The following website are resources that you can use to help support your academics.
1. MATH WEBSITES
Khan Academy has videos and lessons for all grades.
Hippocampus has Pre-Algebra and geometry lessons and practice games.
Education Possible has a list of over 50 fun and interactive math games for middle schoolers.
Prodigy offers fun math games for middle schoolers. Many teachers use it in class and report it turns math haters into math lovers.
Math TV is like Netflix for math! Videos are broken down by skill.
Cool Math offers lessons and games in pre-algebra, algebra, and pre-calculus.
Online Math has games broken down by grade level from 1 – 8.
Math is Fun offers lessons, games, worksheets and puzzles on all sorts of math concepts including speed and velocity, money and geometry.
Multiplication.com is great for middle schoolers who are a little rusty on those multiplication facts. It’s designed for elementary – high school students with age-appropriate games.
2. SCIENCE WEBSITES
NASA offers cool space-related videos and activities.
The Happy Scientist offers great videos and fun experiments to try at home.
PBS has great videos on a variety of topics, including a series on viruses.
Science Buddies has over 1,500 experiments.
3. LANGUAGE ARTS WEBSITES
Libby allows you to read library books on a phone or tablet.
Common Lit is a free database of passages to practice reading comprehension.
Soft Schools offers free printable language arts word searches, quizzes and worksheets.
Lit 2 Go is a collection of stories and poems in mp3 format. Kids can download and listen while going on a walk, gardening or doing chores.
Worksheet Works has free grammar printables.
Scholastic offers lessons, games and free reading material for all ages.
4. SOCIAL STUDIES
Teaching Tolerance has lesson plans, articles, videos and activities geared at making us all better citizens.
EdHelper offers printable worksheets and journals on history topics and world problems.
Social Studies for Kids offers free curriculum in history, economics, geography, government, finance and more.
The Library of Congress has videos on topics such as Civil Rights and historical figures including Rosa Parks and Amelia Earhart.
5. MUSIC AND ART
Pixar in a Box offers behind the scenes looks at animation.
Violin Online offers free sheet music and beginner violin lessons.
Virtual Drumming turns computer keyboards into percussion sets.
6. Study Skills
How to Study provides all the resources you need to develop great study skills
LA County Library offers free tutoring and homework help, among many resources. You just need to have or sign up for a library card.