SPARC considers Open Educational Resources (OER) to be "teaching, learning, and research resources released under an open license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others... [this can include] full courses, course materials, lesson plans, open textbooks, learning objects, videos, games, tests, software, or any other tool, material, or technique that supports access to knowledge." The University of Northern Iowa is a member of the Open Education Network which sponsors the Open Textbook Library. These books have been reviewed by faculty from a variety of colleges and universities to assess their quality. They can be downloaded for no cost, or printed at low cost. UNI's Open Educational Resources (OER) collection is featured in the Digital Commons Teaching Commons.
- Geographic Alliance of Iowa Lesson Plans Sub-Collection
- K-12 Curriculum Supplements Sub-Collection
- Open Access Books Sub-Collection
- Prairie Roots: Lesson Plans Sub-Collection
- Keepers of the Earth: Lesson Plans Sub-Collection
- Nature Activities Sub-Collection
- Regents' Center for Early Developmental Education Sub-Collection
- STORM Project Activities Sub-Collection
- Tallgrass Prairie Center Open Educational Resources Sub-Collection
- Veterans Legacy Program Lesson Plans Sub-Collection
Submissions from 2010
Discovering the STEM Within Block Building [Grades PreK-3], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
PROBE (Problem-based Learning Activities for K-12 Science), Jody Stone
Submissions from 2009
Algebra Rules Object Boxes as an Authentic Assessment Task of Preservice Elementary Teacher Learning in a Mathematics Methods Course, Audrey C. Rule and J. E. Hallagan
Making Cereal Box Dioramas of Native American Historic Homes and Culture, Audrey C. Rule and Lois A. Lindell
Creating, Evaluating, and Improving Humorous Cartoons Related to Design Principles for Gifted Education Programs, Audrey C. Rule and J. S. Schneider
Submissions from 2008
A Menu of Activities in Different Intelligence Areas to Differentiate Instruction for Upper Elementary Students Related to the Book Because of Winn-Dixie, Caroline F. Elser and Audrey C. Rule
Teaching High School Age Students with Special Needs the Four Situations for Subtraction, K. A. D. Miller, Audrey C. Rule, and V. M. MacEntee
Three Authentic Curriculum-integration Approaches to Bird Adaptations that Incorporate Technology and Thinking Skills, Audrey C. Rule and M. T. Barrera III
Preservice Elementary Teachers' Images of Inventors, Audrey C. Rule, E. L. Bisbo, and V. Waloven
Hands-on Materials for Teaching about Global Climate Change through Graph Interpretation, Audrey C. Rule, J. E. Hallagan, and B. Shaffer
Humorous Cartoons Made by Preservice Teachers for Teaching Science Concepts to Elementary Students, Audrey C. Rule, D. A. Sallis, and J. A. Donaldson
Submissions from 2007
Rule Making K-2, Regents' Center for Early Developmental Education
Rule Making Pre-K, Regents' Center for Early Developmental Education
Conflict Resolution [Grades PreK-3], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Physics of Sound [Grades PreK-2], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
STEM in Cooking: Exploring the Beginnings of Chemical Engineers [Grades PreK-3], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Preservice Elementary Teachers Increase Descriptive Science Vocabulary by Making Descriptive Adjective Object Boxes, Audrey C. Rule, S. Crisafulli, H. DeCare, T. DeLeo, K. Eastman, E. Farrell, J. Geblein, C. Gioia, A. Joyce, Kaylea M. Killian, K. Knoop, A. LaRocca, K. Meyer, J. Miller, V. Roth, J. Throo, J. Van Arsdale, and M. Walker
Air Masses, STORM Project
Air Pressure and Weather, STORM Project
Be Particular About our Matter!, STORM Project
Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere, STORM Project
Clouds Over Your Head, STORM Project
Concentration is Essential for this Task!: An Activity in Comparing of Concentrations, STORM Project
Decoding METAR Data, STORM Project
Do the Dewpoint!, STORM Project
Drawing Isobars, STORM Project
Drawing Isotherms, STORM Project
Factories - Friends or Foes?, STORM Project
