In this filmmaker spotlight, we hear expert insights from filmmaker Nic Edwards, a skilled 1st Assistant Camera and camera operator.

This is a lesson introducing students to storyboards and beginning to think about how to create a story to film in a future lesson. Students will work backward to write a storyboard for a short film, will brainstorm and outline their story they want to share, and will then flesh it out as a storyboard and will think about the shot the want, the audio they want to add and they will revise their lessons based on feedbakc from teachers and peers.

A class at Central High School in Louisville, Kentucky, becomes a production studio as students learn about filmmaking in Vanessa Miller’s yearlong film course.

This is a lesson plan for third grade students. Students will choose one math skill or concept they learned this year and come up with a real world example of that concept. For example, finding the perimeter of their yard for a fence. They will create a three scene storyboard and then act out their storyboard. With the help of the teacher, they will film this example and later share it with the class. Students will peer review each others videos and participate in a discussion about the topic.  

This three-act math task utilizes videos and questioning to help students explore comparing and ordering decimals.

We plan to facilitate several engineering lessons that requires students to design, build ROV controllers, calculate weight, underwater thrust and buoyancy.

Students will learn about SMART financial goals and then complete a worksheet where they will set personal financial goals, both long and short term.

This activity helps students experience the responsibility of finding a financial institution that fits their needs.

Students will understand the services and payment options available from financial institutions, specifically checking and savings accounts and other payment methods.

This lesson is a google site created with different resources for teaching financial literacy to 2nd graders. They will explore different ways to pay and the pros and cons of them. They will utilize jamboard, forms, slides, and sites to complete various tasks in the order they choose. 

This is a part of a longer unit. After students have learned about producers, consumers, ways to pay, and goods and services, they are able to create their own business. They will design a storefront and decide what they're selling. They will then need to include at least one photo of the good or service and define if the item they are selling is a good or service. Cover image created using Canva AI text to image. 

This simple-looking problem reveals much about how well students understand unit fractions as well as representing fractions on a number line.

Learn effective strategies for discovering and integrating OER into higher education courses. We will specifically explore Utah’s eMedia platform and the brand-new UALC resource hub, which offers freely accessible materials such as textbooks and multimedia.

If you haven’t discovered already, there are myriad open resources that exist. Often the trouble lies in locating those that fit precisely what you need. We’ve broken down these resources with the intent of making the search process more efficient and effective. For each you’ll find a list of unique traits, licensing information, and an example of how to attribute the source. Click one of the media sources in the Find Resources sub-menu for the details.

In this lesson, students learn about the Bill of Rights and analyze primary sources from the Library of Congress to identify freedoms and rights. They will explore the questions: What are our rights? What freedoms are most important to you? Access to this resource requires a free educator login.

Students explore new topics and people to develop a compelling news story.
This lesson will help students understand how journalists decide what kinds of stories to pursue and help them sharpen the focus of their own story ideas.