Just for Fun
Animal Cams Around the World
Smithsonian's Baby Animal Web Cams
Fat Bear Week (October Only!)
Best Cities ranks the top 100 cities of the world using 6 metrics: Place, Product, Programming, People, Prosperity, and Promotion. Fascinating with gorgeous photos!
Blob Opera is a machine learning experiment that lets you explore the original musical instrument: the voice. It's a blast!
Brain Games & Wordle Spinoffs
Absurdle is an adversarial version of Wordle....the word keeps changing to make you lose, until it can no longer change!
Chessle has you guessing opening chess sequences
Crosswordle combines Wordle with a crossword puzzle!
Globle is a geography game...with unlimited guesses!
MLBPickle has you try to guess a player. Think you know your baseball players?
Nerdle asks you to guess the math equation in as few guesses as possible.
POELTL NBA Player Guessing Game. See how well you know your NBA players.
Octordle has 8 Wordles....13 guesses!
Quordle is 4 Wordle puzzles lumped into one....can you get them all in 9 guesses? Check out the SEQUENCE version too!
Sedecordle is 16 wordles....21 guesses. Don't miss the ORDER version!
Spellie is great for those new to Wordle....play EASY, MEDIUM and HARD levels as you learn.
Summle is Wordle, but using math.
Taylordle is the Wordle for Taylor Swift fans!
TED Ed Riddles are problems to be solved using logic, statistics or math. Hard, but fun, fun, fun!
Waffle is like a crossword version of Wordle. Don't miss deluxe Waffle for a bigger board!
Weddle wants you to guess the NFL player in as few tries as possible.
WORLDle, the geography version of Wordle!
Wordle is the best word guessing game EVER!! A new word to guess every day!
Wordle in other world languages: French and Spanish
Wordle Unlimited for those who want more than just one Wordle puzzle per day.....so addictive!
Word Square is a 5x5 word guessing puzzle.
Build an Epic Marble Run with Lego
Chess.com helps you learn the game and play against your friends virtually.
Chess Puzzle provides challenges to help you improve your chess skills.
Chess Tactics Explained assumes no prior knowledge of chess in teaching you winning tactics.
Chrome Experiments has incredible work by coders that cover EVERYTHING!!! Don't miss it!!
Classic Mahjong lets you play this Chinese tile elimination matching game from the 1800's.
Crowd Party lets you easily host or play trivia games over Google Meet or Zoom.
Digital Museum of Plugs & Sockets has an amazing array of interesting plugs & sockets from around the world.
Discover National Parks lets you take a look at all the parks in the US
EarthCam provides links to webcams from around the world....zoos, famous landmarks, stadiums, amusement parks and so much more!
Field Recordings lets you listen to the sounds of places around the world. Fascinating!
Fold 'n Fly has lots of great paper airplane designs from simple to complex.
Geometrize will take any image and recreate it using a repetition of geometric shapes. So cool!
Google Doodles gives you lots of insight into the process of creating their Doodle each day. Check it out....maybe even submit one of your own!
Google Trends provides an interesting window into what's going on by looking at the most popular Google searches each year - globally, by country & by category.
The Hidden Worlds of the US National Parks allows 360-degree exploration of some of our most beautiful National Parks
Instructables teaches you to build all kinds of cool stuff, from a homemade hot tub to a Star Wars dining table, they've got it all!
Intro to Navigation provides info on reading a topographical map and using a compass or GPS receiver to prepare you for an outdoor adventure.
Ireland Virtual Tour is a fun way to explore many popular sites in Ireland.
Kapwing is a modern editor for videos, gifs, images & memes.
The Kid Should See This has thousands of short, amazing videos, including humor, lego, cooking & food, music, art , DIY and more!
Knots 3D shows you how to tie all types of knots.
Lighthouse Friends links you to history and photos of all lighthouses in the US and Canada.
Lizard Point has quizzes and tests that let you test your knowledge on everything from geography to art to math.
Mapping Sound Across America does exactly that....amazing!
MCN Ultimate Guide to Virtual Museums is, by far, the most comprehensive guide to virtual museum resources, E-learning, and online collections covering art, culture, history, science. Amazing!
More Than Just Parks lets you explore, plan a visit to and learn about our National Parks. Beautiful photos!
Movie of the Night will help you find movies within the streaming service you have. Search by genre, length, rating......even find "hidden gems"!
Museum of Failure....because not every idea is a good idea!
NASA -- main site for ALL things regarding space exploration
Astronomy Picture of the Day and its archives includes incredible images of outer space!
Chandra X-Ray Observatory has lots of info on Chandra. Click on the NASA logo at the top and link to so many other amazing stories on space exploration.
How to Identify That Light in the Sky does exactly that!
Mars Mission lets you follow the action of the Perseverance Rover as it explores Mars.
NASA TV provides live coverage and archived views of all missions, plus incredible footage of outer space.
NASA Science looks to explore the interconnectedness of ALL things science
Solar System Exploration lets you explore the planets, moons, comets, asteroids and so much more.
National Geographic Kids has games, videos and lots more about the world around us!
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts to listen to and explore new music
Old Time Radio lets you access shows and programs from the "olden days"
Online Sequencer lets you create music online.
Piskel is a free, online sprite and pixel art creator.
Pixton lets you create comics using an extensive array of backgrounds, characters and speech bubbles. Click here and log in with Google
Podcasts for Middle Schoolers
Book Club for Kids explores middle grade books...with lots of surprises!
Brains On covers lots of science topics for curious kids and adults
Eleanor Amplified for a good, old-fashioned radio adventure program.
Live From Mt. Olympus brings the Greek myth to life.
The Past and the Curious offers interesting insights into often overlooked history.
Peace Out for mindfulness, meditation and calming stories
Short & Curly is an Australian podcast that covers ethics and other "curly" issues. Is it fair to punish the whole class? Should robots replace humans? Lots of fun!
Presidential Pet Museum covers ALL the White House pets.
Random Acts of Kindness Bingo is a fun way to spread kindness. Also see ways to become a RAKtivist in the world by spreading kindness.
Random Trivia Generator tests your knowledge in a bunch of areas. So fun!
Reader's Digest Daily Jokes has knock-knock, corny, punny and dad jokes plus clever riddles. Good clean fun!
Readow uses AI to help recommend your next book.
Seterra is the ultimate map quiz site. Learn geography while having fun!
Sketch.io is a great digital illustration platform. Don't miss their tutorial by clicking the HELP button.
Sounds of Earth lets you enjoy relaxing nature sounds from around the world.
TED Talks and TED Ed for Kids have inspirational and informational videos
Tree.fm lets you listen to forest sounds around the globe. Sooo relaxing!
The Typing Cat provides fun tutorials to practice your typing skills.
VEX Robotics Virtual Coding Site allows you to program various robots and see the results -- Contact Mrs. Costelloe for access to the RN paid subscription for RN MSHS!
Wordsmith: A.Word.A.Day is a worldwide community of people who love words, wordplay, language and literature.
World Radio Map allows you to listen to stations from around the world.
World Wildlife Origami Patterns provides instructions to fold 16 amazing animals.