Educational websites for students
Listed below is a collection of various educational websites. Use the buttons to help navigate to a specific topic.
AAA Math
The AAA Math website provides visual representations and easy-to-understand instructions. You can choose from a selection of math topics and grade levels. http://www.aaamath.com |
ABCYA
ABCya is the leader in free educational kids computer games and activities for elementary students to learn on the web. All children’s educational computer activities were created or approved by certified school teachers. http://www.abcya.com |
AplusMath
Aplusmath.com has been providing interactive math activities to help students improve their math skills with flashcards and games. Also provides worksheets and homework help. http://www.aplusmath.com/Games/ |
Brain Pop
Learn about your body, space, science and health. Have your homework questions answered with a movie, ask for advice, or just browse and learn. Some free videos available daily. http://www.brainpop.com |
Brain Pop Jr.
Provides educational movies for K-3 students. Homework Help, leveled quizzes, games and activities for kids. Exceptional resource for teachers and students. http://www.brainpopjr.com |
Cool Math – ages 13-100
Cool Math makes math enjoyable for people who thought it couldn’t be fun. Just so you know, cool + math is an equation that makes sense. It offers “math for ages 13-100″ — explanations that are easy to grasp on topics like algebra, pre-calculus and more. http://www.coolmath.com |
Cool Math 4 Kids – ages 3-13
Cool math 4 kids is an amusement park of math, games, and more – especially designed for fun, fun, fun! Practice arithmetic skills (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and fractions). http://www.coolmath4kids.com |
Fuel The Brain
This site has fun games and activities that address the current core standards at the elementary level. It provides numerous games, printables, interactives and more. http://www.fuelthebrain.com |
FunBrain
Free educational games, online books, and comics. Funbrain, created for kids ages preschool through grade 8, offers more than 100 fun, interactive games that develop skills in math, reading, and literacy. Plus, kids can read a variety of popular books and comics on the site, including Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Amelia Writes Again, and Brewster Rocket. http://www.funbrain.com |
H.I.P Pocket Change
It is all about fun and information, especially coin information. The games, stories, and other activities bring coins to life. You need FLASH Player to play these games. http://www.usmint.gov/kids/games/ |
IXL – Math and Language Arts
IXL provides comprehensive, standards-aligned math and language arts practice for K–12. IXL provides unlimited practice in more than 4000 math and language arts lessons. http://www.ixl.com |
Math Game Time
Math Game Time has interactive math games, videos and worksheets that are separated by grade level. Your students will be able to practice everything from counting to decimals. http://www.mathgametime.com |
Math is Fun
Math explained in easy language, plus puzzles, games, quizzes, worksheets and a forum. For K-12 kids, teachers and parents. www.mathsisfun.com/ |
Math Play
Are you looking for free online math games? At Math Play you can find a wide variety of fun games that you can play online. Most games are suitable for elementary and middle grades. They are organized by grade level, content, and game type. http://www.math-play.com |
Math Playground
Play with numbers and give your brain a workout! Math Playground is filled with 100s of math games, logic puzzles, math word problems, and videos. http://www.mathplayground.com |
Mr. Nussbaum
MrNussbaum.com was developed with the idea that crucial concepts, themes, ideas, and fact sets taught in the classroom can be enhanced over the internet through interactivity. It offers dozens of interactive games specifically designed to pinpoint one or several essential concepts taught in elementary years. http://www.mrnussbaum.com |
Multiplication.com
Games, activities, and resources to help kids learn the multiplication facts. Make teaching the times tables fun at Multiplication.com. http://www.multiplication.com/games |
Smarty Games
Free games for learning how to use money, tell time, count and read. Also, you’ll find mazes, memory games, puzzles, Sudoku and more! http://www.smartygames.com |
Starfall
Starfall motivates children in an atmosphere of imagination and play. The award-winning site provides math and reading games, activities, and more. http://www.starfall.com |
Turtle Diary
Ranging from preschool learning games to kindergarten games in math and science, and first grade spelling games to second grade language games for reading help, our games and activities that are especially conceptualized to complement the learning capabilities of kids from different age groups. http://www.turtlediary.com |
XtraMath
XtraMath is a free web program that teaches addition,subtraction, multiplication and division facts which are critical to success in mathematics. https://xtramath.org/ |
Science
ABCYA
ABCya is the leader in free educational kids computer games and activities for elementary students to learn on the web. All children’s educational computer activities were created or approved by certified school teachers. http://www.abcya.com |
Bagheera
Learn about endangered and already-extinct species from around the world at Bagheera. Classroom activities and resources are also available for additional learning opportunities. http://www.bagheera.com/ |
Brain Pop
Learn about your body, space, science and health. Have your homework questions answered with a movie, ask for advice, or just browse and learn. Some free videos available daily. http://www.brainpop.com |
Brain Pop Jr.
