Educational Websites
The following list includes a compilation of free educational websites that the SPA Home School community has used over the years. These are not sponsored sites, and we do recommend parents review each link prior to allowing your child to access them.
Universal/Cross-Curricular Resources
- TED ED
- Sesame Street
- ABCya
- Fun Brain
- us (Brainstorming tool)
- Time4Kids
- The Kid Should See This (Kid-friendly videos covering a wide range of topics)
- Bing Classroom Search Tools
- Fact Monster (Educational videos, games, and lots of fun facts about a wide range of topics.)
- FreeRice (Quizzes on a variety of topics. Each correct answer donates rice to the UN World Food Program.)
- BJ Pinchbeck’s Homework Helper
- Educational YouTube channels
English-Language Arts
- Starfall
- My Spelling Test (Free iTunes app)
- Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab)
- Write Source (This is a fantastic K-12 writing resource with sample papers, writing topics, and info on MLA and APA)
- Book Adventure
- Daily Grammar Archive
- Storybird
- World of Tales (Folk tales from around the world)
- Google Lit Trips
- Bookopolis (A kid-friendly version of Goodreads. Students connect with other readers and recommend/review books.)
- vocabulary.com
- Discovery Education Virtual Field Trips: Literacy
- Newsela (Informational reading resources that are searchable by topic, text/reading level, or grade band.)
Math
- Math Vocabulary Flashcards (Help students learn those tricky math words. There is a set for each grade [K-7], as well as a set for “secondary.”)
- National University Math Center (Open to all SPA students. Online tutoring available.)
- Bed Time Math
- Khan Academy
- Toon University
- NumberNut
- Math Playground
- Cool Math
- PBS Kids Math Games
- Math Blaster
- Kids’ Numbers
- Xtra Math (Basic skills practice)
- Adapted Mind (Contact your EA for a subscription)
- Bedtime Math (Quick problems to solve at bedtime, or whenever you have a few extra minutes during the day)
- Discovery Education Virtual Field Trips: Math
History-Social Studies
- Flow of History
- Geography4Kids
- National Geographic Kids
- National Geographic Education
- gov
- White House
- CNN Student News
- MapFight (Compare the size of two countries)
- Smithsonian Museum YouTube Channel
- US National Archives YouTube Channel
- Hip Hughes History
- iCivics
- Library of Congress
- Teaching Tolerance
- Classroom Law Project
- Teaching History
- World History Matters
- Teaching American History
- Smithsonian Education (lesson plans and resources)
- National Constitution Center
- Discovery Education Virtual Field Trips: Social Studies
- Howard Zinn Education Project
- Digital History
- DOGO News (current events for kids)
- Smithsonian TT Junior (current events for students in Grades K-4)
- Smithsonian Tween Tribune (current events for students in Grades 5-6)
- Smithsonian Tween Tribune 7-8 (current events for students in Grades 7-8)
Science
- Science Friday PodCasts
- Science Snacks (Quick, teacher-tested science activities using readily-available materials from the San Francisco Exploratorium)
- Space Ref
- Biology4Kids (Includes links to Chem4Kids, Physics4Kids, Cosmos4Kids)
- NASA Kids
- Google Science Fair
- Physics Central
- PhET Simulations
- Miami Museum of Science: The pH Factor
- NOVA Education
- NeoK12
- CA Education and the Environment Initiative
- Brains On Podcast
- Engineer Guy (YouTube Channel)
- Discovery Education Virtual Field Trips: Science and Engineering
Physical Education
- PE Central
- Physical Education Update
- Utah Education Network (PE lesson plans)
Arts
- Drawspace
- Art for Kids Hub
- National Gallery of Art (Kids’ page)
- Tate Create
- How to Draw
- New York Philharmonic Kids’ Zone
- Classics for Kids
- Music Theory Lessons
- Creating Music
Foreign Language
Tutoring
Technology
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- Prezi (Free presentation software [similar to PowerPoint])
- Open Office (Free office suite for Microsoft-based machines)
- Neo Office (Free office suite for Mac OS machines)
- Fakebook (Create imaginary profiles for class/home school projects [great for biography projects!])
- PodOMatic
- BBC Dance Mat Typing
- Animoto
- Scratch Programming (Jr. version available; scroll to the bottom of the page to find the link)
- Teach with Movies
- Google Scholar
Curriculum Search Engine
Have a great link to share? Found a link that no longer works?
Please contact Gillian Simcox: gsimcox@nationaluniversityacademy.org