive technologies such as Chromebooks and touchscreen... Read more »
Created by: Lindsay Hawkins
Date Updated: September 10th, 2024
During this third day of the Formative Assessment Institute, participants focus on distinguishing Assessment of Learning, Assessment for Learning, and Assessment as Learning. Read more »
Created by: Lindsey Link
Date Updated: June 5th, 2024
This session is designed to engage teachers in using researched-based strategies to explore ACT data and identify specific skills that can be implemented in daily instruction. The goal of this session is to raise ACT scores by targeting skills within a composite score range provided by available ACT... Read more »
Created by: Lindsay Hawkins
Date Updated: September 19th, 2022
In this professional development session, participants will evaluate vocabulary students might encounter in college and career readiness programming. Participants will engage in strategies that reinforce authentic vocabulary instruction of Tier 2 words. Read more »
Created by: Shelby Blackwood
Date Updated: October 11th, 2023
This professional learning activity asks participants to reflect on meaningful learning experiences through the question, "What makes learning meaningful?" Participants build up a definition of meaningful learning as they progress through the activities. Participants will experience a lesson that models... Read more »
Created by: Mariah Warren
Date Updated: August 6th, 2024
Leadership is the process of working collaboratively to shape a culture of interdependence and trust to foster inclusive practices and serve a shared vision which responds to change for growth and promotes learning and empowerment for all stakeholders. Read more »
Created by: Danny Mattox
Date Updated: August 6th, 2024
The Leading Educators in Authentic Development (LEAD) workshop is a series of professional learning sessions to develop teachers’ skills to lead professional development at their school sites. This workshop features four sessions over a two-day period. This third session focuses on developing a foundational... Read more »
Created by: Mariah Warren
Date Updated: November 11th, 2024
In this session, participants explore the Authenticity Framework and foundations for how people learn. The Authenticity Framework is a conceptual framework that promotes a meaningful, student-centered learning environment and encourages higher-order thinking. Participants will also explore excerpts... Read more »
Created by: Brittany Bowens
Date Updated: October 2nd, 2024
In this session, participants will explore the construction of knowledge, one of the components of authenticity. Participants will discover the value of learning experiences that reflect real-world contexts and challenges by connecting students' prior experiences with new concepts to deepen understanding... Read more »
Created by: Brittany Bowens
Date Updated: October 4th, 2024
5E Lesson Writing Session 2: Developing 5E Lessons focuses participants on examining different authentic lesson activities, placing them in appropriate components of authenticity, and reflecting on designing activities that are highly engaging for students. Read more »
Created by: Daniel Schwarz
Date Updated: August 28th, 2024
Participants learn how to plan and host a Future U: The Enrollment Adventure event at their schools. They experience sample booths that let them see what the event can feel like for students. Afterwards, participants reflect on the process and discuss some of the benefits and challenges of coordinating... Read more »
Created by: Patricia McDaniels-Gomez
Date Updated: November 7th, 2024
Through small-group activities and discussions, students will be exposed to a variety of careers, along with their average salaries and post-secondary requirements. Students will also be asked to brainstorm possible fears or concerns that high school students have concerning college. Then, students... Read more »
Created by: Lindsay Hawkins
Date Updated: December 15th, 2023
This campus visit lesson focuses on identifying and mitigating obstacles to postsecondary education. Student participants will have an opportunity to discuss why they should want to go to college and what could potentially prevent them from going. They will then explore some of the critical careers... Read more »
Created by: Lacy Pennington
Date Updated: May 21st, 2024
Surprises and roadblocks can keep us from accomplishing our goals on time. In this lesson, students will learn how to consider what could become roadblocks to completing a task and how to build a calendar to stay on track and to minimize surprises. Read more »
Created by: Teresa Lansford
Date Updated: June 25th, 2024
Students learn about their motivations by playing Would You Rather, completing a motivation inventory, and sorting extrinsic and intrinsic motivators. They apply their knowledge to create a vision board for completing a task. Read more »
Created by: Teresa Lansford
Date Updated: June 26th, 2024
Students will learn to evaluate and prioritize tasks by making personal timelines. Students will then use the Eisenhower Matrix to categorize tasks by importance and timeliness. Then, they will revise their timelines and reflect on what they learned about priorities and task management. Read more »
Created by: Sherry Franklin
Date Updated: June 25th, 2024
Students who become financially responsible in college will develop good spending habits that will last a lifetime. This activity enables students to understand ways in which they can change their spending habits, so that they will save money throughout college and in the years that will follow. Read more »
Created by: Daniel Schwarz
