9th-12th Grade Resources

Read Write ThinkSponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English, ReadWriteThink provides educators with access to the highest quality practices in reading and language arts instruction by offering the very best in free materials. Sample Lessons: Color Poems-Using the Five Sense to Guide Pre-Writing, Teaching About Story Structure Using Fairy Tales, A Blast From the Past With Nuclear Chemistry and more.

The Story StarterThe Story Starter randomly generates 356,300,262,144 story starters. Use the story starters to help students become more creative with their writing.

YoungzineYoungzine is a one-of-a-kind Web site where children can learn about current news and events shaping their world -- in a simple, engaging and interactive manner.

Wide Open School - a free collection of the best online learning experiences for kids curated by the editors at Common Sense.

Multi-Subject Resources

CK-12 - This is a collection of resources for grades 9th-12th on math, science, and social studies.

Khan Academy - This is a collection of videos and resources for grades 9th-12th on multiple subjects.

Hippo Campus - This is a collection of videos and resources for grades 9th-12th on multiple subjects.

Discovery K12 - Discovery K12 provides a complete online curriculum for pre-k to 12th grade. All main subjects are covered, plus extra curriculum courses.

PhET - Students can explore math and science topics with interactive simulations.

Crash Course - Youtube channel of educational videos

ACT Academy - Practice skills for ACT prep

Self Care for Teens - 50 self-care ideas for middle and high school students. Links to yoga, meditation, virtual tours, crosswords, and more...for teens!

MobyMax

Read Theory - Improve your students’ Reading Comprehension. It’s free. Personalized reading comprehension exercises for K-12 and ESL students. The texts are accurately aligned to grade-level standards and a Lexile measure is provided for each, so you can trust your students’ performance metrics and reading level.

PBS Learning Media PBS has curated a special collection of resources organized by grades and subject area. Parents will find videos and activities that support learning at home. Spanish Version

Language Arts Resources

Renaissance -

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  • Username: readnow

  • Password: myon

Audible Stories
Students can stream a collection of stories, including titles across six different languages. All stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone, or tablet.

CommonLit - CommonLit helps students with reading, writing, communication, and problem-solving skills

Loyal Books - Free Public Domain Audiobooks & eBook Downloads

Project Gutenberg - Free ebooks (public domain)

Math

Math Resources

Delta Math - Delta Math is a free website for teachers and students covering a wide range of math content from middle school through AP Calculus.

Dr. Roger's Math Neighborhood - This is a free online video series with detailed solutions to more than a thousand publicly-released College Board SAT Math, Subject Test Math Level 1, and Subject Test Math Level 2 problems.

Illuminations - This is a collection of math interactive resources for grades 9-12, created by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Desmos - Desmos is a free extremely user-friendly, online graphing calculator that students can use to graph functions, plot data and evaluate equations. The site also includes math examples and even creative art—so students can get the most out of the calculator.

Geogebra - (Geometry, Algebra, Statistics, and Calculus)
A free online graphing calculator and simulator for Geometry, Algebra, Statistics, and Calculus.

Geometry 3-D Shapes Interactive - The Annenberg Learner: Geometry 3-D Shapes Interactive is a free learning website where students can learn about solids or three-dimensional geometric shapes and the academic vocabulary used to describe them. Additionally, students can learn how to calculate surface area, volume, and explore the mathematical properties of 3-D figures.

Math Warehouse - (Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, and Calculus) Provides notes, graphics, interactive learning tools and worksheets for high school math content.

Printable Resources Packets

Students can access a shared 9th-12th grade science folder to obtain various science packets. Currently, you will find the following packets:

Semester and Your Long Foundations

Year Long Biology

Marine Biology

Environment Science / Botany

Science Resources

Collisions Chemistry - Collisions is a system of digital games, grounded in the rules of chemistry, that can be used to introduce, teach, and review key concepts in chemistry.

Biology Simulations - Simulations and virtual labs for biology topics including evolution, ecology, and cellular energetics.

Flinn Scientific - At home science labs and activities

Google Science Journal - By using the sensors built into smartphones, iPads, Chromebooks, and other mobile devices, students can make real-time and real-world observations of their current environments with the Google Science Journal application. Students can observe sound, light, and motion and gather relevant data, formulate questions, and identify problems about their environments and construct logical and evidence-based answers and solutions.

The Biology Place by Pearson - Specifically designed for students studying biology, this site aids students in getting a firm grasp of concepts with the BioCoach, experiencing virtual application of concepts with the Lab Bench, and understanding the meanings of conceptual vocabulary.

Science Journal For Kids -Hundreds of scientific articles, written for kids, approved by scientists. Each article features a glossary of unfamiliar terms and "check for understanding" questions.

SciWorthy - Scientific articles that tell you about what scientists do, why they did it, and the results they got, in everyday language.

Social Studies


Social Studies Resources

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - Students can explore the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History virtually.

iCivics - iCivics, inc. is a non-profit organization in the United States that provides educational online games and lesson plans to promote civics education and encourage students to become active citizens.

Smithsonian's History Explorer - This is a collection of interactives and media resources for 9-12 grade.

MrBettsClass - A Youtube channel that teaches mainly US History through parody songs, animations, meme compilations, and reviews

HipHughes History - United States History lectures brought to you by Mr. Hughes. These lectures are designed for broad based conceptual review for studying for middle and high school students

Famous Speeches from the Past - Watch and/or listen to famous speeches from the past that shape our current landscape and world. Students and parents can search by common tags, names, and events.

PBS: History Detective: Special Investigations Resources - In each hour-long episode of History Detectives Special Investigations, historians ask probing questions behind a single iconic mystery from America's past. Viewers are asked us to solve the puzzles behind their historic objects and artifacts and special features such as tips on conducting your own historical investigation to resources to use in the classroom.

Performing Arts Resources

Digital Theatre Plus - Unlimited access to some of the world's finest productions, unique backstage insights, practitioner interviews and written analysis.

Busy Kids Do Piano - Free month of lessons with coupon code PIANOATHOME

Chrome Music Lab - Chrome Music Lab is a website that makes learning music more accessible through fun, hands-on experiments.

Sight Reading Factory - Unlimited exercises for sight reading and sight singing practice

Foreign Language Resources

Duolingo - Learn a foreign language

Conjugemos - "Use without account" option has vocabulary, grammar, listening activities and games in Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Korean, and Latin.

Campus Difusion - With a free account, students and teachers can access 100% of videos, online activities, proyectable materials for the classroom, and sample units and audios of all books