Online Resources
WideOpenSchool
Wide Open School helps families and educators find trusted resources to enrich and support distance learning. Every day students can access free, high-quality learning activities across subjects, all in one place. More than 75 partners and supporters have come together to meet the change in learning needs of students, teachers, and families due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Parents, check here for how this amazing resource can help you, help your children at home!
BrainPOP & BrainPOP Jr.
Brain POP is a subscription based online tool that MES subscribes to for all students. It was one of the first educational online tools and continues to support students by helping them create, construct, and collaborate as they explore their world.
To get started with Brain POP at home, follow these instructions provided here. These tutorials will guide you through setting up student accounts and logging into assignments.
Once you are all set, visit BrainPOP or BrainPOP Jr. and get started!
GALILEO
GALILEO is your gateway to credible and authoritative resources -- a universe of full‑text articles, ebooks, journals, educational videos and more.
Browse the eBook collection through EBSCOhost or research your favorite topics in Britannica School Elementary.
PBS LearningMedia
PBS LearningMedia is FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more for students to use at home. All materials are searchable by grade and content area. Excellent resource to enrich your child's learning.
National Geographic for Kids & Family
National Geographic offers a Kids site and a Family site to further your children's learning at home. Videos, grade level resources, games, and activities are on the Kids site, and the Family site offers parent resources for continued online learning.