UEN Resources for K-12 Education

This course prepares students to understand the nature, function, and significance of individual and family relationships integrated with general financial literacy.

This course prepares students to understand the nature, function, and significance of human relationships involving individuals and families.

A curriculum guide that outlines the content and teaching strategies to help teach students about Child Development.

The intent of this guide is to help educators who teach the nutrition and foods science curriculum. Topics include safe and sanitary work habits, reading a recipe and basic lab procedures.

This course prepares individuals to understand the psychological aspects of clothing and textiles.

This course is designed to allow students to develop clothing construction and consumer skills.

Digital Media Arts Education encompasses digital arts + interconnectivity across all aesthetic, artistic and academic elements, forms, contents, disciplines and domains, for the purposes of learning and creating. 

A curriculum guide that prepares individuals for child-related careers and/or more extensive parenting skills.

This course helps students learn life skills and develop skills in food & nutrition, childcare & safety, interior design, clothing construction & style, consumerism, family relationships, personal responsibility, and job-related tasks.

Materials that have been shared via the Family and Consumer Sciences mailing list.

An instructional course that prepares individuals to understand the social, psychological, and physiological aspects of clothing and textiles.

This curriculum guide provides Foods and Nutrition educators basic information and learning activities. It is organized around the reasons why we eat.

This guide is intended for use as a semester course in basic nutrition and foods at the 9th or 10th grade level. Sections contain units of detailed study with scientific and technical information, teaching strategies and resources.

A curriculum guide that outlines the content and teaching strategies to help teach students with disabilities to become independent in the kitchen.

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.

This course enables students to explore their creativity in the field of interior design.

USBE developed this law enforcement and criminal justice student manual in cooperation with the Unified Police of Greater Salt Lake.

This course is designed to prepare students with skills to live independently. Skills are developed to help students manage their needs in the areas of interpersonal relationships, housing, clothing, nutrition, and food.

This course helps students understand and cope with personal, family, and social challenges. Emphasis is placed on communication, decision-making skills, and building stable relationships with family and peers.

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

A Guide for Educators

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

Digital Media Arts Education encompasses digital arts + interconnectivity across all aesthetic, artistic and academic elements, forms, contents, disciplines and domains, for the purposes of learning and creating. 

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

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

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

Free educational resources for middle school, high school and college students and instructors - including video demonstrations, interactives and test prep.

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

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.

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

These sample assessments for Secondary English Language Arts have been vetted by select Utah Educators and the USBE English Language Arts Specialist.

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

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

Text sets and writing prompts for grades K-12.

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

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

A collection of books written and illustrated by Utah students. 

This course prepares students to understand the nature, function, and significance of individual and family relationships integrated with general financial literacy.

This course prepares students to understand the nature, function, and significance of human relationships involving individuals and families.

A curriculum guide that outlines the content and teaching strategies to help teach students about Child Development.

The intent of this guide is to help educators who teach the nutrition and foods science curriculum. Topics include safe and sanitary work habits, reading a recipe and basic lab procedures.

This course prepares individuals to understand the psychological aspects of clothing and textiles.

This course is designed to allow students to develop clothing construction and consumer skills.

Digital Media Arts Education encompasses digital arts + interconnectivity across all aesthetic, artistic and academic elements, forms, contents, disciplines and domains, for the purposes of learning and creating. 

A curriculum guide that prepares individuals for child-related careers and/or more extensive parenting skills.

This course helps students learn life skills and develop skills in food & nutrition, childcare & safety, interior design, clothing construction & style, consumerism, family relationships, personal responsibility, and job-related tasks.

Materials that have been shared via the Family and Consumer Sciences mailing list.

An instructional course that prepares individuals to understand the social, psychological, and physiological aspects of clothing and textiles.

This curriculum guide provides Foods and Nutrition educators basic information and learning activities. It is organized around the reasons why we eat.

This guide is intended for use as a semester course in basic nutrition and foods at the 9th or 10th grade level. Sections contain units of detailed study with scientific and technical information, teaching strategies and resources.

A curriculum guide that outlines the content and teaching strategies to help teach students with disabilities to become independent in the kitchen.

This course enables students to explore their creativity in the field of interior design.

