Teacher Tools
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Enjoy these free, web-based resources! Your DPISD librarians have worked hard to curate this list, but, as always, please be sure to review and familiarize yourself with them prior to using with your students.
If you have any suggestions for resources that should be added here, please let me know and I am more than happy to do so!
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Tools for ALL Teachers!
An educational and engaging collection of YouTube courses across the curriculum for students, families and educators.
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"Subject Area Interactive Lessons Online" is a collaborative effort of 9 local districts featuring interactive lesson support.
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Trusted reviews of movies, television, books, games, apps and websites, plus digital citizenship lessons and resources.
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Virtual tours of world class museums and cultural sites---discover art, historical treasures and more.
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Free lesson planning and multimedia resources across the curriculum.
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Sort by subject/topic or grade level. Simply awesome!
Language Arts & Social Studies
Book trailers for new and popular titles that you can show your students to spread the joy of reading.
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“2,000 high-quality free reading passages for grades 3-12, complemented by aligned interim assessments, growth-oriented data, and expert-led teacher development.”
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Google virtual tours of National parks.
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Student access to ebooks, learning videos, quizzes and more. Teachers register FREE to receive access codes.
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A variety of engaging topics to develop vocabulary, background knowledge and reading skills in a diverse subject areas.
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Classroom resources and professional development from the International Reading Association and the NCTE.
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"The Best of the Humanities on the Web". Lesson plans, student resources, primary sources and more.
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Award-winning site with over 1200 websites with links to lessons, activities and more, created by EdTech Teacher Resource.
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Handbook of Texas Online. A comprehensive resource from the Texas State Historical Association.
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An ever expanding digital collection of documents and images. curated by the University of Houston.
Science & Math
An educational and engaging collection of YouTube courses across the curriculum for students, families and educators - Crash Course Kids was made with a science and math focus.
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The Houston Zoo has been doing live Keeper Talks via their Facebook page and posting them on their YouTube channel!
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Learning support in math, sciences and humanities with over 4,500 videos and skills practice.
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FREE, online magazine providing age-appropriate topical news from all fields of science for learners and educators.
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Open-and-go lessons that inspire kids to love science - no login needed.
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Games, quizzes and interactive skill-building for math, probability, graphing, and more.
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ANIMAL CAMS |
Electives
P.E.
PBS hosts Ken Burns’ Baseball documentary for free.
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ROBOTICS
Learn how to code from home.
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ART
Travel + Leisure compiled a list of 12 virtual museum tours to enjoy from your own home.
How-To: Secret Codes original document by Jill Work
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THEATRE
An entire playlist of Theatre history created by Crash course - includes educational videos from Ancient Theatre to Broadway and Beyond!
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MUSIC
A browser-based music app made by Google.
A video that teaches "The Physics of Sound."