UEN Resources for K-12 Education

Gear Up U

The free resources on this comprehensive website will help students develop their spatial thinking skills, which in turn will set them on the path to obtaining a STEM career.

Adult Ed Hub

Online resource designed to support adult educators across the state.

United States Constitution eMedia Hub

The United States Constitution eMedia hub is a collection of civics and history resources intended to support educators in teaching about the Constitution of the United States of America.

Argumentative Writing

Here are some resources to help your students improve their argumentative writing skills.

Digital Books

Here are digital textbooks created by groups of content and teaching experts, including university faculty, district and school specialists, teachers, and USBE staff.

Elementary Performance Tasks

These Performance Task Templates and Lesson Plans, developed by Utah educators, align to the Elementary Utah Core.

English Language Arts Courses and Resources

Visit UEN's English Language Arts page to view the Utah core and support materials.

Literacy Resources

These literacy resources have been gathered to help District Literacy Coordinators and Instructional Coaches with their professional development activities.

Persuasive / Opinion Writing

A collection of online resources to help students write effective persuasive essays.

Presidential Writings Project

Utah’s secondary educators have designed well scaffolded lessons that support the increased cognitive rigor of the Utah literacy standards. The focus of this project is presidential writings.

Reading and Writing Rubrics

Here "Close Reading Rubrics" and "Argumentative Writing Rubrics" for Secondary English Language Arts.

Text Complexity Rubric for Informational Text

This rubric will help you evaluate the Text Complexity of Informational Text.

Text Complexity Rubric for Literary Text

This rubric was designed to help you evaluate the Text Complexity of Literary Text.

Utah's K-12 Literacy Framework

This guide includes strategies for improving literacy achievement and outcomes for children in grades K–12.

Writing Collection Project

Samples for grades K-12 for information and opinion/argument writing.

African American History Month Resources

February is African American History Month - a great time to investigate the contributions that African Americans have made to the history and cultural development of the United States.

American Indian Resources

Find current, culturally informed resources for teaching and learning about Utah’s indigenous communities, heroes and events, present and past.

Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month

May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month - During Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, communities commemorate the achievements and contributions of people who are Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) with community festivals, government-sponsored activities and educational activities for students. 

Asian American Resources

Find current, culturally informed resources for teaching and learning about Asian American communities in the United States and Utah. Resources include teacher background information, books, lesson plans and web resources.

Latino Resources

Find current, culturally informed resources for teaching and learning about Utah’s Latino communities, heroes and events.

National Hispanic Heritage Month

Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.

AI Toolkit

A collection of resources designed as a starting point for teachers looking to expand their AI literacy using AI in the classroom.

Anne Frank - Teacher Workbook

This Teacher's Guide provides resources to aid in teaching about Anne Frank and the Holocaust. You will find lesson plans, readings, timelines and more.

Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month

May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month - During Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, communities commemorate the achievements and contributions of people who are Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) with community festivals, government-sponsored activities and educational activities for students. 

Brain Awareness Resources

Learn about your brain and the brain research that is being done at the University of Utah and around the world.

eduroam

eduroam allows students, researchers, teachers and staff from Utah college and K-12 schools to securely connect to the internet across campuses, districts and schools by simply opening their computing device.

eMedia

eMedia is an Internet video distribution service provided by UEN delivering licensed video and other educational media to Utah's schools.

English Language Learners (ELL)

A collection of of resources to help educators with English Language Learners.

Finance in the Classroom

These personal finance materials for K-12 educators, students and parents were developed to help you prepare Utah's youth to be money smart.

Holocaust and Genocide Education

Resources to help teachers teach about the holocaust and genocide.

More Than A Flag

Find materials to spark conversations about our common values, unite around our shared identity, and learn how to provide ideas and concepts for a new Utah state flag design. 

Multimedia Resources

A great list of web sites that provide free sounds, images, and videos that can be used in your classroom and multimedia presentations.

Parent & Caregiver Resources

Parents, guardians, and caregivers play a vital role in student success. Parents face similar issues from helping a beginning reader to applying for college financial aid. The resources listed here provide great ideas for building the home-school partnership.

Special Education Resources

Special Education information on national and state legislation and professional organizations.

