Open Education Reources
Great Minds
Great Minds® makes knowledge accessible to all in the form of high-quality curricula in mathematics, English language arts, science, and more.
OER Commons
OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum.
Openstax K12
The K12 textbooks and resources you need – for free!
We’re on a mission to change the way K12 students learn by providing free, high-quality, peer-reviewed textbooks and aligned support resources. Join us by adopting our educational resources in your classroom today!
Merlot
The MERLOT system provides access to curated online learning and support materials and content creation tools, led by an international community of educators, learners and researchers.
MIT OpenCourseWare
UNLOCKING KNOWLEDGE,
EMPOWERING MINDS.
Free lecture notes, exams, and videos from MIT.
Khan Academy
Students practice at their own pace, first filling in gaps in their understanding and then accelerating their learning.
CK-12
At CK-12, Our philosophy is learning is a personal journey. We pair high-quality content with the latest techniques; equip students, parents and teachers with everything they need for free.
OERu
OERu connects learners around the world with defined pathways to education, created by recognised educators and assessed by renowned global institutions. The learning is free and credentialing is very affordable.
Lanuage Arts
Daily Grammar
Daily Grammar is a fun, convenient way to learn grammar. By simplifying complex grammar subjects, Daily Grammar is a great teaching tool for both public and home-schooled children, ESL students, and anyone needing to refresh English grammar skills.
Writing a Research Paper
Need to write a research paper? Want to do an A+ job without going totally nuts? Here’s Help!
Writing Topics
Inspire students to write great narratives, essays, and reports? Check out these grade-specific writing topics organized by mode (explanatory, creative, and so on). Or search for writing topics that relate to a theme, such as “life” or “animals” or “family.”
Keeping a Journal
You can do anything you want in your journal. It’s your own space. There are no rules or structure except what you decide on. The main purpose of a journal is to help you get used to putting ideas on paper.
Giggle Verse
GiggleVerse includes funny poems of every sort, including both modern and classic children’s poetry from poets all over the world.
Reading
Book Adventure
Over 51k+ book quizzes with Lexile leveled word lists! The more students read the more rewards they earn. Free 7-day Trial.
Reading Rockets
Fun Reading and Writing activities. These activities for pre-readers, beginning readers, and older readers includes what you need and what to do for each one.
Group Reading Activities
Reading can be a lot more fun with friends. Here are 5 reading activities to do together.
Reading Activities
Engaging and enriching reading activities, ranging from preschool to upper elementary and beyond.
Room Recess
These reading games and activities expose children to a variety of skills and reading strategies that will reinforce better overall comprehension.
Science
Science Projects
Find hundreds of FREE science projects and activities for kids of all ages!
Nuclear Energy
Lean more about Nuclear energy and radiation.
Science Q & A
Do you have questions about science and need answers? Check out the New York Times Learning Network.
Science Bob
Find activities, experiements, science Fair ideas, and more!
Cryptokids
Learn more about cybersecurity. What is it and why is it important?
Center for Game Science
Games focused on scientific discovery, discovering optimal learning pathways for STEM education, cognitive skill training , and games that explore collective over individual intelligence.
National Academies Press
The National Academies Press (NAP) publishes the publications of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. These are great articles for research projects.
Wonderville
Wonderville makes learning science fun! Our resources and tools give teachers and paretns new ways to engage students in STEM.
NASA Kids’ Club
Hello, Earth Kids! Welcome to NASA Kids’ Club – a place to play games and learn about NASA!
Revise Wise Science
Enjoy engaging online games and activities that teach you about different aspect of science.
National Weather Service
The National Waether Service provides learning activites and resources on weather related topics.
Museums
Field Museum
The Field Museum connects all of us to the natural world and the human story.
Museum of Science and Industry
Visit the museum and learn more about science. MSI provides learning experiences both inside and outside the classroom—because improving science education is critical.
Shedd Aquarium
Discover the wonder of the aquatic animal world.
Adler Planetarium
Explore the wonders of the night sky and beyond.
Chicago Children’s Museum
We believe in the power of play. When we play, we learn. We create. We strengthen and grow.
