Curated OER
the Not Forgotten - Sharing History & Archaeology
Students create a catalog of gravestones in a cemetery that includes a burial ground from the Revolutionary War. They photograph and document the grave sites, research the Battle of Bunker hill and work with community members to create...
Curated OER
Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy
Students calculate the values of electron binding energies. In this physics lesson plan, students solve for different wavelength characteristics of X-rays. They present their findings to the class.
Curated OER
Automated Vehicle Programming Design
Students design a program to make an automated vehicle perform a specific task. In this robotics lesson, students play the role of scientists competing to win a factory's contract. They present their algorithm to class.
New Zealand Ministry of Education
Nz Ministry of Education: Logging Up Reading Mileage
Students will select and enjoy their own range of contemporary and historical texts, display a knowledge of different genre and their particular content, and identify literary aspects of chosen texts for sustained silent reading. They...
New Zealand Ministry of Education
Nz Ministry of Education: What's the Problem?
The aim of this unit is for students to develop their persuasive writing and information gathering skills using various forms of information and communication technology. It is hoped that the context of 'teenage problems' will provide an...
University of Washington
Genome Sciences Education Outreach: Investigating Smoking Behavior
Curriculum unit enables learners to carry out authentic research on smoking behavior and examines how genetic and environmental factors may influence this behavior.
Other
Authentic Assessment Resources
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John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Beyond Food & Fiestas: Creating Authentic Cultural Experiences in the Classroom
As educators, we are eager to provide cultural experiences for our students. Songs, dances, traditional dress, food, and relevant objects are wonderful ways to interest students in a variety of cultures. But when you take it a step...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "If I Wasn't Me"
Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson includes encouraging students to use their knowledge and metacognition, as well as helping students implement reading, writing, and thinking connections...
Other
Galileo Educational Network: What Stories Do We Have to Tell?
The teacher of this Grade 1/2 class won the 2006 Governor General's Award for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History for this project. Students explored the history of grain elevators in Alberta and connected their disappearance on the...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Science Education Center: Science: A Work in Progress
The scientific method is more than just a series of steps to be followed like a recipe. It is a fluid, ever-changing process. This video discusses student's perception of the scientific method and how to make learning science in the...
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: What Does It Take for a Project to Be Authentic?
An article discussing the four ways a project can be considered authentic within the project based learning framework. Article gives examples of projects that maybe completed in class and discusses their authenticity.
EL Education
El Education: Adolescence by Adolescents
This "field guide" was created by 7th and 8th grade students in Vergennes, Vermont, as part of a Learning expedition called Adolescent Odyssey and was meant to be a "user's manual" to students' changing bodies. Eighty students did...
EL Education
El Education: A Buccaneer's Guide to the Age of Exploration
A Buccaneer's Guide to the Age of Exploration depicts European world-wide exploration and exploitation through a collage-style book of text, hand-drawn and water-colored illustrations, maps, timelines, and diagrams. The book chronicles...
Buck Institute
Pbl Works: Pbl Brings Authenticity to International Baccalaureate
[Free Registration/Login Required] A look into schools using project based learning integrated with the International Baccalaureate program. Website includes an article as well as video exploring this framework.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Concept to Classroom
Concept to Classroom is a free series of award-winning professional development workshops covering important and timely topics in education such as: after-school programs, cooperative and collaborative learning, inquiry-based learning,...
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
Ncrel: Developing a School or District Technology Plan
This site from the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory provides information on how to create a technology plan that is part of an overall school improvement plan. Discusses guidelines, planning committees, budgets, and agenda...
Indiana University
Indiana University: Howard Gardner
This website from the Indiana University gives an overview of Howard Gardner's life and work. Learn more about this educational reformer by reading about his work.
Other
Smart Blogs: Should I Teach Problem , Project or Inquiry Based Learning?
Lately, there have been a bunch of buzzwords floating around the education world that all seem to mean the same thing. You've probably heard them: problem-based learning, project-based learning and inquiry-based learning. Is there a...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Honoring Indigenous Experiences: Pbs All Stars Lessons
Using resources from MOLLY OF DENALI and this lesson, students will begin to understand that Indigenous Peoples have a rich culture that continues to be practiced, and are working collectively to resist erasure and misconceptions. These...
EL Education
El Education: Stone Tolan House Historical Coloring Book
Students learn about a local historical site through fieldwork, experts, and other sources in order to create an informational coloring book. The coloring book is then produced and made available at the site as an introduction for young...
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: Un Partition Plan, September 1947
This authentic UN map depicts the political lines to be drawn to partition Palestine as established in 1947.
Other
Tech4 Learning: Recipes4 Success
If you're interested in developing project-based learning for your class, Tech4Learning provides tools for facilitating those projects and instruction in how to create and manage them. Free resources available, as well as resources by...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Caesar in England
All histories of England commence with the invasion of Julius Caesar, the earliest event in that quarter of which we have any authentic account. The Island of Britain was an unknown region to the Romans, and nearly so to the rest of...