3-5 Resources
Reading
Mathematics
Imagineering in a box
Imagineering in a Box- Walt Disney partners with Khan Academy to bring you 'Imagineering in a Box.' The series offers 32 videos in which Imagineers share how they use a wide range of skills – from story development and conceptual design, to math, physics and engineering – to create immersive experiences. There are three lessons. #1 Creating Worlds, #2 Designing Attractions, #3 Bringing Characters to Life.
Science
exploring by the seat of your pants
Offered during school hours, this is a great site to use while students are currently home from school. Each month during the school year we host 25+ Google Hangout events for classrooms.
We regularly host full day, week and month events focusing covering themes like oceans, biodiversity, women in science, space exploration, ocean plastics, climate change and more.
We send textbook sized satellite BGAN units around the world with scientists and explorers so they can video broadcast into classrooms from the most remote regions of the planet.
Follow and connect with exciting expeditions around the world.
Solve the outbreak
Use your critical thinking and deductive reasoning skills to solve each case while playing disease detective with the interactive online game from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Kids can earn badges and points for each case solved, which will unlock more challenging cases.
Social Studies
smithsonian learning lab
"Smithsonian Learning Lab puts the treasures of the world's largest museum, education, and research complex within reach. The Lab is a free, interactive platform for discovering millions of authentic digital resources, creating content with online tools, and sharing in the Smithsonian's expansive community of knowledge and learning." There is a huge "Learning Lab Collection" which can be searched by resource type, content area or specific topic. It includes videos, audio files, images, articles, projects, and more.
A free account can be created which allows you to save, share, cite, etc.
Explorer Classroom
Explorer Classroom is brought to you by National Geographic. Students or classes can join live interactive sessions with scientists, storytellers, and researchers. All events are free and include an instructional guide. Can't join live? You can still check out past live sessions under their "Watch Past Events" tab.