Themepark

UEN's Themepark pages provide you hundreds of resources that support global themes such as Communication, Cycles, Exploration, Imagination, Systems and Patterns.

Utah Courses and Supportive Lesson Plans and Links

In addition to viewing the standards and objectives for every one of Utah's K-12 courses, you can find supportive Internet resources and lesson plans.

Utah Educational Leadership Standards

These clear and consistent Educational Leadership standards can help school leaders understand their roles and leadershop practices.

Utah Kids Ready to Read

A local early literacy program designed to help children develop as independent, lifelong readers.

Utah Museums

Utah has some excellent museums all over the state and here is a list of of their web sites.

Utah National Parks

Learn about Utah's 5 National Parks, submit a story about one of the parks, play games, or find resources for educators.

Utah's Open Textbooks

These textbooks were created by Utah content experts and the USBE staff to help support the Utah Core Standards.

William Shakespeare Resources

Online resources and lesson plans to help you bring William Shakespeare into your classroom.

Digital Books

Here are digital textbooks created by groups of content and teaching experts, including university faculty, district and school specialists, teachers, and USBE staff.

Elementary Mathematics Core Guides

The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) and educators around the state of Utah developed these guides as a support for educators.

Math Courses and Resources

Attention Math educators: visit UEN's Math page to view the Utah Mathematics core and support materials.

Math Shorts Videos

The following videos were developed as part of the Math at the Core: Middle School project that is focused on providing resources to help educators teach critical middle school math concepts.

Secondary Mathematics Core Guides

The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) and educators around the state of Utah developed these guides as a support for educators.

Texas Instruments Classroom Activities

Browse and download free, standards-aligned activities designed for the the Texas Instruments (TI) graphing calculators.

Early Learning Resources

Quality early learning resources for educators of students ages 3-6.

Utah Kids Ready to Read

A local early literacy program designed to help children develop as independent, lifelong readers.

Charles Darwin Links

Celebrate Charles Darwin's 200th birthday with these educational web sites, classroom activities and lesson plans.

Cheese Science

Did you know that there is a lot of science behind cheese? Learn the details of cheese making from real food scientists and have fun playing games and exploring cheese from around the world.

Curriculum - Governor's Office of Energy Development

The Governor’s Office of Energy Development partnered with the Utah Science Teachers Association to create a robust library of state-standard lesson plans for elementary, middle and high school students.

Digital Books

Here are digital textbooks created by groups of content and teaching experts, including university faculty, district and school specialists, teachers, and USBE staff.

Earth Day

Celebrate Earth Day with these educational web sites, classroom activities, television programs, videos and lesson plans.

Loveland Living Planet Aquarium Video Series

Every month, the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium will explore thought-provoking questions, amazing animals, weird science, investigations of our local environments, and more.

Research Quest

Developed by the Natural History Museum of Utah, this program engages middle school students in online investigations that use museum objects and scientific research to support deeper learning.

Science Courses and Resources

Attention Science educators: visit UEN's Science page to view the Utah Science core and support materials.

Secondary Science Lesson Plans

Science lesson plans that support the Utah Core Standards. All of the plans were created by educators and approved by the Utah State Office of Education.

Shmoop for School - Science

Free Learning Guides, Online Courses, College Readiness Prep, and Test Prep balance a teen-friendly, approachable style with academically rigorous materials to help students understand why they should care.

Smithsonian Science Education Center

The Smithsonian Science Education Center provides curriculum resouces, professinal development, outreach and more.

Super Science Resources (7-12)

A collection of excellent web resources to help 7-12th grade Science educators teach the Utah core.

Texas Instruments Classroom Activities

Browse and download free, standards-aligned activities designed for the the Texas Instruments (TI) graphing calculators.

The Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom is an online, free to use physics website developed primarily for beginning physics students and their teachers.

9/11 Anniversary Resources

UEN gathered these 9/11 resources to help educators and students commemorate the event.

Abraham Lincoln's 200th Birthday

Celebrate the 200th birthday of our 16th president by learning more about his life and completing these classroom activities.

African American History Month Resources

February is African American History Month - a great time to investigate the contributions that African Americans have made to the history and cultural development of the United States.