Date Updated: June 26th, 2024
In this second science ACT prep activity, students learn about key vocabulary in the science test and strategies for when they are unfamiliar with the content in the science passages. First, students view a science passage that contains scrambled words to practice still finding a correct answer when... Read more »
Created by: Teresa Lansford
Date Updated: May 2nd, 2025
In this English ACT prep activity, students focus on sentence structure conventions. First, students complete a Card Sort activity, matching examples with explanations and the corresponding rules. Then, students apply their understanding of sentence structure and ACT skills through reading a practice... Read more »
Created by: Patricia McDaniels-Gomez
Date Updated: May 7th, 2025
Students work in groups to explore careers that use content that is specific to their courses. Students first complete a card sort to test their knowledge of careers and educational requirements before developing and presenting an informational report with a group about a career they are interested... Read more »
Created by: Lydia Baker
Date Updated: December 13th, 2023
This resource gives students real-world content knowledge and information needed to be successful when navigating the interview process. These activities will prepare students to make a good first impression and to answer interview questions, regardless of the desired goal (applying for a job or trying... Read more »
Created by: Will Markham
Date Updated: April 25th, 2024
This 8th-grade campus visit activity will complement a student tour of a college or career tech campus to learn about postsecondary options. Students will participate in a learning activity to explore their interests, career clusters, and postsecondary opportunities to prepare for various careers. The... Read more »
Created by: Lori Kemmet
Date Updated: November 25th, 2024
This 7th grade campus visit companion activity complements a college campus tour for students. To learn about different facets of college life, students will participate in a learning activity to familiarize themselves with college degrees and other postsecondary education (PSE) options for various... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: April 16th, 2025
In this lesson, students will explore the history and societal impact of fraternities and sororities. Students will explore new vocabulary and read about the history behind multicultural Greek organizations. They will then watch interviews with members of Greek organizations who share their personal... Read more »
Created by: Mariana DeLoera
Date Updated: October 22nd, 2024
In Leadership Club, students will explore aspects of leadership and event management through designing, planning, and executing a variety of engaging student and family events. Students will improve leadership skills such as teamwork, communication, problem-solving, decision-making, and creativity as... Read more »
Created by: Shelby Blackwood
Date Updated: April 17th, 2025
What do nurses do? How do they develop their skills? This series of activities will help students understand the knowledge and abilities required for a career in nursing. Students will explore the diverse opportunities within nursing, including specializations such as pediatrics, critical care, and... Read more »
Created by: Hudson Harris
Date Updated: April 15th, 2025
Through their own research and discussion, students see how career choice, postsecondary education, and salary are all interrelated. Students identify three careers that they might be interested in, identify the postsecondary requirements to attain these careers, and learn what the beginning is for... Read more »
Created by: Susan McHale
Date Updated: September 11th, 2024
Standard 1: Earning an Income
This is lesson #1 of a mini unit exploring the ideas of government structure, freedom, and whether governments truly protect our freedom. The student will assess the value of government by analyzing the structures of ruling bodies and how they influence the lives of citizens. Learners will have opportunities... Read more »
Created by: Clayton Canon
Date Updated: November 22nd, 2022
American Government
This lesson introduces students to what makes something living or nonliving. Students will investigate the characteristics of life by identifying the similarities and differences between organisms. Students will then use their knowledge to create dichotomous keys that will be used to determine if an... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: July 30th, 2024
Characteristics of Life and Cell Theory
In this lesson, students will investigate how to use systems of equations to solve real-world problems. This is a great lesson to wrap up a unit on systems of equations, after students have become familiar with solving systems using any method. This lesson will connect solving systems to real-world... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: October 2nd, 2023
Linear Systems of Equations
Students will be introduced to dimensional analysis by analyzing a veterinary lab result, focusing mainly on the metric dimensions of a tumor. Students use prior understanding of units to match a set of metric data to the English equivalents. Students will then determine the conversion factor that is... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: November 4th, 2024
Intro to Dimensional Analysis
Metaphors and theme are difficult, yet integral, parts of literature. In this poetry analysis lesson, students will read "A Noiseless Patient Spider" by Walt Whitman. To begin the lesson, students will personally connect with the narrator of the poem by correlating the idea of fortitude and chance to... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: November 27th, 2024
