Foundational STEM Courses and Textbooks
"Overview: Students learn how using spectrographs helps people understand the composition of light sources. Using simple materials including holographic diffraction gratings, students create and customize their own spectrographs just like engineers. They gathe...
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Physics For Everyone
"Overview: The online educational resource Physics For Everyone is the scaffolding for a 3 contact hour, 3 credit general education course that conveys the relevance, beauty, and power of physics as a foundation of scien...
Tutorials of Visual Graphic Communication Programs for Interior Design
"Overview: This OER course is for the beginning level of both architecture and interior design students who learn computer graphic communication software. The author developed multiple tutorials to teach three computer g...
Robot Design Challenges
"Overview: Through the two lessons and five activities in this unit, students' knowledge of sensors and motors is integrated with programming logic as they perform complex tasks using LEGO MINDSTORMS(TM) NXT robots and s...
Hands-On Data Visualization
"Overview: Tell your story and show it with data, using free and easy-to-learn tools on the web. This introductory book teaches you how to design interactive charts and customized maps for your website, beginning with ea...
Statewide Dual Credit Introduction to Plant Science, Plant Injuries and Their Control/Integrated Pest Management, Personal Protective Equipment
"Overview: Covers the importance, selection, and proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in agricultural pesticide handling, emphasizing the risks of exposure through dermal and inhalation routes and the need f...
Human Biology
"Overview: This textbook is ideal for an introductory level Human Biology course. It is aligned with the British Columbia Adult Basic Education learning outcomes for Provincial Level Biology, which is the equivalent of G...
Introduction to AI Literacy
"Overview: A brief five-module course designed as a non-credit-bearing introduction to AI tools for high school and college students. Adapted from a similar course by Rush University and shared under the CC BY NC SA 4.0...
CK-12 Foundation and Leadership Public Schools, College Access Reader: Geometry
"Overview: This book is a ""flexed"" version of CK-12's Basic Geometry that aligns with College Access Geometry and contains embedded literacy supports. It covers the essentials of geometry for the high school student....
OpenStax Astronomy, Lecture-Tutorial, & NAAP Labs Correlation
"Overview: This document is an attempt to correlate the free OpenStax Astronomy textbook and several other resources including lecture tutorials and lab activities. Below is a list of the items in the correlation followe...
Statewide Dual Credit Introduction to Plant Science, Impact of Plants and Horticulture on People, Career Opportunities in the Green Industry
"Overview: Title image: ""Pruning Victoria cruziana"" by Amanda Spangler, CC BY 4.0 Did you have an idea for improving this content? We’d love your input. Subject: Agriculture, Life Science Level: High School, Community...
Statewide Dual Credit Introduction to Plant Science, Impact of Plants and Horticulture on People, The Economic Benefits of Horticulture
"Overview: Covers the economic significance of the Green Industry, detailing its diverse sectors including plant production, landscape services, and retail, while highlighting its contributions to employment, GDP, and en...
Coastal Processes, Hazards and Society
"Overview: Has your attention recently been caught by news of coastal catastrophes such as hurricanes and tsunamis? Do you wonder why so many coastal communities in the world are vulnerable to flooding and other coastal...
Basic Mathematics
"Overview: BPCC Open Campus - Math 097: Basic Mathematics is a review of basic mathematics skills. Here's what's covered: -fundamental numeral operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication division of whole numbers...
AP CS A Java Course — AP CSAwesome
"Overview: CSAwesome is a free College Board endorsed curriculum for AP Computer Science A, an introductory college-level computer programming course in Java Subject: Computer Science, Computing and Information Level: H...
Quantitative Problem Solving in Natural Resources
"Overview: This textbook is intended to support courses that bridge the divide between mathematics typically encountered in U.S. high school curricula and the practical problems that natural resource students might engag...
Unmanned Aerial Systems
"Overview: Unmanned Aerial Systems, or drones, are developing aggressively, and many government and non-government agencies are considering acquiring such systems. This course will focus on the geo-spatial utilization of...
CIS 101 - Computer Fundamentals - OER (Public) Version
"Overview: In this course, students will learn basic Microsoft Windows 10 Operating Systems skills (including Core PC Hardware Components, Graphical User Interface, Local and Cloud File Management, Applications, Internet...
High School Core 2: Geometry (Oregon Blueprint, Version 1)
"Overview: This ½ credit Geometry class is designed as one component of Oregon’s “core 2” mathematics sequence for grade 9 and 10 students. In addition to this course, students should have access to 1 credit worth of Alg...
From Meteorology to Mitigation: Understanding Global Warming
"Overview: Human-caused climate change represents one of the great environmental challenges of our time. As it is inextricably linked with issues of energy policy, a familiarity with the fundamentals of climate change is...
GST: computer fundamentals/ICT course materials
"Overview: Many Nigerian students begin university with limited exposure to technology. This course equips them with basic computer skills—from using word processors and spreadsheets to navigating the internet—which are...