The Art Institute of Chicago
Home to a collection of art that spans centuries and the globe.
Chicago Architecture Center
The Chicago Architecture Center is the leading organization devoted to celebrating and promoting Chicago as a center of architectural innovation.
American Writer’s Museum
A celebration of the enduring influence of American writers on our history, identity, culture, and daily lives.
The Museum of Contemporary Art
The public can experience the work and ideas of living artists and understand the historical, social, and cultural context of the art of our time.
Math
Math Problem of the week
This extensive library hosts sets of math problems suitable for students PreK-12. The resources span multiple topics and members have access to the over 1,000 problems and supporting materials!
Math League
This is a helpful resource for 4th through 8th grades. Provides help topics on whole numbers, decimals, fractions, geomatry, ratios, and more.
Create a Graph
Learn more about and practice creating five different graphs. A bar graph, line, graph, area graph, pie graph, and XY graph.
Math Challenge
Helping families enjoy mathematics outside school through a series of fun and engaging, high-quality challenges!
Get the Math
Get the Math is about algebra in the real world. See how professionals use math in music, fashion, videogames, restaurants, basketball, and special effects. Then take on interactive challenges related to those careers. Watch this intro video before trying one of the challenges.
Math Tv
Need some extra help understanding you math problems? These videos will walk you through how to do proplems such as the fundamentals of math, elementary algebra, college algebra, trigonometry, and more!
Early Math
Learn the basics of math, such as counting, grater than and less than, the order of numbers and more! Great for Pre- K and Kindergarteners.
PBS Math Games
Want to have a little fun learning math, check our these adventurous math games from PBS kids.
A plus Math
Interactive math resources for teachers, parents, and students featuring free math worksheets, math games, math flashcards, and more.
Mad Math
Need some extra help understanding you math problems? Here is an online practice resource for you.
Art
Crafts for Kids
Explore our amazing collection of free crafts and printables for kids, parents, and teachers. Find lots of ideas for your creative learning activities.
Jackson Pollock Painting
Paint like Jackson Pollock using your compter and mouse.
Corporate Finance
Discover the world of art in a fun and easy way. Explore and learn about some of the most famous works from the Gallery’s collection, make your own art, and share it with friends. The NGAkids Art Zone app for iPad lets you explore your inner artist.
Engineering
Engineer Girl
The EngineerGirl website is designed to bring national attention to the exciting opportunities that engineering represents for girls and women.
Engineerng, Go For It
If you’re looking to find more info about engineering and meet students like you, you’ve come to the right place.
Science Kids
Discover the world of engineering for kids with our range of free games, cool science fair projects, fun experiments, interesting facts, amazing videos, quizzes, worksheets and more!
SciGirls Engineering
SciGirls educational materials provide gender-equitable teaching strategies and hands-on inquiries based on the concepts modeled in SciGirls’ videos.
Discover Engineering
DiscoverE is a coalition providing every student with a shared STEM experience and the resources, programs, and connections to improve the understanding of engineering through a united voice and a global distribution network.
Technology
App Inventor
MIT App Inventor is an intuitive, visual programming environment that allows everyone – even children – to build fully functional apps for Android phones, iPhones, and Android/iOS tablets.
Carnegie Cyber Academy
Join the Carnegie Cyber Academy and train in missions on Cyberspace to be equipped with the skills to be good cybercitizens and Cyber Defenders of the internet!
Code Monster
Learn code programming with an adoarble code monster. He will walk you through the steps as you learn to code at your own pace.
Code.org
Explore the world of computer science with engaging videos, self-paced tutorials, programming activities, and more!
Dance Mat Typing
Build and test primary Computing skills with different levels of touch type challenges. Learn and practice basic typing skills and work your way up to advanced typing skills at your own pace.
Scratch
Scratch is a coding community for children and a coding language with a simple visual interface that allows young people to create digital stories, games, and animations.
History
Countries of the World
Lean more about each country, such as their history, population, capital, economy and more.
World Clock
This page shows the current local time in major cities from every time zone.
