MENSA
The site includes educational and challenging games; resources for kids, parents and teachers, including lesson plans, activity plans and TED Connections. 
Wonderopolis
Kids have a lot of questions and wonder so many things! This site fosters a kid’s insatiable curiosity. Wonderopolis is a place "where the wonders of learning never cease". Built around a new Wonder of the Day, this site delivers interesting and educational content in the form of short videos and reading passages. With each Wonder, key vocabulary is identified. Every Wonder includes extension activities to explore to learn more. 
National Geographic
Great parent resource and teacher resource. 
PBS Learning Media
This website provides free standards aligned videos, interactives, and lesson plans. 
ReadWriteThink
Educational materials and resources for teachers, parents and students. Interactive and printable resources for the classroom, professional development, and parent resources. 
National Science Teaching Association
Through NSTA, you'll find leading resources for excellence in teaching and learning and experience growth through robust professional development. Plus, you'll meet colleagues across all science disciplines, all grade bands and teaching stages, from the newest teacher to the veteran administrator, who share a passion for science education. Lesson Plans include opportunities for discussion and interaction with students. Resources include free NSTA e-books. 
CK-12
This website provides high quality curated STEM content for teachers and students. The library has over 5000 math and science materials for use in class. 
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Mount Vernon Virtual Tour
Explore this virtual tour of Mount Vernon, and then read the non-fiction connections about George Washington. Opportunities for Discussion and Writing about Learning. 
Blackout Poetry
Austin Kleon is the master of this craft. It's a pretty simple task though; grab a newsletter and a marker. Start by boxing out the words you like, then blackout all the words you don't need. Materials: Newspaper, markers 
NASA STEM LESSONS
Jet Propulsion Lab at NASA brings the wonder of science to students K-12. This website contains activities, demonstrations, labs, teachable moments, and writing assignments on subjects such as art, engineering, English Language Arts, mathematics, science, and technology. This interactive website gives subject and grade level for each classroom activity. 
Audible
Jet Propulsion Lab at NASA brings the wonder of science to students K-12. This website contains activities, demonstrations, labs, teachable moments, and writing assignments on subjects such as art, engineering, English Language Arts, mathematics, science, and technology. This interactive website gives subject and grade level for each classroom activity. 
Google Arts and Culture
Content from over 1200 leading museums and archives who have partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to bring the world's treasures online. It contains education non-fiction pieces about various topics. Van Gogh Museum Jefferson's Monticello 
DocsTeach
Access thousands of primary sources that include letters, photographs, speeches, posters, maps, videos, and other document types that span the course of American history. This website includes activities that are grade specific and use primary sources from the National Archive to teach American history. 
JSTOR
You can search all open access content on JSTOR without a login – there’s more than 6,000 ebooks and over 150 journals. 
Purdue University - The Online Writing Lab
This website provides writing resources. It includes teacher and tutor resources such as power points, subject specific writing instruction, and research format guides. |
Additional valuable resources can be found at the Tuscaloosa City Schools site.