This course is designed to prepare students with skills to live independently. Skills are developed to help students manage their needs in the areas of interpersonal relationships, housing, clothing, nutrition, and food.

This course helps students understand and cope with personal, family, and social challenges. Emphasis is placed on communication, decision-making skills, and building stable relationships with family and peers.

UEN's Professional Development team has developed dozens of "9 Ideas For…" documents. Check them out today to learn about different technology tools and resources.

Curated resources about diversity, anti-racism and protests in response to current events from public media stations and others.

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.

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. 

Spend some time with "Bloom's Taxonomy in the Classroom" to explore ideas for integrating Bloom’s Taxonomy into daily classroom curricular activities.

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

A Public Television series about Citizen Science, Crowdsourcing and Mobile Tech.

This back-to-school resource page is focused on eliminating the time-consuming process of searching through resources to find the answers you need.

Digital Media Arts Education encompasses digital arts + interconnectivity across all aesthetic, artistic and academic elements, forms, contents, disciplines and domains, for the purposes of learning and creating. 

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

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

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

Thinking about Flipping your Classroom? Here is some information and resources to help you.

This resource provides a starting point for teachers to install activities that stimulate the brain through physical activity.

Resources to help teachers teach about the holocaust and genocide.

A collection of web sites and resources that can be used on your Interactive Whiteboard.

Excellent resources to help K, 1, 2 educators: Developmentally Appropriate Teaching, Curriculum Mapping, Early Childhood Process Skills, Learning Centers and more.

UEN has thousands of lesson plans that are tied to the Utah Core Standards. All of the plans have been created by educators and approved by the Utah State Office of Education.

Lucid for Education is a suite of visual applications that combine the creative power of diagramming and design to help students understand their own thinking, actively participate in their learning, and gain crucial digital skills.

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. 

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

Free educational resources for middle school, high school and college students and instructors - including video demonstrations, interactives and test prep.

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.

Quality early childhood resources for youngsters age 3-6, parents, and caregivers.

USBE's collection of age-appropriate lessons and resources with the goal of decreasing risk factors and promoting protective factors.

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

Utah Code 53A-1-603 requires suicide prevention training for licensed employees. This online training is intended as an introductory to other training that your district will want to provide.

The goal of the site is to orient Utah educators, local agencies and support staff about school integration as new students begin their lives in Utah.

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

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.

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

The Utah Effective Teaching Standards articulate what effective teaching and learning look like in the Utah public education system.

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

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

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

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

The Utah State Board of Education developed this collection of resources for counselors, educators and parents.

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

Digital Media Arts Education encompasses digital arts + interconnectivity across all aesthetic, artistic and academic elements, forms, contents, disciplines and domains, for the purposes of learning and creating. 

This curriculum guide provides Foods and Nutrition educators basic information and learning activities. It is organized around the reasons why we eat.

This guide is intended for use as a semester course in basic nutrition and foods at the 9th or 10th grade level. Sections contain units of detailed study with scientific and technical information, teaching strategies and resources.

Help students think critically while learning about Health Education using Bloom's Taxonomy.

This resource provides a starting point for teachers to install activities that stimulate the brain through physical activity.

This course is designed to prepare students with skills to live independently. Skills are developed to help students manage their needs in the areas of interpersonal relationships, housing, clothing, nutrition, and food.

USBE's collection of age-appropriate lessons and resources with the goal of decreasing risk factors and promoting protective factors.

Utah Code 53A-1-603 requires suicide prevention training for licensed employees. This online training is intended as an introductory to other training that your district will want to provide.

The Utah State Board of Education developed this collection of resources for counselors, educators and parents.

UEN's Professional Development team has developed dozens of "9 Ideas For…" documents. Check them out today to learn about different technology tools and resources.

Here is a collection of Big 6 Resources for teachers and students. You will find lesson plans, activities and graphic organizers.

The following resources are designed to assist faculty, distance learning administrators, multimedia developers and students navigate the murky waters in a sea of new copyright law.

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.

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

NetSafe Utah provides teachers, caregivers and students Internet safety information, lesson plans, videos and training opportunities.

Learn about RSS Feeds - what they are, how to subscribe and a list of popular feeds.

