Authentic Lessons for 21st Century Learning
Teresa collaborates to craft lessons and learning experiences aligned the mission and IDEALS of the K20 Center. With a background in elementary education and school librarianship, Teresa is passionate about inquiry, student ownership of learning, and using Makerspaces to enhance learning.
Do you ever wonder how the food we eat gets to our tables? You might think about farmers, factories, truck drivers, or grocery stores, but there is another important worker who makes sure our food is safe and ready to eat. This worker is called a food inspector. When it comes to meat, poultry, and eggs,... Read more »
Created by: Teresa Lansford
Date Updated: November 23rd, 2022
What do jewelers do? How do they learn their craft? This series of activities will help you better understand the skills needed for a career as a jeweler. Jewelers have a variety of opportunities to work for companies creating new designs and making repairs, or to work for themselves crafting custom... Read more »
Created by: Teresa Lansford
Date Updated: November 23rd, 2022
Knowing the best way to navigate search engines and find trustworthy sources can be tricky for learners of any age. This lesson will provide experiences for students to strengthen their searching and knowledge-building skills. It can be used as a drop-in lesson in any content area that is about to start... Read more »
Created by: Teresa Lansford
Date Updated: November 18th, 2022
Keys To Great Research
Do you have a green thumb? If you like working with plants and flowers, you might be interested in a career in floral design. Floral designers bring joy to others through their work. Floral design is more than just being able to grow or cut plants. Floral designers also know the meaning behind flowers... Read more »
Created by: Teresa Lansford
Date Updated: September 20th, 2022
Surprises and roadblocks can keep us from accomplishing our goals on time. In this lesson, students will learn how to consider what could become roadblocks to completing a task and how to build a calendar to stay on track and to minimize surprises. Read more »
Created by: Teresa Lansford
Date Updated: January 17th, 2023
Students learn about their motivations by playing Would You Rather, completing a motivation inventory, and sorting extrinsic and intrinsic motivators. They apply their knowledge to create a vision board for completing a task. Read more »
Created by: Teresa Lansford
Date Updated: January 20th, 2023
Planning our time requires thinking ahead about how long tasks take and making decisions about prioritizing the ways we spend our time. Students have some experience doing this daily, but in their college and career lives, they will be expected to estimate and balance their own time more and more to... Read more »
Created by: Teresa Lansford
Date Updated: November 29th, 2022
Students complete a sequence puzzle, play a round of backward charades, and make a plan for an upcoming task using backward planning to make sure they can reach their goal on time. Read more »
Created by: Teresa Lansford
Date Updated: November 23rd, 2022
How does someone become an airplane pilot? What kinds of work do they do? How do they keep planes up in the air and get them where they need to go? This series of activities will help you to better understand the skills needed to be a pilot and to see if this career might be a great fit for you! Airplane... Read more »
Created by: Teresa Lansford
Date Updated: June 29th, 2022
Unleash creativity by designing digital posters and infographics with Piktochart. Piktochart is a free, graphic design platform that is user-friendly for learners of all ages. Drag-and-drop image features and a library of pre-made templates make getting started a snap. Piktochart enables users to share... Read more »
