educational resources for middle school
math and science
- Math practice from counting to algebra and geometry http://www.mathscore.com/
- - Math and Reading games https://www.funbrain.com/
- - Geometry https://www.canfigureit.com/#section-main
- - K-8 online math program that looks at how a student is solving problems to adjust accordingly
and build a unique learning path for them. https://www.dreambox.com/at-home - - https://www.squigglepark.com/dreamscape/
- - Math Videos with lessons, real life uses of math, famous actors https://www.hmhco.com/math-
at-work/explore-the-archives - - Enter your math problem or search term, press the button, and they show you the step-by-step work and answer instantly. 2nd grade through college. https://www.mathcelebrity.com/online- math-tutor.php
- - Adaptive curriculum in Math and ELA for Grades K-8 https://www.scootpad.com/
- - Math and logic problems for ages 5 and up to adult https://www.aplusclick.org/
- - Coding with Star Wars https://code.org/starwars
- - Virtual Dissections and Labs – Save yourself the mess and stress
https://www.steampoweredfamily.com/education/virtual-dissections-labs/?
fbclid=IwAR3mu4BDjNRa6LOlBgSBSjM3DCU-P5r7t5W276RkDXI2xBrY1Mj0RgSFgIE - - Online history classes for all ages preteen through adults https://school.bighistoryproject.com/bhplive
- - Chemistry https://www.playmadagames.com/product/
- - Science and math labs and simulations https://phet.colorado.edu/
- - Science simulations, scientist profiles, and other digital resources for middle school science and high school biology https://sepuplhs.org/
- - A collection of hundreds of free K-12 STEM resources, from standalone models and simulations
to short activities and week long sequences of curriculum materials. https://learn.concord.org/ - - Science projects that can be completed with or without Internet access https://sciencespot.net/Pages/classhome.html
- - Next Generation Science video game focused on middle school where students directly engage in science phenomena as they solve problems. https://www.tytoonline.com/
- - Learn all about the periodic table https://www.chemicool.com/
- - Learn all about cells https://www.cellsalive.com/
- - This NASA initiative covers a wide range of topics including weather, climate, atmosphere,
water, energy, plants, and animals. https://climatekids.nasa.gov/ - - From rainbows to tornadoes and winter storms to tsunamis, meteorologist Crystal Wicker
breaks down the fascinating world of weather. http://www.weatherwizkids.com/ - - Innerbody explores the 11 bodily systems in depth. With interactive models and detailed explanations, this website will help them learn more about the internal mechanics of the
amazing human body. https://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
Virtual tours
- Museums from around the world - Virtual, online tours
- Access to 500 Museums & Art Galleries - Free, online
- Future Learn - Explore the architecture and history of Rome, walking around a 3D digital model of the ancient city, with this free online course.
- Virtual Tours - Virtual online tours - including zoos, landmarks in foreign countries, etc.
- Aquarium – Georgia aquarium allowing you to tour under the sea
- Virtual farm trips - American dairy association
- Virtual field trips - Created for children, but they look great for adults too!
- Edinburgh Zoo - Live streams: Panda Cam / Tiger Cam / Penguin Cam / Rock Hopper Penguin Cam / Koala Cam
- Online Tours Louvre https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne
- - The San Diego Zoo has a website just for kids with amazing videos, activities, and games. Enjoy
the tour! https://kids.sandiegozoo.org/ - - Tour Yellowstone National Park! https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm
- - Explore the surface of Mars on the Curiosity Rover. https://accessmars.withgoogle.com/
- - This Canadian site FarmFood 360 offers 11 Virtual Tours of farms from minks, pigs, and cows, to apples and eggs. https://www.farmfood360.ca/
- - This iconic museum located in the heart of London allows virtual visitors to tour the Great Court and discover the ancient Rosetta Stone and Egyptian mummies. https://britishmuseum.withgoogle.com/
- - NGAkids Art Zone https://www.nga.gov/education/kids.html
- - All sorts of learning here if you dig in https://www.google.com/earth/
- - No need to travel to one of the Smithsonian’s zoos or museums — this website brings your child
everything from live video of the National Zoo to the Smithsonian Learning Lab right to their
screen https://www.si.edu/kids - - This educational website hosted by the Smithsonian Museum takes a deep dive into ocean life.