Utah's one-of-a-kind online library provides free access to reference collections such as EBSCO, Gale Reference Collection & World Book. Check out the classroom activity ideas.

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

Digital Media Arts Education encompasses digital arts + interconnectivity across all aesthetic, artistic and academic elements, forms, contents, disciplines and domains, for the purposes of learning and creating. 

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

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

This project represents a collaborative effort by the Utah State Board of Education, the Utah Education Network, and talented, dedicated Utah teachers to create a usable and teacher-friendly interactive core resource. The intended result is to provide a useful tool that educators can use to teach math in a meaningful and engaging way.

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.

Free educational resources for middle school, high school and college students and instructors - including video demonstrations, interactives and test prep.

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

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

Texas Instruments has prepared a number of resources to support both teachers and students in remote learning.

6th-8th Grade Mathematics Textbook Materials.

Curated resources about diversity, anti-racism and protests in response to current events from public media stations and others.

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.

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

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. 

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.

Quality early childhood resources for youngsters age 3-6, parents, and caregivers.

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

Help students think critically while learning about Animal Adaptations using Bloom's Taxonomy.

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

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.

UEN's Climate Science web page provides educators and students information about the science and impacts of climate change.

A Public Television series about Citizen Science, Crowdsourcing and Mobile Tech.

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.

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

Digital Media Arts Education encompasses digital arts + interconnectivity across all aesthetic, artistic and academic elements, forms, contents, disciplines and domains, for the purposes of learning and creating. 

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

Help students think critically while learning about Health Education using Bloom's Taxonomy.

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

Free educational resources for middle school, high school and college students and instructors - including video demonstrations, interactives and test prep.

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.

Utah students and educators across academic disciplines and organizations are working together to understand the wisdom of Pando Populus, the oldest and largest living organism on the planet.

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

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.

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.

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

Help students think critically while learning about Space using Bloom's Taxonomy.

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

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

Texas Instruments has prepared a number of resources to support both teachers and students in remote learning.

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

Water Wise Utah is a project designed to encourage Utah Citizens to conserve the limited water resources in Utah.

UEN gathered Internet resources and online games to help students learn about weather. In addition, the Online Cloud Guide provides excellent illustrations of the different cloud types.

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

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

Curated resources about diversity, anti-racism and protests in response to current events from public media stations and others.

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 Civics Education Initiative, S.B. 60, was passed in the Utah legislative session of 2015. This law requires the successful passage of a basic civics test or an alternate assessment as a condition of graduation.

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

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

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.

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. 

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

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

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.

Digital Media Arts Education encompasses digital arts + interconnectivity across all aesthetic, artistic and academic elements, forms, contents, disciplines and domains, for the purposes of learning and creating. 

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

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

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

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. 

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

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.

Resources to help teachers teach about the holocaust and genocide.

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

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

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.

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. 

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.

Free educational resources for middle school, high school and college students and instructors - including video demonstrations, interactives and test prep.

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.

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".

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

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.

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.

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.

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

These Utah related lesson plans were created in 1996 to help educators and students celebrate 100 years of statehood.

These lessons will provide an understanding of the ways in which geography, history, culture, and tradition have made Utah such a unique and fascinating place to live.

A project designed to give educators, students and the general public ready access to digital collections of Utah-related information and media items, about the history, culture, geography, and landforms of the state.

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

This Utah Counties WebQuest puts you in charge of the family vacation.

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

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

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

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. 

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

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

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

Help students think critically while learning about Animal Adaptations using Bloom's Taxonomy.

UEN's Climate Science web page provides educators and students information about the science and impacts of climate change.

A Public Television series about Citizen Science, Crowdsourcing and Mobile Tech.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

This project represents a collaborative effort by the Utah State Board of Education, the Utah Education Network, and talented, dedicated Utah teachers to create a usable and teacher-friendly interactive core resource. The intended result is to provide a useful tool that educators can use to teach math in a meaningful and engaging way.

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.

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.

Utah students and educators across academic disciplines and organizations are working together to understand the wisdom of Pando Populus, the oldest and largest living organism on the planet.

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

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.

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.

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

Help students think critically while learning about Space using Bloom's Taxonomy.

