This is a writing unit on animal adaptations. Students will need to be expert researchers and will be able to dip their toes into the wonderful world of EBSCO! They will research the animal assigned to them using various graphic organizers and research questions to help guide their thinking. Once research is complete, they will fill out the OREO graphic organizer with an introduction, 3 facts with details, and a conclusion. At that point, students will publish their work.  Cover Image: Canva AI Generated 

In this lesson students will write a research report about communities and how they use their environment. Students will use CultureGrams from the Utah's Online Library to complete their research. Main Thumbnail was found at: "The group of children, 1909" by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse.

Shilpa, the head of customer success at Scribble, led a discussion about the challenges faced when coaching teachers on using AI and teaching research and writing skills, and introduced Scribble, an app designed to provide an infrastructure for research and writing. She also discussed the unique features of Reese, a research assistant tool integrated into Scribble, and demonstrated the Scribble platform, focusing on the teacher view and the assignment creation process. The conversation ended with discussions on the training and implementation of the tool, with a focus on its use in classrooms, and the potential role of school librarians in supporting its implementation.

This recording of a live webinar explores the SIRS Discoverer tool in the Utah's Online School Library, specifically how to identify the publications included in Global Newsstream, conduct a basic search in Global Newsstream, and create a search alert to stay informed.

This a Genius Hour lesson for younger elementary age students. The students will be thinking of an occupation they want to study, research it , and  then share their project with the class. Picture taken by Angela Bullock.

This recording of a live webinar explores the SIRS Discoverer tool in the Utah's Online School Library, specifically how to navigate the Guided Research topics, curricular uses for SIRS Discoverer, and how to filter and limit search results.

This recording of a live webinar explores the SIRS Discoverer tool in the Utah's Online School Library, specifically how to navigate topics using Guided Research, examine multiple viewpoints of a leading issue, and introduce students to research and citation methods.

UEN Teacher Tips is a weekly series from the UEN Professional Development team. Every Tuesday, we'll share a new tip, how-to video and classroom resource. When life is busy and time is short, we hope these tips lead to bright ideas, just in time! This week's tip is "End-of-Year Celebrations and Activities" by Kayla Towner.

UEN Teacher Tips is a weekly series from the UEN Professional Development team. Every Tuesday, we'll share a new tip, how-to video and classroom resource. When life is busy and time is short, we hope these tips lead to bright ideas, just in time! This week's tip is "Five Tips for Embracing the Holidays in the Classroom" by Kayla Towner.

UEN Teacher Tips is a weekly series from the UEN Professional Development team. Every Tuesday, we'll share a new tip, how-to video and classroom resource. When life is busy and time is short, we hope these tips lead to bright ideas, just in time! This week's tip is "How To Evaluate Online Sources To Find Credible Information" by Kayla Towner.

UEN Teacher Tips is a weekly series from the UEN Professional Development team. Every Tuesday, we'll share a new tip, how-to video and classroom resource. When life is busy and time is short, we hope these tips lead to bright ideas, just in time! This week's tip is "Making Technology-Aided Music with Your Students" by Matt Winters.

Explore time-saving teaching tool, including video and audio recordings with authors, lessons, book trailers, vocabulary lists, and more. Discover ways TeachingBooks resources can deepen connections to books while engaging readers, supporting families, and facilitating collaboration with colleagues.

Join this session to learn how to use digital resources in Sora for classroom learning. This session will cover strategies to get every student to the right resource using direct links, ways to help students engage with digital texts using the latest research on reading comprehension and engagement when using digital resources, ready-made resources you can implement in your classroom that incorporate resources available in Sora, ideas for using Sora to support various subject areas including language learning, science, social studies, history and ELA (and others), and more.

Discover TeachingBooks tools that can enhance and deepen your already strong instructional practices. Explore time-saving teaching tools, including video and audio recordings with authors, lessons, book trailers, vocabulary lists, and more. Uncover a collection of quality trade books that support and supplement phonological awareness instruction.

Join us for an overview of your World Book Online resources for elementary school. We will focus on Early Learning and Kids, and we will also take a look at some additional features within the other resources. With read-aloud functions, translation into over 100 languages, different reading levels, and educational games there are tools to help every student access content at their given level!

Learn how to use World Book Online features to support Multi-Language Learners. We will look at our 3 foreign language resources, Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos, Banco de Contenidos aulaPlaneta, and L’Encyclopédie Découverte, as well as features within our core products such as read-aloud functions, translations, different reading levels, and more!

Join us for an overview of your World Book Online resources. With a specific focus on High School resources, Student and Advanced, you will walk away knowing the best time-saving tools for research, accommodation, teacher-planning tools, and where to find more information on all features. We will also take a brief look at eBooks, Timelines, and Discover and how they can be used in the secondary classroom.

This lesson is meant to introduce students to the concept of unit rate. It uses a Canva presentation to introduce the concept. For practice, student will calculate the population density of various countries and compare it to the population density of Utah. There is a worksheet to complete during independent practice, an exit ticket, and an extension activity for fast finishers. Image Credits:"Flag Map Of The World" by GDJ is in the public domain through OpenClipArt.org upload agreement"Utah" by Arohletter1 is in the public domain through OpenClipArt.org upload agreementImage Credit: Christian Cragun