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Animation can support education across domains by increasing engagement. Animation can be used to simulate conditions that might otherwise be impossible to re-create, for example, the inner workings of a computer processor. Using animations in the classroom can increase engagement (Silvani, 2020).

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Simulations are powerful tools for learning, especially in the sciences (Salame & Makki, 2021). Experiments can be used to verify classroom teaching. In a chemistry class, students may learn about how two elements will interact but this learning becomes more authentic when students can see the reaction occur in real life. Simulations allow this educational process to occur without the need for expensive laboratory equipment and can be used to replace or replicate experiment conditions.

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Practice quizzes allow students to test their understanding of classroom material or continue practicing their skills. Websites like Quizlet can support vocabulary development across different age levels (Aksel, 2021). Teachers can also use practice quizzes to keep track of student progress and use analytics to better understand how students are understanding material.

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Online courses can be used for many applications in your classroom. Online courses can be used with advanced students to allow them to further develop their skills or may be used for remediation (Setia et al., 2019). As teachers, you may extract useful information or lessons from the courses to include in your own course.

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The collection of free e-books below can be used to support learners across different classrooms and can make resources go further in your school. Students in an introductory Spanish class at Framingham High School will benefit from accessing children's books written in Spanish through the International Children's Library. Teachers can use the Openstax website to access free textbooks which can supplement instruction with high-quality, free textbooks (Cheung, 2020).

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The internet contains many web pages that could be used to support education. The biggest challenge for teachers is being able to find resources that are reliable and useful for teachers. Websites like National Geographic can provide high-quality educational resources that include a framework for teaching (Oberle, 2020).

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Here are animations from TedED! These videos cover a variety of different topics and are organized by subject. TedEd animations can be used to support learning academic English (Liu, 2023). Use these high-quality videos to engage student interest!

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TED-Ed lessons on all subjects. TED-Ed celebrates the ideas of teachers and students around the world. Discover hundreds of animated lessons, create customized lessons, and share your big ideas.

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PhET is a worldwide leader in running simulations for math and science. These can be used in science classes that lack access to the necessary equipment or when easy repeatability is useful for learning.

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Over 1.1 billion simulations delivered

160interactive simulations

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Founded in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. PhET sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.

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Founded in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. PhET sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.

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Learn about code using simulations to support learning. Students can see what the outcome of their code will be and make changes accordingly!

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Hour of Code

This year, we're taking Hour of Code to new heights by offering coding opportunities that encompass both artificial intelligence (AI) and non-AI components.

Want to keep learning? Go beyond an hour

Teachers: Host an hour or read the How-To Guide

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Use computer science to explore and learn about AI!

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Kahoot is a gamified tool that can be used to review key concepts in your class. Kahoot allows you to create your own practice quizzes or use others created by the community.

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Kahoot! | Learning games | Make learning awesome!

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Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform that brings engagement and fun to 1+ billion players every year at school, at work, and at home.

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Need flashcards for your students but don't want to use easily-lost index cards? Create, or have students create, digital flash cards on Quizlet. You can also use existing card sets to help your students practice.

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Coursera offers many free classes and gives you access to many tools that can help you teach these courses in your classroom.

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Teaching Online | Coursera Teaching Center

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Building your Online Degree Program: The Coursera Guide to Best Practices

Find out what it takes to create and scale a quality online degree program from scratch, based on best practices informed by our own experience of onboarding world-class degrees, along with insights from our University Partners that have seen success with their degree programs on our platform.

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Teaching Online | Coursera Teaching Center

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No matter where you are in your online teaching journey, Coursera has the tools, resources and platform you need to achieve your goals.

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Khan Academy is a leader in providing free courses to students across many different subjects. Use this in your classroom to supplement lessons and provide additional material to advanced learners as well as remedial learners.

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Codecademy is similar to Khan Academy but focused entirely on coding. Students can learn basic and intermediate coding techniques across a range of modern coding languages. Students get access to an interactive coding environment where they can run their code to receive immediate feedback.

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Learn the technical skills to get the job you want. Join over 50 million people choosing Codecademy to start a new career (or advance in their current one).

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Openstax gives users access to free, high- quality textbooks that can be used to support students. Teachers can use these textbooks to collect additional resources such as practice questions or additional perspectives that can supplement instruction.

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OpenStax | Free Textbooks Online with No Catch

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OpenStax offers free college textbooks for all types of students, making education accessible & affordable for everyone. Browse our list of available subjects!

