Curriculum
Curriculum and Content Area Resources
Curriculum and Content Area Resources
The following are links to various digital resources for staff and students.
Classroom Instruction/Management
Classroom Instruction/Management
- Create interactive agendas with Google Slides (Catlin Tucker) - Don't forget to look through the comments for additional links & templates
Digital Citizenship
Digital Citizenship
- Digital Literacy and Citizenship Classroom Curriculum by Common Sense Media
- Digital Passport - Interactive curriculum provided by Common Sense Media for 3rd-5th grade classrooms
- Understanding YouTube and Digital Citizenship - Provides lessons for secondary teachers on internet safety and digital citizenship
MeL
MeL
- http://bit.ly/MeLGale
- Access to numerous Gale databases
- All resources are vetted and reliable
- Great for research papers
- Save resources to Google Drive then assign them in Schoology
Cross-curricular
Cross-curricular
- Khan Academy (full website)
- Khan Academy App
- Khan Academy Kids (BETA) App (for very young children)
Art
Art
- Google Arts & Culture
- Google Arts & Culture app - With Google Arts & Culture you can visit top exhibits, zoom in on artworks in mind-blowing detail and browse thousands of stories, photos, videos, and manuscripts. Be your own curator by finding your favorites, creating your own collections and sharing them with friends. Travel anywhere with tours of iconic sites, famous buildings and natural wonders, on your screen or in Virtual Reality (VR).
- Experiments with Google - Arts & Culture - Try out experiments at the crossroads of art and technology, created by artists and creative coders with Google Arts & Culture
- Khan Academy Arts & Humanities - Website with lots of great arts and humanities resources
Economics & Finance
Economics & Finance
- Khan Academy Economics & Finance - Website with lots of great economics and finance resources
Math
Math
- Khan Academy Math by Subject - Khan Academy website with digital math resources organized by subject
- Khan Academy Math by Grade - Khan Academy website with digital math resources organized by grade level
- Math Tools (Google Chrome browser extension) - It is a super calculator with the ability to graph, type, or hand-write equations. Includes:
- Equation Cropper feature allows you to crop your typed equation and place it wherever you wish...from docs to forms.
- Use the screenshot feature to capture your work. Copy and paste your screenshots to a slideshow to document your efforts to solve problems.
- Handwriting recognition for hand drawn equations / problem solving.
- Geogebra - GeoGebra Classic joins graphing, geometry, 3D, spreadsheets, computer algebra and probability in one easy-to-use and powerful package.
Music
Music
- Chrome Music Lab - Many teachers have been using Chrome Music Lab as a tool in their classrooms to explore music and its connections to science, math, art, and more. They’ve been combining it with dance and live instruments.
Tools: Rhythm - Song Maker - Kandinsky - Oscillators - Harmonics - Chords
Science
Science
- Khan Academy Science & Engineering - Khan Academy website with digital science and engineering resources
- Science Journal (app) - Science Journal is the free digital science notebook brought to you by Google.
Whether you're a science educator or a hobbyist doing science at home, you can keep your notes, photos, and observations all in one convenient place. Use the sensors in your phone to measure and graph phenomena such as light, sound, and motion, or connect to external sensors via bluetooth to conduct experiments on the world around you.
Social Studies
Social Studies
- Chrome and G Suite Social Studies Resources for K-12 Teachers and Students (Google Doc) - The document was created by an external entity. It's goal is to help teachers and students explore digital resources that can enhance teaching and learning in Social Studies classrooms.
- Social Studies Central - Great page with lots of Chromebook and Google app resources
Technology (MITECS Competencies & ISTE Standards)
Technology (MITECS Competencies & ISTE Standards)
MiTechKids - Brought to you by REMC, this site provides numerous free lessons for K-5 teachers that meet the MITECS Competencies and ISTE Standards for students. You can search and filter by Grade Level, Content Area, or MITECS Competency.
Test Prep
Test Prep
- Khan Academy Test Prep home page - Website with links to a variety of test prep resources (e.g., SAT, MCAT, NCLEX-RN, GMAT, CAHSEE, IIT JEE, and LSAT)
- Khan Academy/College Board Official SAT Practice site - CollegeBoard Official SAT Practice web site