Learn how to create check-ins with your students in Microsoft Teams.
This article describes a number of creative projects that incorporate art and literacy skills into a science unit on biomes and ecosystems.
This lesson plan created by Tanner Dance at the University of Utah includes a video and plan for teaching dance, math, and money. The plan includes a springboard book, a warm up, and various dance/math integration activities.
This lesson plan created by Tanner Dance at the University of Utah includes a video, PowerPoint, and plan for teaching dance, math, and nature. The plan includes a springboard book, a warm up, an investigation, and opportunities for students to create, perform, and contextualize.
This lesson plan created by Tanner Dance at the University of Utah includes a video and plan for teaching dance, symmetry, angles, and perimeter. The plan includes a warm up and various dance/math integration activities.
This lesson plan created by Tanner Dance at the University of Utah includes a video and plan for teaching dance and telling time. The plan includes a warm up and various dance/math integration activities.
In this lesson, students meet James Madison as he is working on the Bill of Rights and assist him in deciding the most important rights to include. Access to this resource requires a free educator login.
The focus of the Multiplication - Distributive Property intervention is using the distributive property when multiplying by 6, 7, and 8. It involves making arrays with counters and then breaking them apart to make facts that are known by heart which can be added together to solve the multiplication problem.
The focus of the Multiplication with Arrays intervention is using arrays to represent the equal groups in a multiplication problem. It has 3 phases: unknown product, unknown number of rows, unknown quantity in each row.
The focus of the Multiplication with Repeated Equal Groups intervention is using skip counting of repeated equal groups to solve multiplication problems. It has two phases: using dot cards and using a number line.
Students learn the different lengths for each rhythm and understand the length of each rhythm through their movement.
Students explore first and second endings by singing and moving.
Members of CRF’s Youth Board lead a lesson for elementary students as they learn about the three branches of government. Links to free, downloadable lesson materials included. Access to this resource requires a free educator login.
In this activity, students will look at historical images to learn about three types of Native American dwellings — teepees, pueblo adobe structures, and hogans. Students will make observations about the types of dwellings in the images. Then students will discuss their observations as a class.
Explore the traditional Native American Round Dance. Invite a Native American to share proper Round Dance steps. Compare and contrast beats of various Round Dance songs.
The Indigenous tribes/nations of Utah ask that teachers reach out to Native Americans within the community for assistance in teaching the Round Dance. Contacting families within your school community would be ideal. If other avenues are needed, contact your district Title VI coordinator or Indian education department within your state education system.
This article examines science education from the what, when, and how perspectives and describes resources that support a reform view of teaching and learning.
In this podcast, learn how to address climate misconceptions and avoid the fear of climate change by using activities that inspire and empower students.
Sing a Northwestern Shoshone song.
Write a narrative story about an experience in nature.
Create music compositions patterned after the song.
This lesson is written in partnership with and approved by the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation Cultural Specialist, Patty Timbimboo-Madsen and Paula Watkins, library consultant to the tribal nation. Before teaching this lesson, please explain to your students that there are many Indigenous tribes in Seal for the Northwestern Shoshonethe United States and that this lesson specifically focuses on a song of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation and does not represent other Native American groups. It is the hope of the Northwestern Shoshone that other native tribes will respect their choice to share this aspect of their culture.
This article describes the importance of teaching students the strategy of note taking and includes a template for use with elementary students.
In this lesson and its accompanying activities students will learn about
the different kinds of adaptations animals and plants have that help them survive
winter. Students also will learn how to examine nature for clues as to which kinds of
animals are active in winter.