Finding the Planetary Boundary Layer, STORM Project
Fronts, STORM Project
Highs, Lows and Patterns in the Wind, STORM Project
How Fast Does the Wind Blow?, STORM Project
Indoor Air Pollution, STORM Project
Is Air Quality in the Index?, STORM Project
It’s Time for a Change, STORM Project
Mid-Latitude Cyclones, STORM Project
Oxygen Give and Take, STORM Project
Particulate Matter Matters!, STORM Project
Patterns of Temperature, STORM Project
Precipitation Patterns, STORM Project
Reading and Using Meteograms, STORM Project
Reading Universal Time, STORM Project
Structure of the Atmosphere, STORM Project
There's a Hole in My Umbrella: A Mini-Unit on Acid Deposition, STORM Project
There's a Whole Lotta Spillin' Goin' On!, STORM Project
There's a Whole Lotta Spillin' Goin' On!, STORM Project
To Burn or Not to Burn, STORM Project
Trouble Breathing?, STORM Project
Understanding Dispersion Models Using Computer Technology, STORM Project
Upper Air Plots, STORM Project
Weather Around Highs and Lows, STORM Project
Weather Maps and Fronts, STORM Project
Weather Station Plots, STORM Project
What's the Temperature?, STORM Project
Where Did the Water Go?, STORM Project
Where Is it Hot or Cold?, STORM Project
Which Way Does the Wind Blow?, STORM Project
Winds around Highs and Lows, STORM Project
You're One in a Million: An Activity in Comparing of Concentrations, STORM Project
America's Lost Landscape: The Tallgrass Prairie Activity Guide, University of Northern Iowa. Tallgrass Prairie Center.
Submissions from 2006
Preservice Elementary Teachers Create Mathematical Mystery Object Boxes to Review and Teach Numeration, Algebra, Geometry, and Measurement, Audrey C. Rule, E. Grueniger, D. Hingre, K. McKenna, and Rov C. Williams
Preservice Elementary Teachers Use Drawings and Make Sets of Materials to Explain Multiplication and Division by Fractions, Audrey C. Rule and J. E. Hallagan
Submissions from 2005
Bubbles [Grades PK-3], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Developing Mathematical Reasoning through Playing Group Games [Grades PreK-3], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Let it Flow: Exploring Water Movement [Grades PreK-3], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Ramps & Pathways [Grades PreK-2], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Submissions from 2003
Common Water - Iowa Adaptation, Iowa Academy of Science
Poetry for Teaching Elementary Mathematics Topics, Audrey C. Rule and J. Kagan
Activities for Differentiated Instruction Addressing All Levels of Bloom's Taxonomy and Eight Multiple Intelligences, Audrey C. Rule and L. H. Lord
Environmental Print Activities for Teaching Mathematics and Content Areas, Audrey C. Rule, S. McIntyre, and M. J. Ranous
An Iowa Supplement to the Project WET Curriculum and Activity Guide [Credits], Marcene Seavey and Betsy Fitzgerald
BIOMES (Biology Instructional Opportunities for Motivating Every Student), Jody Stone
Submissions from 2002
Dilemma Derby - Iowa Dilemma Cards, Iowa Academy of Science
Water Address - Iowa Specific Cards, Iowa Academy of Science
Decision Support Systems: Concepts and Resources for Managers, Daniel J. Power
Mathematics in the Real World, Audrey C. Rule
Submissions from 2001
Rulemaking with Young Learners [Grades Pk-3], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Submissions from 1999
Crystal Shape Bingo: A Bingo Game for Teaching Recognition of Three-dimensional Crystal Shapes and Planar Geometric Shapes of Crystal Faces, Audrey C. Rule
EleFantastic Bingo: A Bingo Game for Teaching Science Concepts and Vocabulary Associated with Elephants, Audrey C. Rule
Measurement Activities for Increasing Student Curiosity for Animal and Space Topics, Audrey C. Rule
Symmetry Bingo: A Bingo Game for Teaching Recognition of the Point Symmetry of Designs, Audrey C. Rule
Wolf Bingo: A Bingo Game for Teaching Concepts and Vocabulary Associated with Wolves, Audrey C. Rule
Submissions from 1988
Outlook on Groundwater: Middle School / Junior High, Heidi Andre and Roger Beane
Outlook on Groundwater: Senior High, Bernard Hermanson and Joyce Meyers
Outlook on Groundwater: Elementary, Nancy Lockett and Patricia Mead