American Colonial History - Mission US

Dive headfirst into Mission US - a free online video game set in Colonial times and then explore additional American Colonial History resources.

American Indian Resources

Find current, culturally informed resources for teaching and learning about Utah’s indigenous communities, heroes and events, present and past.

Anne Frank - Teacher Workbook

This Teacher's Guide provides resources to aid in teaching about Anne Frank and the Holocaust. You will find lesson plans, readings, timelines and more.

Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month

May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month - During Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, communities commemorate the achievements and contributions of people who are Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) with community festivals, government-sponsored activities and educational activities for students. 

Asian American Resources

Find current, culturally informed resources for teaching and learning about Asian American communities in the United States and Utah. Resources include teacher background information, books, lesson plans and web resources.

Civil Rights

Learn about the Civil Rights Movement - from 1954 to present day. You can also access related lesson plans.

Colonial Williamsburg

You will find web sites, documents and resources about Colonial Williamsburg, as well as information about the Colonial Williamsburg Electronic Field Trip.

Constitution Day Resources

September 17th has been designated as Constitution Day. Use these resources to help gain a deeper appreciation and understanding of our nation's founding document.

Election Day

UEN has gathered high quality Election resources for Educators, Students and Parents.

Elementary Social Studies Resources

UEN worked with the Utah State Office of Education to gather web sites, activities and lesson plans that support the Elementary Social Studies core.

Freedom Rides Educator Resources

In depth resources about the Freedom Rides and the brave civil rights pioneers.

GettyReady

In celebration of the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, you are invited to join Utah students and families in memorizing and applying the principles contained in this two-minute speech. 

Heritage Gateways

In addition to documenting the Mormon Trail Wagon Train reenactment, visitors can find lesson plans and stories of the children who experienced the trek over 150 years ago.

Holocaust and Genocide Education

Resources to help teachers teach about the holocaust and genocide.

Honoring Veterans

Classroom resources for Veterans Day and conducting veteran oral history projects.

Inauguration Day

Great resources and activities to help you and your students learn more about the inauguration ceremonies.

Juneteenth Freedom Day

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States.

Latino Resources

Find current, culturally informed resources for teaching and learning about Utah’s Latino communities, heroes and events.

Marbury vs. Madison

This 1803 decision marked the first time the U.S. Supreme Court declared a federal law unconstitutional. Here are some educational web sites to help you learn more about this historic decision.

More Than A Flag

Find materials to spark conversations about our common values, unite around our shared identity, and learn how to provide ideas and concepts for a new Utah state flag design. 

National Hispanic Heritage Month

Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.

Ouelessebougou

Explore Ouelessebougou (Wuh-less-uh-boo-goo) - a region located in the country of Mali in Western Africa. This colorful site has many photos of the people and their lifestyle.

Our World

Name a country that has no pollution, where there is no crime, and the citizens are the longest lived people on Earth? Experience Iceland and all of the other countries in "Our World".

Sacred Images: A Vision of Native American Rock Art

This K-12 curriculum was developed to teach students about the culture and customs of the earliest inhabitants of our state.

Teaching with Utah History

These Utah-based lessons and primary sources are geared for upper elementary and secondary students. They offer local examples of major themes in American and Utah history, world history, geography, economics, earth science/ecology/environmental studies, and more.

Transcontinental Railroad

The joining of the rails at Promontory Summit on May 10, 1869, marked the beginning of a new era for the nation, the West, and for Utah. These resources help us understand the many ways the railroad transformed life in Utah.

United States Constitution eMedia Hub

The United States Constitution eMedia hub is a collection of civics and history resources intended to support educators in teaching about the Constitution of the United States of America.

U.S. Civics Information

UEN's Civics web site provides basic information about our government, citizenship and the election process. Take a moment to review your civic duties and responsibilities.

Utah and U.S. Flag Resources

Resources to help you learn about the United States and Utah flag as well as flag etiquette, flag related lesson plans and student activities.

Utah Counties

This colorful and informative web site explores Utah's 29 counties. You will find interesting facts, photos, and links for each Utah county.

Utah History Encyclopedia

The Utah History Encyclopedia is the first complete history of Utah in encyclopedia form, consisting of 575 articles and over 200 historic photographs.