https://ocean.si.edu/ - - Alaskan Wildlife cams http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=viewing.webcams
music
Concerts online - Various concerts held without audiences to stream online for people having to stay at home - list of live streaming concerts
- Free Opera - Dates confirmed until the end of March. Check the website via the link for future dates to be added
- Free classical orchestras - Live streaming performances
- Free Chamber music - Live streaming
- Berlin Philharmonic orchestra - Live streams and performance archive
- Announcements/lists - of worldwide performances being streamed
- Livestream concerts list - artists and bands
- Bands and artists - streaming performances
- Full-length concerts - watch online free
- Celebrities performing on social media
- Facebook Virtual Choir - Duet with a choir online
- Chris Martin (Coldplay) streaming from his home - YouTube
- QuaverMusic is offering free access to general music activities to all impacted schools, including free student access at-home https://www.quavermusic.com/info/at-home-resources/
- - Helps kids learn to appreciate the arts by providing them with the opportunity to play games, conduct investigations, and explore different forms of art. https://artsology.com/
- - A large selection of fun songs to help teach preschool and kindergarten students https://www.songsforteaching.com/preschoolkindergarten.htm
- - Kids Think Design explores careers in fashion design, graphic design, interior design, book design, product design, film and theatre, architecture, animation, and environmental design. http://www.kidsthinkdesign.org/
- Introductory and intermediate music theory lessons, exercises, ear trainers, and calculators. https://www.musictheory.net/
- QuaverMusic is offering free access to general music activities to all impacted schools, including free student access at-home https://www.quavermusic.com/info/at-home-resources/
- The Theta Music Trainer offers a series of online courses and games for ear training and music theory. https://trainer.thetamusic.com/en’
Books and literature
- Gutenburg - Download free books, e.g. Shakespear, Edgar Allen Poe, Frankenstein, etc.
- Listening books.org - For people with Parkinson's Disease, visual impairment, fibromyalgia, ME/CFS, mental health difficulty or learning difficulty such as Dyslexia, which impacts the ability to read or hold a book
- Solomon Kingsnorth - Books in PDF, Word and audiobook format - Alice in Wonderland / Wind in the Willows / The Railway Children / The Jungle Book / Peter Pan / Black Beauty
- Read great literature online - Free Ebooks, poetry, classic literature
- Read Free Literature - also includes study guides
- 50,000 free ebooks - arranged by genre
- Open Library Access - Free
- Audible - Free for this period - Available in 6 languages
reading and writing
- cholastic Learn at home https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
- - Reading passages for grades 3-12, with reading comprehension and discussion questions. https://www.commonlit.org/
- - Engaging reading game for grades 2-8 that combines strategy, engagement, and imaginative reading passages to create a fun, curriculum-aligned literacy game. https://www.squigglepark.com/dreamscape/
- - Online curriculum that builds better writers. https://www.noredink.com/
- - ReadWorks is an online resource of reading passages and lesson plans for students of all levels
K-12. https://www.readworks.org - - Free stories online ages 3-12 https://www.freechildrenstories.com
- - Voice based learning... learn through Alexa https://bamboolearning.com/resources
- - French children's stories https://www.thefrenchexperiment.com/stories? fbclid=IwAR0dlwzwr9bAdOV4o6_zglpVqvDhgnwCP5VhObPLZVVN4f3U1mgftU8J5Vk
- - Engaging reading game for grades 2-8 that combines strategy, engagement, and imaginative reading passages to create a fun, curriculum-aligned literacy game. https://www.squigglepark.com/dreamscape/
- - Grammar practice for middle grades https://www.classroomcereal.com/
- - ReadWorks is an online resource of reading passages and lesson plans for students of all levels
K-12. https://www.readworks.org/ - - Reading passages for grades 3-12, with reading comprehension and discussion questions.
https://www.commonlit.org/
geography & history
- Tutorful - Top Geography websites, YouTube videos, and resources
- Project Noah – Global site where you can view and share wildlife
- Seterra - Free world geography, online quizzes
- Online film festival - Resistance in the Rainforest
- Kent Wildlife association - Simple ideas you can do in the garden to help wildlife
- World games - Geography games
- Wild Science - Podcast
- The relationship between humans and animals - podcast
- Geography and animals: https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
- Free videos from around the world from grade 3-12 https://www.projectexplorer.org/
- - Games, quizzes and fact sheets take kids on a journey through time.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/ - - A human visualization platform that allows students to explore the human body in really cool ways. https://human.biodigital.com/login?returnUrl=/dashboard
- - This interactive website, hosted by the U.S. Government Publishing Office, allows your child to see the ins and outs of the U.S. government by taking a series of learning adventures with none other than Benjamin Franklin. https://bensguide.gpo.gov/
- - This interactive website, hosted by the U.S. Government Publishing Office, allows your child to see the ins and outs of the U.S. government by taking a series of learning adventures with none other than Benjamin Franklin. https://bensguide.gpo.gov/
- - Free videos from around the world from grade 3-12 https://www.projectexplorer.org/
arts and culture
- P Brewer - View classic paintings online
- Walter's Museum - houses the highest artistic achievements from nearly every corner of the world. View some of the past, present, and future exhibitions
- Rob Biddulph an artist posting draw-along videos via Twitter here
- Google Arts and culture - Learn something new every day!
