Grades 7 - 8

YouTube playlists feature a variety of videos for ELA, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies. The playlists will be continually updated to provide grade-appropriate material for the four main content areas.

Google Expeditions lets users explore virtual field trips.You can dive 20,000 leagues under the sea, travel to the North Pole, and more without leaving the website.

MATH

Founded by a middle school math teacher, Hooda Math offers more than 500 free online math games.

i-Ready Instruction provides students with lessons based on their individual skill level and needs, so your child can learn at a pace that is just right for them. These lessons are fun and interactive to keep your child engaged as they learn. grade 7 / grade 8

READING AND WRITING

A collection of books that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world.

Personalized reading comprehension exercises forK-12 and ESL students.

Students can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across six different languages, that will help them continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids. All stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet. Explore the collection, select a title and start listening.

A free collection of fiction and nonfiction texts for grades 3–12. Includes an annotation tool, guiding and discussion questions, translations in various languages, and texts read aloud.

KidLit TV has shows, radio, crafts and activities, book read-alongs for kids. Some of the TV shows include Storymakers, a talk show that highlights authors and illustrators, Read Out Loud, when the authors at KidLit TV do read-alongs, and Young at Art, where kids can learn art skills used in book illustrations.

Get ready to experience the Sorcerer’s Stone like never before...
Over the coming weeks, you’ll get to watch videos of famous fans and friends of the Wizarding World, including Daniel Radcliffe, Stephen Fry, David Beckham, Dakota Fanning, Claudia Kim, Noma Dumezweni, and Eddie Redmayne, plus many more, reading chapters of the first Harry Potter book from their homes.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

National Geographic Education focuses heavily on science, world events, and history. It contains a vast amount of multimedia content -- including videos, photos, games, and at-home activity suggestions.

At home for a while with your kids? Don't want their brains to go stale? We've got you covered. Here are quizzes, videos, science experiments, and even at-home classroom resources.

The world’s largest live nature cam network.

The Exploratorium is a public learning laboratory exploring the world through science, art, and human perception. Our mission is to create inquiry-based experiences that transform learning worldwide.

Code.org® is a nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to computer science in schools and increasing participation by women and underrepresented youth. Our vision is that every student in every school has the opportunity to learn computer science.

Let your creativity take flight with engineering activities, games, and even videos.

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.

For over 40 years, NOVA has been educating and entertaining millions of television viewers with stories of scientific discovery - from the latest breakthroughs in technology to the deepest mysteries of the natural world. NOVA Education helps bring these compelling stories to students by providing free videos, interactive tools, and lesson planning resources.

Instructional videos of simple science experiments you can do at home with your children. Complete with jokes and trivia!

HISTORY, SOCIAL STUDIES, AND CIVICS

The award-winning PBS series from WGBH Boston, brings to life the incredible characters and epic stories that have shaped America's past and present. Discover this country's rich history in this collection of media-based resources from the series.

Welcome to Old Sturbridge Village – a “must-see” New England attraction which depicts life in an early 19th-century rural Village, featuring costumed historians, antique buildings, water-powered mills, a working farm, and so much more!

iCivics exists to engage students in meaningful civic learning. It provides well-written and inventive resources that enhance practivce and inspire classrooms.

The Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History virtual tours allow visitors to take self-guided, room-by-room tours of select exhibits and areas within the museum from their desktop or mobile device. Visitors can also access select collections and research areas at our satellite support and research stations as well as past exhibits no longer on display.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

A Massachusetts initiative to use healthy decision-making and social-emotional learning to prevent substance use, the Project Here Games website is dedicated to helping children in grades 6-8 learn about themselves and how to use their strengths to build additional and/or more advanced social emotional skills.

OPEN has one mission: to improve the effectiveness of physical education for every child. We help all students by providing rigorous, outcomes-based curriculum tools.

Although students have to forgo their school physical education classes for now, they can burn some energy at home using trainer Joe Wicks's virtual PE classes.

MISCELLANEOUS / COMPILATIONS

IXL has thousands of math, language, social studies, science, and Spanish practice questions and modules.

Khan Academy is an educational YouTube channel with videos that teach viewers about multiple learning subjects at many different levels. The exceptional content is taught by educators using electronic tools that allow them to illustrate science, history, math, and other concepts as they lecture.

Interactive lessons for remote learning that are self-contained and self-paced.

Even when schools are closed, you can keep the learning going with these special cross-curricular journeys. Every day includes four separate learning experiences, each built around a thrilling, meaningful story or video. Kids can do them on their own, with their families.

E-LEARNING FOR KIDS is an educational website with lessons organized by skill topic. A search engine allows kids to further sort lessons by popularity and grade levels from kindergarten through sixth grade. They select any lesson they wish and are guided through the lesson with visual and audio prompts.

Wonderopolis®, a place where natural curiosity and imagination lead to exploration and discovery in learners of all ages. Each day, we pose an intriguing question—the Wonder of the Day®—and explore it in a variety of ways.

Learning or practicing a new language with Duolingo is fun and addictive. Earn points for correct answers, race against the clock, and level up. Our bite-sized lessons are effective.

Take a journey around the globe, or around the block! Open your eyes to the majestic and magnificent world around you with a virtual field trip.

VFT's are topic based interactive and educationally rich experiences captured during real expeditions with scientists doing current research. Some are built with adaptive feedback and adaptive pathways. (Look for the designated icons). This adaptivity allows for non-linear experiences with varying pathways, as well as individual feedback, that is tailored to the users input and responses.

New knowledge-building lessons every day - written materials for math (Grades K–12) and daily instructional videos for English language arts (Grades K–8), math (Grades K-12), and science (Grades 3–5).

Printable at-home activity packs are designed to provide students with valuable self-directed exercises and practice during extended absences from school. Each pack is designed to reinforce key concepts for a given grade.

Enjoy the Museum from home and explore the digital resources.

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