Virtual Learning Resources
All Subject Areas
Actively Learn- texts and videos for ELA, Science, Social Studies
Albert: practice test questions
Big Timber Media- ebooks, offering free ones during closures
Buncee- lessons and collaborative workspaces
CK-12- e-learning platform
Class Craft- collaborative learning experiences
Class Hook- educational TV shows/movies/videos
Critical Thinking Co- ebooks, apps, games
Digital Promise- online learning resources
Discovery Education- virtual learning tools
Ditch That Textbook- activities, templates & tutorials
Edpuzzle- turn videos into lessons
Edulastic- tech-enhanced assessments
EP for Classroom- lessons and assessments for all subject areas
Fiveable- free AP test prep/trivia contests
Flocabulary- hiphop videos for all subject areas
HippoCampus- subject-area video collections
InquireED- inquiry-based curriculum
InSync Education- differentiated lessons and activities
Khan Academy- online courses
Kialo Edu- argument mapping and debate site
Lucid Education- assignment creator
Mentimeter- live quizzes and surveys
Mural- digital collaboration tool
Nearpod- find or create lessons
Newsela- news content, text sets, and primary sources
OER Commons- open-ed resources, curated by librarians
PBS LearningMedia- classroom resources gallery
Padlet- create collaborative boards
Parlay- group discussion platform
Pear Deck- interactive slideshows/formative assessment
Pixton Edu- create and view comics for all subject areas
Planboard- digital lesson planning
Quizizz- free quiz tool
Quizlet- create flashcards and quizzes
ShareX- screen capture tool
Socrative- assessment tool
Screencastify- screencasting
Screencast-O-Matic: screencasting platform
Shmoop- student support
Slido- interactive presentations
Smithsonian Learning Lab- digital resources from across the Smithsonian’s institutions
Socrative- on-the-fly assessments
TED-Ed- build lessons around TED talks
VideoAsk- asynchronous video creation tool
WeVideo- online video editing
Wizer- digital worksheet builder
Wolfram Alpha- computational knowledge engine
The Arts
4th Wall- Augmented Reality public art
Art History Teaching Resources- lesson plans and videos
Art Sherpa- YouTube channel with daily painting lessons
Artful- free theater/dance classes
Crayola for Educators- K-12 lesson plans and P.D.
Cyber Fret- video-based guitar lessons
Google Arts and Culture- museums and art collections
Metronome- online metronome, free for teachers
MOMA Learning- browse by theme or artist
Music First- theory, notation, sight-reading, etc.
National Gallery of Art- educator resources
Skillshare- online classes
English
Achieve 3000- differentiated literacy instruction
Albert- grammar practice
Audible- audiobooks, lots free during Covid closures
Book Creator- collaborative creation tool
Bookshare- ebooks for students with reading barriers
CommonLit- reading program
Gleeditions: guided literary texts and videos for classics
Hemingway: writing annotation app
Infercabulary- visual vocabulary learning
No Red Ink- standard-aligned writing assessments
Poetry Escape Room- made by the media specialists :)
Quill- writing and grammar activities
Random House- free book discussion guides
Read to Lead- game-based reading program up to 9th grade
Read Write Think- classroom, parent, and P.D. resources
ReadTheory- reading comprehension
ReadWorks- high-quality articles to create assignments with
Storillo- group writing projects
Vocabbett- SAT/ACT vocab prep
Zinc Learning Labs- leveled texts and reading comprehension
Health & Phys. Ed.
Alo Yoga- mindfulness videos
Gopher Sport- daily challenges and in-home lesson plans
Just Dance- YouTube channel
Nike Training Club- 185+ free workouts; 15-60 minutes long
Sanford Fit- lessons in 4 areas: Recharge, Mood, Food, and Move
SimplySoccer- Soccer Drills You Can Do Indoors
Math
Banzai- financial literacy
CanFigureIt Geometry- proofs
Carnegie Learning- on-demand learning library, Mathia software
DeltaMath- problem/assignment generator
Desmos- class activities
Free Math App- requires students to show step-by-step work
Manga High- game-based algebra, geometry, statistics, more
MashUp Math- YouTube channel
Math Chops- practice games to increase math scores
Math Science Music- teacher toolkit
Mathigon- free interactive textbook
Mathletics- match challenges and quizzes
Muzology- music-based algebra learning platform
MyiMaths: free 30 day trial
Virtual Nerd: video lessons
Science
American Museum of Natural History- virtual tours and educator resources
Beyond Labz- virtual science labs
BioInteractive- classroom resources and P.D.
Bio-Rad Science: life science resources
ChemMatters- teacher's guides
Concord Consortium- online learning resources
Discovery Education- free for remainder of school year
Flinn At-Home Science- labs & activities
H20 for Life- lessons on the water crisis for all subject areas
LabXChange- Harvard's online learning community
National Geographic Education- classroom resources
NOVA Labs- games and interactives for scientific exploration
Our Climate Our Future- educational videos on climate change
Science Friday- activities, lessons, stories, and podcasts
Vernier Software- experiments and data tools
Social Studies
Academy 4SC- Psychology, Philosophy, Economics resources
Active History- history simulations
C3 Teachers- Inquiries archive
Close Up: Non-partisan political discussion topics
Constitution Project- read and compare constitutions
Facing History- resources on racism, prejudice
GSD Network- "real world" stories from teens around the world
iCivics.org- AP Gov support
Library of Congress- digital collections
National Constitution Center- online civic learning opportunities
NewsBank- newspaper database (NEW HC SUBSCRIPTION!)
Stanford's Civic Online Reasoning- free lessons for evaluating information
Teaching Tolerance- free K-12 resources
World 101- international relations and foreign policy
Zinn Education Project- lessons and articles
Technology
Amazon Future Engineer- computer science courses
Boolean Girl- STEM episode series
Carnegie Mellon CS Academy- high school computer science curriculum
Code.org- computer science courses
Codecademy- coding instruction
freeCodeCamp- coding instruction
Game Salad- learn computer science through game creation
Learning.com- coding and computational learning
MAD-Learn- student app creation
Minecraft Education Edition: free through June 30
Penjee- learn Python
Popfizz- computer science courses and P.D.
Tynker- learn to code
UnityLearn- Create with Code Live series
VidCode- coding instruction for teens
World Language
123 Teach Me -Spanish games, lessons, and a verb conjugator
Coffee Break Spanish- free two-minute challenges
Deutsch-Lernen- online German lessons
Digital Dialects- online gamess
DuoLingo- game-based language learning platform
Forvo- pronunciation recordings
The French Experiment- online lessons and children’s books
iCulture- travel vidos, day in the life videos, articles, songs
Internet Polyglot- lessons and audio
Lang-8- practice foreign language writing skills with native speakers
Learn a Language- free online courses
Ling-Q- learn from your favorite content (YouTube, Netflix, etc.)
Mango- language learning platform
Memrise- online flashcards using mnemonic devices
Mind Snacks- game-based language app
Quizlet- practice & assessment tool
Spanish Games- hangman, mix and match, spelling games, etc.
Streema- free TV streaming from over 100 countries
Super Memo- free for a month; online flashcards
TeachVid- create language learning content
Voces Digital- Spanish, French, ESL curriculum and content
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