- British Museum - Free videos
- BBC Radio 4 - The History of the world - podcasts
- 50 things that made modern economy - Podcasts
- Marquee TV - streaming arts and culture
- Teaching history - 100 objects from museums across the UK with resources, information and teaching ideas to inspire your students’ interest in history
- Exploration of the day - Artistic website connecting people from around the world
- Drama Online - Online theatrical performances
- Black history - Telling the story of the black British experience
- QuaverMusic is offering free access to general music activities to all impacted schools, including free student access at-home https://www.quavermusic.com/info/at-home-resources/
- - Helps kids learn to appreciate the arts by providing them with the opportunity to play games, conduct investigations, and explore different forms of art. https://artsology.com/
- - A large selection of fun songs to help teach preschool and kindergarten students https://www.songsforteaching.com/preschoolkindergarten.htm
- - Kids Think Design explores careers in fashion design, graphic design, interior design, book design, product design, film and theatre, architecture, animation, and environmental design. http://www.kidsthinkdesign.org/
mental health
- How to reduce high anxiety now: Thinking about past pleasant memories may help some people with immediate stress (article)
- Autistic Health and Wellbeing - a space for autistic people to share the things that they have found helpful and healing
Miscellaneous sites
- Digital learning content for preschool through high school https://www.curriki.org/
- - Classes for older teens or adults https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/
- - Online homeschool platform & curriculum for Pre-K to 12th grade. All main subjects are
covered, plus extra curriculum courses. http://discoveryk12.com/dk12/ - - 7,000 free videos in 13 subject areas https://hippocampus.org/
- - Carmen San Diego videos, stories, and lessons for all subject areas
https://www.carmensandiego.com/resources/ - - Online education program for toddler through high school... https://www.khanacademy.org/
- - For students to practice and master whatever they are learning.
https://quizlet.com/topic/math/applied-math/ - - Alcumus is specifically designed to provide high-performing students with a challenging curriculum appropriate to their abilities https://artofproblemsolving.com/alcumus
- - Find and fix learning gaps https://www.mobymax.com/
- - Brainscape offers over a million flashcard decks for every subject, entrance exam, and certification imaginable. https://www.brainscape.com/
- - Every course you could possibly want to homeschool preschool - 8 https://allinonehomeschool.com/
Interactive Learning - - 300,000+ FREE printable worksheets from toddlers to teens https://www.123homeschool4me.com/
- - Educational games K-12 https://www.breakoutedu.com/funathome
- - Miscellaneous games for all subjects k-8 https://www.funbrain.com/
- - Helps kids learn to appreciate the arts by providing them with the opportunity to play games,
conduct investigations, and explore different forms of art. https://artsology.com/ - - Banzai exposes students to real-world financial dilemmas to teach them the importance of
smart money management. https://www.teachbanzai.com/ - Movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts. https://www.gonoodle.com/
- - Free at-home kids yoga lesson plans https://littletwistersyoga.com/online-store/
- - Online digital coloring pages https://www.thecolor.com/
- - Daily free science or cooking experiment to do at home. http://www.clubscikidzmd.com/blog/
- - Illustrated recipes designed to help kids age 2-12 cook with their grown-ups. Recipes encourage
culinary skills, literacy, math, and science. https://www.nomsterchef.com/nomster-recipelibrary - - 80+ do at home science activities https://elementalscience.com/blogs/news/80-free-science-activities
- - Quick & easy at home projects curated for kids 2 and up https://www.kiwico.com/kids-at-home
- - 100 Activities To Do At Home During School Closures
https://entertainkidsonadime.com/2020/03/13/100-activities-to-do-at-home-during-school-
closures/?fbclid=IwAR2sVQwMyT4idkWzbTHYYtteMZZTbyBLt_sp-YTv99dhI3MXcJb3qFyyPc4 - - Online photograph jigsaw puzzles You can set the pieces from 6-1000+ https://www.jigsawexplorer.com/
Languages- - Foreign languages https://www.duolingo.com/
- - Vocabulary, grammar, listening activities and games in Spanish, French, Italian, German,
Portuguese, Korean, and Latin. https://conjuguemos.com/ - - Music Based Spanish Learning https://rockalingua.com/
- - 22 languages to learn https://www.memrise.com/
Crafts - - Crafts, activities, mazes, dot to dot, etc, https://www.allkidsnetwork.com/
- - Printable board games, activities and more for phonics and reading all using evidence-based
methods. Can be customized to any student's needs including creating flashcards for other
subjects. https://dogonalogbooks.com/printables/ - - Crafts, activities, bulletin board designs, and finger plays for early education teachers and
parents to use with kids. http://www.preschoolexpress.com/ - - Crafts, projects, science, recipes for young children https://www.funology.com/