Poetry Analysis: Theme and Metaphor
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 19th, 2024
Evolution: Embryonic Development
In this lesson, students will be introduced to general types of chemical reactions. They will look for patterns to group similar reactions together, then use that as a way to put academic language to those groups. A basic understanding of chemical reactions and notation is necessary to complete this... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: December 2nd, 2024
Classifying Chemical Reactions
This grammar lesson will engage students in recognizing, identifying, and creating active or passive voice in their writing. The use of active and passive voice is demonstrated through the short story, "The Monkey's Paw," although any piece of literature could be substituted. This lesson includes optional... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: March 15th, 2024
Grammar/Language Usage
Modern presidents are expected to wear different hats; i.e., play different roles in their jobs. This lesson explores the roles and examples of how presidents carry out the responsibilities of their jobs. Read more »
Created by: Kristen Sublett
Date Updated: May 22nd, 2023
Different Roles of Modern Presidents
Learning to set and work toward goals is an important life skill. In this lesson, students will explore the concepts of goal setting and time management and then apply what they learn while playing the Advance U: Learning Strategies digital game-based learning (DGBL) module, which allows them to experience... Read more »
Created by: William Thompson
Date Updated: June 18th, 2024
Goal Setting and Time Management
Students will discover the three different types of x-intercepts that happen on polynomial functions. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: July 23rd, 2024
Polynomial Graphs
This activity will introduce the graphs of the sine and cosine functions. Students will discover how to write the equations of transformed sine and cosine graphs. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: October 2nd, 2023
Graphing Sine and Cosine
Using text analysis techniques, students will explore the Declaration of Independence. They will specifically look at the Four Principles of Government and apply those ideas to the grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence to better understand the reasons behind why the colonies desired to... Read more »
Created by: Brandi Graham
Date Updated: September 13th, 2024
Declaration of Independence
How do you persuade others? How did the characters in Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" use ethos, pathos, and logos to sway the minds of the Roman people? This lesson explores the three modes of persuasion and invites students to analyze and notate the speeches in Shakespeare's tragedy for ethos, pathos,... Read more »
Created by: Chelsee Wilson
Date Updated: October 10th, 2024
Julius Caesar
During this interactive lesson, students will explore various map types, learn about the different features of maps, hone in on the unique qualities of their state's maps, and create their very own maps of the state of Oklahoma. Read more »
Created by: Lindsey Link
Date Updated: September 21st, 2020
Geography
During this lesson, students will explore and learn about different types of angles. They will practice using a protractor to measure angles and classify angles based on their measurements. Read more »
Created by: Lindsey Link
Date Updated: May 23rd, 2024
Geometry and Measurement
Students will investigate different classifications chemical reactions. This lesson is intended to not only focus on critical thinking skills to help build context, but there are no chemicals used at all, so is low budget. However, if you can afford chemicals, go take a look at the lesson Happy, Mad,... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: November 18th, 2022
Chemical Reactions
Students determine the triangle congruence theorems. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: August 10th, 2022
Triangle Congruence Theorems
In this lesson on conditional and subjunctive mood, students will learn the difference between these two types of sentences, discover the clues to identify each, and create their own sentences applying each mood. Using popular song lyrics, students will partner to sort sentences into conditional and... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: August 30th, 2022
Conditional and Subjunctive Sentences
Students will explore the flow of energy among living organisms by constructing a food web consisting of the organisms that inhabit a salt marsh. This lesson includes optional modifications for distance learning. Resources for use in Google Classroom are included. Read more »
Created by: Morgan Myers
Date Updated: February 10th, 2025
Food Webs
Students will solve addition problems up to 10 by creating true and false number sentences and using manipulatives. Students will understand how to use addition and subtraction to change number sentences and still arrive at their target number. Students will solve for a missing addend and demonstrate... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: September 29th, 2020
Addition and Subtraction up to 10
Students will begin by discussing what clocks do and using prior knowledge to compare analog, digital, and written time in a matching game. They will then work as a class to learn how to tell time using the different clocks and create a visual guide of their routines. Differentiation and parent extension... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: September 30th, 2020
