Authentic Lessons for 21st Century Learning
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 »
Created by: Keristy Nieto
Date Updated: April 25th, 2024
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 »
Created by: Heather Shaffery
Date Updated: November 19th, 2021
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 »
Created by: Lindsey Link
Date Updated: May 30th, 2024
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 »
Created by: Patricia McDaniels-Gomez
Date Updated: May 28th, 2024
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 »
Created by: Heather Shaffery
Date Updated: July 11th, 2024
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 »
Created by: Cacey Wells
Date Updated: November 16th, 2022
Mathematics as Metaphor
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 »
Created by: Susan McHale
Date Updated: March 14th, 2023
Standard 7: Understanding Loans
The Progressive Era in Oklahoma
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 »
Created by: Sarah Brewer
Date Updated: July 15th, 2022
The Progressive Era in Oklahoma
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 »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: April 22nd, 2021
Fractions
Students will use manipulatives to solve algebraic equations. Read more »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: September 29th, 2020
Algebraic equations
Connecting Pascal's Triangle to Binomial Expansion
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 »
Created by: K20 Center
Date Updated: August 14th, 2023
Connecting Pascal's Triangle to Binomial Expansion
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 »
Created by: Chelsee Wilson
Date Updated: June 21st, 2023
Figurative Language in Romeo and Juliet
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 »
Created by: Heather Shaffery
Date Updated: June 16th, 2022
Conservation, Ecosystems, and Soil Health
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, nutrient cycles by testing and analyzing soil samples. Students will also explore humanity's impact on soil health and create public service... Read more »
Created by: Heather Shaffery
Date Updated: November 4th, 2024
Conservation, Ecosystems, and Soil Health
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 »
Created by: Heather Shaffery
Date Updated: June 6th, 2022
Conservation, Ecosystems, and Soil Health
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 »
Created by: Kristen Sublett
Date Updated: February 15th, 2024
Population Density of Japan
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 »
Created by: Daniel Schwarz
Date Updated: May 22nd, 2023
American Indian Boarding Schools
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 »
Created by: Mariana DeLoera
Date Updated: September 16th, 2022
The Early Struggles Against Jim Crow and Racism
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 »
Created by: Daniel Schwarz
Date Updated: August 9th, 2024
Stories of the Holocaust
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 »
Created by: Kyra Franklin
Date Updated: October 12th, 2023
The Creation of the Panama Canal