Unit Organizer Routine
Teachers use the Unit Organizer Routine to plan units, introduce and maintain the big ideas in units, and show how units, critical information, and concepts are related.
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Be sure to note the Device and Implementation Checklists!
Articles/Publications
UO: Teaching Hot Spots for the Unit Organizer Routine
FAQ's from Dr. Keith Lenz
Checklists
UO Device Checklist (Fillable PDF)
Why Checklists? One powerful tool to assist teachers implementing SIM are instructional checklists. In Checklist M...
UO Implementation Checklist (Fillable PDF)
Why Checklists? One powerful tool to assist teachers implementing SIM are instructional checklists. In Checklist M...
Examples
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UO Example: Acting
UO Example: Atomic & Molecular Structure
High School Chemistry
2 files
UO Example: Calculus Differentiation
2 files
UO Example: Calculus Limits
UO Example: Conservation of Matter
High School Chemistry How chemical substances interact with each other
UO Example: Cooperative Learning Group Work
Course: Creating a Learning Community
UO Example: Democracy
Course: Forms of Government
UO Example: Earth's Surface
Earth Science Standard: Structure of the earth system and earth's history
2 files
UO Example: Epic Poetry in Medieval Literature
12th Grade English
2 files
UO Example: Exponents, Logarithmic Functions
UO Example: Genetics
Middle School Standard: Human and Cell Inheritance
2 files
UO Example: Geometry Reasoning and Proofs
2 files
UO Example: Geometry Right Triangles
2 files
UO Example: Geometry Similarity
The relationship between triangles and other polygons
2 files
UO Example: Importance of Foods
Course: Culinary Arts
UO Example: Investigation and Experimentation
High School Chemistry
UO Example: Periodicity and Bonding
High School Chemistry The organization, classification, and properties of atoms and how they interact
2 files
UO Example: Quadratic Functions
2 files
UO Example: Regional Foods
Culinary Arts
UO Example: The Cell
High School Biology Growth and Development of Living Things
UO Example: The Nature of Matter
8th Grade Physical Science Standard: Structure of Matter
UO Example: The Short Story
Course: Types of Literature
UO Example: The Structure and Function of Cells
Middle School Science
3 files
UO Example: The Victorian Period
Literacy of Culture and Change 12th Grade English
UO Example: Thermochemistry
High School Chemistry How environmental conditions affect chemical and physical properties
UO Example: Working with Decimals
Course: Basic Math Ideas and Skills
2 files
UO: Understanding Food
Culinary Arts
Poster / Visual Aid
2 files
UO: Classroom Poster
Videos
UO Video: Properties of Water
UO Video: Solar System
Middle School Classroom Do you have a classroom demo video to share? Contact us at simpd@ku.edu!
Visual Devices (PDF, Word, PPT, GoogleSlides)
UO Device (Google slide)
Follow the link, then click on the blue "Make a Copy" button to add the Unit Organizer template to your Google Folder.
UO Device (PPT)
UO Device with Linking Numbers(Fillable PDF)
With linkikng step numbers in the device
UO Device Without Linking Numbers (Fillable PDF)
UO Manual pages 51 and 52
Other resources
Example Relationships - UO Manual, page 53
Descriptive and Sequential Structures