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The periodic table of elements is key to understanding and mastering chemistry concepts. These periodic table activities are fun and engaging, and you can use many of them … learn more

Winter means shorter days, colder temperatures, and lots of ice and snow. That means it’s time for experiments that you can only do in winter! These experiments and … learn more

Welcome to SongZone, an age-specific resource for Songs, Nativities and Assembly packages for children aged between 5-11. The songs are topic based or seasonal, offering easily singable fun … learn more

Want access to an exclusive newsletter freebie library for upper elementary classrooms? Subscribe to my email list to get access to an exclusive library of free teaching resources … learn more

Illustrated children’s stories for kids of all ages. Storybooks are organized by age level (younger children, older children, young adult). It’s one of the few story sites out … learn more

Teach and inspire the most powerful resource on earth: the next generation. Ride through 300 years of American History. Unparalleled resources documenting the American experience of innovation, ingenuity, … learn more

Teaching Ideas contains thousands of free classroom activity ideas, downloadable resources, display photos and other educational content that teachers can use with their children. It is mainly intended … learn more

As the end of the year comes up, you may be looking with trepidation at the folders and files on your device. What do you need to keep … learn more

Hey, I’m Rob from Art For Kids Hub, and I’m excited to welcome you to Advanced Art Hub! This channel is all about taking our drawing skills to … learn more

Chances are your students have a strong association with spring. They know it’s a time of flowers, changing weather and of course it signals that school will be … learn more

PreK & Kindergarten lessons and resources.  With your KidsSoup Resource Library Membership, you’ll get one year of access to our online library containing over 70 themes filled with … learn more

Clara Barton was thirty-nine and on her second career when the Civil War started. Clarissa Harlowe Barton was born on Christmas Day (December 25th) 1821 in Massachusetts.  The … learn more

Valentine’s Day occurs every February 14. Across the United States and in other places around the world, candy, flowers, and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in … learn more

Enjoy these free technology lesson plans that are perfect for teaching students about a range of cool technology topics. Try the great hands on lessons or fun computer … learn more

Check out our collection of printable Christmas worksheets for Kids. These Christmas worksheets are perfect for teaching kids in the classroom or homeschooling. Younger children will love the … learn more

Turn your classroom into a winter wonderland with these festive activities, videos, and interactive games for grades PreK-12. Explore different winter holidays, investigate snowflakes using math and science, create winter-themed … learn more

In this lesson about Christmas, students will learn Christmas vocabulary and expressions and play some fun Christmas games. This Christmas lesson plan can be used with kids, kindergarten … learn more

Texas Education Agency. Because of student mobility, Texas has adopted curriculum standards that are to be used in all the state’s public schools. The current standards, which outline … learn more

History Channel: Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday in the United States, and Thanksgiving 2022 occurs on Thursday, November 24. In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag … learn more

For kid-friendly definitions and example sentences for older children, try Wordsmyth’s Word Explorer Children’s Dictionary, containing over 14,000 entries, each with human-voiced audio pronunciations. The dictionary also includes … learn more

Summary of Women in the 1920s Summary: The role of women in society had taken a massive leap forward In 1920 when all women were given the right to … learn more

Teach the Children Well is a directory of links to sites carefully selected by a teacher for students as well as their parents and teachers. The site was … learn more

Summer is a brilliant time to explore science outdoors with children. You don’t have to set up fancy experiments, even just looking at properties of plants and leaves or testing … learn more

Whether you are hiking, camping, visiting a lake or ocean, playing in your neighborhood park, touring a national park, or exploring your own backyard, there are tons of … learn more

LibriVox is a non-commercial, non-profit and ad-free project with over 24,000 free audiobooks placed in the public domain. It is powered by volunteers that record new content and … learn more

The Library of Virginia provides a glimpse of the vast library resources, accumulated at universities, upon which older students will rely as they progress towards and in college.

Scan Tips is Wayne Fulton’s attempt to clarify some mysteries about the basics of flash and digital photography. A little of it is Nikon specific, however almost all … learn more

Photographer Lorenz Holder demonstrates some easy & creative smartphone photography tips & tricks. New ways to look at panoramas, “free” zoom and macro lenses, easy tripod & shutter … learn more

This math “toy” was originally created by a dad for his son. Math concepts like fractions can be easier to grasp when they can be seen … and … learn more

This collection of bubble wands can be printed and used for students of all ages. Younger students can have fun while learning about bubbles. Older students with access … learn more

Randall Munroe at xkcd uses the Star Wars’ Death Star to explain how mRNA vaccines work, like the ones currently available for COVID-19. While you may feel a … learn more

Not everyone is comfortable opening up or talking with a professional. Tiny Buddha (not a site about the religion) posts curated stories, tips, and insights from readers of … learn more

This resource, appropriate for older high school students and adults, looks at cyberstalking and what to do if you are a victim. It looks at the difference between … learn more

Danny Keefe has apraxia of speech, meaning he has a hard time getting words out clearly enough for others to understand. He also likes to wear a jacket, … learn more

NCREST works to advance education stakeholders’ understanding of the complex and challenging work of restructuring schools. They conduct research, foster connections, and share expertise, resources, and images that … learn more

This resource from FEMA includes a fun animated interactive video and encourages people to get involved, providing simple actions that can help save lives. In addition, you’ll find … learn more

There are many A/V resources available on the Internet to help ESL students. This one is memorable in that it takes the ABC song and adds a contemporary … learn more

Another specialized art site is Asian Arts – exhibitions, articles and links for older students.

