Science/
Social Studies
- Discover and learn about the world’s endangered animals, plants and fungi
- Reveal what they look like, what makes them special and why we should protect them
- Includes endangered species videos, photos, facts and education resources
- From PBS Kids
- Empowers middle school kids to solve real-world problems and understand the impact of engineering in a global context
- Refreshed weekly with challenges, videos, and activities
- Official website for cosmos-obsessed kids
- Provides a safe place for children to play as they learn about NASA and its missions
- Games support national education standards in STEM
- Child-focused brand of National Geographic
- Nat Geo Kids inspires young adventurers to explore the world through award-winning magazines, books, apps, games, toys, videos, events, and a website
- Features innovative tools for learning and teaching
- Quizzes, games, interactive diagrams, and flowcharts are fun and interactive
- School presentation tools allows students to create and share online presentations on a wide range of topics
- Tap into the resources from the Library of Congress, including many primary sources
- Designed especially with young people in mind, but includes great stories for people of all ages
- Allows kids to meet historical figures from America’s past
The National Archives Experience
- Features legal and historical records, documents, and other materials from the federal government
- Content can be used to help students learn about history, the U.S. population, government, and genealogy
- Brings the beauty, scholarship, and depth of over a million museum artifacts classrooms
- Search for resources including images, videos, texts, audio recordings, and learning activities.
- Annotate resources with texts, hot spots, quiz questions, and discussion questions
- From UC Berkeley
- Provides simple experiments, games and other activities for students to delve into science
- Students learn about science through fun facts that involve online and hands-on activities
- Using Google Maps this tool provides an exciting way to browse and explore the universe
- Find the positions of the planets and constellations
- Ability to view the universe at different wavelengths
- Over 75,000 historical maps and images online
- Includes rare 16th through 21st century maps of the seven continents
- Collection is used to study history, art, genealogy, explorations, and family history