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
- 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
- Veterans Legacy Program Lesson Plans Sub-Collection
Submissions from 2007
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
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 2003
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
Submissions from 2002
Decision Support Systems: Concepts and Resources for Managers, Daniel J. Power
Mathematics in the Real World, Audrey C. Rule
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
