Have items ready to complete and extend patterns.  You can use blocks, poker chips, candy, cards created for holidays, etc.  Hand the materials to your child(ren) and ask them to sort them by likeness.  Ask them to create, duplicate, complete, and/or extend a pattern.  For example, you can hand them a handful of colored goldfish crackers or colored cereal rings.  Once they are sorted, count how many you have of each color. Ask them to select at least 2 colors to make patterns with. Allow them to create more complex patterns as they are ready.

Ever need help explaining poetry to your class? This Nearpod does a great job of explaining poetry in kid friendly language. It is interactive, and helps the students apply what they are learning with pointed and timely questions.

This is a dance history based lesson plan for Jr. and Sr. High School dance teachers exploring the technique and artistic principles behind a famous historical modern dance pioneer: Lester Horton.

The film ÒBlue Sky Theater: The Elements of DanceÓ is designed to be shared in the classroom for the educators and students to watch and learn together.ÊÊ
This film brings the viewers the beautiful sceneries of UtahÊand shows how dancers find their movements everywhere, as long as they are under a blue sky. They also artistically and skillfully demonstrate the elements of dance. It is ideal as an online assembly and/or virtual arts resource for educators and students.

The STEM Action Center is Utah’s partner in promoting Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education through the identification and support of best practices and leveraging of resources across education, industry, government and community partners to support economic prosperity.

In this episode of UEN Homeroom, Matt and Dani are joined by Shannon Rupert from the Mars Society and Jen Carver Hunter. They share great ways teachers can take advantage of learning opportunities involving the Mars Desert Research Station, right here in Utah!

In this clip from "SciTech Now, we visit Cyberchase STEM day at Centennial middle school, where sixth graders are discovering and learning the skills to become future scientist.

Writing a script is intimidating, but actually, breaking the process into small steps makes it MUCH EASIER and will result in a MUCH BETTER story. This lesson shows you how to plan and write a script. It is highly recommended that you use this lesson when students are working on a story. This lesson has several parts. These Scripting Slides can be used throughout the lessons. You might use some or all. Each will take about 50 minutes.

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, la primer gran poeta de América Latina, es considerada una de la figuras literarias más importantes del continente americano y una de las primeras feministas. En el siglo XVII, defendió su derecho a la educación, proponiendo la mayor participación de las mujeres en la cultura y la pedagogía en una sociedad dominada por los hombres.

Students will examine the lyrics and context surrounding three country songs related to the 9/11 attacks: Alan Jackson's "Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning?" Brooks and Dunn's "Only in America," and Toby Keith's "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue." Through the lens of these songs, they consider ways Americans reacted to the tragedy of September 11th, and discuss whether some reactions might be more appropriate than others.

In this video, Connor shows us a cheap and easy way to create a homemade tripod for your phone, so your camera footage isn't shakey!

Differentiating instruction is important to meet the needs of all learners.  In this session, we will explore how Nearpod can help you easily differentiate lessons and provide data to help you make informed decisions.

Streamline lesson creation, enhance student participation and receive real-time formative assessments while using Nearpod and Google Slides.  Discover how to embed hyperlinked Google Slides into your lessons and turbocharge your Google Slides by using the Nearpod Add-On to create engaging lessons, collaborate with colleagues, and leverage the benefits of Nearpod all within Google Slides.

It can be challenging to find examples of using Nearpod in subject areas outside of the core.  In this session, DLI teacher, Marty Chen, and Music teacher, Katie Ross, will show us how they’re using Nearpod in their specialty classrooms to engage and assess students!

Are you an instructional leader who wants to leverage the features of Nearpod to engage your audience in PD? In this workshop, instructional leaders will explore the advantages of using Nearpod to engage educators and stakeholders. Participants will learn how to create, edit and launch presentations in both Live and Student-Paced modes for staff meetings, parent outreach, and more while keeping the needs of adult learners in mind.

Are you curious about what Nearpod is and how it can enhance learning in your classroom? Come discover teaching with Nearpod while experiencing an interactive lesson. Participants will have a brief experience as a learner in Nearpod, learn how to log into their own account, know how to find the Nearpod Library of lessons, and add a lesson to their Library. You'll learn how to launch LIVE and Student-Paced lessons and discover how to find reports to review student learning.

In this eMedia update, host Katie Blunt walks us through the new Parent Guides available in the eMedia library. Created by the Utah State Board of Education, watch to learn more about how these guides can help parents support their child's education at home.

This lesson is designed to be a compare-and-contrast reading activity using the Utah and U.S. Constitutions.

The history of -- Hispanics of Utah -- is examined in an article provided as a PDF document. This article is extracted from the book UTAH HISTORY ENCYCLOPEDIA, published in celebration of Utah's Centennial (1996) and edited by Allan Kent Powell. Over two hundred contributors wrote about the individuals, organizations, locations, institutions, and topics important to Utah history.