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Sources for Open Educational Resources for PreK-12 Learners

The following are some good options for finding Open Educational Resources for K-12 students.

OER Commons
Free, openly licensed educational resources—including activities, assessments, lecture notes, lesson plans, videos, etc.
Curriki
Thousands of educator-vetted, openly licensed, online educational materials that teachers, educators, or other professionals have created and have made freely available to others.
#GoOpen Michigan
An online library of open education resources. Search by keyword, subject, educational level and (Michigan) standard.
EngageNY
The State of New York used federal funds to develop K-12 curriculum resources aligned to the common core. These open educational resources are also free for other states to use.

Look for the capability to search by grade level, subject and keywords.
Browse as well as search. You might miss out on appropriate materials if your search is too specific.
You can also try Google searching, but you are likely to find materials that may be free but are not necessarily "open" (i.e. editable, able to be combined with other materials, etc.).
Hint: Google has an advanced search (look under Settings, which appears under the search bar on the results list). You can limit by usage rights to open materials. Try a search for materials that are free to use, share or modify. If you don't find anything, try free to use and share.
Keywords that might help include: activity, intervention, lesson plan. Can you think of others?

TAMU-CC's Guide to OER
OER for K-12 Educators - OER Commons
Covers some of the common questions about OER and their use and creation.
OER Starter Kit
"This starter kit has been created to provide instructors with an introduction to the use and creation of open educational resources (OER). The text is broken into five sections: Getting Started, Copyright, Finding OER, Teaching with OER, and Creating OER."