Resources
Junior High and High School
Virtual Book Events!
General Topics/ Various Topics
Read online- Free, legal ebooks and/ or audiobooks
Read poetry online- free, legal poetry sites
More book stuff!
Languages
Social Studies
Museums- Exhibits and Online Tours
Historical/ Iconic Places- Virtual Tours
STEAM- Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math
Live Wildlife/ Zoo Cameras
Art
Fun/ Puzzles/ Games
Scholarships
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone- Chapter 1 read by Daniel Radcliffe
General Topics/ Various Topics
- Crash Course on YouTube- Created by John and Hank Green, there is a HUGE curriculum here of all sorts of interesting things to learn.
- Kahn Academy- Self-guided or teacher-assigned curriculum on many different topics. Some of which are great "extra" stuff to learn. If any course requires a teacher sign you up, email [email protected] and I'll enroll you.
- Drawing Words- Writing Pictures- Teach yourself to make graphic novels. This free website from creators Jessica Abel and Matt Madden has created lessons designed for students so they can learn to make their own graphic novels and comics.
- WorldBook- links and resources for activities, databases, and ebooks
- Library of Congress- amazing digital collections of historic items. Good for personal enrichment and/ or primary and secondary sources for research.
- Quirk Books- lists of available resources from Quirk Books- all ages- read books online
Read online- Free, legal ebooks and/ or audiobooks
- Project Guttenberg- books for all ages, mostly older titles (public domain)
- Free audiobooks!- teen books available for free this spring and summer (Very NEW and exciting titles)
Read poetry online- free, legal poetry sites
- Literary Hub- new and classic poems, many read by the poets themselves
- Academy of American Poets- poem-a-day, new and classic poems, some historical audio files of poets reading
- PBS- poetry for kids with audio and video
More book stuff!
- Publisher Websites
- Disney Books- Yes there is stuff for teens! Did you know Disney publishes middle school, young adult and even adult books?
Languages
- Sign Language-
- LifePrint has a lot of videos and lessons
- Read in other languages
- International Children's Digital Library- contains books in multiple levels, genres, and languages
Social Studies
- We Are Teachers- list of social studies websites for kids and teens
Museums- Exhibits and Online Tours
- Natural History Museums
- Art Museums
- History Museums
Historical/ Iconic Places- Virtual Tours
- Vatican Museums (includes the Sistine Chapel)
STEAM- Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math
Live Wildlife/ Zoo Cameras
- Monterey Bay Aquarium
- Georgia Aquarium
- San Diego Zoo
- Cincinnati Zoo
- Koalas in Australia
- Puffins in Maine
- Gorillas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Bald Eagles in California
- Elephants in South Africa
- Giant Pandas in China
- Brown Bears in Alaska
Art
- Graphic Novels- Use Drawing Words, Writing Pictures to teach yourself how to make graphic novels and comics.
- DC Camp- Learn to draw DC characters!
Fun/ Puzzles/ Games
- Hogwarts Digital Escape Room - from Peters Township Public Library, PA
Scholarships
Last updated: July 9, 2022 at 11:32AM