Provides educational movies for K-3 students. Homework Help, leveled quizzes, games and activities for kids. Exceptional resource for teachers and students. http://www.brainpopjr.com |
Discovery Education
Discovery Education partners with districts to deliver a customized suite of tools like lesson plans, games, and videos to accelerate student achievement. www.discoveryeducation.com/ |
Earthquakes for Kids
The U.S. Geological Survey website provides students with information about earthquakes. They can learn about the latest quakes, watch animations, get ideas for science fairs or play earthquake-related puzzles and games. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kids/ |
ENature
Use eNature’s Endangered and Threatened Species search engine to enter your zip code and learn about highly-threatened animals near you. There are also animal-related games, quizzes and other freebies available. http://www.enature.com |
Exploratorium
The official website of the Exploratorium, the museum of science, art and human perception in San Francisco. It includes materials and activities for a variety of subjects, from astronomy and space to the human body. http://www.exploratorium.edu/explore |
Extreme Science
What is the largest ocean carnivore? How big is the world’s largest tarantula? Just how cold does the Antarctic actually get? Learn all about the extreme animals and places around the world. http://www.extremescience.com |
Garbology
A great resource for a unit on garbage, the “Three Rs”, or protecting the environment. This website does a great job of explaining what happens to the items we discard throughout our life and solutions for doing a better job at preserving our planet. http://www.naturebridge.org/garbology.php |
Inner Body Anatomy Explorer
Inner Body is an interactive resource where you can learn all about the anatomy and physiology of the human body. Detailed images and descriptions allow you to learn about the anatomy and physiology of the region or object in focus. Browse by general region of the body, or by specific anatomical structure. http://www.innerbody.com |
Lawrence Hall of Science
This site is home to interactive whiteboard-friendly science games and ideas for great supplemental science activities. http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/kidsite/ |
Mr. Nussbaum
MrNussbaum.com was developed with the idea that crucial concepts, themes, ideas, and fact sets taught in the classroom can be enhanced over the internet through interactivity. It offers dozens of interactive games specifically designed to pinpoint one or several essential concepts taught in elementary years. http://www.mrnussbaum.com |
National Aquarium
Take a 360-degree tour of the National Aquarium, located in Baltimore. The official website has tons of resources on the marine animals that are showcased in their habitats. http://www.aqua.org |
PhET Interactive Simulations
PhET provides fun, free, interactive, research-based science and mathematics simulations. The simulations are written in Java, Flash or HTML5, and can be run online or downloaded to your computer. http://phet.colorado.edu/en/about |
Steve Spangler Science Experiments
A searchable directory of easy and fun science experiments and science fair ideas. http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments |
Water Cycle Diagram
The interactive Earthguide Water Cycle Diagram provides a visual representation of the different parts of the water cycle, including precipitation, runoff, infiltration, evaporation, evapotranspiration, freezing and more. http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/watercycle/ |
Wildscreen Arkive
Discover and learn about the world’s endangered animals, plants and fungi – reveal what they look like, what makes them special and why we should protect them. http://www.arkive.org |
ZooBurst
ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone easily create his or her own 3D pop-up books. Using ZooBurst, storytellers of any age can create their own rich worlds in which their stories can come to life. http://www.zooburst.com |
English Language Arts
APA Wizard
The APA Wizard is designed to help you create an APA citation. It will take you through the steps for the most common types of cited works providing you with assistance on how to input specific information. http://www.stylewizard.com/apa/apawiz.html |
ABCYA
ABCya is the leader in free educational kids computer games and activities for elementary students to learn on the web. All children’s educational computer activities were created or approved by certified school teachers. http://www.abcya.com |
Blabberize
Blabberize is a fun Web 2.0 tool that allows you to upload a picture (of a person—think historical figures – depending on one’s sense of humor, it might be a good idea to make sure the images students have access to are pre-screened to exclude any teachers or other officials on the premises!), select its mouth, and make it talk by adding an audio file. www.blabberize.com |
Brain Pop
Learn about your body, space, science and health. Have your homework questions answered with a movie, ask for advice, or just browse and learn. Some free videos available daily. http://www.brainpop.com |
Brain Pop Jr.
