Middle School Resources

Reading Resources-

eBooks, eAudio, and eMagazines

Cape/Canyon Library Catalog- While the library is currently closed, you can still check out our digital titles through our catalog.

Amplify Library allows students to access over 600 high quality books from home.

12-Story Library has opened up access to their full library of nonfiction ebooks, each of which are paired with a unique resource web page with content updates, live news feeds, videos, and image galleries.

Research Databases, Articles, and Educational Websites

Khan Academy: Practice exercises, instructional videos, and personalized learning in the subjects of math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more.

Tween Tribune: A free, not-for-profit online newspaper for kids, aged 8–15. It is updated daily with stories from the Associated Press that are chosen based on relevancy to pre-adolescents.

Common Lit: Parents/Guardians can set up free account to access collection of reading passages in literary and nonfiction genres for grades 3-12.

Coding and Technology Resources

Code.Org: Resources to help students learn computer science at home. Introductory tutorials, educational videos library, self-paced courses, and more!

With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share your creations with others in the online community

Code Maven- an interactive tutorial where anyone can experiment with learning to code

Tynker: Free access to premium coding courses during school closures.

Blockly Games is a series of educational games that teach programming. It is designed for children who have not had prior experience with computer programming

Digital Citizenship Resources

NetSmartz Teens is an Internet safety program with resources to teach children how to identify and handle issues like cyberbullying, online predators and revealing too much information.

BrainPOP's Digital Citizenship collection offers topics ranging from Digital Etiquette and Cyberbullying to Information Privacy and Media Literacy. The collection invites students to discover in fun and interactive ways how to behave responsibly and safely in world that is increasingly digital.

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Interland is a free, web-based game that makes learning the ways of the web a fun, engaging and hands-on experience.

Virtual Tours/Field Trips

Google has partnered with over 500 global art institutions to open their virtual doors to the public

Take 360-degree tours of some of the most remote and beautiful U.S. National Parks with Google Arts and Culture.

Google Earth National Park Virtual Tours- 31 of the United States national parks

Explore.org: The largest collection of live nature and animal cameras- Africa, Alaska, oceans, and many more.

Monterey Bay Aquarium Live Cams- sharks, jellyfish, penguins, sea otters, and more.

San Deigo Zoo live cams and videos

Explore the surface of Mars with the Curiosity Rover

A collection of NASA virtual tours and apps

Virtual tour of the White House from Google Arts and Culture

A virtual field trip to the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia.

Online exhibitions of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Explore the magic of Harry Potter with a virtual tour collaboration between Google Arts and Culture and the British Library.

National Museum of Natural History virtual tours allow visitors to take self-guided, room-by-room tours of select exhibits and areas within the museum

A virtual tour of the largest library in the world- the Library of Congress in Washington DC

Fun Websites and Activities

33 Kid-Friendly Edutainment Podcasts to Stay Sharp, a podcast list curated by Sean Allen on PodchaserA podcast list curated by Sean Allen. Cooped up inside from all this social distancing? Kids going nuts because schools and daycare are closed? Have them check out these podcasts so they can learn cool things and have fun too! Some of these are a bit more on the "entertainment" side of "edutainment" but hey! Nothing wrong with that!

Learn 30+ languages online with bite-size lessons based on science.

OLogy: a Science Website for Kids | American Museum of Natural HistoryFind out about fossils, the universe, animals, and much more! On OLogy, kids of all ages can play games, do activities, collect cards, and meet scientists.

Wonderopolis is a fun-filled destination that provides a fascinating outlet for curious kids of all ages.

Printable coloring pages- for all ages

America's Test Kitchen for Kids: Discover kid-tested recipes, cooking experiments, & videos that will excite young chefs.

Non-screen activities - from Pobble.pdf