Here’s an interesting take on the classic classroom demonstration. While using a full vacuum is a little overkill, using a partial vacuum can better demonstrate the pressure difference … learn more

Librarians have a weird sense of humor. This was the old joke: “The internet is like a library with no catalog where all the books get up and … learn more

A true hand-on physics project appropriate for older, 6-8 grade kids.

Appropriate for older students, Audiotool is a free yet powerful online music production studio right you can access with a browser. It provides virtual versions of pro audio … learn more

Music Theory, started by Ricci Adams while a HS Senior, has over twenty-five lessons and several on-line trainers and utilities. The site, more appropriate for older students, includes … learn more

Telling Their Stories describes the construction of an oral history. This method can be especially interesting for students learning from the elderly about their families, because some older … learn more

The Wall of Honor commemorates families who came here by ship, by plane, and by foot; honors those who endured forced migration from slavery; and remembers our own … learn more

Our World in Data breaks out population growth and future projections by country, age and more. Includes a wide range of graphs, maps, and data sources for further … learn more

Based on work started by the U.S. Geological Survey, this site is an ambitious effort to collect, store, and share species information and occurrence data. In addition to … learn more

Derek Muller always wondered why Australia has so many venomous animals that can kill you while Canada has virtually none. But it’s not just Australia – it seems … learn more

EurekAlert, produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, would be of interest to older students. Like Science News, it covers a wide range of scientific … learn more

Project Gutenberg is a library of over 60,000 free eBooks Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world’s … learn more

How do you write a short story really quickly? Choose a style, opening and type of ending, name your character, choose a few adjectives and Plot Generator will … learn more

Wattpad is a writing community in which users are able to post articles, stories, fan fiction, and poems. Users are able to comment and like stories or join … learn more

Here’s an example Dreamtime Story. Fun for younger students and a great introduction to storytelling for older students.

BASE is one of the world’s most voluminous search engines especially for academic web resources. BASE indexes more than 150 million curated documents from more than 7,000 sources. … learn more

Carrot2 takes search results and assigns them into thematic folders. Search on a topic like 3D Printing to see it in action. It was created originally as a … learn more

This video introduces MIT App Inventor, which allows anyone to create Android apps using just your cell phone or tablet and a web browser using a variant of … learn more

Kodu lets kids create games on a PC and Xbox via a simple visual programming language. Kodu can be used to teach creativity, problem solving, storytelling, as well … learn more

In this lab activity from NASA, students will become materials scientists for a day. Designing a satellite or a rover means understanding the properties of metals under conditions … learn more

Completed in 2003, the Human Genome Project (HGP) was a 13-year project coordinated by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Institutes of Health. The Publications … learn more

This website, produced by scientists at the Wellcome Genome Campus near Cambridge in the UK, contains videos and activities describing genetics and genomics. Suitable for older students, this … learn more

This video looks at topics like the importance of eyesight in different species, nearsightedness and farsightedness, how your eyes change as you get older, and reasons for the … learn more

Have you ever wondered how you can eat the things that you eat or how you can breathe or move your arms? If you think about it, it’s … learn more

James Miller has created a unique interactive 3D model of the solar system that runs directly on any modern web browser. Freely wander around the solar system or … learn more

NASA offers a wide variety of topics to explore and excite older students. An example is microgravity, the appearance of floating in space. Gravity is a force that … learn more

NASA Kids Club is targeted towards kids in lower elementary school, while almost all other sites aim at older children. The cartoon-like format evokes question-asking, such as when … learn more

Good for older students, this paper looks at the problem of map making and navigation – coming up with a way so that a ship’s course could be … learn more

NASA had fun, taking a number of children’s toys into space. Check out what they found. Things behave very differently in Zero-G. Younger students will enjoy their favorite … learn more

Computer games allow players to be stakeholders in the events that occur on the screen. Here are examples of games being developed that help people learn about the … learn more

Think maker spaces are just for older kids and tech nerds? This video was created in one of Einstein’s Workshop’s stop motion animation classes, by Sophie and Allanna, … learn more

Not all projects require soldering or electronics. This simple hand explores many of the concepts of robotics, but is created from cardboard, drinking straws, string and a hot … learn more