Provides educational movies for K-3 students. Homework Help, leveled quizzes, games and activities for kids. Exceptional resource for teachers and students. http://www.brainpopjr.com |
Citation Machine
Citation Machine automatically generates citations in MLA, APA, Chicago and Turabian. It helps students to properly credit the information that they use. Its primary goal is to make it so easy for student researchers to cite their information sources, that there is virtually no reason not to! http://www.citationmachine.net |
Free Rice
This website allows your students to review English vocabulary and grammar at varying levels of difficulty. For each correct answer, the website will donate one grain of rice. Have your students play Free Rice when they finish early and keep track of how much rice your students have contributed to combat hunger. http://www.freerice.com |
Free Typing Games
Is the premiere site to play free typing games, lessons, and tests. Our Typing Tutor is the best way to learn to type. No downloads, installations or registration required. http://www.freetypinggame.net |
Forvo
Forvo is the world’s largest pronunciation dictionary. It’s very valuable for ESL students because they can look up any word and hear it pronounced by an authentic English speaker. http://www.forvo.com |
Fuel The Brain
This site has fun games and activities that address the current core standards at the elementary level. It provides numerous games, printables, interactives and more. http://www.fuelthebrain.com |
FunBrain
Free educational games, online books, and comics. Funbrain, created for kids ages preschool through grade 8, offers more than 100 fun, interactive games that develop skills in math, reading, and literacy. Plus, kids can read a variety of popular books and comics on the site, including Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Amelia Writes Again, and Brewster Rocket. http://www.funbrain.com |
FunFonix
FunFonix (it’s the pronunciation that counts!) has a variety of early elementary phonics worksheets and online phonics games. Their worksheets are completely customizable! http://funfonix.com/ |
Highlights Kids
The site based on the popular magazine, Highlights. The site promotes creativity, curiosity, thinking ability and imagination through interactive games, animated stories, and printable hands-on activities. http://www.highlightskids.com |
IXL – Math and Language Arts
IXL provides comprehensive, standards-aligned math and language arts practice for K–12. IXL provides unlimited practice in more than 4000 math and language arts lessons. http://www.ixl.com |
Into The Book
Into the Book is a reading comprehension resource for elementary students and teachers. They focus on eight research-based strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating and Synthesizing. Try the online interactive activities. http://reading.ecb.org/ |
Librarians Internet Database
Find websites you and your students can trust in this directory that has been compiled by librarians. http://www.ipl.org |
Literactive
Literactive is the leading provider of reading material for pre-school, kindergarten and first grade students available online. The program is comprised of carefully leveled guided readers, comprehensive phonic activities and a wealth of supplemental reading material which gradually develop a child’s reading skills in a sequential and enjoyable manner. http://www.literactive.com |
Mel Kids
Are you out fishin’ for some fun ways to learn online? Look what we have for you! Good stuff for school, funny poems, silly songs, books to read or listen to, Michigan facts, and lots of other cool info. It’s all here! http://kids.mel.org |
Mr. Nussbaum
MrNussbaum.com was developed with the idea that crucial concepts, themes, ideas, and fact sets taught in the classroom can be enhanced over the internet through interactivity. It offers dozens of interactive games specifically designed to pinpoint one or several essential concepts taught in elementary years. http://www.mrnussbaum.com |
Newsela
Newsela is an innovative way to build reading comprehension with nonfiction that’s always relevant: daily news. Connect to CCSS and leveled content for inclusion classrooms. https://newsela.com/ |
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg offers over 46,000 free ebooks: choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online. https://www.gutenberg.org |
Starfall
Starfall motivates children in an atmosphere of imagination and play. The award-winning site provides math and reading games, activities, and more. http://www.starfall.com |
Story Bird
Storybird is a website that allows you to combine pictures and drawings to tell a story. It is very user-friendly and you can have several students all working together on the same story. http://www.storybird.com |
Storyline Online
Listen to well-known actors reading children’s books in a graphically dynamic video with just the click of a Storyline Online video book image. http://www.storylineonline.net |
Tuebl
Find free audiobooks and ebooks on this site. It is your ultimate ebook library, bringing hundreds of books to you for FREE! http://tuebl.ca/ |
Turtle Diary
Ranging from preschool learning games to kindergarten games in math and science, and first grade spelling games to second grade language games for reading help, our games and activities that are especially conceptualized to complement the learning capabilities of kids from different age groups. http://www.turtlediary.com |
TweenTribune
The daily news sites for kids, tweens and teens – where you’ll find the most compelling, relevant and interesting news. Stories are selected by professional journalists working closely with teens, tweens and teachers. http://tweentribune.com |
Youngzine
Youngzine is a one-of-a-kind Web site where children can learn about current news and events shaping their world — in a simple, engaging and interactive manner. http://www.youngzine.org |
Social Studies
Brain Pop
Learn about your body, space, science and health. Have your homework questions answered with a movie, ask for advice, or just browse and learn. Some free videos available daily. http://www.brainpop.com |
Brain Pop Jr.