Telling Time
Students will make observations of various plants and animals to determine how their environments meet their needs. They will then decide which animal would make the best class pet and design a living environment for that animal. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: March 4th, 2021
Ecosystems
Interdependence of Science, Engineering, and Technology on Society and the Natural World
In this lesson on the interdependence of science, engineering, and technology, students will use the example of snake venom to explore how natural resources can be used to make synthetic products that humans rely on. Students will learn and practice research strategies and evaluate sources. Finally,... Read more »
Created by: Teresa Randall
Date Updated: December 2nd, 2024
Interdependence of Science, Engineering, and Technology on Society and the Natural World
In this lesson, students will analyze real Safety Data Sheets for common household chemicals, discussing 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: November 8th, 2022
Lab Safety and Chemical Properties
In this lesson, students will learn vocabulary terms that lenders use, such as collateral and credit score. Students also will understand how a credit score determines whether or how much a lender will finance a loan. It is suggested that students first complete the lesson "How Will I Pay for My Car?"... Read more »
Created by: Susan McHale
Date Updated: May 18th, 2023
Standard 7: Credit History and Borrowing Money
In this lesson, students will investigate the qualitative characteristics of waves. The next lesson in this three-part series focuses on the quantitative characteristics of waves. Read more »
Created by: Danny Mattox
Date Updated: June 26th, 2023
Qualitative Characteristics of Waves
In collaborative groups, students will work to understand and create point-of-view statements, such as tweets for a mock Twitter debate, for both Federalists' and Anti-Federalists' viewpoints on ratifying the U.S. Constitution. Then, students will identify important issues currently being debated on... Read more »
Created by: Sarah Brewer
Date Updated: July 29th, 2024
Ratification of the Constitution Debate
Students will examine the book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" by Laura Joffe Numeroff to learn about the conditional mood. After deconstructing, reconstructing, and creating their own conditional sentences, students will write collaborative Chain Stories in a narrative style similar to Joffe's book,... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: August 21st, 2024
Conditional Statements
Students will investigate and discover the trigonometric ratios (sine, cosine, and tangent) through observations of right triangles. Students are expected to know the Pythagorean Theorem and its converse before beginning this lesson. This lesson is centered around the question: "How can we find missing... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: May 20th, 2024
Trigonometric Ratios
This lesson provides an overview of ethical theory and integrity through discussion, reflection, and game-based learning. Through this lesson, students will gain a basic understanding of three common ethical frameworks: deontology, consequentialism, and virtue theory. They will come to understand that... Read more »
Created by: William Thompson
Date Updated: June 12th, 2024
Ethics
In this lesson about the Emancipation Proclamation and expanding the goals of the Civil War, students will analyze the Emancipation Proclamation in comparison to an excerpt from President Lincoln's first inaugural address. Students will work in groups using a Card Sort strategy and Paired Text Analysis... Read more »
Created by: Sarah Brewer
Date Updated: September 12th, 2024
Expanding the Goals of the Civil War
In this lesson about the journalism writing process and the role of a copy editor, students will explore the importance of grammar and style. Students will work in groups to identify the key elements of a news story through a Card Sort. Then, students will work independently to practice editing a paragraph... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: February 7th, 2025
Copy Editing and the Writing Process
Science
Students explore water erosion and investigate erosion and weathering in different types of soil. Funding provided by Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grant no. 2013-69002-23146 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: November 1st, 2024
Science
This lesson is an introduction to polynomials. Solving polynomials is not included in this lesson, and would be the next lesson after this one. Academic language as well as patterns in polynomial family functions is explored. Prerequisite knowledge would be an understanding of functions and exponents... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: August 10th, 2023
Polynomials
It has been said that poetry is a place to break all the rules. In this lesson, students will work with rules of grammar to learn how to integrate more structure and variety in verse to (not quite) break the rules of poetry. Using Shel Silverstein's poetry, students will analyze pieces for elements... Read more »
Created by: Jane Baber
Date Updated: November 11th, 2024
Poetry and Grammar
This lesson begins with a discussion of how authors tell great stories. Students will hear two stories about dogs, one told from the first person and the other from the third person point of view. Students will use a Card Sort activity to discover how to tell the difference in point of view and will... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: August 4th, 2021
