Literacy Plan for Kentucky

A fully interactive guide through Kentucky's Literacy Plan.

Acid Mine Drainage and Precipitates

In this video, environmental scientists measure the pH of water to detect acid mine drainage from an abandoned coal mine and then demonstrate how metals present in acid drainage fall out of solution as precipitates when a basic substance is added to the water.

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Arts in the Renaissance: Palestrina

Bruce Heim, a University of Louisville music professor, discusses and demonstrates key characteristics of Renaissance music including counterpoint and homophony. The segment concludes with the Louisville Brass performing an arrangement of Renaissance composer Palestrina's "Sicut cervus."

Classroom Tips

From managing the technology to tips for transporting video files, this resource offers practical advice and strategies for video use.

Controlling Water Run-off

This video shows how the environmentally friendly design of the Visitor Center at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest near Louisville slows down water run-off and helps to control non-point-source water pollution, conserve water, and prevent soil erosion

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GED Professional Development Geometry Course Overview

In the Course Overview, you will find the description and objectives of the course, along with an outline of the four sections and their respective lessons. You will also find instructions on how to begin and progress through the course.

Explicit Lesson Plan

An example of a lesson plan.

Formative Assessment in Practice: Module 1: Overview

This series of modules looks at formative assessment—assessment for learning—and its role in increasing student achievement and motivation. Module 1 defines formative assessment and looks at how it fits into a balanced assessment system.

Think Garden: The History of Food

This video provides a brief history of cultivated food. Take a trip through the woods as a hunter-gatherer; see how Native Americans used companion crops like the Three Sisters; and get a closer look at where the tomato got its start. Also learn about how cultivated food is preserved.

Introduction to Teachers' Domain Workshop

This workshop introduces the Teachers' Domain Web site, including how to register and how to find, select, and use the online resources.

Kentucky System of Interventions

This resource provides an overview of the Kentucky System of Interventions (KSI) to assist schools and districts as they develop systems of interventions for their students.

Lines, Angles, and Triangles: Lesson 1 - Introducing Lines and Angles

Introducing Lines and Angles is the first of eight self-paced lessons in the “Lines, Angles, and Triangles” section of KET’s GED^® Geometry Professional Development Online Course.

Module 1: Preparing To Teach Proportional Reasoning

This teaching module introduces proportional reasoning in the classroom and its place in the Common Core Mathematics Standards, the related teacher resources available at the Scale City website, and what students should know and be able to do to understand proportional reasoning. Module 1 of Using Scale City to Teach Proportional Reasoning.

Measurement: Lesson 1- Standard Measurement

Standard Measurement is the first of five self-paced lessons in the “Measurement” section of KET’s GED^® Geometry Professional Development Online Course.

Perimeter, Area, and Volume: Lesson 1 - Plane and Solid Figures

Plane and Solid Figures is the first of seven self-paced lessons in the “Perimeter, Area, and Volume” section of KET’s GED^® Geometry Professional Development Online Course.

Transforming Education in Kentucky: Module 1

Overview of 2009 Kentucky Senate Bill 1: Learn more about the next generation of school reform in Kentucky and how it compares to the previous education system. State and national education leaders reflect on why education reform is needed to ensure high school graduates are college and career ready. Module 1 of Transforming Education in Kentucky.

Tunneling for Water: Geology and the Ohio River Tunnel Project

This video explains the importance of the Ohio River as a source of drinking water, its geologic origin, the rock strata exposed when Louisville Water Company dug a tunnel beside the river to access the water, and the meaning of the terms “aquifer” and “filtration."

What is Biodiversity?

This excerpt from the KET Kentucky Life Biodiversity series, offers a brief overview of what we mean when we refer to the biodiversity of a particular area or region.

WorkKeys® Locating Information - Level 3

Click here for additional video, worksheets, suggested uses, discussion questions, and more resources designed to help learners with Level 3 of the WorkKeys Locating Information assessment.

The Changing Face of War

In this lesson students watch and discuss videos from the PBS series Women, War & Peace to explore what warfare in the “new world order” means for the millions of people—especially women—affected by today’s intense but often obscure conflicts.