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- All Grade Levels, All Subjects, Google Drive Resources
Lumio is the new name for SMART Notebook. This platform allows teachers to find, upload, or create interactive lessons that can be displayed on an Interactive Touch Screen or on students' devices. The Lumio Library includes thousands of premade activities that can be edited to fit a teacher's exact needs. In the free version of Lumio, teachers are limited to 50MB of storage, but get unlimited student access and a variety of instructional tools. You need to log in to Lumio in order to view the Library
- Google Classroom Integration, Social Studies
Race to Ratify is a game created by iCivics, it puts students into the year 1787 and has them explore core concepts and meet important people that surrounded the Constitutional Ratification debate. It is playable in the web browser or Apple and Android devices. The game is also offered with optional activities and detailed lesson plans.
- All Grade Levels, All Subjects
Google Earth has a lot of cool features, but one particularly useful for teachers is "Voyager." Look for the pirate ship wheel in the menu, then explore premade virtual field trips such as a tour of the Underground Railroad or Geometry found around the world. Another great feature is called "Projects" that allows students to create and share their own virtual field trips in Google Earth.
- All Grade Levels, All Subjects, Google Classroom Integration
Google Arts & Culture is an enormous website with thousands of images, videos, virtual field trips, games, and other educational resources. They also have a dedicated section for teachers to explore lesson plans and other activities that can be immediately integrated into their class.
- All Grade Levels, Interdisciplinary, SEL
Empatico is a free tool that connects classrooms around the world. It combines live video chats with activities designed to foster meaningful connections among students. Empatico provides virtual exchange activity plans that are designed to spark empathy, curiosity, and creativity through joyful student interactions, as well as supporting resources for educators to create meaningful experiences.
- All Grade Levels, Computer Science, Google Classroom Integration, STEM
Code.org features a full K-12 Computer Science curriculum. The curriculum ranges from the principles of coding all the way up to software engineering. Each lesson is fully detailed and includes a teacher guide. Each activity can be shared directly to students through a link or Google Classroom.
- All Grade Levels, Financial Literacy, Social Studies
The Federal Reserve is the Central Bank of the United States. Did you know they have a huge library of learning resources? From their website, you can search by grade level, topic, standards, and more to find meticulously detailed lesson plans, videos, activities, and more! It's not all Financial Literacy either, they also have resources for History, Government, Economics, and Career Exploration.
- All Grade Levels, Financial Literacy
The FDIC has some great Financial Literacy resources for teachers and students. They have a catalog of K-12 resources called Money Smart that includes educator guides, lesson plans, student handouts, and more! You can also explore their Money Smart Games at playmoneysmart.fdic.gov/games
- All Grade Levels, Interdisciplinary
Edmentum has a variety of products and services for schools, including an assortment of Open Educational Resources. The Edmentum website includes free worksheet bundles for K-12 Math, Science, and ELA, plus fully detailed lesson plans, and several printable activities.
- All Grade Levels, All Subjects, Google Classroom Integration
INFOhio's Open Space is their OER network for educators to find and share open educational resources. One of the most helpful features of Open Space is the Collections page that has several curated collections of OER categorized by organizations like iCivics, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, or by subjects like Math, Science, and Social Studies.