Teacher Resources
The resources listed on this page can help other teachers develop their own concept-based curriculum units.
| Resource | Description | Archival Portfolio Data |
| Getting the Big Idea Handout | This handout gives excellent information, and includes a planning worksheet that I used extensively throughout my practicum experience. It has clear explanations, and is a great way to organize your information. |  |
| Elementary Science Concept List | One of the things that I struggled with upon beginning my concept-based units was thinking of appropriate concepts. Finding lists like these helped clarify my ideas. |  |
| Understanding Concept-Based Unit Design | This website gives a great explanation of concept-based units, and provides more examples that are very helpful. |  |
| Paper for Teaching for High Potential | This is a draft of a paper that I am writing about my experiences for the National Association for Gifted Children journal, Teaching for High Potential. As I continue to implement concept-based units, I am adding more information and insight to my paper. |  |
| Albermarle County Public Schools Curriculum Page | Albermarle County employs the concept-based model throughout their district, and they have great resources online to help their teachers plan instruction. |  |
| Concept-Based Teaching and Learning Sample Units | When I was designing my own units, I looked at many other examples of concept-based units for inspiration. This website has multiple units across grade levels, which I found helpful to refer to as a model. |  |
| Creating a Concept-Based Unit for the 9-12 Mathematics Classroom | I teach elementary school, and am limited in the complexity of the material I can present by my students' development levels. I wanted to include some 9-12 resources for secondary teachers who are interested in beginning a concept-based framework in their classrooms. |  |
| What Does Concept-Based Curriculum Look Like in the Math Classroom? | While I did not create any math concept-based units this semester, I am very interested in creating some for next school year as a continuation of my project. Math is more heavily content-based than the other disciplines, so it was helpful to me to see how I could create concept-based units using overarching math concepts. |  |
| Moving Beyond the Page: Concept-Based Curricula | This website walks teachers through development of a concept-based unit, and has other curriculum resources that can be helpful. |  |