In this lesson, students are introduced to trees and the many things …
In this lesson, students are introduced to trees and the many things we commonly use that come from trees. Includes introductory movement activity, guided discussion, a matching game, and fun facts.
NGSS: Partially meets 1-LS1-1, 2-PS1-1, 2-PS1-2
Common Core: W.2.7, W.2.8
Time: 30 minutes
Materials: "Apples to Oregon" book and three paper lunch bags labled: wood, food, cellulose.
PDF version of the slide deck of the Oregon Career Connected Learning Framework …
PDF version of the slide deck of the Oregon Career Connected Learning Framework presentation from the Oregon CTE-STEM Summer Network Meeting on August 4, 2021. For additional help and/or questions please contact Jim Taylor at jim.taylor@state.or.us
Environmental Biology, by Matthew R. Fisher, Editor, and supplemental resources specific to …
Environmental Biology, by Matthew R. Fisher, Editor, and supplemental resources specific to the Pacific Northwest. See https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/envirobiology/
Course Description Covers environmental topics that are primarily biological in nature. Includes human population issues, matter and energy resources, ecosystems, environmental ethics, and food and land resources. The associated laboratories will illustrate these topics and may include fieldwork.
Upon completion of the course students should be able to: Express graphically, orally or in writing, basic elements and functions of ecosystems. Identify and express interactions of humans and the environment. Utilize field and laboratory methods and technologies to measure and describe ecosystems. Demonstrate an understanding of ecosystem functioning and human effects upon ecosystems.
Oregon Stories for English Language Learners Short Description: This book contains favorite …
Oregon Stories for English Language Learners
Short Description: This book contains favorite stories about Oregon from ESOL News Oregon (http://www.tinyurl.com/esolnewsoregon) prepared specifically for advanced ESOL students.
Long Description: This book contains favorite stories about Oregon from ESOL News Oregon (http://www.tinyurl.com/esolnewsoregon) prepared specifically for advanced ESOL students. Each story contains an image or video; graded text; self-scoring exercises for vocabulary and comprehension practice; discussion prompts, and writing prompts.
Word Count: 7186
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Oregon Stories for English Language Learners Short Description: This book contains favorite …
Oregon Stories for English Language Learners
Short Description: This book contains favorite stories about Oregon from ESOL News Oregon (http://www.tinyurl.com/esolnewsoregon) prepared specifically for beginner ESOL students.
Long Description: This book contains favorite stories about Oregon from ESOL News Oregon (http://www.tinyurl.com/esolnewsoregon) prepared specifically for beginner ESOL students. Each story contains an image or video; graded text; self-scoring exercises for vocabulary and comprehension practice; discussion prompts, and writing prompts.
Word Count: 4227
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Oregon Stories for English Language Learners Short Description: This book contains favorite …
Oregon Stories for English Language Learners
Short Description: This book contains favorite stories about Oregon from ESOL News Oregon (http://www.tinyurl.com/esolnewsoregon) prepared specifically for intermediate ESOL students.
Long Description: This book contains favorite stories about Oregon from ESOL News Oregon (http://www.tinyurl.com/esolnewsoregon) prepared specifically for intermediate ESOL students. Each story contains an image or video; graded text; self-scoring exercises for vocabulary and comprehension practice; discussion prompts, and writing prompts.
Word Count: 6886
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Four lesson plans developed by the Coquille Tribe of Oregon for fourth-grade …
Four lesson plans developed by the Coquille Tribe of Oregon for fourth-grade students. Lessons include: 1) People Groups - This lesson will give students a foundational aware- ness of the Indigenous, sovereign people groups who live in what is now known as Oregon—their history, their culture, and the issues that continue to impact them today. When undertaking the study of Indigenous people, it is important to begin with their long history on the land. Indige- nous people have lived in Oregon for thousands of years, in established communities, with estab- lished social structures, languages, and cultures. They were—and are—deeply and inextricably connected to the land. 2) Sea Otters - In this lesson, students will learn about the import- ant role of the sea otter in the history and tradi- tional life of the Coquille Indian Tribe. They will also learn about the long-term impact the European fur trade had on the population of this magnificent creature and how the sea otter’s virtual extinction damaged the ecosystem of the Oregon Coast. Stu- dents will then learn how to identify and diagram the sea otter’s internal and external structures (i.e., the organization of the inside and outside body parts that form a living thing) and describe how the purpose of these structures supports sea otter survival. Finally, students will create an educational poster or pamphlet that provides an overview of the sea otter and its impact on the traditional life of the Coquille Indian Tribe. 3) History of the Coquille Indian Tribe - This lesson will give students a general knowl- edge of the history, ancestral territory, and traditional lifeways of the Coquille Indian Tribe. Working in groups, students will use maps, make predictions, and participate in a close reading of a written text that allows them to check their pre- dictions. The text provides other interesting facts about the Tribe, which should provide informa- tion and generate questions that can guide their learning in subsequent lessons about the Coquille Indian Tribe. 4) Coastal Lifeways - The Coquille Indian Tribe flourished on Oregon’s southwestern coast for thousands of years in a homeland encompassing more than a million acres. The Tribe’s ancestral and modern lands of interest include significant portions of Oregon’s Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, and Lane counties. The Coquille traditional lifeways are deeply tied to the coastal environment. This lesson provides students with the opportunity to gain specific knowledge about important elements of the Coquille coastal lifeways.
