Schneider, Jenifer. (2016). The Inside, Outside, and Upside Downs of Children’s Literature: From Poets and Pop-Ups to Princesses and Porridge. Open Education Resources. https://louis.oercommons.org/courses/the-inside-outside-and-upside-downs-of-children-s-literature-from-poets-and-pop-ups-to-princesses-and-porridge The following links of ancillary materials were adapted to support teacher preparation and children's literature courses for Elementary and Early Childhood Education majors. 

Practice vocabulary on the go! The original idea conceived by a fellow Chinese language student, this flashcard exercise is an engaging and effective way to review vocabulary terms from the convenience of your mobile device.

Chinese Take-In provides an interactive environment where first-year Chinese learners can practice listening outside the classroom according to individual needs and paces while receiving immediate feedback.

Created by student request, this set of basic word-order exercises will help beginners practice the foundational skills of how to use the language in the right order.

Students will use books, encyclopedias, magazines, and the Internet to discover certain facts about an insect of their choice.

Based on working on exercises on project decision making and planning, the specific context of working abroad in general and in developing countries in particular is illustrated, with regard to socio-cultural aspects, planning and financing of projects, roles of (consulting) engineers and contractors, local materials, techniques and knowledge and environmental issues.

Exploration of the evolving opinions and doctrines of the U.S. Supreme Court with particular emphasis on the civil liberties and rights of individuals and groups. Examines specific case law with relevance to contemporary political controversies, including post-September 11th detainees, the use of secret courts, same-sex marriage, immigration, and abortion.

This new set of classroom activities for OpenStax American Government was created under a Round Eleven Mini-Grant for Ancillary Materials Creation and Revision. The materials created in order to support faculty implementing OpenStax American Government in the classroom include:

Icebreakers
Video Activities
Quiz Activities
Discussion Activities
Brainstorming Activities
Team Activities

The Portuguese language lessons of ClicaBrasil highlight aspects of Brazilian culture. They are designed for intermediate to advanced students, but are accessible to everyone. Each lesson includes videos of Brazilians from all walks of life speaking naturally about their lives and their country. All lessons integrate reading, writing, listening and comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, oral communication and cultural activities with the videos.

Reviews available here: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/clicabrasil-portuguese-language-and-culture-for-intermediate-students

The content for second block includes a deeper dive into copyright and Creative Commons licenses: potential and benefits, and benefits of Open Education for students and faculty. 

Topics:Concerns around OERCurating content: Finding and evaluating OER Peer review and open materials

Learn how to collect and import spatial features from the field, use web-based map tools to engage citizens, and incorporate the best available spatial data from public domain sources.

This e-book provides interactive lessons and hands-on exercises for anyone interested in applying GIS and related tools to conservation and environmental applications. The lessons in this book assume users have a basic proficiency in GIS. Through these lessons and exercises, you will explore and use applications of GIS particularly related to landscape assessment, suitability modeling, and design of alternative strategies. By engaging with the activities in this book, you will:

Know how to collect and work with spatial data from the field and public domain;
-Learn to frame and practice solving spatial environmental questions;
-Proficiently apply spatial thinking and analytical tools toward conservation and adaptation solutions
-Confidently apply spatial analyst and spatial statistics tools to compare and evaluate landscape change
-Model and synthesize potential environmental scenarios
-Design and plan strategies for adaptation to landscape change

This course is designed to equip students with the basic academic, professional, and personal skills they will need to be successful in college. Each student will have a different skill set when he or she starts this course. The point of this course is to give students, a new college student or a person considering a college education, a purposeful, thorough overview of the many tools and skills needed for undergraduate success, as well as to help students understand how they can improve each of these skills over time. Furthermore, having a sense of purpose that motivates you and a lifestyle that supports your ability to focus on your academic goals are the basic building blocks of success in college and beyond.This text was adapted by Lumen Learning under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License with attribution as requested by the work’s original creator or licensee. 

In groups, students will design a presentation that will trace the development of an organ system through the major phyla of the animal kingdom looking for the relationships between structure and function by documenting adaptations.

This activity is designed to compare and contrast the anatomy of the leg bones of a bird vs. a human.

In this biology inquiry lab, students study evolutionary relationships by making observations of preserved animal specimens, developing a question, then investigating by dissecting the specimens provided.

This course explores a variety of topics in computing, such as the following: the components of a computer, common computer terminology, an introduction to the Internet, computer security and privacy, computer troubleshooting techniques, and steps to maintain the life of your computer.

Bi 101-103 materials from Blue Mountain Community College, including

Engaged documentary sheets
Case Studies
Formal Lab Report
Creative writing assignment
Debates
Science Literacy
Inquiry based grant writing
Infographic review sheets
Animated videos summaries
Enhanced visualizations

The applets in this section of Statistical Java allow you to see how levels of confidence are achieved through repeated sampling. The confidence intervals are related to the probability of successes in a Binomial experiment.

A compilation of video scenarios of people interacting with each other in Portuguese. Conversations include dialogs, questions, turn taking exchanges, clarifications, false starts, hugs, laughter, asides. The scenarios are enhanced by transcriptions, translations, content analysis, and notes and discussion blogs.