This course map contains course and module-level learning outcomes, a plan for aligned instructional materials, activities, and assessments, and other information. This course map can be used alongside the HEC226 textbook from Oregon Open Educational Resources. This course map was created by Velvet Cooley, and added to OER Commons by Jessica George.

This lesson is about the various types of shelter animals live in and how they adapt to their environment.

This is a storytime lesson plan with a "Halloween" theme. It is appropriate for toddlers and young grade school students. It includes a variety of Halloween-themed picture books, activities, songs, and crafts. The lesson plan is tied into the Every Child Ready to Read (ECRR) initiative as well as Minnesota Early Childhood Indicators of Progress (ECIPs).

Nebraska Harvest of the Month is a statewide farm to school program that features different Nebraska local food products each month of the year. The program promotes local fruits and vegetables and provides schools with resources to support sampling and serving local foods to students. All material is FREE and available to download for use in schools, early care and education facilities, afterschool programs, and homes!

Children use binoculars to search for small items that an astronaut lost while walking on the Moon.

Director of the University of Texas - Austin's Center for the Study of Race & Democracy Peniel Joseph talked about the history of Juneteenth.

Professional development and practical online tools that will support classroom teachers in conducting home visits.

This resource includes two sample Hope Book Discussion guides with questions for PK-2, 3-5 and questions for everyone. The discussion guide indicates the CASEL alignment as well as the components of hope science. The resources includes a template for educators to build their own discussion guides for use in the classroom as well as the directions to utilize the guides/template. 

This resource was designed in collaboration with Nakota people from the Ocean Man, Pheasant Rump, and White Bear First Nations, and with storytelling by Shay McArthur, a Nakota speaker from White Bear First Nation. Designed for teachers of three-, four-, and five-year-old children, this activity opens with Nakota instructions for movement, gathering, and active listening.  An imbedded video of a Nakota story can be followed up with discussion questions (provided), and a related link.This is an ongoing project which received funding from the ESSP--Early Years Cultural Project.  More stories to come.

Do you have coffee filters, masking tape, and some bendy straws handy? Grab those and a few more supplies from your kitchen and you're ready to start thinking like an engineer.

This video is provided by Wisconsin Fast Plants and demonstrates how to plant Fast Plants seeds using the Bottle Growing System. The video gives an overview of the materials necessary to grow with this method, and also provides step-by-step instructions guiding the process. This recording runs for 04:21 minutes in length. Additional videos about planting with Fast Plants are available to view separately.

This video is provided by Wisconsin Fast Plants and demonstrates how to plant Fast Plants seeds using the Deli Container Growing System. The video gives an overview of the materials necessary to grow plants with this method, and also provides step-by-step instructions guiding the process. This recording runs for 02:47 minutes in length. Additional videos about planting with Fast Plants are available to view separately.

This video shows how to change the words that your Bitmoji says. Bitmojis can be added to a course to help to humanize the class.

The math game «Hot Tea» for the development of children from 5 years old will teach how to perform addition and subtraction within 10.

Expressing needs is linked to identifying and expressing feelings. The activity's objective is to enable children to express feelings first and foremost to be able to identify and express their needs.

A resource for librarians, early education teachers, child care providers and parents to share books and literacy activities with children ages birth to 5. The content in this storytime lesson plan aligns with Every Child Ready to Read (ECRR) practices and Minnesota Early Childhood Indicators of Progress (ECIPs). Users are encouraged to remix the lesson plan to keep it up to date and comment with their successes and failures in using the listed resources.

Human Education is about holistic approach in the preparation of human beings to educate the unborn child through adequate care, nutrition and safety, before birth and once born, to enable a growing being to survive the challenges of life as they present themselves. Subjects are geared for critical thinking and for immediate application of acquired knowledge for their own survival, and not only for acquiring a certificate. This is urgent.