Reading:
This is a great list of books for students reading at an advanced level. These books match the interest level by age, but advance the reading level.
The Smithsonian Learning Lab: Millions of Smithsonian digital images, recordings, texts, and videos in history, art and culture, and the sciences.
Storyline On-Line: This site streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations.
Living Poetically: A site describing the benefits of memorizing poetry and poem suggestions.
Poetry 180: A site from the Library of Congress with 180 poems to listen to on each of the 180 days of the school year.
Author Webcasts: On this site you can see and hear your favorite authors discuss their work.
CommonLit: A free collection of fiction and nonfiction for 3rd-12th graders.
Math:
Figure This Math Challenges: This site poses questions for students to solve that use logic and various math skills to answer.
Investigation Games: These are grade level-based games that cover a myriad of math skills.
iPractice Math: This is a free resource that has different skills to practice.
Kakuro: This puzzle asks students to fluently add numbers to equal the given sum.
Ken Ken: This puzzle ranges from adding/subtracting to multiplication/division.
Khan Academy: This site offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard so learners can study at their own pace.
Science:
Engineering at Home: Created by a mechanical engineer, this page offers many ideas for engineering at home.
Molecular Workbench:Hundreds of virtual labs in multiple science subjects. Requires download of (free) software.
Mystery Science: Free during the 2020 distance learning period.
NOVA labs: NOVA Labs is a free digital platform that engages lifelong learners in games and interactives that foster authentic scientific exploration..
PhET: This site has simulations of math and science concepts.
Creativity:
Imagineering in a Box (from Khan Academy)
Pixar in a Box (from Khan Academy)
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