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Project Gutenberg is a collection of 70,000 free ebooks, including many classics. If you are running low on resources for your classroom, consider using this tool to give students access to a wide range of reading options.

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The International Children's Library is a collection of children's books from around the world. These books can be used to support students who are new to the country and need resources in their native language. Books in this collection are frequently translated into multiple languages. Students can use these books to learn about other cultures.

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Library News and Notes

June 2, 2021

Dear Readers,

Great news! I was able to rebuild a simple version of the in-browser book reader which has enabled me to add back all of the ICDL books. The interface is not what it used to be, and we no longer have translations of books (only the original language the book was published in) - but we have all ~4,000 books back. The site is fast and reliable and should be able to stay around for some time to come. Happy reading!

May 5, 2021

Dear Readers,

Good news! Thanks to the UMD Computer Science Department, which has agreed to host a static version of ICDL, we have been able to resuscitate the library a bit, and have brought back 1/4 of the books in PDF form (that we have "download" rights for). We had to create a vastly simpler site without many, many of the features - no search, no translations, etc. But about 1,000 of the books are back, and we will work on bringing back more books and at least some aspects of the original site. Please note that we do not have the right to allow you to redistribute these books further, and they are provided to you only for personal use.

Thank you for so many of your heart-warming and gracious emails which encouraged us to find a way to keep the ICDL alive.

April 19, 2021

Dear Readers,

It has been over 20 years since we launched the International Children's Digital Library. In that time, we have served about 15 million people reading over 1,000,000 hours of children's books. We launched at a time when the concept of reading books online was a bit odd, and almost unheard of for children's books. After all these years, as far we know, we are still the largest collection of freely available complete children's books from around the world. And we did that without ever exposing children to commercial activities or risking their privacy.

But for many years, we have served this mission without any funds. And now all of the founders have moved on to other things in their lives. The servers are very old and dusty and there is no one to maintain them. Our licenses for the books are for use only by the ICDL so while we have considered a number of alternatives, none of them really made sense.

And so now it is time to say goodbye and read with the innumerable other resources in the world. The ICDL has been our labor of love, and we will always remember these books, the volunteers, libraries, publishers, and readers around the world with great fondness.

Keep reading!

- Founders Ben Bederson, Allison Druin, Ann Weeks, Anne Rose and Tim Browne (in memoriam)
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The National Geographic Website contains resources for teaching geography, science, and history. There are resources for guiding pedagogy including teaching frameworks. Use these tools to guide your lesson planning or find resources for students to explore!

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Act before December 31! All donations to the National Geographic Society will be matched dollar for dollar through the end of the year. Make your tax-deductible gift today and make TWICE the impact for Explorers working to preserve threatened species around the world.

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Education Resources | National Geographic Society

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Inspire learners to explore National Geographic through interactive lesson plans, maps, storytelling and a wide variety of resources to illuminate their world.

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MIT OpenCourseWare is a set of open educational resources (OER) that can serve multiple purposes. The website can be used by teachers to develop activities and guide instruction. Or it can be accessed by students to learn new things. The website includes video recordings of MIT lectures.

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MIT OpenCourseWare | Free Online Course Materials

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MIT OpenCourseWare is a web based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity

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PBS LearningMedia is a great source of free educational resources for teachers and students. It includes videos, interactive tools, and lesson plans that teachers can use with their students.

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PBS LearningMedia | Teaching Resources For Students And Teachers

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Inspire your students with thousands of free teaching resources including videos, lesson plans, and games aligned to state and national standards.

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FunBrain has a collection of educational games, videos, and books that can be used to help students develop their math, reading, problem-solving, and literacy skills. Word Turtle is one example of a game that can support students' literacy.

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Bioman Biology has animations and games that teachers can use with their students to help them understand complex biological processes. There are games that cover cells, ecology, genetics, and others.

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A growing list of animations to help you learn about Biology! Check it out and subscribe to hear about the latest videos as they come out! Subscribe to go Ad-Free for a Year!

What is BioMan Biology?

BioMan Biology is the fun place to learn Biology! Here you will find learning games, review games, virtual labs and quizzes that will help you to learn about cells, ecology, genetics, physiology, and much more!
Note: If you are a teacher, please check out the teacher section for ways to use the site to increase student engagement and learning. Remember, everything on this site is completely FREE to use!

