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Epic is the leading digital reading platform—built on a collection of 40,000+ popular, high-quality books from 250+ of the world’s best publishers—that safely fuels curiosity and reading confidence for kids 12 and under.

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Welcome to Library Spot, a vortia; ;obraru respirce cemter fpr educators and students, librarieans and their patrons, families, businesses and just about anyone exploring the Web for valuable research information. Thanks for stopping by! We hope that you find LibrarySpot.com to be a useful, engaging and invaluable resource for online research.

Searchable; thousands of digital books from the public domain; includes both fiction and nonfiction

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Academickids provides a free online ecyclopedia.

THE WORLD’S #1 ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA.

The best online research APPS/Sites you have never heard of. 

Kids.Net.au is actually an Australian 'not for profit' kids safe portal run by a team of volunteers. The seven year old site has an encyclopedia among other informational tools. With one million articles on a variety of topics, the site is a good place to visit if you want child-safe and easy to understand information.

Infoplease knows the value of having sources you can trust. Infoplease is a reference and learning site, combining the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, an atlas and several almanacs loaded with facts. Our editors update and regularly refine this enormous body of information to bring you reliable information.

A Yahoo search taps into the 52,000 entries and 84,000 cross linked references brought together by Columbia University Press. Yahoo Kids is a good enough homework help site with tools like a World Factbook, dictionary, a Q& A service, and small sections on science and animals etc.

The most direct way to access the encyclopedia is to use the search bar. The information contains further links which can take you deeper into related areas. The language according to the target audience is pretty basic.

Read modern translations of Shakespeare’s plays online, for free.

Educational Site:  History- Science- Biography- Geography

Playing fun educational games, kids learn to read with phonics, build skills in math, language, social studies, science and much more. UN: pittsburg, PW: panthers

Free online EBSCO resources brought to you by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. EBSCO offers Explora which provides a safe, trustworthy environment for students to look up articles and facts for research papers, class projects or homework.

Oklahoma Humanities magazine fosters conversation and new perspectives through articles, interviews, and beautiful color images. From public policy issues to cultural heritage, you'll find an engaging forum for new ideas and productive civil discourse.

This site lots of reading and math resources.

America's Story and learn about the people and events that forged the nation. The America's Library sub-site is filled with interesting facts, and to get an overview of all that, read the Welcome page.

Full online curriculum for Pre-K through Kindergarten.

*Reading  *Math  *Science  *Art/Colors  *Music

The Step-by-Step Learning Path presents the full ABCmouse.com curriculum in a carefully designed program of more than 450 lessons in six levels. As your child completes each lesson, he or she is guided to the next one and is motivated to continue learning by ABCmouse.com’s Tickets and Rewards System.

Free educational videos.

Great websites. Check them out.

70+ Awesome Apps that Integrate with Google Classroom

Use this list to explore apps you may already be using, or find new ones that will allow you to share easily to Google Classroom.

Searchable; includes photographs, artwork, cartoons, documents and pictures of artifacts.

Searchable; includes maps, portraits, historical newspapers, music, videos and writings of famous Americans like Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin and Thomas Paine; also includes quiz games and crossword puzzles•

Created by Yale University; searchable; includes documents from ancient times through the 21st century; extensive list of collections of American, as well as international, documents.

Created by the National Archives (see); includes links to thousands of primary source documents, images, maps, charts, graphs, audio and video from the time of the American Revolution to the Contemporary U.S.

Searchable; includes the following collections: American Memory, Prints and Photographs, Historic Newspapers, Sound Recordings, Maps, Manuscripts, Performing Arts, Film and Veterans History; note that not all of the content is available online.

Searchable; rich resource of primary documents; includes Teachers’ Resources section with lesson plans, tips on using primary sources and information about school tours and professional development.

Quicklyst helps you take beautiful outline-style notes that help you structure your ideas.
You can use Quicklyst on an iPad, iPhone, Kindle, or Android device.

Beast Academy provides a full curriculum for ages 8‑13. The digital practice includes games, problems, and puzzles divided into chapters and units that follow the same sequence found in the Beast Academy book series.

IXL is personalized learning. With a comprehensive K-12 curriculum, individualized guidance, and real-time analytics, IXL meets the unique needs of each learner.

This remarkable nonprofit offers a wide variety of pre-K to college-level courses, from 3rd grade math and high school biology to U.S. history and macroeconomics. Khan for Educators provides guidance, how-to videos, and tips to help teachers implement Khan Academy with students. Free.

Inspire a lifetime of learning and discovery with our free, fun educational program for children ages two to six.

Unlock extra features and fun rewards that help build essential math skills for grades 1 to 8. Prodigy is teacher-approved and proven to boost learning outcomes.

Create Study.com virtual classrooms and start assigning lessons and quizzes to all your students. Monitor student progress on our dashboard, or export scores and grades into Excel.

Resources

This collection offers a variety of lesson plans and resources for educators to use to introduce children ages 5-8 to creative coding by challenging them to create their own stories, games, and animations with the PBS KIDS ScratchJr tablet app.

Animation & Drawing by Do Ink is the fun, creative way to make animations on your iPad. The app was designed to be easy for beginners and young animators, but with powerful tools for creating advanced animations.

With Green Screen by Do Ink, you can tell a story, explain an idea, and express yourself in truly creative and unique ways.

