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May Highlights

This May, we are highlighting the following topics:

  • Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
  • May the Fourth - Science Fiction
  • Fine Arts
  • Utah Professional Outreach Programs in the Schools (POPS) Partners
  • Beverley Taylor Sorenson (BTS) Arts Program
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Anti-Gravity Mirror
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In this demonstration, amaze learners by performing simple tricks using mirrors. These tricks take advantage of how a mirror can reflect your right side so it appears to be your left side. To make the effect more dramatic, cover the mirror with a cloth, climb onto the table, straddle the mirror, and then drop the cloth as you appear to "take off." This resource contains information about how this trick was applied during the making of the movie "Star Wars."

Subject:
Physics
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Exploratorium
Provider Set:
Science Snacks
Author:
California Department of Education
NEC Foundation of America
National Science Foundation
The Exploratorium
Date Added:
12/10/2020
Artist 2 Artist - Jewelry Artist Jennifer Ortiz
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This resource is for high school art teachers to virtually connect their students with arts professionals. Jewelry artist and arts professional Jennifer Ortiz shows us her studio and talks to us about working as an artist part-time, using the artistic process to learn and experiment, reusing and recycling materials, and finding your niche as an artist by making art you love!

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
Reimagine Teaching
Provider Set:
Springville Museum of Art
Date Added:
12/10/2020
Artist 2 Artist - Oil Painter Michelle Franzoni Thorley
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This resource is for high school art teachers to virtually connect their students with arts professionals. Join professional artist Michelle Franzoni Thorley as she discusses her artistic process and inspiration. She covers topics like the importance of representation in art, the power of art to heal, and gives advice to high school students on how to pursue an art career.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
Reimagine Teaching
Provider Set:
Springville Museum of Art
Date Added:
12/10/2020
The Art of Digital Opportunities: Resources & Programs from the UMFA for your Classroom
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A 2-hour webinar describing the resources available from the Utah Museum of Fine Arts for your in-person or online classroom.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Professional Learning
Visual Art
Provider:
Reimagine Teaching
Provider Set:
Utah Museum of Fine Art
Date Added:
12/15/2020
Asian American & Pacific Islander Perspectives within Humanities Education
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Organized around the compelling question "How have Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders engaged civically and contributed to U.S. culture?" and grounded in inquiry-based teaching and learning, this lesson brings history, civics, and the arts together to learn about the experiences and perspectives of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in U.S. history. elementary sources, literature, and works of art created by AAPI individuals and related organizations provide an historical as well as contemporary context for concepts and issues including civic participation, immigration, and culture.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
History
Literature
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
Provider Set:
EDSITEments
Date Added:
11/06/2019
Asian-Pacific Heritage Month
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The month of May is an opportunity for reflection on and commemoration of all that AAPI individuals and organizations have accomplished and contributed to U.S. history and culture. This piece highlights NEH projects and classroom resources for teaching about these experiences in America.

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History
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
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EDSITEments
Date Added:
11/06/2019
Being in the Noh: An Introduction to Japanese Noh Plays
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Noh, the oldest surviving Japanese dramatic form, combines elements of dance, drama, music, and poetry into a highly stylized, aesthetic retelling of a well-known story from Japanese literature, such as The Tale of Genji or The Tale of the Heike. This lesson provides an introduction to the elements of Noh plays and to the text of two plays, and provides opportunities for students to compare the conventions of the Noh play with other dramatic forms with which they may already be familiar, such as the ancient Greek dramas of Sophocles. By reading classic examples of Noh plays, such as Atsumori, students will learn to identify the structure, characters, style, and stories typical to this form of drama. Students will expand their grasp of these conventions by using them to write the introduction to a Noh play of their own.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Literature
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
Provider Set:
EDSITEments
Author:
Individual Authors
Date Added:
11/06/2019
CS Fundamentals 4.6: Build a Star Wars Game
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In this lesson, students will practice using events to build a game that they can share online. Featuring R2-D2 and other Star Wars characters, students will be guided through events, then given space to create their own game.

Subject:
Computer Science
Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Code.org
Provider Set:
CS Fundamentals 2019-2118
Date Added:
11/06/2019
Creativity and Mentorship in the Classroom - Teaching the Spy Hop Way Webinar 1
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Three examples of the hour-long 'Teachng The Spy Hop Way' teacher training, where Myke Johnson takes participants through the different philosophies of creative design and youth engagement. These techniques foster youth voice and empowerment, as well as creating a safe space for artistic exploration. Some of these tools include listening techniques, inquiry based learning structures and quick, fun activities that transform a classroom into a hands-on artistic learning environment.

Subject:
Professional Learning
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Reimagine Teaching
Provider Set:
Spy Hop
Author:
Spy Hop
Date Added:
12/10/2020
Discovering a Treasure Trove of Resources with eMedia | UEN PDTV
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In this episode of UEN's PDTV, we explore strategies to discover high-quality digital resources aligned with Utah Core Standards beyond basic Google searches and expensive educational websites. Join host Katie Blunt as she chats with Lindsey Henderson, a Mathematics Specialist with the Utah State Board of Education, and Jennifer Burt, a Mathematics teacher at Syracuse Jr. High, to learn effective strategies for finding, organizing and curating the perfect digital resources for your students using UEN’s eMedia platform.

Subject:
Professional Learning
Material Type:
Media Object
Date Added:
05/07/2024
Does Science Fiction Predict the Future? Inquiry Based Media Literacy Unit
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Students will learn the potential costs and benefits of social media, digital consumption, and our relationship with technology as a society in the three-week lesson. This inquiry based unit of study will answer the following questions:

Essential Question: How can we use science fiction’s ability to predict the future to help humanity?

Supportive Questions 1: What predictions of future development has science fiction accurately made in the past? This can include technology, privacy, medicine, social justice, political, environmental, education, and economic.

Supportive Question 2: What predictions for future development in contemporary science fiction are positive for the future of humanity? What factors need to begin in your lifetime to make these predictions reality?

Supportive Question 3: What predictions for future development in contemporary science fiction are negative for the future of humanity? What factors need to begin in your lifetime to stop these negative outcomes?

(Thumbnail is a screenshot of the OER Commons lesson page, taken 7/26/2022 by Christina Nelson.)

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
English Language Arts
Literature
Science
Secondary English Language Arts
Technology
Material Type:
Homework/Assignment
Lesson
Lesson Plan
Reading
Unit of Study
Author:
Morgen Larsen
Date Added:
07/26/2022