School District of South Orange & Maplewood

I found the Make It Place lessons that display many lessons about 3D Printing and other maker lessons.

Thanks, I look forward to learning with you. So far I see lots of interesting information that I can be used in future curriculum planning and unit work. 

I am interested in creating a tool similar to Washington State's Screening for Biased Content document. It is so important to have the best resources both online and in our physical collections.

https://www.oercommons.org/courseware/lesson/74736/overview

I found Comic Creator through Read Write Think that looks really fun for students to create their own comics.  I would like to learn how to create bundles of relevant resources for our teachers to use and ideas for where to put these resources for ease of use and access.  

We did a lesson on Earth Day and it is a topic that is oftened covered in the classrooms as well. All of the Climate Kids resources are great for using in the library, as well as sharing with teachers. Well designed and the right reading level for kids to learn independently about our climate.

I have been focusing on the theme of Career and Future Readiness with my 8th grade classes throughout the school year. I was pleased to discover that OER Commons has a series of 3 Academic, Career & Employability Skills unit lesson plans that I will be able to use with my students, and share with teachers. 👍

https://www.oercommons.org/authoring/12737-aces-developing-a-future-pathway/view

I liked the Design of the Facility Case Study for our Fundamentals of Engineering design class.  It could be a good way for students to see how buildings have to take into account local environmental challenges.

Is there a way to sort these by grade level?

Lesson Plan: Discuss 22-year-old Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem “The Hill We Climb” seems like a wonderful resource and suitable for grades 3-5 as well. Earlier this year, I covered this poem with my classes and it inspired a rich discussion.

I like the 3rd Grade History Unit 1 Design: Geography & Cultures of North America. It's a comprehensive unit with six lessons with thought provoking questions: Where are we? Who are we? What is culture?

"Voices of Hope: Climate Science" seems like a timely and valuable resource on climate change for fourth and fifth graders. The combination of language development and science seems an effective way of teaching this subject.

Great resource

Since we as Librarians ar always updating the collection and reviewing materials to determine if they are still relevant, the Screening for Biased content is extremely relevant to my work

https://www.oercommons.org/courseware/lesson/74736/overview

  I found Oh, Salmon! it's an interesting and current lesson for elementary students, particularly for ELLs learning academic language

I found the Screening for Bias very interesting and helpful as a teacher. 

Most of the resources I saw were for MS and HS and above.  I saw very few for the elementary age levels.  That said, the Sand Dune lesson was a good one for our 3rd grades and 4th grades.  I know our curriculum is changing, but NJ shores is a topic.

We have a beautiful garden in the back of our school and the Schoolyard Habitat lessons would work well with that resource.

Great articles everyone.

Read this 

https://www.oercommons.org/courses/exodusters-african-american-migration-to-the-great-plains?__hub_id=46

I found the geo. and Mapping Traditional Lands (Gr. 4 ) a valuble frame for adopting for NJ. EDSITEMENT has many good resources to use/modify and draw other ideas from. The LGBTQ reources that i reviewed serve as a catalyst for exploring the contributions of poeple within a historical context readily aviilable for courses that include 20th cen. history 

Looking forward to reviewing, 3rd Grade History Unit 1 Design: Geography & Cultures of North America 

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Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute 

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Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute - Music Educators Toolbox