Point of View
Students will use protractors to discover, identify, and define angles and lines. Using vocabulary developed through this activity, students will identify different types of quadrilaterals. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: September 14th, 2020
Angles and Quadrilaterals
This lesson explores DNA fingerprinting and how it relates to paternity (or familial) tests and police investigations. After talking about what DNA fingerprinting is and what it covers, students will read an article to decide whether they agree or disagree with the practice of DNA fingerprinting in... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: August 28th, 2023
DNA Fingerprinting and Profiling
This lesson introduces students to notable historic and present-day Oklahomans, using biographies and informational text. Students will learn about Mickey Mantle before moving on to research another Oklahoma figure, such as Jim Thorpe, Sequoyah, Bill Pickett, Maria Tallchief, Will Rogers, Wiley Post,... Read more »
Created by: Lindsey Link
Date Updated: May 5th, 2023
Biographies and Research of Notable Oklahomans
Colloquial language is informal and consists of words or phrases known primarily to native speakers of a language. In this lesson, students will examine not only how familiar they are with English colloquialisms, but also how often these colloquialisms are used in our speaking and writing, and the effect... Read more »
Created by: Jane Baber
Date Updated: December 4th, 2024
Colloquial Language
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
The main cause of the French Revolution is still debated by historians today. In this lesson, students will begin by activating prior knowledge as they complete a Tell Me Everything activity on revolutions. They will sort conditions in a society that can lead to revolution into categories of political,... Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: November 26th, 2024
Exploring Causes of the French Revolution
Students will identify the elements of a budget. They will examine how life events and lifestyle affect and change budgeting needs (i.e., personal expenses, emergencies, saving for future goals, family vs. individual). Read more »
Created by: Susan McHale
Date Updated: June 28th, 2023
Standard 1: Fundamentals of Budgeting
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: August 28th, 2023
Evolution: Embryonic Development
Students will investigate the similarity of reproduction, embryonic development, and DNA sequences to illustrate the indirect evidence for evolution. "How EGG-ceptional Are We?" has been scaffolded to AP Biology. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: November 16th, 2022
Evolution: Embryonic Development
Do words matter? Does our choice of words affect the attitudes of others? In this lesson, students will explore the denotation and connotation of different words from the play "Romeo and Juliet" and how word choice affects understanding and perception of an author’s writing. This is a multimodality... Read more »
Created by: Shelby Blackwood
Date Updated: April 2nd, 2025
Connotation and Denotation in Romeo and Juliet
In this lesson, students will use primary and secondary sources to learn about history. Students will compare and contrast how primary and secondary sources can offer different views and perceptions of events. Students will demonstrate understanding by creating their own primary and secondary sources. Read more »
Created by: Patricia Turner
Date Updated: September 11th, 2024
Comparing Primary and Secondary Sources
Students will investigate financial lending sources and compare their services. Students will identify similarities and differences among the different sources through a mind-mapping strategy and evaluate which financial source offers the best opportunities for lending. Read more »
Created by: Susan McHale
Date Updated: June 28th, 2023
Standard 3: Banking and Financial Services
In this lesson, students will learn about paleontologists who have helped shape our understanding of organisms’ evolutionary history. They will research and evaluate evidence that scientists have used to construct and continually use to reconstruct evolutionary history and environmental pressures that... Read more »
Created by: Brittany Bowens
Date Updated: November 20th, 2024
This lesson introduces students to properties of real numbers, equality, and inverse operations for solving linear equations. The objective is for students to understand how to isolate a variable in two-step equations by applying properties of rational numbers. In the next lesson, students will advance... Read more »
Created by: Matthew McDonald
Date Updated: March 7th, 2025
Solving Two-Step Equations
Natural and Man-made Resources: Local and Global
Students will explore natural and man-made resources by using a Card Sort to make observations about resources. Students will develop and create class definitions for the terms in the Card Sort by creating a class T-Chart. After the Card Sort exercise, students listen and interact with a book about... Read more »
Created by: Makala Foley
Date Updated: April 26th, 2021
Natural and Man-made Resources: Local and Global
A necessary skill for most 21st-Century digital citizens is professional email communication. A cordial, professional email is not only a sign of respectful communication, but also clearly relays an intention or request that honors the recipient’s time and encourages a desired action, response, or feeling.... Read more »