MakerEd has compiled an archive of activities with a robust pedagogical and curricular foundation. It is easy to search and use, but dense with academic language. Elementary teachers and parents.

No list would be complete without this perennial favorite. Now in partnership with Harvard Graduate School of Education, the site includes an archive of activities for Scratch that includes 323 math activities, 302 visual arts ones, plus examples and stories to help build classroom community and support curricular content. Elementary through middle school.

While not technically a web tool, this free download allows students to create, alter, and run engineering simulations. Students can change gravity, add gears, planes, ropes, and wheels to see how they will interact —even add drag and friction! This is a very fun tool all around, but especially when thinking about simple machines. It would fit really well with adventure or chain reaction novels. Middle school and up.

Enjoy free access to our project library

150+ STEM-rich, fun projects that can be done at home.

This archive of experiments is a rabbit hole of awesome fun things. Curated into collections, the experiments are easy to use and share, require little to no equipment, and are deeply entertaining with a firm curricular foundation. I particularly recommend the Arts and Culture collection. Middle school and up.

Science Friday partners with educators and scientists to create free STEM activities, lessons, and resources for all learners.

Get instant access to hours of fun, standards-based videos, reading material, quiz games, simple DIY activities & more.

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Virtual Classroom Interested in STEM learning and activities? Visit our Virtual Classroom!

Curriculum Resources: Learn more about curricula and find the program suitable for your classroom.

Workshops: Need free science and math resources for your classroom? Sign up for an OERB workshop.

Field Trips: Download your field trip forms and learn more about our partner museums.

Video Labs: Professor Leo is in his lab and ready to teach your students.

Kids Ahead is the place to find the coolest science, technology, engineering, and math stuff for kids like you.

So what are you waiting for? Start exploring!

Simulations, PLIX, and Adaptive Practice

We’re raising the bar with interactive learning activities and practice that adapts to individual student performance.

Why Dr. Universe?

Dr. Universe knows that children everywhere deserve a chance to explore the possibilities in science, engineering, technology, and math. Science isn’t always easy, but Dr. Universe makes it fun. She inspires the next generation of scientists and engineers to be critical thinkers, problem solvers, and ask big questions. She encourages children to keep exploring and discover the ways science and engineering can help improve our world.

The well-organized site from San Francisco’s Exploratorium investigates everything from skateboard engineering to cookie subduction (i.e., using an Oreo cookie to demonstrate what happens when continental and oceanic plates shift) It is heavily science focused and follows the scientific method closely. Upper elementary and up.

Offering 130,000 online courses, Udemy is perhaps the world’s largest purveyor of online video courses. With categories as diverse as IT/software, photography, engineering, and humanities, there is something for any interested learner. Ratings for each course help users decide which ones to purchase. Bonus for educators - earn money by teaching on Udemy. A 24/7 Instructor Support team guides teachers in their course creation.

Open Culture curates an extensive set of free learning resources from across the globe, including courses, lectures from leading academics, free audiobooks, movies, ebooks, and digital textbooks. The K-12 education section provides video tutorials, apps, books, and websites for K-12 learning. Free. 

Coursera~Build Skills with Online Courses from Top Institution

Top resource for more than 5,000 high-quality courses from expert institutions such as Yale, Google, and University of London. A detailed search filter helps users home in on the courses they need to advance their school or work career. Take courses for free or pay to earn a certificate.

Users have access to various coding-related courses and languages, from computer science to JavaScript to web development. No need to get overwhelmed by the choices, as Codecademy furnishes a nine-question “quiz” that reveals your underlying strengths and which learning paths might be best for you. Free basic plan.

K-12 computer science.

To support learning at home during COVID-19 school closures, the MakeCode team is offering daily live streaming tutorial sessions.

Microsoft’s MakeCode program includes both physical computing with the Micro Bit and virtual coding and app development. Easy to use with limitless possibilities, it’s a great block coding interface. It even has Minecraft coding! Upper elementary through middle school.

Techsmith, maker of screen capture software and solutions, provides tutorials and guides for its products, including Camtasia, Snagit, Knowmia, and more. How-to videos dedicated to remote education supply step-by-step instruction, ideal for online teaching. Free.

Teaching resources.

Open Educational Resources-OER Commons is a dynamic digital library and network. Explore open education resources and join our network of educators dedicated to curriculum improvement.

Pear Deck is a digital tool that allows teachers more in-depth and graphic control when using Google Slides. Loaded as a add-on, it works seamlessly within the Google suite to offers powerful student-engaging content for teachers.

Create formative assessments easily using templates that are designed to work at the beginning, middle, or end of class. From custom questions to audio additions, Pear Deck offers lots of personalization for teachers.

What is Google Sheets and how does it work for teachers? That's a term searched by many a teacher looking to dip their toes into the waters of free online spreadsheet creation tools. So if you're here, you've found your way to the right place as we're going to make everything clear so you can dive right in.

CK-12 Curriculum Materials. 

A free assistant for every teacher.

Explore class-level insights and new time-saving teaching tools!

Ready to use lesson plan templates by grade level, subject area, or Common Core. Choose Daily, Weekly, or Monthly templates.

This terrific site from Russell Stannard showcases award-winning screencasts to help teachers and students integrate technology into learning. Featured education technology videos include Google, Moodle, Quizlet, Camtasia, and Snagit, among others. Sections devoted to online teaching and Zoom are particularly relevant. Free.

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