Science

Texts (and videos!) for ELA, Science, and Social Studies with scaffolds and higher-order questions - Contains PD for teachers.

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All content is now free for registered educators

Albert is an online practice and assessment resource for core topics grades 6-12. Teachers can assign modules and track student progress. Albert’s online learning resources include practice questions for a wide variety of AP programs too. It’s best used as a companion to other online teaching methods like web conferencing since it’s meant to review information students have already been learning.

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In addition to their 30-day free pilot program, schools closed due to the outbreak can get a free extended pilot for as long as the closure lasts.

Beanstalk, which offers interactive online classes for preschool kids, is offering free memberships throughout the duration of the COVID-19 outbreak. Recently taught classes include "How Rainbows Work" and "All About Our Lips."

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Free service.

BrainPop offers in-depth learning on topics across the curriculum for upper elementary and middle school students. Each topic includes videos, quizzes, related reading, and even coding activities. Teachers have access to planning and tracking resources too. They also offer BrainPop Jr., specially designed for younger kids.

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BrainPOP is here to help you and your curious learners stay informed and on-track with free access during school closures.

BrainPop offers in-depth learning on topics across the curriculum for upper elementary and middle school students. Each topic includes videos, quizzes, related reading, and even coding activities. Teachers have access to planning and tracking resources too. They also offer BrainPop Jr., specially designed for younger kids.

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BrainPOP is here to help you and your curious learners stay informed and on-track with free access during school closures.

Century was designed as an intervention tool to identify and remedy gaps in a student’s education. It uses artificial intelligence to tailor the learning experience to the learner, much like an actual teacher in the classroom would.

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Schools closed due to the outbreak can get free access to Century’s online learning resources.

This is a terrific resource for middle school and high school science teachers. Each issue provides a new collection of articles on chemistry topics that students will find engaging and relatable. The back-issue online library offers interesting downloadable articles on all sorts of chemistry-related topics, while the Teacher’s Guides help you direct your students as they learn from their reading.

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These online learning resources are always free for everyone.

This collection of online learning resources covers pretty much every topic. Lessons include reading, activities, videos, and more to engage students. They also have free online textbooks.

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This collection of online learning resources covers pretty much every topic. Lessons include reading, activities, videos, and more to engage students. They also have free online textbooks.

ClassHook offers quality media clips on every conceivable topic. Pre-curated playlists make it easier to find what you need for the subject at hand.

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Basic access is always free. Schools closed due to COVID-19/coronavirus can also get free access to ClassHook Premium.

Every day on their blog, Club SciKidz will post a different simple science experiment for kids and parents to do at home. The first, for example, uses the scientific method to determine what household ingredient works the best to clean a dirty penny.

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Free service.

Curriki provides teacher-vetted, open-resource lesson plans and materials on a wide array of subjects. It’s a good place to find online learning resources for students to use at home.

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Curriki is always free to use.

Discovery Education provides online textbooks, multimedia content, and professional development support for virtual classrooms and teachers.

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Not at this time.

Educational Hip Hop: lessons for Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Life Skills, Vocabulary, Current Events.

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Schools closed due to virus get 60 day free access.

Find more than 7,000 videos in 13 subject areas to share with your students. Teachers can set up playlists for their students too.

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HippoCampus is always free to use.

This library of science and social studies articles allows differentiation by reading level, so you can use these articles for various age and skill levels.

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None at this time.

Legends of Learning offers 2,000 3rd through 8th grade games and simulations correlated to state standards. Teachers create playlists of games based on standards and students work through completing each one, while the teacher receives real data from each student. Using their various assignment options, teachers can create custom playlists, or have a playlist built for them with a top-rated game.

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The basic Legends of Learning site is always free. They are offering free access to all premium features for schools closed due to the outbreak for the duration of their closure. This includes assigning an unlimited number of assignments and creating customized assessments for students. Teachers create accounts for free.

Mystery Science is always free, but they’ve put together a special list of lessons grade-by-grade that are perfect for tackling remotely.

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To help educators during this time of coronavirus, we have pulled our most popular science lessons and are offering them for anyone to use for free. No account or login is needed.

Choose from a wide range of prepared interactive lessons for all grade levels, or create your own if you can’t find what you need. Assess students on the spot and get real-time feedback from them too.

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Schools closed due to the outbreak can request free access to Nearpod.

Authentic news content turned into learning materials that are classroom-ready.

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Whether your school is teaching through a closure or building plans to prepare, we’re here to help you ensure that learning doesn’t stop. They're offering free access to Newsela’s entire product suite for the rest of the 2019/2020 school year.

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Newsela has put together content for teachers to prepare for distance learning.

Comprehensive list of over 150+ educationally related material on Netflix categorized by subject/topic.

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Requires subscription.

This site uses curated PBS videos along with lesson plans, interactive materials, and more to cover lots of subjects in an engaging fashion.

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PBS Learning Media is always free for teachers.

PebbleGo offers safe, interactive online research resources on topics selected by their teachers for students K-3.

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None at this time.

Founded in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. PhET sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.

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We are here to support your remote learning needs.

See our remote teaching tips and early access to sims in progress.

Rozzy Learning has engaging lesson plans and other resources for science, social studies, math, and STEM for K-8th grade.

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Free lessons for teachers during school closures. A specific list of lessons have been designated for virtual learning.

Each lesson comes with questions on the right side.

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To support the millions of students, parents and teachers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, TED-Ed is working with expert educators and TED speakers throughout the world to create and share high-quality, interactive, video-based lessons on a daily basis, for free.

The Kid Should See This is an unprecedented collection of 4,300+ kid-friendly videos, curated for teachers and parents who want to share smarter, more meaningful media in the classroom and at home. And thanks to our members, it’s free for everyone.

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None at this time.

They specialize in K-8 social studies, life science, geography, and ancient civilization curriculum content. Their website has online learning videos and quizzes along with a list of the national and state Standards that the videos align with.

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Teachers can send an email through the Contact Us form on the website (or email info@virtualfieldtrips.net) to request access. They are currently offering 60-day memberships and will extend if necessary.

This site was built in a matter of days on a shared vision. We plan to keep building until things get back to normal. A group of more than 25 organizations came together and raised their hands to help, and many more are joining on a daily basis. Watch for new features and content partners frequently.

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Wide Open School is a free collection of the best online learning experiences for kids curated by the editors at Common Sense. There is so much good happening, and we are here to gather great stuff and organize it so teachers and families can easily find it and plan each day.