Created by: Jane Baber
Date Updated: November 17th, 2022
Writing a Professional Email
There is a quote that says, “Dialogue is easy. It’s what you’ve been doing almost every day, most of your life” (Josip Novakovich). Sure, dialogue seems simple; it’s having a conversation. But what about writing dialogue? To write conversations between characters, or even for a character with themselves,... Read more »
Created by: Jane Baber
Date Updated: August 10th, 2023
Writing Dialogue
Elected officials are elected to help their constituents and work on their behalf, but how do we contact them to express our thoughts on issues or ask for help? This lesson explores civil discourse in the context of writing to elected officials. Students will review letters to past presidents, participate... Read more »
Created by: Chelsee Wilson
Date Updated: April 10th, 2024
Contacting Your Elected Officials
In this lesson, students will explore different research methods used by sociologists. Students will work in groups to analyze different readings and summarize what they have read. To extend their learning, students will create visual representations of the different research methods to display across... Read more »
Created by: Chelsee Wilson
Date Updated: September 1st, 2022
The Foundations of Sociology
In this fifth lesson of the "Lord of the Flies" unit, students analyze the word choice the author uses to show characters' thoughts and actions and to compare the evolution of characters in the story to outside characters. Students begin the lesson by comparing words used in an article about Oklahoma's... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: June 20th, 2023
Big Scary Animal
Students begin the lesson by exploring book titles and discussing why authors write the books they do. Students will use a card sort activity and view a video clip to discover three purposes for writing. Students create individual anchor charts in the form of a paper plate Purpose PIE. The Purpose Pies... Read more »
Created by: Michelle Mette
Date Updated: May 31st, 2023
Author’s Purpose
Students will work through various activities to gain a working understanding of facts versus opinions. Students will use nonfiction text to learn facts about a historical figure and then use facts to support their opinion about the person in a “battle”. Students will be able to distinguish the... Read more »
Created by: Kara West
Date Updated: May 31st, 2023
Using Facts to Support an Opinion
In this lesson, students explore the changes that happen from night to night in the sky, especially the Moon's changing appearance. Students learn that as the Moon orbits the Earth, the Moon appears to change shape, which is a predictable pattern. In this lesson, students use a Moon card sort, view... Read more »
Created by: Brenda Rivera
Date Updated: May 31st, 2023
Eight Phases of the Moon
The purpose of this lesson is to introduce students to new concepts and terminology regarding syntax, focusing mostly on defining new terms and identifying them in both isolation and application. Read more »
Created by: Lisa Loughlin
Date Updated: August 10th, 2023
Syntax and Parallel Structure
How to prevent the spread of germs
In this lesson, students will make observations on daily routines to understand how healthy practices can prevent the spread of germs. They will explore how "sticky" germs can be and how easily germs can be transferred by participating in a simulation using flour or glitter. The book, "No More Germs... Read more »
Created by: Patricia Turner
Date Updated: May 31st, 2023
How to prevent the spread of germs
In this lesson, students will work with rational functions that have 0, 1, or 2 vertical asymptotes and 0 or 1 horizontal asymptotes. Students will explore the relationship between the equation and graph of a rational function, learn what causes different types of asymptotes, and apply their knowledge... Read more »
Created by: Michell Eike
Date Updated: May 21st, 2024
Graphing Rational Functions
Knowing the best way to navigate search engines and find trustworthy sources can be tricky for learners of any age. This lesson will provide experiences for students to strengthen their searching and knowledge-building skills. It can be used as a drop-in lesson in any content area that is about to start... Read more »
Created by: Teresa Lansford
Date Updated: August 10th, 2023
Keys to Great Research
Natural and Man-made Resources: Local and Global
Students will explore natural and man-made resources by using a Card Sort to make observations about resources. Students will develop and create class definitions for the terms in the Card Sort by creating a class T-Chart. After the Card Sort exercise, students listen and interact with a book about... Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: May 31st, 2023
Natural and Man-made Resources: Local and Global
In this lesson, students connect passive transport across a semi-permeable membrane to show how the antibiotic vancomycin works to kill MRSA. Students complete two simple osmosis and diffusion investigations, learn the details of passive transport, and apply their conceptual understanding to create... Read more »
Created by: Heather Shaffery
Date Updated: October 17th, 2022
Passive Transport, Homeostasis, and Antibiotics
Like building blocks, tangrams and pattern blocks can teach kids about spatial relationships and help them develop problem-solving skills. Students will explore many ways to compose and decompose shapes using pattern blocks and tangrams in this lesson. Students will also acquire an understanding and... Read more »
Created by: Audrey House
Date Updated: May 31st, 2023