Biology Video Games and Virtual Labs by Topic

Find out how the body works by playing fun interactive games and performing awesome virtual labs! The digestive, nervous, immune, endocrine, cardiovascular, excretory, and other systems await!

All living things are made of cells! Learn how they work and what they are made of! Cell organelles such as the nucleus, mitochondria, chloroplasts, ribosomes, lysosomes and many more can be found here. You'll be amazed at what happens in each of your cells!

Ecology is the study of how living things interact with one another and with their environments. Ecosystems, communities, populations, habitats, niches, pollution, and much more are studied by ecologists. Review and learn something new about the living world in these games and activities!

Living things change over time! Learn about and review the mechanisms that cause genetic change in populations, as well as several lines of evidence for change over time. Also, explore how organisms are classified into groups and named.

Genes are passed on from one generation to the next! Learn how this occurs through fun, interactive games and activities that explore genetics and meiosis!

Living organisms perform chemical reactions all day, every day! These chemical reactions are what keep you alive! Learn about DNA, RNA, protein synthesis, and other major biological molecules like lipids, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates.

Without photosynthesis and respiration, living things would not be able to get energy that is needed to survive. Learn about the roles of oxygen, carbon dioxide, glucose, water and ATP!

Scientific methods are the techniques and tools scientists use to learn about the world! Learn about questions, hypotheses, variables, theories, laws and much more by playing video games and performing virtual investigations!

Several of the great games on BioMan Biology are now available in the App Store! Click the icon below to see all available games! Enjoy!

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Bioman Biology: The Fun Place to Learn Biology!

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Video computer games, virtual labs and activities for learning and reviewing biology content. Great for students and teachers.

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ChemCollective is an online collection that has virtual labs, learning activities, tutorials, and practice tests. Teachers can use this with students to practice and review chemistry concepts. The labs cover high-school-level topics and some college material.

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The ChemCollective contains a collection of virtual labs, scenario-based learning activities, tutorials, and concept tests. Teachers can use our content for pre-labs, for alternatives to textbook homework, and for in-class activities for individuals or teams. Students can review and learn chemistry concepts using our virtual labs, simulations, and tutorials. ChemCollective is organized by Dr. David Yaron (Carnegie Mellon University) and Dr. Ryan Dwyer (University of Mount Union).

Virtual Labs

ChemCollective contains virtual labs that cover nearly the entire range of experiments used in high school and college general chemistry.

Here's an example of a titration performed in the virtual lab:

Students can perform calculations as they would in lab, or use the pH meter / concentration tables to check their understanding of the system.

Kinetics functionality has recently been added to the virtual lab - see Kinetics of the Persulfate-Iodide Clock Reaction for a virtual version of the popular general chemistry experiment (see Iodide Clock Reaction for an example).

OLI Chemistry

The Open Learning Initiative has courses covering General Chemistry I and General Chemistry II. Each module includes text, worked examples (including interactive worked examples), a multitude of thoughtfully scaffolded practice problems (with adaptive and targeted feedback), and assessments.

The integration of these components provides a seamless and interactive learning experience for your students. The courseware also provides instructors with data on student performance, which they can use to adapt their instruction to student needs.

OLI Chemistry is free for high schools; for higher education, please contact OLI for more information.

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Online Resources for Teaching and Learning Chemistry

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NASA's Eyes can be used by teachers to support students learning about natural science. Students can learn about the Earth, the solar system, and the universe through simulated explorations.

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Experience Earth, our solar system, nearby asteroids, the universe, and the spacecraft exploring them with immersive real-time 3D web-based apps. Start exploring your solar system now!

Click any of these eyes products to start exploring

NASA's Eyes is a suite of 3D visualization applications that allows everyone to explore and understand real NASA data and imagery in a fun and interactive way. The apps are all run inside a regular web browser, so any device with an internet connection and a browser can run them.

Ready to explore hundreds of planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and NASA missions from start to finish? Explore now by clicking on the "Start Exploring" buttons below, each of which launch a separate window in your browser.

5 cool things to do in Eyes

Featured apps

Eyes on Exoplanets

An exoplanet is a planet that is not in our solar system. It is estimated that there is at least one planet for every star in the galaxy, so there are a huge number to discover. Explore over 5,500 confirmed exoplanet systems in this 3D interactive simulation. You can visit every exoplanet ever discovered and ride along with the spacecraft that found them. The app is constantly updated for the latest discoveries, and you can visit any system, compare it to our solar system, and see if any of the planets reside in the "habitable zone", indicating a possibility of life.

