Resources for MS/ US Teachers
“At Home with PZ” toolbox - Learner Age Range: Preschool / Elementary School / Middle School / High School
The activities you’ll find here provide ways to adapt Project Zero strategies and frameworks for use in different settings: for virtual classrooms and for home learning. Some can be done outdoors, some indoors, and some are appropriate for either. The activities are sorted into two types: tools for learning (the toolbox) and Thinking Routines (thinking bubbles). Each activity offers variations for different age groups as well as for the adult facilitation needed so students could work alone, or, as part of a pair, group, or virtual classroom.
Seesaw: Remote Learning Activities
Activities designed for learning at home by integrating the home environment, family, students’ interests, and learning moments that happen in everyday life.
Thousands of documentaries covering subjects from the tiniest atoms to the wide expanses of our known universe.
Wide Open School
A free collection of the best online learning experiences for kids curated by the editors at Common Sense.
"Science A Day Lessons" with Boston’s 7NEWS Meteorologists
Calling all young film makers!
The Young Filmmakers Challenge invites young people to produce and submit a short film based on the theme: What if “school” as we know it didn’t exist?
Winning submissions will be screened and an awards ceremony held in Washington, DC, in October 2020. The screening will be the culminating event of a three-day, city-wide celebration on Unleashing the Power of Young People. The producer of the Best Overall Film will receive $250 and, along with one guest, an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, DC.
This nationwide challenge is open to anyone 18 and under and submissions will be accepted between February 15th-May 1st. Winners will be announced on May 15th.
826 Digital Browse, enjoy, and apply a wide variety of teaching tools and student writing examples.
Big History Project - Fascinating look at life's bigger questions with a fresh perspective
Texts (and videos!) for ELA, Science, and Social Studies with scaffolds and higher-order questions. Find what you teach and great texts & videos to pair with it. Or add anything you like.
Instructables: Cook, Craft, Create … many making ideas with contests
Global Oneness Project. We believe that stories play a powerful role in education. We aim to connect, through stories, the local human experience to global meta-level issues, such as climate change, water scarcity, food insecurity, etc.
CanFigureIt® Geometry. Created by teachers, this highly interactive tool provides an easy-to-use workspace where students can practice proofs while exercising their deductive reasoning muscles.
BioInteractive. Real science, real stories, and real data to engage students in exploring the living world. High-quality multimedia brings biological research to life.
How To Make A Comic Book - The How to Make a Comic Book online course is a project-centered course designed for all-age learners (ages 13+) who are brand new to the comic-making process. The course features a bevy of resources for new comic-makers including tutorials, models, comic industry guest speakers, and exercises.
Youcubed has put together a bank of tasks and activities to help students learn mathematics at home in an interactive and fun way. You can check out the tasks categorised by grade and topic here.
Modified versions of math tasks to be more home-friendly, as well as some new explorations designed for learners at home can be found here.
'Draw every day' live webcasts by New York Times-bestselling author and illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka (weekdays at 2pm ET). Perhaps, students “sketch noting” or “visualizing their learning notes” could help with transfer? And/or just drawing for fun and sharing?
Grades K-8 Math, Grades 9 - 12 Maths, Science
Students can learn about an author’s craft by studying a stack of texts. An author’s process can feel hidden since it isn’t spelled out on the page. On this site I’ve collected links to video clips of authors talking about their process. These clips can be used as a part of any writing workshop unit of study, but they will be particularly helpful in supporting certain process studies. You’ll find clips here related to five units: Finding Ideas, Using a Writer’s Notebook, Planning, Peer Conferring and Revision.
Amazing Educational Resources - Education companies offering free subscriptions due to school closings.
List of apps and creation tools categorised by subject and grade level; categories include: Lesson planning, classroom management, Science, Math, ELA, Social Studies, video creation, IT-Tech, ES / MS / HS...
List of free online resources, includes: Online Communication Platforms, Platforms to Create Interactive Presentations, ELA Resources, Foreign Languages/English as a Second Language, Math Resources, Social Studies Resources, STEM Resources, Multi-Subject Resources
use the username and password below to access your free World Book Online resources:
https://www.worldbookonline.com
Username: wbsupport
Password: distancelearn
Visit the World Book Online Training & Support Guide to learn more about these resources and other Distance Learning Support for Parents and Schools.
3 case studies on designing a lesson around the outbreak and how it could be a helpful way to answer students' questions and calm fears.
Categorised by content. In each ZIP file below, you’ll find everything you need for a rich online learning experience for your students including:
PDF or fully editable powerpoint lessons that students can independently work through
background briefing sheets to support their learning
activity sheets in Word format that students can write or type in and send back to you to demonstrate their thinking
notes that you can cut and paste into your online platform with instructions (from you to your students) about each lesson
Just download these free materials and upload to your online platform and you’re ready to go!