Provides educational movies for K-3 students. Homework Help, leveled quizzes, games and activities for kids. Exceptional resource for teachers and students. http://www.brainpopjr.com |
iCivics
Free interactive games for learning civics. Some of the topics covered by materials at iCivics include citizenship and participation, separation of powers, branches of government and budgeting. https://www.icivics.org/games |
Mission U.S.
Mission U.S. is home to two free, interactive, immersive U.S. history games. One focuses on the American Revolution, the other focuses on a slave’s quest for freedom, and both bring history to life around the student, giving events of the past an immediate and highly personal appeal. http://www.mission-us.org/ |
Mr. Nussbaum
MrNussbaum.com was developed with the idea that crucial concepts, themes, ideas, and fact sets taught in the classroom can be enhanced over the internet through interactivity. It offers dozens of interactive games specifically designed to pinpoint one or several essential concepts taught in elementary years. http://www.mrnussbaum.com |
Printable Maps
Free printable maps of the world’s countries. Each map is a blank outline, the better for quizzing students on cities, counties, and terrain! http://geography.about.com/library/blank/blxindex.htm |
Class website resources
Google Sites
Google Sites is easy to use! People can work together on a Site to add file attachments, information from other Google applications (like Google Docs, Google Calendar, YouTube and Picasa). Creating a site together is as easy as editing a document, and you always control who has access. https://sites.google.com |
PBworks
PBworks lets your team create wikis to collaborate, capture knowledge, share files, and manage projects. It tracks every change, and automatically notifies you and your team. www.pbworks.com/ |
Weebly
Make a free website, blog or online store with Weebly. Named one of TIME’s 50 Best Websites, Weebly gives users a surprisingly easy way to create a unique site. www.weebly.com/ |
Wikispaces
A free wiki host providing community wiki spaces, visual page editing, and discussion areas. https://www.wikispaces.com/ |
WordPress
WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time. www.wordpress.org/ |
Yola
A top-notch website-building service that's one of the best in the world. Come up with new, cool, and useful features to help your website shine and get you found online. www.yola.com |
Learning Management
Classcraft
Classcraft is an online educational role-playing game that teachers and students play together in the classroom. It is very helpful with classroom management, engagement, and student collaboration. http://www.classcraft.com |
ClassDojo
Save time by recording behaviors and accomplishments right in class, with just one click. You can also use ClassDojo to message parents with detailed behavior reports. http://www.classdojo.com/ |
Edmodo
Edmodo provides a safe and easy way for your class to connect and collaborate, share content, and access homework, grades and school notices. https://www.edmodo.com/ |
Kickboard
Data management tool to help teachers track students’ academic achievement and behavior. https://www.kickboardforteachers.com |
My Big Campus
My Big Campus is the buzzing educational hub between students and the Web. It takes all the features of an LMS (like lessons, assignments, reporting, calendars) and puts them into a safe, collaborative community. www.mybigcampus.com |
Remind
A safe way for teachers to text message students and keep in touch with parents. https://www.remind.com/ |
Assessment Resources
81 Dash
A safe chat environment for kids. It provides a Dashboard that allows them to communicate, share files, take notes, and keep track of important tasks. http://81dash.com |
Answer Garden
AnswerGarden is a new minimalistic feedback tool. It creates a word cloud for each answer. http://answergarden.ch/ |
Flubaroo
Grade online assignments in under a minute! Get reporting and analysis on student performance! Email students their scores. http://www.flubaroo.com |
Geddit
Know how any student is doing at any moment with this web-based feedback site. http://www.letsgeddit.com/ |
Go Soap Box
GoSoapBox is a web-based clicker tool used by educators around the world to keep students engaged and gain real-time insight into student comprehension. http://www.gosoapbox.com/ |
Kahoot
