Authentic Lessons for 21st Century Learning
In this session, participants will explore the research behind the decline of young women interested in STEM fields and analyze strategies and approaches to increasing their interest in STEM careers. Read more »
Created by: Lindsey Link
Date Updated: February 14th, 2023
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 that develop teachers’ skills in leading professional development at their school sites. This workshop features four sessions over a two-day period. This first session, Leading Educators in Authentic... Read more »
Created by: Mariah Warren
Date Updated: November 11th, 2024
In this lesson, students explore reasons for variance in character portrayal. Students begin by watching different interpretations of the same scene and then read an article and each select a monologue to research. Students use a random generator to change the context of their chosen monologues. Finally,... Read more »
Created by: James Doyle
Date Updated: October 4th, 2024
Character Portrayal on Stage Versus Film
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
Students will use their knowledge of real world scenarios to graph a situation. After graphing, the students will use prior knowledge to connect vocabulary terms to the graphs that were created before practicing their own scenario to be graphed. This lesson is intended to introduce the basics of quadratics,... Read more »
Created by: Lydia Baker
Date Updated: August 29th, 2024
Visual Approach to Parabolas
This lesson introduces students to the phenomenon of the bystander effect. They begin by examining situations in which the bystander effect has been known to occur. They also have an opportunity to analyze hypothetical scenarios and determine whether or not they are examples of the phenomenon. Students... Read more »
Created by: Daniel Schwarz
Date Updated: October 14th, 2024
The Bystander Effect and How to Overcome It
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 develop a GIS map that reflects spatial and temporal responses of bison to prescribed fires that have occurred on The Nature Conservancy's Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve. Students will use their maps to draw conclusions about bison’s response to fire. Read more »
Created by: Teresa Randall
Date Updated: November 20th, 2024
Environmental Science
In this English ACT prep activity, students review the content from the past four prep activities. First, students finish going over the answers from week four's reading passage activity. Then, students annotate their collection of Skill Sets Check handouts using the Rose, Bud, and Thorn strategy, which... Read more »
Created by: Patricia McDaniels-Gomez
Date Updated: September 19th, 2024
This activity simulates the process of enrolling in college courses. Students practice creating a course schedule, evaluating scenarios that impact scheduling, and analyzing course requirements. Participants compare the course schedule to a degree plan and create a semester calendar. This scheduling... Read more »
Created by: Amber Hale
Date Updated: December 13th, 2024
Shortening long and/or complicated URL links enables students to access web-based material easier and faster. Read more »
In this session, participants will learn about the benefits of postsecondary education scholarships, identify potential scholarships that could benefit their student(s), and review the requirements for the FAFSA. Read more »
Created by: Allie Bishop
Date Updated: March 12th, 2024