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University of Michigan Center for Research on Learning and Teaching. This website has tons of resources on how to prepare a instructor guides and lesson plans.

A lesson plan is the instructor's road map of what students need to learn and how it will be done effectively during the class time.

From the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching at the University of Michigan

Even if you had plenty of practice writing lessons during your teacher training, it's hard to be prepared for the avalanche of lesson planning you'll have to do once your first year of teaching begins. To rev up the learning curve, here are eight questions to "think aloud" as you prepare lessons.

This website has a useful check list for making a lesson plan and also has sample lesson plans

Another great source about constructing lesson plans

Interesting article aimed at secondary faculty members to enhance their teaching skills. The author drew an interesting and humorous analogy between metacognition and American Idol (and other reality shows). Which I think it's certainly something everyone can relate to having seen at least a few minutes of the "bad singers" that kick off each season of American Idol. I think this is relatable because I'm sure everyone would agree that at some point in our lives we have mistaken ourselves for being better at something than we really are...which is the opposite of metacognition. In contrast, to continue with the Idol example, if one is able to recognize how poor of a singer they are, then in turn take voice lessons, practice singing often, listening to their singing and critiquing and making a plan to fix the issue and ultimately change course to actually become a better singer- that is the basis of metacognition. This article also illustrates several ways to enhance the classroom activity to help both students and instructor assess understanding.

Interesting article aimed at secondary faculty members to enhance their teaching skills. The author drew an interesting and humorous analogy between metacognition and American Idol (and other reality shows). Which I think it's certainly something everyone can relate to having seen at least a few minutes of the "bad singers" that kick off each season of American Idol. I think this is relatable because I'm sure everyone would agree that at some point in our lives we have mistaken ourselves for being better at something than we really are...which is the opposite of metacognition. In contrast, to continue with the Idol example, if one is able to recognize how poor of a singer they are, then in turn take voice lessons, practice singing often, listening to their singing and critiquing and making a plan to fix the issue and ultimately change course to actually become a better singer- that is the basis of metacognition. This article also illustrates several ways to enhance the classroom activity to help both students and instructor assess understanding.

EduTech Wiki from the University of Geneva

Overview of what lesson planning is and the steps involved

While this instructor guide was written specifically for teachers at Furman University, it provides a lot of good information for teaching in general including instructions on how to get prepared to teach. It includes information on determining objectives, choosing course materials, outlining course procedures, and choosing methods of instruction-all things that are taken into consideration when creating a lesson plan.

This website walks an instructor through the planning and teaching process. It provides information on how to prepare to teach and explanations of important things to consider in course design. It also offers strategies for effective lesson planning along with links to additional resources such as readings and video clips.

Creating a lesson plan to revolves around your learning objectives.

A brief description of developing a general lesson plan.

Great TED talk video (~10 minutes) on the difference of Fixed and Growth Mindset. About instilling in our learners the lesson of challenges, resilience, and hard work. Failing is sometimes the greatest thing that can happen to a learner.

This website is very useful for those who are wanting instruction on how to integrate PBL into the classroom. It contains many resources including sample lesson plans, demonstrations, and sample problems.

This article compares the different ways that case teaching can be employed from three professors with very different backgrounds and types of courses.

This website offers information on the importance of objectives and explains how the objectives are what drives your lesson plan and the teaching methods that are used. It supplies methods to help teachers create clear course objectives and provides examples of activities that can be used to assess whether students have mastered the objectives.