Shape Composition and Decomposition
Learning about three-dimensional (3D) shapes opens up a new world to students. In this lesson, students will become aware that not all shapes are created equal, gain a better understanding of the attributes of basic 3D shapes, and practice identifying and naming shapes. Students will watch an introduction... Read more »
Created by: Cheryl Arnall
Date Updated: July 8th, 2022
3D Shapes
This lesson is a basic introduction to setting up a chemical equation. This could be part of a unit for physical science and can be done as a refresher or opener in chemistry for chemical equations. Read more »
Created by: Brittany Bowens
Date Updated: October 11th, 2022
Chemical Reactions
In most first-grade classrooms, students are introduced to various styles of writing, including "How To" writing. In this lesson, students will begin by sequencing story ideas and orally explaining how they ordered the steps. Throughout the lesson, transitional words will be introduced to help students... Read more »
Created by: Melissa Corn
Date Updated: October 16th, 2024
The Importance of Story Sequence
In this lesson, students will discover the attributes of three systems of government by discussing advantages and disadvantages of each type and then sorting characteristics of each type. Students will reflect on potential issues faced by citizens living under each type of system and will summarize... Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: June 6th, 2023
Unitary, Federal, and Confederal Systems of Government
In this lesson, students will explore the mathematics behind fashion design and summarize their knowledge of transformations. They will then apply what they have learned to solve a puzzle and demonstrate their understanding of composition of transformations. Prerequisite knowledge for this lesson includes... Read more »
Created by: Michell Eike
Date Updated: May 20th, 2024
Composition of Transformation: Fashion Design
Day and night, yin and yang, love and despair, Biggie and Tupac—all opposite yet equal counterparts to one another. In this lesson, students explore the reaction to the American Transcendental movement, dark romanticism. They Jigsaw informational texts of this subgenre and come to a consensus on what... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: May 31st, 2023
Dark Romantic Author Nathaniel Hawthorne
Fire Ecology as a Management Tool for a Tallgrass Prairie Ecosystem
In this lesson, students explore the Tallgrass Prairie ecosystem and fire ecology as a management tool. They evaluate the prairie ecosystem's response to the impact of burning. Read more »
Created by: Teresa Randall
Date Updated: August 29th, 2024
Fire Ecology as a Management Tool for a Tallgrass Prairie Ecosystem
In this lesson, students consider the concept of percent yield as a measure of the efficiency or effectiveness of a chemical reaction. It encourages students to think about how the theoretical yield (the amount of product calculated from stoichiometry) compares to the actual yield (the amount of product... Read more »
Created by: Brittany Bowens
Date Updated: March 6th, 2025
Stoichiometry--Percent Yield
In this lesson, students reflect on what they already know about how behavior is learned before sharing three things they have learned from observation. Next, students summarize an experiment about observational learning. After learning about other experiments and sorting them according to whether they... Read more »
Created by: Laura Halstied
Date Updated: April 1st, 2025
Observational Learning Theory
Chaucer's Wife of Bath Tale
In this lesson on The Wife of Bath’s tale from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, students will examine different perspectives of characters from the story. They will do a deeper dive on “What Women Want?” and the history of women’s movements. Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: March 13th, 2024
Chaucer's Wife of Bath Tale
In this lesson students will learn the differences between a natural birth and a c-section. Students will first reflect on statements about the two types of birth and what they already believe. Then students will use the Honeycomb Harvest instructional strategy to explore natural birth and record guided... Read more »
Created by: Laura Young
Date Updated: February 7th, 2024
Natural Birth and C-section
In this lesson students learn the key elements for critically evaluating sources to determine if they are real or fake. The terms "source," "reliable" and "unreliable," "expertise," "credibility," and "verified" are introduced, defined, and reinforced. Students work with a group and then individually... Read more »
Created by: Pam Bracken
Date Updated: September 16th, 2024
Evaluating Sources
Humans have many artistic outlets for emotional expression. Songwriters have been known to use their craft to develop a reaction as a response to a specific situation. In this lesson, students will explore an author’s perspective using break-up songs. Students will complete a card sort comparing response/reaction... Read more »
Created by: Jennifer Hudson
Date Updated: May 9th, 2025
How Songwriters Use Inferences
What are the qualities of a good leader? In this lesson, students will analyze the characteristics of leadership in William Shakespeare’s "Macbeth" compared to those of famous historical leaders to determine how they contribute to success, downfall, or maintaining power. Students use excerpts from the... Read more »
Created by: Ashley Comstock
Date Updated: April 2nd, 2025
Macbeth: Qualities of a Good Leader
