This 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 for their content, and discuss ways to implement... Read more »
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In this interactive session, teachers will participate as learners in a 5E LEARN lesson. Through this experience, they will build formal knowledge of 5E concepts and evaluate the lesson’s alignment with the 5E model and its elements of authenticity. After observing modifications made to the 5E LEARN... Read more »
This two hour hybrid professional development focuses on increasing cohort teachers' knowledge of ISTE Educator and Student Standards. Participants will be able to explain the overall importance of the ISTE Standards, deconstruct and reflect upon each ISTE Standard with the end goal of constructing... Read more »
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This professional learning session focuses on providing teachers with foundational knowledge and strategies they can use to promote student autonomy. Participants will explore research on best practices for self-regulated learning, analyze learner motivation, reflect on personal teaching styles, and... Read more »
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Participants will determine how to sequence science lessons through the lens of authenticity to increase student engagement. Participants will engage in a non-example of an authentic science learning experience. Following the activity, participants will reflect upon their experience and how it demonstrates... Read more »
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The Leading Educators in Authentic Development (LEAD) workshop is a series of professional learning sessions that develop teachers’ skills in leading professional development at their school sites. This workshop features four sessions over a two-day period and this is the second of the four sessions.... Read more »
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Metaphors are often associated with flowery, figurative language and do not routinely find their way into mathematics courses. In this lesson, we create space for students to form arguments and better understand mathematically abstract concepts when they are provided opportunities to connect them to... Read more »
Mathematics as Metaphor
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Acquiring the use of a car is a rite of passage for high school students. In this personal financial literacy lesson, students will investigate the cost of a car, types of lending agencies, and additional costs associated with car ownership. This lesson does require that students have access to the... Read more »
Standard 7: Understanding Loans
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The Progressive Era in Oklahoma
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After analyzing primary and secondary sources, students will describe the impact of the progressive and labor movements on the creation and ratification of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma. Then, to extend their learning, students will view a video interview with AFL-CIO President Jimmy Curry... Read more »
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This lesson continues to develop an understanding of fractions and builds a foundation for understanding the addition of fractions. Students engage in thoughtful mathematical conversations and use manipulatives to prove their thinking. Read more »
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Students will use manipulatives to solve algebraic equations. Read more »
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Connecting Pascal's Triangle to Binomial Expansion
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In this lesson, students will have opportunities to explore patterns found in Pascal's triangle with the intent of using these patterns to expand binomial expressions. This lesson is Part 1 of 2. The goal of this lesson is to look at connections between binomial expansion and Pascal's triangle. Part... Read more »
Connecting Pascal's Triangle to Binomial Expansion
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Is love really like a red, red rose? Or is that just a way to describe how someone feels about love? This lesson explores different types of figurative language used by Shakespeare in "Romeo and Juliet." Students will play a short game to identify types of figurative language, develop their own definitions... Read more »
Figurative Language in Romeo and Juliet
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Conservation, Ecosystems, and Soil Health
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This lesson is a middle school adaptation of the high school "How Does Your Garden Grow?" lesson. Students will explore soil health principles, soil chemistry, nutrient cycles, and environmental impacts of soil quality and investigate optimal soil conditions in which to grow plants. Using the data and... Read more »
Conservation, Ecosystems, and Soil Health
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Conservation, Ecosystems, and Soil Health
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This middle school lesson is adapted from the high school lesson "How Does Your Garden Grow?" Students will explore principles of soil health, soil chemistry, and nutrient cycles by testing and analyzing soil samples. Students will also explore humanity's impact on soil health and create public service... Read more »
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Conservation, Ecosystems, and Soil Health
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This lesson is a middle school adaptation of the high school "How Does Your Garden Grow?" lesson. Students will explore soil health principles, soil chemistry, nutrient cycles, and environmental impacts of soil quality. Students will construct models that demonstrate the flow of matter and energy in... Read more »
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Population Density of Japan
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In this lesson, students learn about the effects of a high population density and what it would be like to live in one of the world's most densely populated areas—Tokyo, Japan—and its suburbs. Students will analyze pictures, population density maps, and a short article to build their understanding of... Read more »
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Students will understand the events and ideologies that led to the establishment of federally funded and religious boarding schools for American Indians. Students will examine the boarding school experiences of American Indians from Oklahoma and other states and territories, and they will identify the... Read more »
American Indian Boarding Schools
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In this lesson, students are introduced to the life and legacy of Emmett Louis Till. Jim Crow laws had enforced segregation throughout the South for decades, and numerous African-Americans had fallen victim to violent lynchings. Till’s brutal murder was for many Americans the last straw, and it served... Read more »
The Early Struggles Against Jim Crow and Racism
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This lesson will ask students to consider and respond to the following essential question: "Why should we remember the Holocaust?" First, students will investigate the events that happened during the Holocaust by examining an infographic and reading the testimonies of those who experienced it. Next,... Read more »
Stories of the Holocaust
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In this lesson, students consider what they already know about the Panama Canal, role play people who contributed to the Panama Canal’s construction, and view a video using the Window Notes strategy to take notes. Next, students discuss with a partner whether or not they think the United States was... Read more »
The Creation of the Panama Canal
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