Utah Museums

Utah has some excellent museums all over the state and here is a list of of their web sites.

Utah National Parks

Learn about Utah's 5 National Parks, submit a story about one of the parks, play games, or find resources for educators.

Utah Studies: Primary Source Sets

Our Past Their Present offers primary source sets on Utah history topics such as Japanese Internment and Women during World War II.  Created by the Utah Division of State History to meet Social Studies Core Standards. 

VoteUtah

Visit the VoteUtah website regularly for updates on the political process, candidate profiles and debate information.

We Shall Remain

Lesson plans and resources that support the KUED-7 documentaries that tell the stories of the Ute, Paiute, Northwestern Shoshone, Goshute, and Navajo people.

Women Making Utah History

High-quality resources for K-12 social studies and language arts classrooms that center around Utah women's advocacy.

Curriculum - Governor's Office of Energy Development

The Governor’s Office of Energy Development partnered with the Utah Science Teachers Association to create a robust library of state-standard lesson plans for elementary, middle and high school students.

Earth Day

Celebrate Earth Day with these educational web sites, classroom activities, television programs, videos and lesson plans.

Gear Up U

The free resources on this comprehensive website will help students develop their spatial thinking skills, which in turn will set them on the path to obtaining a STEM career.

GIS / GPS Resources

A collection of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) resources.

HTML Tags (basic)

HTML is short for Hypertext Markup Language, the text-based language used to write web pages. Sometimes it is handy to know basic HTML tags when posting content to the Internet.

Loveland Living Planet Aquarium Video Series

Every month, the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium will explore thought-provoking questions, amazing animals, weird science, investigations of our local environments, and more.

Math Courses and Resources

Attention Math educators: visit UEN's Math page to view the Utah Mathematics core and support materials.

Math Shorts Videos

The following videos were developed as part of the Math at the Core: Middle School project that is focused on providing resources to help educators teach critical middle school math concepts.

Research Quest

Developed by the Natural History Museum of Utah, this program engages middle school students in online investigations that use museum objects and scientific research to support deeper learning.

Science Courses and Resources

Attention Science educators: visit UEN's Science page to view the Utah Science core and support materials.

Secondary Science Lesson Plans

Science lesson plans that support the Utah Core Standards. All of the plans were created by educators and approved by the Utah State Office of Education.

Shmoop for School - Science

Free Learning Guides, Online Courses, College Readiness Prep, and Test Prep balance a teen-friendly, approachable style with academically rigorous materials to help students understand why they should care.

Smithsonian Science Education Center

The Smithsonian Science Education Center provides curriculum resouces, professinal development, outreach and more.

Super Science Resources (7-12)

A collection of excellent web resources to help 7-12th grade Science educators teach the Utah core.

Texas Instruments Classroom Activities

Browse and download free, standards-aligned activities designed for the the Texas Instruments (TI) graphing calculators.

The Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom is an online, free to use physics website developed primarily for beginning physics students and their teachers.

College Resources

Here are some web sites to help students, parents, high school counselors, and others get information about college choices.

Finance in the Classroom

These personal finance materials for K-12 educators, students and parents were developed to help you prepare Utah's youth to be money smart.

Gear Up U

The free resources on this comprehensive website will help students develop their spatial thinking skills, which in turn will set them on the path to obtaining a STEM career.

Multimedia Resources

A great list of web sites that provide free sounds, images, and videos that can be used in your classroom and multimedia presentations.

Research Quest

Developed by the Natural History Museum of Utah, this program engages middle school students in online investigations that use museum objects and scientific research to support deeper learning.

Service Projects

Students: are you look for good Service Projects ideas? Here is a comprehensive list.

Summer Learning Activities

Take advantage of the long summer days with UEN's collection of learning activities and online games.

Utah Counties

This colorful and informative web site explores Utah's 29 counties. You will find interesting facts, photos, and links for each Utah county.

Digital Books

Here are digital textbooks created by groups of content and teaching experts, including university faculty, district and school specialists, teachers, and USBE staff.

Elementary Mathematics Core Guides

The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) and educators around the state of Utah developed these guides as a support for educators.

Elementary Performance Tasks

These Performance Task Templates and Lesson Plans, developed by Utah educators, align to the Elementary Utah Core.