Students study excerpts from "The Crucible" to help them understand the impact of diction on tone and the rhetorical situation. Students also work to extend their understanding of the connectedness of the rhetorical situation and write a CER-ER paragraph analyzing how the author’s diction works to achieve... Read more »
Created by: Elizabeth Daigle
Date Updated: April 11th, 2025
The Crucible: Rhetorical Situation
This lesson will explore the particular challenges of experimental design in psychology. Students will get to know the fundamentals of experimentation, and how they apply to psychological research. They will come to appreciate why the scientific method is necessary, and how psychology employs it, including... Read more »
Created by: James Welch
Date Updated: November 27th, 2024
Psychology Research
In this lesson, students will explore how social groups, like generations, are defined by different characteristics and stereotypes. In groups, students will jigsaw readings to investigate these characteristics and stereotypes. Students will then create a mood board that represents one of the generations... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: May 6th, 2025
Comparing and Contrasting the Generations
This lesson gives students a sneak peek inside how a sports statistician interprets team and player statistics. Students will analyze basketball player data from the OKC Thunder's 2021–22 season related to measures of central tendency. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to calculate measures... Read more »
Created by: Laura Young
Date Updated: August 14th, 2024
Measures of Central Tendency
Is Big Brother watching you? Are you being persuaded or confused by double speak? In this lesson, students will analyze propaganda and logical fallacies used in the novel 1984 and reflected in the world around them. Students will participate in a card sort and choosing magnetic statements about logical... Read more »
Created by: Margaret Salesky
Date Updated: May 7th, 2025
Logical Fallacies and Propaganda in 1984
In this lesson, students will learn how graphs are used to analyze cost of production in business. Students complete a card sort to engage with important terms and use the WIS-WIM strategy to analyze line graphs. Students then learn how double bar graphs are used to compare fixed and variable costs... Read more »
Created by: Louisa Onyekuru
Date Updated: April 1st, 2025
Business Management and Cost of Production
In this lesson, students will be introduced to all four conic sections, first by manipulating light to create the conics, then by participating in a card sort to match graphs, key features, and their equations. Next, students will formalize their knowledge through a flow chart and an informational video... Read more »
Created by: Tammy Cooper
Date Updated: April 11th, 2025
Introduction to Conic Sections
In this technology lesson, students will learn about the technical details behind laser cutters like Glowforge, xTool, or the Beamo. Students will develop safety rules, examine the inner workings of the machines, review the science of lasers, and make a tangram puzzle using a laser cutter. The lesson... Read more »
Created by: Kelsey Willems
Date Updated: March 6th, 2025
Application of Laser Cutters
In this lesson, students will be introduced to the basic terminology for understanding film language. Students will watch various film clips, discuss them, create their own storyboards, and ultimately use the new vocabulary to analyze how they contribute to the meaning of a short scene. Read more »
Created by: Brad Bellatti
Date Updated: May 6th, 2025
Formal Analysis of Film/Moving Images
In this lesson, students dive into the big question: Is music poetry? It starts with a fun sorting challenge where they guess whether lines come from poems or song lyrics. Then, they analyze real lyrics, debating what makes some feel more poetic than others. Through a hands-on annotation activity, they... Read more »
Created by: Kyri Hester
Date Updated: March 31st, 2025
Analyzing Lyrics Like Literature
In this lesson, students delve into the fascinating field of forensic entomology by engaging in hands-on and reflective activities designed to spark curiosity, deepen understanding, and apply critical thinking skills. After reviewing the life cycle of flies, students will act as forensic investigators... Read more »
Created by: Lorie Marler
Date Updated: April 2nd, 2025
Forensic Entomology
When working with puzzles, discovering the importance of individual pieces helps to determine the whole picture. In this lesson, students dissect a writing prompt into individual components and use AI tools to break prompts down. Students practice determining the importance and purpose of the whole... Read more »
Created by: Amy Hall
Date Updated: April 16th, 2025
Analyzing Writing Prompts
Mammalian Characteristics and Adaptations for Survival
How have mammals adapted to unique environments, thereby ensuring their survival? How do mammalian body systems work together to maintain stability in response to environmental changes? In this lesson, students will investigate mammalian characteristics and adaptations to diverse habitats and traits... Read more »
Created by: Donna Wilson
Date Updated: May 2nd, 2025
Mammalian Characteristics and Adaptations for Survival
In this introductory lesson, students will learn the three fundamental elements of camera operation: aperture, shutter speed, and ISO, which are key to achieving proper exposure in photography. The lesson will explain how aperture controls the amount of light entering the lens and how it affects depth... Read more »
Created by: Chris Larcade
Date Updated: April 30th, 2025
Camera Operations
