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2 | Parents & Students, COVID-19 update: FREE, highly-recommended resources appear at the top of this sheet. They are available to sustain learning and interest! Note: Some of these sites require people under the age of 13 to get parent notification or permission before opening accounts. These sites have been confirmed as appropriate for student creation and learning. | ||
3 | Code.org | Free coding programs for kids of all ages, working at all levels of profiency. This link takes you directly to 6-12-appropriate learning. | multiple |
4 | FreeCodeCamp.org | From their website, "Harvard's CS50 is one of the world's most popular computer science courses and we are posting it on freeCodeCamp's ad-free YouTube channel." Worth checking out, for sure; these people are committed to open-source learning. | multiple |
5 | Scratch.mit.edu | Complete at least one whole section of Scratch. From the website, "With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share your creations with others in the online community. Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively — essential skills for life in the 21st century." | multiple |
6 | Pixar in a Box | How cool is this? From the website: "Pixar in a Box is a behind-the-scenes look at how Pixar artists do their jobs. You will be able to animate bouncing balls, build a swarm of robots, and make virtual fireworks explode. The subjects you learn in school — math, science, computer science, and humanities — are used every day to create amazing movies at Pixar. This collaboration between Pixar Animation Studios and Khan Academy is sponsored by Disney." | multiple |
7 | Duolingo | Learn a new language on your own that is not one that you currently speak or are learning at Smith. Earn at least four crowns for credit. (If you do a search for Irish, they also have that.) | multiple |
8 | Khan Academy | Learn to program by completing the intro and at least one other tutorial for credit. | multiple |
9 | Sketchpad 5.0 | Create a complex, original piece of digital art using this drawing and painting application. | one to multiple |
10 | WeVideo | FREE to students who login from their CHCCS account. This is such a fabulous and easy-to-use film-editing program, and includes everything from music to titles to transitions. Fun! | multiple |
11 | Tynker | Complete one of the game tutorials on this site to create a game with coding from this site. Note: some resources are free on this site, and some are at-cost. Homes can apply for a COVID-19 license to pursue further learning. | multiple |
12 | 30-Day Challenge - 30-Day Challenge | Take 30 days to learn or explore something new. | multiple |
13 | Arduino (must purchase kit/parts) - Arduino (note: must purchase kits) | Electronics, y'all. Some of y'all like that plenty. | multiple |
14 | DIY Science and Math | How to do...ALL THE THINGS! | multiple |
15 | Instructables | One of our favorite websites--a place where you can learn to build or create just about anything. You could lose hours browing this awesome site. | multiple |
16 | LegoMaster Challenges | Need we say more? LEGOS!!! | multiple |
17 | Made with Code | Code with Google. | multiple |
18 | Photo-a-Day challenge | Such fun photo prompts, much like writing prompts. Keep a photo journal of your life! | multiple |
19 | Quirky | Quirky (kind of odd, but helpful) inventions by regular people. | multiple |
20 | Spoken Word/Poetry | Spoken word, hip-hop, or rap artist? Young activist? These are your people... | multiple |
21 | The Kid Should See This | Smart videos for curious minds of all kinds! | multiple |
22 | The Tinkering Studio (must purchase a kit) | For your handy types who can make functional things...have at it. | multiple |
23 | Wonderopolis | This is a really neat clearinghouse filled with what people wonder about. | multiple |
24 | 100 Happy Days | What if you were to spend 100 days working toward something that simply made you...happy? | multiple |
25 | DIY: Do it Yourself | How to do ALL THE THINGS...on your own! | multiple |
26 | Snapguide: great DIY guides | More ways to learn & discover independently! | multiple |
27 | Wattpad | For serious and enthusiastic writers, this is the largest online writing & sharing platform for you. Safely write, share, gather feedback, and publish your work. If you are interested in a long-term independent writing project, this is definitely for you. | multiple |
28 | Icelandlic Online | Learn the Icelandic language online. Earn credit for each unit completed. | multiple |
29 | Animoto | Choose pictures of activities (you enjoy and then create a slideshow with music and the pictures you've downloaded. | multiple |
