Online Learning Resources

Online learning resources...
...can be extremely helpful in any event where you cannot meet with your students in real-time. This post will serve to keep the most up-to-date links available for teachers who are looking for ways to connect online with their students. Many tech resources are offering educators free upgrades at this time.

• Google Meet - pair this with Google Classroom so that you can share out with students
• Ditch That Textbook - 50+ elearning activities, templates, and tutorials
• Nearpod (offer for affected schools)
• edpuzzle (use this form for edpuzzle pro access for schools)
• Kahoot (free offer for Kahoot pro for affected schools)
• Quizziz
• Kami (using Kami for remote learning | offer for affected schools)
• Problem Attic (Regents/test question bank integrates with your school’s LMS)
• Castle Learning (offer for affected schools)
• Scholastic resources for learning at home
• Screencastify for Chrome
• Flipgrid
• NewsELA
• YouTube channels for educators
• Link to a Google Sheet with education companies offering free subscriptions (this is shared from a 3rd party source - for questions please reference the email in the document)
• NYC’s DOE link for learning at home resources 

Resources for navigating COVID-19:

• BrainPOP video about Coronavirus (suitable for younger students)
• Stated Clearly video - Where do new viruses come from? (suitable for grades 5 through HS)
• ISTE / EdSurge site about how schools can navigate uncertainty
• Education Week downloadable guide for schools and Coronavirus | Map of US school closures
• NYSED Guidance regarding school closures

What online science resources could be easily tailored to online learning?

Let's try to build a list of simulations, animations, and online-friendly activities for students. (Please try to replace websites using Flash with something more up-to-date and compatible across device platforms, if possible.)

• New Visions
• PhET simulations
• Mystery Science
• Digital Atlas of Ancient Life from the Paleontological Research Institution (user guide videos) 
• Science DuRoss YouTube channel (recorded class notes for MS life science | accelerated Living Environment)
• Exploring Nature 
• AACT Teaching Chemistry resources (free through March 31)
• Teaching Geoscience Online 
• Astronomy Simulations
• Concord Consortium
• CK-12 Science Resources
• Khan Academy science
• Exploring Earth Science YouTube channel 
• Compilation of teaching resources for Earth and Environmental Sciences by ES Women’s Network (submit ideas to their list via this form)
• Compilation of online resources by Infiniscope
• Gazdonian Productions Earth Science Review Videos (click for free code through May 1)

What resources would you like to share? Email sarah.3dsciencecafe@gmail.com.

P.S. We have not vetted all of these resources, we’ve simply curated them from teacher suggestions. 

Latest post update: March 15, 2020 at 8:22 pm