Teacher Resources

Emotional ABCs Classroom is a skills-based curriculum that teaches foundational emotional skills

Smiling Mind is a non-for-profit web and app-based meditation program developed by psychologists and educators to help bring mindfulness into your life.

Calm is an award-winning app that has calming exercises, breathing techniques to help you relax. It even includes a Calm Kids section

Empatico is a free tool connecting classrooms around the world through video exchanges and activities that spark empathy

Dollar Street shows kids how people really live. Photos show students what life looks like on different income levels. Dollar Street lets them visit many, many homes all over the world. Without traveling.”

edWeb is a free online community for professional educators, offering networking, resource sharing, collaboration, and professional development webinars

Every weekday, join full-time teacher Vicki Davis, author of the Cool Cat Teacher Blog, as she dives into what matters most to classroom teachers

Educators, join NewsLit Nation, NLP's News Literacy Educator Network. Here, you can gain a sense of belonging, exchange best practices with colleagues in the field and enjoy perks and incentives to support you in your classrooms

TalkingPoints is a messenger tool for educators. It allows teachers and administrators to connect and communicate with parents via text messaging directly to their phones and in their native languages. 

ClassDojo connects teachers, students, and families through communication features, such as a feed for photos and videos from the school day, and messaging that can be translated into more than 35 languages

Remind is a communication platform that helps educators reach students and parents 

Imagine if you could engage every student in your class, every day. What if you could instantly see who’s confused and who’s ready for more? That’s the power of Pear Deck. And now, with the Pear Deck for Google Slides Add-on, you can add the magic of formative assessments and interactive questions to your presentations right from Google Slides

Whiteboard.fi is an instant formative assessment tool for your classroom, providing you with live feedback and an immediate overview of your students

Classroomscreen is an online tool that allows you to display the instructions for your lesson in a clear and visual way. 

Baamboozle is a game-based learning platform that brings engagement and fun to millions of players every year at school, at work, and at home

Quizizz allows you to conduct student-paced formative assessments in a fun and engaging way for students of all ages

Play engaging quiz-based games (kahoots) at school, at home, and at work, create your own kahoots and learn something new! 

GoNoodle helps teachers and parents get kids moving with short interactive activities

Padlet allows you to insert ideas anonymously or with your name. It's easy to use and very handy. Whoever has the Padlet board opened, can see what's on it and what everyone is writing. Students just have to take a device and start adding little sticky notes online

Wakelet is a digital curation platform that lets teachers and students organize a mix of content for easy access

Capture notes, share them with others, and access them from your computer, phone, or tablet. 

Trello is a collaboration tool that organizes your projects into boards. In one glance, Trello tells you what's being worked on, who's working on what, and where something is in a process. 

Milanote is an easy-to-use tool to organize your ideas and projects into visual boards

Planbook is an online lesson planner that makes it easy for teachers of all grade levels to create, share and print their lesson plans

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Esti-Mysteries: Estimation

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Splat!

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Number Talks

Introduces students and teachers to authors and teaches them the correct pronunciation of their names. It also includes book guides, activities, lesson plans, and readings and is the perfect resource for teachers and librarians looking to bring authors and their work into classrooms and libraries. 

Skype a Scientist

Contains a variety of resources that educators and librarians can use with youth to inspire them to help protect the planet. 

iNaturalist helps you identify the plants and animals around you. Get connected with a community of over a million scientists and naturalists who can help you learn more about nature! 

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Virtual Field Trips in North Carolina 

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North Carolina Museum of History 

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The Outer Banks Virtual Field Trips