UIUC Facts
Curriculum & Instructional Design Frameworks
Famous Teachers
Countdown to a Meltdown
General Ed (fun)
100

When was UIUC founded?

1867

100

Classifies thinking skills from lower- to higher-order complexity

Blooms Taxonomy

100

Who was the field-trip-loving science teacher who turned wild educational adventures into everyday lessons?

Ms. Frizzle

100

What's something a teacher is asked for constantly, even though students were supposed to bring their own?

A pencil 

100

Which was the first bridge to be built across the River Thames in London?

London Bridge

200

How many food places are inside the union?

8

200
What frameworks starts with the end goal in mind?

Backwards design.

200

What is a teacher that is associated with a bee?  

Miss Honey

200

What's the first question students ask immediately after the teacher finishes explaining the directions?

"What are we supposed to do?" 

200

How many NBA championships did Michael Jordan win with the Chicago Bulls?

6

300

What type of app was created by alumni here?

Youtube

300

This framework encourages teachers to provide multiple means of engagement, representation, and action/expression to support diverse learners.

UDL (Universal Design for Learning )

300

Who was the high school chemistry teacher who turns to manufacturing methamphetamine after a terminal cancer diagnosis?

Walter White (Breaking Bad)

300

What classroom object becomes the most fascinating thing in the world when a student is supposed to be working?

The pencil sharpener

300

The oldest living tree is 4,843 years old and can be found in which country?

USA

400

What buildings on campus are considered the largest in the US?

ISR (largest dining hall in the US)

Main Library (5th largest library in the US)

400

A school-wide framework for teaching, encouraging, and supporting positive behavior (3 tiered)

PBIS

400

Who was the intense criminal law professor?

Annalise Keating (How to Get Away With Murder)

400

I can interrupt an entire lesson without making a sound. One student starts, and suddenly half the classroom joins in. What am I?

Packing up before the bell rings 

400

Before becoming president, he was a professor at Harvard.

John Quincy Adams

500

How many miles of underground tunnels are there?

9

500

This framework identifies the difference between what a learner can accomplish independently and what they can accomplish with guidance.

What is the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)?

500

The deadpan calculus teacher and Mathletes coach who offers pragmatic guidance amidst high school drama

Ms. Sharon Norbury (Mean Girls)

500

This two-word announcement can instantly transform a carefully planned 50-minute lesson into a logistical nightmare involving missing students, altered schedules, and absolutely no instructional continuity.

What is Picture Day?

500
What is considered the peace garden state?

North Dakota