-From Mrs. Jefferson, High School Library Media Specialist
-From Mrs. Jefferson, High School Library Media Specialist
ReadingIQ is an advanced digital library and literacy platform for children through 6th grade that provides access to thousands of high-quality books, all curated by experts to advance literacy. ReadingIQ includes many books in Spanish, and an offline mode that does not require continuous Internet connectivity.
A free library of over 60,000 free eBooks that include a children’s literature category where kids can download or read online classics like “Little Women” and “Peter Pan.”
Big History Project is a free online social studies course that emphasizes skill development as students draw mind-blowing connections between past, present and future. This multidisciplinary approach is focused on high school students, yet designed for anyone seeking answers to the big questions about the history of our Universe.
For elementary to high school students with lessons that engage through stories and podcasts. Segments in categories like Physics & Chemistry, Earth Science, Brain and Biology, and more will provide kids with a new way of seeing science.
IDEAS AETN Online Learning Resources
Wide Open School is a free collection of the best online learning experiences for kids curated by the editors at Common Sense. There is so much good happening, and we are here to gather great stuff and organize it so teachers and families can easily find it and plan each day.
Access to Britannica E-Books is easy and comes with options.
Account logins:
Username: freebritannica
Password: ebooks
My Folder can be accessed after logging in with the above account. You will have to create your own unique username and password to be able to highlight and take notes.
BrainPOP is here to help you and your curious learners stay informed and on-track with free access during school closures.
How-To Videos from FSD Faculty
How to Use Student Email from Mrs. Robson
Met to launch “Nightly Met Opera Streams,” a free series of encore Live in HD presentations streamed on the company website during the coronavirus closure
This free app site is perfect to work on a series of practice exercises. From Arabic to Portuguese, kids will not fall behind with these fun and educational lessons.
The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli is one of the jewels of the Uffizi collection. The 16th-century halls of The Uffizi Gallery are available for exploring via Google Maps. One of the world’s most prominent museums, its Italian Renaissance collection is unmatched.
London’s Tate Modern is known for its collection of modern and contemporary art spanning from 1900 to the present day work. Since 2000, Tate Modern has been housed in the former Bankside Power Station, on the south side of the Thames.
Housed in a former railway station, the Musée d'Orsay is filled with French art dating from the mid-19th and early 20th centuries.
Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is the Dutch national art museum and home to the largest collection of masterpieces by Dutch artists like Rembrandt and Vermeer.
Museo Nacional de Antropología
The national museum of Mexico, Museo Nacional de Antropología is the largest and most-visited in the country. It’s best known for its vast collection of pre-Columbian era artifacts from current-day Mexico, as well as those from former Mexican territory in the southwest U.S.
It may have opened just more than 10 years ago in 2009, but the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece, is home to archaeological artifacts spanning from nearly 5,000 years ago found on the nearby Acropolis, home to the Parthenon— both the ruins and the neighboring museum are free to explore virtually on Google Maps.
The Louvre in Paris offers free virtual tours (Flash required) of several of its most popular exhibits online.