Resources for Learning at Home

As Dr. England finds resources for helping teachers, parents, and students as they work through NTI, she will add them to this page.  If you need help finding more resources, contact Dr. England.

ART MUSEUMS AND RESOURCES

Lesson Plans from the Metropolitan Museum of Art: https://www.metmuseum.org/learn/educators/lesson-plans

Cross-curricular

Scholastic Learn at Home: Even when schools are closed, you can keep the learning going with these special cross-curricular journeys. Every day includes four separate learning experiences, each built around a thrilling, meaningful story or video. Kids can do them on their own, with their families, or with their teachers. Just find your grade level and let the learning begin!

Resources for Learning at Home While We're Keeping One Another Safe: Resources compiled by Joyce Valenza in School Library Journal.

Capstone Interactive eBooks: Choose from different subjects, genres and levels to find just the right book. And every title is supported by audio recorded by professional voice-over artists!  [If your teacher has not shared a login with you, email Dr. Gardner]

ISTE STEM PLN Resources: Resources to help educators plan for eSchool

Digital Distance Learning Tools: Wakelet collection of digital learning tools

NTI Parent Toolkit from Warren County Public Schools

NTI Resources from NKCES: Google document of resources gathered by consultants at NKCES

Free Tools for Online Teaching: As educators turn to online programming and classroom management due to the COVID-19 outbreak and school closures, ed tech providers are making their tools freely available. Here’s what some companies are offering, along with resources that have always been free.

ELA

Harper Kids from Home: Join the HarperKids team each day at 12PM EST for story times and read-alouds, activities, fun content and entertainment.  

Shelf Stuff: On Tuesday and Thursdays at 2pm, check out fun and engaging content via YouTube Kids Channel starring your favorite authors and members of Team Shelf Stuff.

Epic Reads: Book recs, chats, games and more.  Tune in on Wednesdays on Twitter and every Friday on Instagram at 4pm EST for EPIC Reads content from your favorite authors.

jarrettlerner.com: Blank comic book pages, "Finish This Comic!" Comics, and Drawing/Writing Prompts

Favorite Authors and Illustrators Share Resources for Learning Anywhere: Watch videos of authors and illustrators reading and talking about their books.

#ReadAloudAlert Collection: Permissions granted from authors/illustrators for creating your own read-alouds during the #COVID19 school closures and links to video resources created by authors/illustrators. *Note* Read-aloud videos you create should not be publicly accessible on platforms like YouTube for anyone to see in order to comply with fair use guidelines.

Teen Book Cloud Instruction Video:  Full online books.  If you need the password for home access, email Dr. Gardner

Flipgrid

Remote Learning with Flipgrid: This simple one page PDF contains all the information you need to get started using Flipgrid in a remote learning environment. 

Google Hangouts

Instructional video created by our instructional coach, Cas Granz, on how to use Google Hangouts with students.

SCIENCE

American Chemistry Society: https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/resources/k-8/inquiryinaction.html

Resources from the American Association of Chemistry Teachers: https://teachchemistry.org/news/unlocked-resources-through-march-31

Learning from Home (via USGS): https://www.usgs.gov/science-support/osqi/yes/resources-teachers/

American Geophysical Union: https://education.agu.org/teachers/learn-with-agu/

Searchable Database of NASA Educational Resources: https://www.nasa.gov/education/resources

Smithsonian Museums

American History Museum: https://historyexplorer.si.edu/lessons

Cooper-Hewitt/Smithsonian Museum: https://dx.cooperhewitt.org/lesson-plans/

National Museum of the American Indian: https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/resources.cshtml

Lesson Plans--Smithsonian Folkways Recordings: https://folkways.si.edu/lesson-plans/smithsonian

Ocean Related Topics (via Smithsonian): https://ocean.si.edu/educators-corner

Say Hello to Smithsonian Open Access, 2.8 Million 2D and 3D Digital

Collection Images (CC0) and Data: https://www.infodocket.com/2020/02/25/big-news-say-hello-to-smithsonian-open-access-2-8-million-2d-and-3d-digital-images-now-available-cc0-online-to-share-reuse-with-more-items-coming-soon/

Collection Search Database From the Smithsonian:https://collections.si.edu/search/