All resources in Mountain Heights Academy OER Fellowship 2016-17

FITT Principle Cardiovascular Fitness

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Cardiovascular fitness relates to the body’s ability to generate energy and deliver oxygen to working muscles. It is considered the most important component of physical fitness and is one of the best indicators of overall health. In this lesson we will talk about the FITT Principle in relationship with Cardiovascular Fitness. This is important to help you obtain full benefit while working out. It also is important to keep you safe from injury while working out. 

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Sandy Wall

Healthy Snacking: Eat This, Not That

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This HyperDoc is designed to guide students through analyzing and employing healthy food choices. This HyperDoc contains a compilation of good work examples creaetd by students, for other students.  Please make a copy of the document, then feel free to use as is or remix for your classroom. You will also need to create your own Padlet to be used with your students.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Tia Jones

Natural High Presentation

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Natural High Presentations give students the opportunity to explore activities that give them a natural high and share it with others by answering the required questions and demonstrating or giving a visual example of their natural high.This assignment can be done in a brick and mortar classroom in person as well as in an online classroom using a program such as Flipgrid.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Tia Jones

ACES - Developing a Future Pathway

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ACES (Academic, Career & Employability Skills) The goal of ACES is to ensure that Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs are able to provide effective contextualized instruction integrating post-secondary education and training readiness, employability skills, and career readiness at all levels. The Transitions Integration Framework (TIF) is the cornerstone of ACES. It was designed to provide ABE programs and instructors with guidance on the effective integration of transitions skills into instruction at all levels of ABE. The TIF defines the academic, career, and employability skills essential for adult learners to successfully transition to post-secondary education, career training, the workplace, and community involvement. The ACES Resource Library contains tools to help ABE practitioners incorporate the TIF skills into lessons and instructional settings and provides materials that can be used directly with adult learners.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Heather Turngren

Utah Government and Bears Ears Controversy

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Assingment Overview: Students will use their prior knowledge of Federal, State, and Local governments to work through the current Utah controversial topic of Bears Ears National Monument. The following resources below are used to help the student understand the different perspectives attached to the struggle of this Utah monument. They will then complete the assignment provided below the resources. There are different version of the assingment to help differentiate depending on student needs. 

Material Type: Case Study, Homework/Assignment, Lesson

Author: Karlee Genther

Utah Current History Presentation Assignment

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Learning Objective: I can select a recent event I think will be worthy of remembering, recording, or interpreting, and make an argument for its potential historical significance.Assignment Overview: Students will choose from the provided current Utah event, read through the provided resources, and create a presentation showcasing what they learned and their interpration on the event's significance. 

Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Primary Source

Author: Karlee Genther