Students will learn about the water cycle, watersheds, and specifically, the watershed …
Students will learn about the water cycle, watersheds, and specifically, the watershed that feeds Springfield, Oregon. After analyzing drought maps, reading news reports, and seeing images and videos, students will realize that drought is a real life concern. Students, as concerned citizens, will create a water collection device, at first on a small scale, and then a true to life water collection system to help re- purpose rainwater in our garden area.
In the Future of Electric Transportation Design Challenge - a soup-to-nuts curriculum …
In the Future of Electric Transportation Design Challenge - a soup-to-nuts curriculum toolkit from Construct - you'll ask young people to find new and novel ways to increase use & equitable access to electric vehicles.
This comprehensive toolkit is intended for classroom teachers and other educators interested in running a multi-week or full-term design challenge with students. The guide is written with 8th-9th graders as a target grade level, however this curriculum could easily be adapted for both older and younger students: 5th-12th grade.
An optional feature in this challenge experience is to have students submit their design briefs (anonymously from their teacher) for the opportunity to be recognized by Construct and Industry Leaders interested in their concepts!
A teacher running this Transportation Design Challenge could connect it to multiple standards at multiple grade-levels in multiple subject areas.
Construct has facilitated several cohort-based challenges for middle and high school students, using this toolkit, and we are excited to be able to provide this curriculum at no charge to any interested teachers.
We are happy to answer any questions - you can reach us at info@constructlearns.org. We also offer additional coaching support.
Please download this Challenge and share it with your colleagues! If you opt to run the Challenge in your classroom, we do hope you'll reach back and let us know how it worked for YOU! With your feedback, we'll keep iterating and improving and work to make this a user-friendly, joy-provoking, flexible, rigorous, effective, skills-building and FUN curriculum toolkit for you and your students.
Internships are an important mechanism for providing students an opportunity to explore …
Internships are an important mechanism for providing students an opportunity to explore a career and apply the skills and knowledge from school into a business setting. Canby High School was awarded a CTE Revitalization grant in 2011 to help them expand their internship program. Below are the resources and forms that Canby developed to guide the implementation of this project.
This is a template for participants in the Middle School Career Exploration …
This is a template for participants in the Middle School Career Exploration Pilot Project to use in the construct of lessons, or to share existing lessons, with the broader network of Pilot Project partners.
Carrie and Kelly’s OER grant project will create open materials for Math …
Carrie and Kelly’s OER grant project will create open materials for Math 098. Community colleges throughout Oregon have been planning and implementing MTH 098 since 2014 based on recommendations from the developmental education redesign workgroup. The course was created to provide a shortened, more appropriate path for students to take MTH 105 and earn an Associate of Arts Transfer degree. Some institutions, such as Clackamas Community College, include the added benefit of allowing for MTH 105 to serve as a prerequisite to MTH 243, extending the pathway for students.
Their goal is to create materials that:
- Are learner-centered - Readily integrate group work and collaboration - Create opportunities for students to make critical thinking a habit of mind - Acknowledge and respect common anxieties, personalities, and professional goals of students in the “alternate pathway”.
Visit their public MTH 098 course on MyOpenMath to learn more.
The Oregon Career Connected Learning Framework graphic provides a visual representation of …
The Oregon Career Connected Learning Framework graphic provides a visual representation of Oregon's definition of CCL and potential activities that learners can participate in during their career education and development. Under the umbrella of Career Connected Learning, there are 4 domains: Awareness, Exploration, Preparation and Training. Within the 2 domains of Preparation and Training, lies the opportunity for Work-based learning.Users may incorporate this graphic into their work when communicating and providing professional development with regards to the CCL Framework and its four domains.
The documents and questions may be used for classroom investigation or as …
The documents and questions may be used for classroom investigation or as a unit assessment. Documents can be distributed and assigned as a jigsaw or as a complete set. Students read the document and apply historical investigation skills. Students should have access to prior learning about the nature of Indian and white settler contact.Updated video link for Broken Treaties
What is the purpose of this handbook? The purpose of this handbook …
What is the purpose of this handbook? The purpose of this handbook is to provide a shared resource for schools, districts, business, industry, and community partners in support of a statewide effort to build a robust work-based learning ecosystem in Oregon. The ultimate goals of supporting implementation of high quality work-based learning are to ensure equitable learning outcomes for students, to connect classroom learning with the world of work, and to strengthen community and school partnerships.
An interactive timeline telling the historical stories, activism, and accomplishments of underserved …
An interactive timeline telling the historical stories, activism, and accomplishments of underserved and underrepresented communities at Oregon State University
The rubric can be used by teachers, administrators, and other individuals to …
The rubric can be used by teachers, administrators, and other individuals to design and deliver quality and equitable work-based learning experiences for students within a CTE Program of Study that will meet the secondary Perkins V program quality indicator. It can also be used as a resource to reflect on areas of strength and improvements and to adopt continuous improvement processes. Equity considerations are included in the rubric to support the elimination of barriers to access and participation in work-based learning. The rubric is focused primarily on quality work-based learning experiences, not programs, and performance levels are aligned with the High Quality Program of Study Rubric for an approved CTE Program of Study.
Faced with an increased chance for heavy precipitation and flooding, an emergency …
Faced with an increased chance for heavy precipitation and flooding, an emergency manager in Oregon spread the word, encouraging groups to be prepared.
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