Browse by planet type, detection method, or observatory, or see just the discoveries made by the Kepler and TESS missions. You can land on Earth and see a map of all the known exoplanets from your hometown.

Visualize Past Earth events

April 26th, 2024. The eruption of Indonesia's Mount Ruang volcano on April 17, 2024, sent a plume of ash and gases up t 12 miles (20 kilometers) above Earth's surface.

April 17th, 2024. The Japanese Himawari-8 satellite captured this infrared image of an explosive eruption.

April 4th, 2024. NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of hazy skies over northern Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, and Italy.

March 20th, 2024. NASA's Terra satellite captured this image of clear skies and snow-covered mountain ranges across the Western U.S.

March 18th, 2024. The Suomi NPP satellite captured this image of Tropical Cyclone Megan around the time it made landfall in Australia.

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Socrative can be used by teachers to create and manage quizzes online. These quizzes can include automated feedback for students and analyzes student performance to better track their progress on standards.

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Login or sign up for free on Socrative - your assessment partner for real-time assessments and instant insights.

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The Physics Classroom contains animations, tutorials, and simulations that can be used to help students understand Physics. Teachers can use this to develop more interactive lessons or support students who need supplemental work.

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Have you tried a Concept Builder lately? You should. This growing collection of cognitively-rich exercises will focus student attention on discrete learning goals. Filled with interactive elements, this section is the perfect tool for getting students thinking about the meaning of concepts. Perfect for students and 1:1 classrooms using iPads, Chromebooks, and the like. And for Chemistry types, we've added a large collection of Chemistry Concept Builders.

Minds On Physics - Version 5 is the HTML5 version of Minds On Physics that replaces our App and Legacy versions. Relying on a large bank of carefully crafted questions, Minds On Physics seeks to improve students' conceptions of physics. "MOPs" combines interactive questioning modules with a thorough, question-specific Help system to engage students in an exercise in thinking, reflecting and learning. Version 5 is our best-yet version of Minds On Physics. There is a fully functional free version and a paid version that integrates seamlessly with our Task Tracker system and offers some rather enticing features.

Version 2 of the Calculator Pad is now available. Our newest version includes >2500 Physics and Chemistry problems organized into >250 ready-to-use problem sets. Numerical information is randomly-generated. An answer box allows students to solve and check their answers. Most problems are accompanied by an audio-guided solution that explains how to solve a similar problem while hilighting the habits that can be adopted for solving any problem. Teachers with Task Tracker accounts can modify problems and problem sets and even create their own problems. Task Tracker also allows teachers to assign problems to their students and track their progress.

Concept Checkers were built to coordinate with the Physics Interactives section of our website. Relying upon our Task Tracker tool to deliver questions, check answers, and track student progress, a Concept Checker is designed to coordinate with an interactive simulation. Use it as a follow-up check to understanding after exploring the simulation. Most sims are accompanied by a Concept Checker. Some sims have Task Tracker code built into the simulation. But not all sims will have a Concept Checker. Concept Checkers can be used with or without a Task Tracker account.

The Science Reasoning Center is our most recent upgrade. This section (once complete) will include more than 50 activities that are perfect for encouraging scientific reasoning skills. Students use science and engineering practices, combined with cross cutting science concepts and core ideas from the disciplines of physics (and chemistry) to analyze phenomenon, experiments, and data presentations. NOTE: We broke ground in April of 2023; we should have a large portion of content available by August of 2023. We will continue work throughout the 2023-24 school year.

A collection of pages with questions and answers/explanations which serve as reviews or practice. Each review complements a chapter from The Physics Classroom Tutorial.

A variety of question-and-answer pages which target specific concepts and skills. Topics range from the graphical analysis of motion and drawing free body diagrams to a discussion of vectors and vector addition.

Calling all high school juniors: You've trusted The Physics Classroom to help prepare you for that unit exam in physics. Why not trust us to help prepare you for the biggest test of the year - the ACT test? That's right. Let the TPC help you with the ACT.

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The Physics Classroom serves students, teachers and classrooms by providing classroom-ready resources that utilize an easy-to-understand language that makes learning interactive and multi-dimensional. Written by teachers for teachers and students, The Physics Classroom provides a wealth of resources…