For Teachers

General

• Teaching Resources for Middle School Using The New York Times - Activities and lessons that can be employed by English, social studies, math and science educators, using Times photos, illustrations, graphs, videos, podcasts and articles.

• PBS Learning Media - Find resources for middle school learners. Inspire your students with videos, games, and activities aligned to state and national standards.

• MiddleWeb - MiddleWeb is all about middle school & the middle grades — with a sharp focus on teaching and learning in grades 4-8. Join us, learn about our 5 streams of content, and find out how to get involved.

For Math Teachers: Websites for Building Students’ Math Skills and Knowledge

In this All Things PLC Magazine feature, Mona Toncheff (University of Arizona) recommends five online mathematics resources that help build students’ procedural fluency:

• Clothesline Math https://clotheslinemath.com – Students place cards with numbers, exponents, variables, algebraic expressions, statistics, and more on a string and move them to make sense of size, sequence, and relationships.

• Esti-Mysteries https://stevewyborney.com/2019/09/51-esti-mysteries - Students view a picture of a container full of objects and estimate the number, then use clues that mathematically help them adjust their estimates.

• Graphing Stories www.graphingstories.com – Short video stories that help students learn to graph on a plane.

• Math Talks www.mathtalks.net/teachers.html - Number and pattern talks help students explain their thinking and help teachers gain insights into what students understand.

• Splat! https://stevewyborney.com/2017/02/splat/.Splat! – An interactive number sense strategy for any grade level.

• Would You Rather Math www.wouldyourathermath.com – Students are given scenarios with two choices, and the goal is to use number sense strategies to make a choice and justify it.

“The Recommender: Mathematics Instructional Routines for Fluency” by Mona Toncheff in All Things PLC Magazine, Winter 2022 (Vol. 6, #1, p. 45); Toncheff can be reached at mtoncheff@arizona.edu.

For Social Studies & History Teachers

• iCivics Remote Learning Toolkit for Educators offers lessons, infographics, and games

• Untold is a free collection of short, compelling, history videos and animations designed to engage new audiences in a new conversation and shine a light on the stories that don’t always make it into the classroom and question what we think we know about those that do.

• New American History helps educators and learners preparing to do research (including their National History Day projects!), develop cross-curricular Project-Based Learning opportunities, develop station based learning experiences, teach students skills to evaluate print and digital resources, and recommend high-quality tools and resources for inquiry-based learning.

• The National Humanities Center hosts the Humanities in Class Digital Library, an Open Education Resource (OER) microsite that collects and combines the best in humanities scholarship and education for use in the K-12 and collegiate classroom.

For Science Teachers

• American Museum of Natural History's Curriculum Collections - include all sorts of materials arranged by topic, such as "Biodiversity Crisis," "Cosmic Horizons," Earth Inside and Out", and many more!

• NASA Science Space Place - Explore Earth and Space! Educator's section - games, lessons, and resources

• Wild Classroom contains a variety of resources that educators and librarians can use with youth to inspire them to help protect the planet. The platform contains activity plans, digital reference materials (including videos and kid-friendly scientific articles), virtual engagement opportunities with World Wildlife Fund experts, online games, and project ideas of ways to get involved in their community.

For English Teachers

• Online Blackout Poetry - students can use the provided sample text from Alice in Wonderland, Pride and Prejudice, or Heart of Darkness; or past in your own block of text. Then click the words you want visible, scroll to the bottom, and click "Blackout" - Voila! Instant digital blackout poetry! You (or students) could screen-capture the image for sharing or use in other locations.