Educator Edition
Save time lesson planning by exploring our library of educator reviews to over 550,000 open educational resources (OER).
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Quality, online open educational resources.
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The best online educational resources at your fingertips.
Our credentialed-teacher team combs the web to identify and curate top quality lesson plans, videos, worksheets, and more.
Robust resource review process.
Every learning resource is reviewed and rated by Lesson Planet’s educator content experts using our rigorous review process.
Our review process requires that credentialed teachers on staff:
- Follow stringent guidelines to rate and assess every resource
- Develop and use detailed rubrics for consistent quality assurance
- Give every resource we link to a thorough once-over
- Share tips and ideas based on 150 combined years in the classroom
- Participate in ongoing professional learning to stay on top of trends, standards, what matters for you
Our guidelines for reviews and ratings by resource category:
Resources Guideline
To what degree is each resource:
- Clear
- Thorough
- Rigorous
- Engaging
- Standards-based
Units Guideline
Does the unit:
- Clearly state learning objectives
- Provide standards alignment
- Contain comprehensive materials
- Foster critical thinking
- Incorporate best practices
- Follow a well-sequenced learning plan
- Support leveled instruction (reteaching, enrichment)
- Include assessments
Apps Guideline
Does the app:
- Define/achieve its goal
- Provide guidance/tutorials
- Engage students
- Allow for differentiation
- Scaffold learning
- Keep students safe
- Justify the cost?
Printables and Templates Guideline
We evaluate by asking:
- Is there a clear purpose?
- Is the image high quality?
- Is it easy to print?
- Is it customizable?
- Is it versatile?
Flexible filtering for easy access to resources.
Our powerful filtering tools let you refine your search by grade, subject, standards, and more to find just the right resources.
- Math
- Science
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies & History
- Physical Education
- Health
- Visual & Performing Arts
- Activities & Projects
- Assessments
- Graphics & Images
- Handouts & References
- Interactives
- Lab Resources
- Learning Games
- Lesson Plans
- Presentations
- Common Core Math
- Common Core ELA
- Next Generation Science
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Easy and fun drag & drop interface.
You can drag-and-drop inspiring learning resources to build personalized collections for your students using the award-winning Collection Builder tool.
Use the Collection Editor to edit and update your collection.
Easily reorder collection items, upload your own files, add web links, images, custom pages, and even share your collection with other educators.
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& sequence your curriculum.
Easily manage all of your custom collections and saved learning objects using the Curriculum Manager. Drag-and-drop to organize your curriculum and courses to meet your instructional needs.
Plan your lessons, units, and courses.
Simply drag-and-drop from one collection to another to organize your assignments, lessons, units, and courses. Upload your own files to personalize your lesson planning, and easily share, copy, play, and assign your collections.
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Present or assign lessons.
Use the Collection Player to present or assign your lesson plans to students on any device.
Assign collections and resources.
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