Open Educational Resources
- Open Textbook Library, a large list of openly-licensed textbooks compiled by the University of Minnesota's Center for Open Education
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- OpenStax, a part of Rice University, publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed, OER textbooks for most lower-division course areas
- TN Open Education OER Commons Hub provides a place for faculty across the state to build and share resources.
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Running the Same Pace During a Marathon (High School)
Cameron Cook, Gregory J. Wiggins, and Suzanne Lenhart
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Future Energy: Opportunities & Challenges
Thomas W. Kerlin
Future Energy: Opportunities & Challenges was originally published in 2013 by the International Society of Automation. Rights for this work have been reverted to the authors by the original publisher. The author has chosen to license this work with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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“Leveling Up” In Your Favorite Video Game Math Modeling Activity (Middle School)
Virginia Parkman, Cameron Cook, Gregory J. Wiggins, and Suzanne Lenhart
In this activity, students will write linear equations that represent their situations and determine the intersection of their lines. The students will also graph their equations and discuss potential flaws.
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3-D Printing Models of Cell Organelles and Flowers (Lower and Upper Primary, Middle School)
Kelly Sturner and Suzanne Lenhart
This hands-on module features active learning using 3-D printing technology to teach middle school students about physical scientific models and cell organelles. This activity has already proven a success at NIMBioS’ “Adventures in STEM Camp” for middle school girls. Access to 3D printing has been a growing trend in K-12 schools. In this curriculum module, aligned with Next Generation Science Standards, students learn about physical models and how they are used in science, then design and print their own representations of different cell organelles or flowers. This activity follows the 5E instructional model.
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All About Cod (Grade 2/Lower Primary)
Kelly Sturner, Suzanne Lenhart, and Virginia Parkman
Designed for use in the second grade classroom, this activity will help students learn to summarize data in a table and a bar graph, practice addition and subtraction in the context of a word problem (story), and solve word problems involving money.
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All About Cod (Grades 3-5/Upper Primary)
Kelly Sturner, Suzanne Lenhart, and Virginia Parkman
Lesson plan "All About Cod" for Grades 3-5. Aligned with TN Math Standards and includes individual plans for Grades 3, 4, and 5.
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Fungus Among Us! (Preschool, Lower and Upper Primary)
Kelly Sturner, Suzanne Lenhart, and Courtney Patterson
This module was designed for kids, adults, and families to be shared in an informal environment. It introduces the idea of how fungi and plants can work together in a symbiotic relationship, via a game that includes collecting data and graphing.
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It’s All Greek to Me! Using Authentic Readings to Improve Knowledge of the English Language and Western Culture
Charity Davenport
“It’s All Greek to Me!” has everything—entertaining stories, academic articles in a variety of disciplines, vocabulary crossover in literary and academic readings, connections to local, American, and Western culture, and plenty of chances for critical thinking for advanced students of English as a Second Language (ESL). All readings are authentic with minimal adaptation from a variety of sources.
This textbook also gives help for advanced level grammar and writing issues, using outside sources, and reading and vocabulary strategies.