hand2mind is making free math activities for home access available. Those include downloadable lessons and "virtual manipulatives" for grades K-8
Spatial-Temporal, Language Agnostic, Fosters Deep Conceptual Understanding
Website allows students to play basic games to reinforce math skills and compete against the computer or others.
A wide range of math content from middle school through AP Calculus. https://deltamath.com/overview
K-8 online math program that looks at how a student is solving problems to adjust accordingly and build a unique learning path for them.
Higher level math series... online video series with detailed solutions to more than a thousand publicly-released College Board SAT Math, Subject Test Math Level 1, and Subject Test Math Level 2 problems. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbQoCpvYRYRkRRvsObOPHaA?reload=9
Math Videos with lessons, real life uses of math, famous actors.
Enter your math problem or search term, press the button, and they show you the step-by-step work and answer instantly. 2nd grade through college.
Elementary Math games, logic puzzles and educational resources.
K-5 curriculum that builds deep understanding and a love of learning math for all students https://www.zearn.org/
Short videos about numbers that help kids explore complex math topics and make math more fun.
Fractions practice
http://www.mathchimp.com/freddysfractions.php
Math and logic problems for ages 5 and up to adult
Geometry
1500 Math Lessons Grade 6 through Algebra 2
A reiterated availability of "Computer Science Academy," a free, online, interactive high school CS curriculum. CS1 is the year-long flagship course, with 120 hours of instruction and a "robust introduction" to coding with Python through graphics and animations. This course is available to educators with teacher accounts. CS0 is a "lite" version, which includes about 40 hours of instruction and is intended for middle school, out-of-school programs and summer camp settings. This course is available for both mentor and teacher accounts.
Boolean Girl has launched live, online events to help teach students "to code, build, invent and animate." Livestreamed every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 3 to 4 p.m. Eastern time, introduce new engineering and coding projects to increase interest and engagement around STEM. Recorded so that students can watch the session afterwards if they miss the live presentation.
Scratch draws students of all types into coding and lays a foundation for future learning. https://scratch.mit.edu/
3 Free Weeks of Maker Stations to keep your children creating at home! Each challenge includes simple instructions using materials around the house, QR code video resources, and a student recording sheet. bit.ly/freemakerstations
https://leftbraincraftbrain.com/28-days-of-stem-activities-and-steam-activities-for-kids/
National Geographic Young Explorers is a magazine designed specifically for kindergarten and first grade students. Children can listen to the magazine being read to them as they follow along with the highlighted text.
Free online access to sponsored computer science courses in US for grades 6-12, and teachers who are remotely teaching this age group. Parents can also access this curriculum. Future Engineer typically targets under-represented students to draw them into CS education. Courses include "Computer Science Explorations" for middle schoolers; and "Introduction to Computer Science in Python" and the Advanced Placement-oriented "Computer Science Principles" and "Computer Science A." The company is working with curriculum partner, Edhesive, to grant teachers and students access to these free courses shortly after they complete an online application.
Next Generation Science video game focused on middle school where students directly engage in science phenomena as they solve problems. https://www.tytoonline.com/
Science simulations, scientist profiles, and other digital resources for middle school science and high school biology.
Illustrated recipes designed to help kids age 2-12 cook with their grown-ups. Recipes encourage culinary skills, literacy, math, and science. https://www.nomsterchef.com/nomster-recipe-library
Learn all about cells
All sorts of learning here if you dig in
This NASA initiative covers a wide range of topics including weather, climate, atmosphere, water, energy, plants, and animals.
Ask Dr. Universe is a science-education project from Washington State University. Kids can send Dr. Universe any question they may have about history, geography, plants, animals, technology, engineering, math, culture, and more.
https://askdruniverse.wsu.edu/
Interactive video earth science based curriculum supplement. https://www.everyday-earth.com/
Space science for kiddos
https://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/index.html
Science podcasts to listen to with your kids
Alaskan Wildlife cams
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=viewing.webcams
Science and math labs and simulations
An online physics problem and video bank designed for conceptual, standard, honors or AP1 physics.
https://www.positivephysics.org/home
Cool Kid Facts gives your child access to educational videos, pictures, quizzes, downloadable worksheets, and infographics. They can use these to learn about geography, history, science, animals, and even the human body. https://www.coolkidfacts.com/
From rainbows to tornadoes and winter storms to tsunamis, meteorologist Crystal Wicker breaks down the fascinating world of weather. http://www.weatherwizkids.com/
This educational website hosted by the Smithsonian Museum takes a deep dive into ocean life.
High school chemistry topics https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/resources/highschool/chemmatters/articles-by-topic.html
A collection of hundreds of free K-12 STEM resources, from standalone models and simulations to short activities and week long sequences of curriculum materials.
Biology
https://www.biologysimulations.com/
Scholastic Classroom Magazines Teaching the Coronavirus Website (organized by grade)
www.scholastic.com/coronavirus
Innerbody explores the 11 bodily systems in depth. With interactive models and detailed explanations, this website will help them learn more about the internal mechanics of the amazing human body.
https://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
A human visualization platform that allows students to explore the human body in really cool ways.
Take kids on a journey through time.
Using images from Google’s Street View, it plops players down in the middle of the street and asks them to figure out where they are.
Allows students to type in any city, state, or country to view an archive of historical photographs and other documents. It’s a unique way to help them learn about history.
This interactive website, hosted by the U.S. Government Publishing Office, allows your child to see the ins and outs of the U.S. government by taking a series of learning adventures with none other than Benjamin Franklin. https://bensguide.gpo.gov/
Your child can play games, learn fun facts, and find out how to turn coin collecting into a hobby.
35,000 pages of online content on the cultures and countries of the world. https://www.countryreports.org/
Primary Source Documents
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-now-search?tid_2=47298
Lesson Plans
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-now-search?tid_2=47301
Historian Lectures
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-now-search?tid_2=65075
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