30 | Learn Pennsylvania Deutsch | Learn the language of American Amish people, or Mennonites. Receive credit for demonstrating proficiency for every four lessons. | multiple |
31 | Google Drawings | Using Google Drawings, create an original, just-for-you magnetic poetry set and write four original poems using your tiles. Click here for a refrigerator image to use as your background. | multiple |
32 | Tiki-Toki | Create a timeline of your life so far. You must include at least one major item for every year you have lived. | multiple |
33 | Voki | Create a voki that explains to students what they will learn in this class so I can show them at the beginning of the next school year to students. | multiple |
34 | Kizoa | Create an original photo story or a movie with pictures. The movie needs to be at least 3 minutes long and have music added to it. | multiple |
35 | Blabberize | Create a blabberize that talks to incoming 6th graders on what to expect at Smith Middle School. You will need to get a mic from Ms. Wolf. | multiple |
36 | Easel.ly | Make an infographic about a topic you’re interested in. Some ideas could be your favorite sport, performance art, author, fashion trend, or place visited. You may also be interested in making an advocacy infographic about a cause that interests you. | multiple |
37 | Piktochart | Make an infographic about a topic you’re interested in. Some ideas could be your favorite sport, performance art, author, fashion trend, or place visited. You may also be interested in making an advocacy infographic about a cause that interests you. | multiple |
38 | PosterMyWall | Create an account here and design a poster advocating for a cause or issue about which you are passionate. | multiple |
39 | Photovisi | Create a picture collage of your family, friends, pets or all of the above. Write of their importance to you. | multiple |
40 | Artisan Cam | Create an action comic that tells an original story, using dialogue. | multiple |
41 | Dvolver | Create an original movie that dramatizes some aspect of life (or fantasy) that you find interesting. You must have ATLEAST 5 scenes in this movie! | multiple |
42 | Canva. | Create a promotional icon for social media that advertises an upcoming arts or sports event that you would like to attend. | multiple |
43 | Storybird | Write an original story, OR complete one of the courses available at the site and show your creative learning to receive credit. | multiple |
44 | Zimmer Twins | Create an original instructional or advocacy video using this tool. It must contain at least five scenes. | multiple |
45 | PowToon | Create an original instructional or advocacy video using this tool. It must contain at least five scenes. | multiple |
46 | What's your learning style? | Take the quiz and screenshot the results. Paste the snip into a Google Document and explain how the results may help yourself and others to understand how you learn best. | one |
47 | Word-GURU | How's your vocabulary? Get a perfect score on any test from this page and receive credit (to be determined with agreement from your teacher.) | one |
48 | Fodey | Fodey has a lot of unique things that you can do on this site; see the top of the page for what it offers. You must complete four of them to create something of interest to you, and to receive credit. | one to multiple |
49 | GrammarMonster | Get 100% on three parts of speech tests (use screen shot tool to show results to email or show teacher) to receive credit. | one to multiple |
50 | How fast can you read? | Take the speed reader test and answer the questions then snip and save your results. show improvement on 3 tests and receive an A for 1 project grade! | one to multiple |
51 | Jigzone | Need a brain break, or to work your visual sense of problem-solving? Solve an online jigsaw puzzle of over 100 pieces, and screenshot it for credit with your teacher. | one to multiple |
52 | Wizy Puzzle | Tens of thousands of diverse brain puzzles to solve here. Solve three of them (screen shot when you complete them) and share with your teacher for credit.) Or, for a good brain brain or to work a different part of your brain, do one every so often to get that exercise. | one to multiple |
53 | Get Underlined | Write a short story of your own, or outline a novel to later pursue as an independent project. This site also allows you to engage with other writers (new and established) and to safely share your own work. | one to multiple |
54 | Typing Club | Learn how to type more quickly and correctly. Poor typing skills in this computer age can hurt your body and slow down your work. | |
55 | Nitro Type | ||