Literacy Plan for Kentucky

A fully interactive guide through Kentucky's Literacy Plan.

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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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.

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.

Effective Video-Based Lessons

We offer you some hints, gathered over long experience of helping educators integrate video into their teaching, about how to make the most of VITAL video in your lessons.

Formative Assessment in Practice: Module 2: Administrative Leadership

This module is targeted to school administrators, SBDM members, and school board members and looks at the role administrators play in helping teachers effectively assess students formatively.

Kentucky Literacy Resources by Standard

A collection of resources detailing literacy standards for all grade levels in Kentucky.

Transforming Education in Kentucky: Module 2

Revised State Content Standards: Module 2 explores the new content standards as well as the process underway in Kentucky to adopt the Common Core State Standards and to develop new standards for the entire curriculum. Module 2 of Transforming Education in Kentucky.

Reusing Wastewater

This video demonstrates how peat filtration beds at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest near Louisville, Kentucky purify and conserve wastewater and eliminate one cause of non-point-source water pollution.

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The Three Levels of Biodiversity

This interactive adapted from Kentucky's Natural Heritage: An Illustrated Guide to Biodiversity, introduces learners to the three levels of biodiversity: genetic, species, and ecosystem.

Tunneling for Water: Understanding the Riverbank Filtration System

This video explores the importance of groundwater, the use of wells, and the unique nature of Louisville Water Company’s riverbank filtration system.

Using Teachers' Domain in the Classroom Workshop

This workshop introduces teachers to strategies for using Teachers' Domain resources in the classroom.

Backyard Birdfeeders

This video from WPSU’s series Outside suggests how to feed birds in winter, a hobby that can foster awareness, care, and respect for birds.

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