Elementary Social Studies Resources

UEN worked with the Utah State Office of Education to gather web sites, activities and lesson plans that support the Elementary Social Studies core.

Finance in the Classroom

These personal finance materials for K-12 educators, students and parents were developed to help you prepare Utah's youth to be money smart.

Literacy Resources

These literacy resources have been gathered to help District Literacy Coordinators and Instructional Coaches with their professional development activities.

Presidential Writings Project

Utah’s secondary educators have designed well scaffolded lessons that support the increased cognitive rigor of the Utah literacy standards. The focus of this project is presidential writings.

Reading and Writing Rubrics

Here "Close Reading Rubrics" and "Argumentative Writing Rubrics" for Secondary English Language Arts.

Secondary Mathematics Core Guides

The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) and educators around the state of Utah developed these guides as a support for educators.

USBE Student Data Privacy

USBE gathered Student Data Privacy materials, events, laws and policies for parents, teachers and LEAs.

Utah Educational Leadership Standards

These clear and consistent Educational Leadership standards can help school leaders understand their roles and leadershop practices.

Utah's K-12 Literacy Framework

This guide includes strategies for improving literacy achievement and outcomes for children in grades K–12.

Utah's Open Textbooks

These textbooks were created by Utah content experts and the USBE staff to help support the Utah Core Standards.

Utah's Promising Practices

This site is dedicated to disseminating practices, initiatives and programs that have a positive impact on the educational opportunities for students and families.

Writing Collection Project

Samples for grades K-12 for information and opinion/argument writing.

Adult Ed Hub

Online resource designed to support adult educators across the state.

Heritage Gateways

In addition to documenting the Mormon Trail Wagon Train reenactment, visitors can find lesson plans and stories of the children who experienced the trek over 150 years ago.

Juneteenth Freedom Day

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States.

More Than A Flag

Find materials to spark conversations about our common values, unite around our shared identity, and learn how to provide ideas and concepts for a new Utah state flag design. 

Sacred Images: A Vision of Native American Rock Art

This K-12 curriculum was developed to teach students about the culture and customs of the earliest inhabitants of our state.

Teaching with Utah History

These Utah-based lessons and primary sources are geared for upper elementary and secondary students. They offer local examples of major themes in American and Utah history, world history, geography, economics, earth science/ecology/environmental studies, and more.

Transcontinental Railroad

The joining of the rails at Promontory Summit on May 10, 1869, marked the beginning of a new era for the nation, the West, and for Utah. These resources help us understand the many ways the railroad transformed life in Utah.

Utah and U.S. Flag Resources

Resources to help you learn about the United States and Utah flag as well as flag etiquette, flag related lesson plans and student activities.

Utah Counties

This colorful and informative web site explores Utah's 29 counties. You will find interesting facts, photos, and links for each Utah county.

Utah History Encyclopedia

The Utah History Encyclopedia is the first complete history of Utah in encyclopedia form, consisting of 575 articles and over 200 historic photographs.

Utah Museums

Utah has some excellent museums all over the state and here is a list of of their web sites.

Utah National Parks

Learn about Utah's 5 National Parks, submit a story about one of the parks, play games, or find resources for educators.

Elementary Social Studies Resources

UEN worked with the Utah State Office of Education to gather web sites, activities and lesson plans that support the Elementary Social Studies core.

English Language Arts Courses and Resources

Visit UEN's English Language Arts page to view the Utah core and support materials.

Math Courses and Resources

Attention Math educators: visit UEN's Math page to view the Utah Mathematics core and support materials.

Science Courses and Resources

Attention Science educators: visit UEN's Science page to view the Utah Science core and support materials.

Utah Courses and Supportive Lesson Plans and Links

In addition to viewing the standards and objectives for every one of Utah's K-12 courses, you can find supportive Internet resources and lesson plans.

Utah Educational Leadership Standards

These clear and consistent Educational Leadership standards can help school leaders understand their roles and leadershop practices.

Utah World Languages Core Standards

A description of the competencies a Utah world language learner should demonstrate.

World and Dual Languages

The Utah Education Network provides several resources to support the World and Dual Language classrooms.