Online Resources

MackinVia ebooks and audiobooks available to SOMSD students

The SOMSD is now a member of the Connected Library Consortium (CLC).  This membership provides students with access to a wide range of ebooks and audiobooks through MackinVia.  Students may access MackinVia with their school Google login information.  Information on how to access MackinVia from home may be found here.  This is a wonderful resource for the summer!

Social Justice/Anti-Racism Book Lists

• From The Children's Book Council: Anti-Racist Books For All

• From Social Justice Books

• A curated list of books for all ages

Virtual Field Trips

• Monterey Aquarium - Live web cams of animals! (Ms. Popp's favorite site!)

• Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute

  • • Smithsonian Zoo Educational Webcam Activities

    • Smithsonian Home Educational Activities 

    • Animal Scavenger Hunt

• The Cornell Lab - All About Birds (Includes Webcams of Birds)

• Google Arts & Culture - Best Museums for Elementary Students to Visit

  • • Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

    • Musée de l'Orangerie (Paris, France)

    • NASA

    • National Museum of Natural History

    • Eiffel Tower (Paris, France) (You may explore it too!)

    • World Monuments Fund

    • Catlin Seaview Survey

    • Chihiro Art Museum (Japan)

    • Shedd Aquarium (Chicago, IL)

    • Space Shuttle Discovery

    • Explore (From The Netherlands - a great polar bear webcam!)

Books Reading Resources

Ebooks and Audiobooks

• • International Children's Digital Library

  • Audible Stories

  • Epic! Books

  • Pinna - Audiobooks, podcasts, music

Arts/Crafts/Writing Resources

Arts & Crafts

• • Jarrett Lerner Activities - Includes templates to create a comic

  • Ready Set Draw! – Draw with talented illustrators from children’s literature

  • Young at Art - Instruction on basic and intermediate art skills used in children’s book illustrations

Physical Fitness/Mindfulness Resources

• • Alo Gives -- Mindfulness and yoga classes

Coding Resources

• • https://hourofcode.com/us

  • https://csfirst.withgoogle.com/s/en/home

  • https://www.madewithcode.com/

  • https://scratch.mit.edu/

Typing Programs

• • Typing Agent - Students in grades three through five have accounts. Students must sign in with Google.