Red spiral-bound notebook for the 6-8 Middle School section

Middle School


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Resources for academic support, including enrichment and expanded learning.

Multiple Subjects

  • Animated Educational Site for Kids - Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Arts & Music, Health, and Technology.

  • A comprehensive collection of "At-Home Learning and Other Resources for Students and Families"

  • Online educational games for kids of all ages (math, grammar, science, spelling, history)

  • Extensive video library, interactive challenges, and assessments in multiple subject areas.

  • A collection of books that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world.

  • Explore any interest over live video chat! Discover fun, social, and safe learning experiences for kids ages 3-18 led by passionate teachers. Classes from $10.

English Language Arts, Reading, and Writing

  • A syndicated series available beginning in the late 1940s to radio stations with five minutes to spare. The format invited the listener to solve the mystery during the final commercial, and test their judgment against the detective or cop on the case.

  • Free scripts for reader’s theater (or readers theatre) adapted from stories written by Aaron Shepard and others—mostly humor, fantasy, and world tales from a variety of cultures.

  • Videos, book collections, office hours, or workshops to help parents/caregivers support Pre-K to Grade 9 students with Reading and Writing

  • Spanish children's stories and online Spanish lessons

  • An engaging collection of resources that brings books to life (PK-12)

  • Plan activities from Common Sense Media’s menu of offerings

  • An annual annotated reading list of high-quality new books that young adults enjoy

Mathematics

  • Math, art, science and reading for ages 8-13, free during school closures w/code SCHOOL7771

  • From math puzzles to complex theories in geometry, Chinese math activities teach students math skills in an innovative manner

  • Free math games for kids of all ages

  • Mathematics in an enjoyable and easy-to-learn manner covering K-12 curriculum.

  • The fun way to learn programming and develop problem-solving & critical thinking skills! Ages 5-17

Science

  • Math, art, science and reading for ages 8-13, free during school closures w/code SCHOOL7771

  • Award-winning science podcast for kids from American Public Media

  • Public radio host Jane Lindholm helps answer kids' most burning questions

  • Created by the Creative Computing Lab at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. This resource supports increasing fluency with computational thinking

  • A sound-rich dive into nature and animal science, podcast guided by Ranger Emma

  • Google's partnership with the National Parks Services quite literally brings the outdoors inside

  • Live stream of different aquarium exhibits

  • Free, easy science for remote learning

  • A fun place to play games and learn about NASA. Don’t miss the info for parents, teachers and caregivers too

  • Interactive, engaging and colorful games, videos and more

  • Live stream of polar bears in the Tundra

  • Ride along on a live safari

  • Tour the San Diego Zoo

  • Demos and experiments you can try at home

  • Online science lessons and experiments. Free and paid content available

  • Guy Raz and Mindy Thomas, radio and podcast stars, serve up science news with a heavy dose of silliness

  • Take a virtual tour of Yellowstone National Park

Visual and Performing Arts

  • Virtually visit 500+ museums and art galleries around the world

  • Virtual field trips

  • Author/illustrator Jarrett Krozoczka offers daily drawing classes on YouTube

  • YouTube channel that teaches using animation

  • Art lessons for grades PreK – 8th grade. Free and fee-based lessons available online

  • Children's author and illustrator Mo Willems invites you to explore new ways of making and writing.

  • Free daily live art and craft tutorials

Social Science and History

  • Virtually visit exhibits in the National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C.

Recreation and Physical Fitness

  • An online marketplace of camps, after school classes, workshops and kids’s nights out, some free and some fee-based, that have adapted to our current stay-at-home circumstance

  • Yoga, mindfulness and relationship for kids 3+

  • Virtual field trips

  • Kid-friendly videos to get your kids up and moving around

  • Free mindfulness class for kids

  • Public Broadcasting’s site for both kids and parents

  • Live stream of a puppy playroom

  • Want to build your own schedule? We borrowed this List of Activities to do each day from a fellow school district and thought you might like to use as a guide or follow these links to see where they lead you

  • More virtual field trips including Winchester Mystery House, Oakland and San Diego Zoo, and even Mars

  • Learn touch typing for free

  • When you can’t go out, but still want to have an adventure

  • "A list of activities and resources to keep you active and healthy while this passes and we #stayhome to protect everyone"