Ask thought provoking questions which motivate participation through game-based learning and rewards in a social setting. https://getkahoot.com/ |
Quibblo
Online quizzes: Take fun quizzes, create quizzes, fun surveys, polls & personality quizzes. Make your own quiz for your blog, Facebook, or website! http://www.quibblo.com/ |
Quizdini
Quizdini allows teachers to create and customize material for their students. http://www.quizdini.com |
Quizizz
Similar to Kahoot, yet allows for independent test taking in a fun way! http://www.quizizz.com |
Socrative
Socrative lets teachers engage and assess their students with educational activities on tablets, laptops and smartphones. Through the use of real time questioning, instant result aggregation and visualization, teachers can gauge the whole class’ current level of understanding. http://www.socrative.com |
Today's Meet
TodaysMeet gives everyone the floor and lets even the quietest students express themselves. Students can join from home or even from other schools to make the classroom community even bigger. http://www.todaysmeet.com |
Presentation Resources
LiveBinders
Your 3-ring binder for the web allowing you to create an online binder for content curation. Collect your resources – Organize them neatly and easily – Make an impression. http://www.livebinders.com/ |
PhotoPeach
Make your own free slide show in literally seconds. Upload photos, pick music, add captions in the show, and more! www.photopeach.com |
Prezi
Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software and storytelling tool. It allows users to present from their browsers, desktop, iPad, or iPhone – with animated transitions of slides and information. http://prezi.com |
Slideshare
Slideshare is a site where you can host your presentations and share them with others. Presentations can be linked to at the site itself or embedded in a web page. http://www.slideshare.net/ |
Slide Shark
PowerPoint on the iPad the way it was meant to be seen. View and show presentations properly. Preserve animations, fonts, graphics and colors. Share slides for on-demand viewing and tracking. https://www.slideshark.com/ |
UJam
Create and share music online. Students can create their own music with a wide range of instruments. www.ujam.com |
Digital Storytelling Resources
Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Digital Storytelling
This site has tools for digital storytelling, including planning tools, creating and producing. http://www.schrockguide.net/digital-storytelling.html#tools |
Little Bird Tales
Little Bird Tales was created to help nurture children’s creativity and imagination while simultaneously creating one of a kind childhood treasures that can easily be shared. http://littlebirdtales.com/ |
Speechable
A free photo service that lets you easily add speech bubbles to your photos and share them. www.speechable.com |
Blog Resources
Blogger
Free weblog publishing tool from Google, for sharing text, photos and video. https://www.blogger.com/start |
Kidblog
Safe and simple blogs for your students. Kidblog is designed for K-12 teachers who want to provide each student with an individual blog. Students publish posts and participate in academic discussions. www.kidblog.org/ |
WordPress
WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog. http://www.wordpress.com |
Screencasting
Camtasia
Powerful, yet easy-to-use, Camtasia helps you create professional videos without having to be a video pro. Easily record your on-screen activity or import video clips. http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html |
PowToon
PowToon is an online presentation software tool that allows you to create free, cool, and awesome animated video explainers. http://www.powtoon.com/ |
Screencast-O-Matic
Screencast-O-Matic is the original free Online Screencast App; it is an easy way to make a screen capture video recording with audio and upload it for free hosting. http://screencast-o-matic.com/ |
Screenr
Screenr facilitates instant screencasts: Just click record. Screenr’s web-based screen recorder makes it a breeze to create and share your screencasts around the web. http://www.screenr.com/ |
Snagit
No matter what you’re working on, Snagit helps you capture great looking images and videos with just a few clicks. Easily customize your screen captures with effects, or show off what’s important with Snagit’s markup tools. You can also create quick videos by recording your screen. http://www.techsmith.com/snagit.html |