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

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

Texas Instruments has prepared a number of resources to support both teachers and students in remote learning.

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

6th-8th Grade Mathematics Textbook Materials.

UEN gathered Internet resources and online games to help students learn about weather. In addition, the Online Cloud Guide provides excellent illustrations of the different cloud types.

UEN has gathered a list of excellent web sites that provide career and educational planning resources.

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

Digital Media Arts Education encompasses digital arts + interconnectivity across all aesthetic, artistic and academic elements, forms, contents, disciplines and domains, for the purposes of learning and creating. 

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.

Students - is homework getting you down? UEN is here to help. Check out this great collection of online resources, tutorials and experts.

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

Free educational resources for middle school, high school and college students and instructors - including video demonstrations, interactives and test prep.

Don't wait until your senior year to take the ACT or the SAT test, to take tough classes or decide to go to college. Here is a helpful timetable for 9th-12 graders.

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.

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

Visit one of UEN's most popular web resource - a comprehensive list of educational online games for K-12 students. Warning: Once you start playing - it will be difficult to stop.

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

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

This Utah Counties WebQuest puts you in charge of the family vacation.

UEN's Apps4Edu helps you find educational applications for mobile devices that support the Utah Core Curriculum. Search by keyword or select a core area, grade level, mobile device or price.

With UEN's Curriculum Search it's easy to find educational links, lesson plans and the standard and objectives for the courses you teach.

This back-to-school resource page is focused on eliminating the time-consuming process of searching through resources to find the answers you need.

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

my.uen provides access to the UEN Lesson Plan and Rubric tools, CACTUS, Canvas, eMedia and other resources.

Create a standalone learning module, lesson, assignment, assessment or activity.

Use UEN's Rubric Tool to create your own assessment rubric from scratch - or customize one of the many pre-made rubrics.

The Utah Education Network offers a lot of resources for K-12 Utah educators. The Teacher Toolbox will show you everything at a glance. This is a great way for both new and experienced educators to explore UEN.

Utah's one-of-a-kind online library provides free access to reference collections such as EBSCO, Gale Reference Collection & World Book. Check out the classroom activity ideas.

A Guide for Educators

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

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

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

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

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

This resource provides a starting point for teachers to install activities that stimulate the brain through physical activity.

USBE developed this law enforcement and criminal justice student manual in cooperation with the Unified Police of Greater Salt Lake.

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

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.

USBE's collection of age-appropriate lessons and resources with the goal of decreasing risk factors and promoting protective factors.

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

These sample assessments for Secondary English Language Arts have been vetted by select Utah Educators and the USBE English Language Arts Specialist.

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

Utah Code 53A-1-603 requires suicide prevention training for licensed employees. This online training is intended as an introductory to other training that your district will want to provide.

The goal of the site is to orient Utah educators, local agencies and support staff about school integration as new students begin their lives in Utah.

Text sets and writing prompts for grades K-12.

6th-8th Grade Mathematics Textbook Materials.

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

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

The Utah Effective Teaching Standards articulate what effective teaching and learning look like in the Utah public education system.

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

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

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

The Utah State Board of Education developed this collection of resources for counselors, educators and parents.

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

A collection of books written and illustrated by Utah students. 

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

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. 

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

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.

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.

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

These Utah related lesson plans were created in 1996 to help educators and students celebrate 100 years of statehood.

These lessons will provide an understanding of the ways in which geography, history, culture, and tradition have made Utah such a unique and fascinating place to live.

A project designed to give educators, students and the general public ready access to digital collections of Utah-related information and media items, about the history, culture, geography, and landforms of the state.

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

This Utah Counties WebQuest puts you in charge of the family vacation.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This project represents a collaborative effort by the Utah State Board of Education, the Utah Education Network, and talented, dedicated Utah teachers to create a usable and teacher-friendly interactive core resource. The intended result is to provide a useful tool that educators can use to teach math in a meaningful and engaging way.

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

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.

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

The Utah Effective Teaching Standards articulate what effective teaching and learning look like in the Utah public education system.

Digital Media Arts Education encompasses digital arts + interconnectivity across all aesthetic, artistic and academic elements, forms, contents, disciplines and domains, for the purposes of learning and creating. 

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

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