Ancient Greeks
Read and explore the History of the Ancient Greek World from the Neolithic to the Classical Period. Covering important topics, such as Art and Architecture, Mythology, Wars, Culture and Society, Poetry, Olympics, History Periods, Philosophy, Playwrights, Kings and Rulers of Ancient Greece.
Ancient History
The history of civilization is a long one. This sites take you way back into history to see human civilization as it first looked.
European History
Videos on European History from Communism and protests to constitutionalism and growth.
The White House
Former President’s pets Socks, and Buddy take you on a tour of the White House Website.
U.S. Department of Justice
Learn more about the Department of Justice. How they uphold the law, protect civil rights and keep our country safe.
Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government
Join Ben as he take you on an adventure through the GPO (Government Publishing Office, formerly known as the Government Printing Office)
State Facts
Looking for the basic facts about any US state, including Washington, D.C.? Here is wealth of informaiton on each state.
State Capitals Quiz
Need a practice test before you take you quiz on the state capitals? Look no further. This practice quiz will get you up to speed in no time.
U.S. Census Bureau
The U.S. Census Bureau provides information of quality data about it’s people and the economy.
Native american History
An overview of the Native Americans who lived in the United States.
Digital History
Learn more aobut the eras of history and different topics in history from the digital history library.
Colonial America & Revolutionary War
Take a quick tour through the time of the revolutionary war from 1765-1777.
U.S. Historical Documents
Samples of the records of U.S. historical documents provided by the National Archives.
Staying Fit
Training Workouts & Exercise
A range of free exercise training programs covering arms, legs, abs and shoulders.
Dealing with your feelings
Confused, sad, mad, glad? Check out this section to learn about these emotions and many more — and how to deal with them.
Kids’ Medical Dictionary
Symptoms, inhaler, tonsillectomy — what do all those medical words mean? Check out our easy-to-read definitions.
4 Girls Health
4Girls Foundation, Inc. invests in initiatives that give voice to girls and women by providing individuals with opportunities to enrich their lives and supporting organizations committed to strengthening the lives of girls, women, families, and communities.
Food Safety for Kids
Available resources to teach your children about food safety. Coloring pages, recipes, Activity sheets and more.
Girls health
We offer girls reliable, useful information on health and well-being from how your body works to nutrition, relationships, bullying, safety and more.
Teen Health Q & A
Got a question? What do the experts have to say? Look here for answers to many common questions.
Substance Among Youth
Information on high risk substance use and resources that can help. Along with other topics that can help youth in other areas.
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Learn what you can do to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases while traveling or in your own home.
Money
U.S. Department of Treasury
Learn more about the U.S. Department of Treasury. What they do, how they Function, careers within the treasury and more.
U.S. Mint Coin Classroom
Learn about the mint, the life of a coin, coin collecting, play games and research other resources available.
Money Factory
Trace the journey of U.S. currency and understand how history has shaped today’s money, learn about the cutting edge design that makse U.S. currency unique, and explore how the U.S. dollar influences global ecenomics and our everyday lives.
Kids’ Money
Have a Question about money such as how to earn money as a kid or making money in the summertime. Ask them here and get your answers.
Young Investors
Learn more about financial literacy and investment, along with accounting, ethics, economics, business strategy and more.
FutureSmart
Course curriculum to help your student learn about financial literacy and prepare for their future.
Fit Money
Provides free and unbiased financial literacy programs to empower children with critical life skills for a financially fit future.
Financial Literacy for Kids
Resourcecs and curriculum to help you teach your liitle ones about financila literacy concepts.
Careers
What do you like?
Find careers that relate to your interests and learn fun facts about the economy and jobs.
Career Lab
Explore career options from A to Z with the lab Suad Kids as they meet and interview career professionals.
Your Job
Find your future. What do you want to be? You don’t have to decide just yet—there’s an entire world of career options waiting for you.
Resume Builder
Now sure how to build and create your resume? Let Resume builder help.
Job Interview Tips
Preparing for a job interview can be a little nerve racking, but these tips will help you be prepared and ready for sucess.
