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Let's do a quick overview of the curriculum library, and then a demonstration to create what we call a learning unit.

We have several main resources: in addition to our in-house learning objects, you also get access to the the Arbordale children's books and several Learn360 products including Mailbox Plus and Classroom Video on Demand.

Arbordale children's books are for grades kindergarten through fifth. Their full color books include an audio reader that highlights text as it's read. They also come in multiple languages and can be an excellent foreign language teaching tool.

Learn360 is a massive resource for students from kindergarten through twelfth grade. It has so many things. Videos, many with accompanying handouts, printables, maps, learning games, and more.

Mailbox plus is for preschool through sixth grade. It offers thematic lessons and printables.

Classroom video on demand is for grades six through twelve. It also has college prep and career prep video courses.

But let's not forget our curated list public resources for math, science, social studies, and language arts. You can find these organized with subcategories in the curriculum and resource library main contents page.

Our homeschool quick start class includes a unit on how to create lesson and course plans based on learning goals, lists, or course outlines. It includes some examples you may find very helpful. You'll also find blank course plans you can use, plus course goal outlines for all major subjects grade k through twelve.

How about an example? Let's build a thematic learning object for fifth grade student.

First, let's go to the science heading. Then scroll down to find fifth grade science. That will bring up a list of course competencies we can use as learning goals.

Let's scroll through to find something interesting. How about the water cycle in the earth science section? This is a list of subtopics for our student to learn about. The next step is to find resources that will teach these topics. If we don't want to create our own, we can find some in the curriculum library.

Let's start with Mailbox Plus. there are lots of choices here on a wide variety of topics, but we came here specifically to look for science resources.

Up at the top of the page, we'll find a menu where we can click on science. Oh look, they have a section on water. There are several printables here for the water cycle that we can print out, or we can use them for inspiration.

Let's see what else we can find in Learn360. Follow this link in our interface to find the Learn360 main page, and from there, try typing water cycle into the search bar and pressing enter. That brings up several videos on the water cycle.

The description on each will say the grade levels, whether it includes resources, which we definitely want, and will show other useful info. Let's click on this one.

We can view the video, see details about what it covers, and also find a link to the educator resources that it includes.

When I click on the resource, it opens up a teacher's guide. Looks like this one is at least twenty five pages long, with several types of resources we can use. Looks like an excellent choice for our student.

Next, let's see what the classroom video on demand offers, because sometimes the sixth grade level videos will still work for a fifth grader. Also, they might help us learn more about the topic. Sometimes, a better review can help us do a better job of helping our student.

At the classroom video main page, let's search up here for water cycle. They have so many high quality videos to choose from. It's part of the Learn360 platform, so it looks very similar.

The tags help us see what this video segment covers, what which can help us figure out how well it applies to our learning goals. It also has a teaching resource, and even things we can print out to give to our student.

Finally, let's also go looking in the list of curated public subject area resources down here on the OpenPath Education site. Under math and science resources, we can find earth and space science. There are a few choices here, and all of them are good resources.

I'm going to see what this PBS resource has. The link takes us to a page on the PBS website with lots of materials.

Let's expand earth's hydrosphere. That has a section for the water cycle. And there, we'll see that PBS has several resources related to this topic.

As you can see, there are more than a few lesson ideas and learning resources in the library.

If you haven't already seen it, our homeschool quick start and Open Path Education courses will help you learn how to choose which resources to use

You can build learning plans for one student or several, and you may choose resources depending on your particular student's learning needs and preferences.

After choosing your resources, what's next? You can create playlists, print out lessons and handouts, and you can even create an online class in the Learn360 system and add one or more students.

More information on how to organize content into lists and classes is located in the curriculum and resource library.