***Cool Covid-19 School Closings Links to Explore and Learn***

In this section, I've copied the best of the best cool links on this site, explore the others, but start here with the ones I recommend for our current time off of school. Enjoy!

Atwater Library Home

Lake Bluff Library Home

Click here

****NEW LINKS and RESOURCES added often*****

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ELA links

Cool Free Books Links

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Lightbox eBooks - 
collection of Nonfiction eBooks, multiuser access
login:  guest
pswd: follett

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Sora: WSDLC eBook library
(find our school, then login - please note kindergarten students do not have accounts)

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EPIC! Books - Digital Library
Join your class code, or use mine
Student code: irb6841

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Time for Kids eMagazines Digital Library of current and back issues for Gr. 1, Gr. 2, and Grades 3-4

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eSebco Books
Free, multiuser ebooks
Username:  keepreading
Pswd:  sebco
Student ID#:  1

Audible audio books - FREE elementary - tween - teen

ABDO Digital Bookshelf

• Elementary books

• Secondary books​

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​​Free Kids Books.org

Storyline Online 

Gutenberg - Classic ebooks

For Younger Readers

• Brightly Storytime Read Aloud picture books
• Between the Lions - games and stories ​​
• Khan Academy Kids ​app - reading K-2
• ​Owl and Mouse - K and preK
• Oxford OWL - phonics and spelling practice
• Reading Bear - letter sounds
• Read Theory - improve comprehension K-12
• readwritethink  K-12
• Roy Tale of the Singing Zebra - K-1
• StoryPlace - K-1 animated stories to read along
• Young Explorer Magazine - nonfiction for K-2 (runs on Flash)
• Wonderopolis

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Scholastic Learn at Home Resources (free during closing)

• Scholastic Learn at Home PreK and K  free acct username: Learning20   password: Clifford
• Scholastic Learn at Home grades 1-2 free acct username: Learning20   password: Clifford 
• Scholastic Learn at Home grades 3-4 

 

• GreyCampus English Games for Kids - Vocab, Grammar, Spelling, Punctuation games
• Fun Brain Word Games
  http://www.funbrain.com/words.html​
• Wacky Web Tales (like Mad Libs) 
  http://www.eduplace.com/tales/

PebbleGo modules for K-3: Animals, Science, Biographies, Social Studies, and Dinosaurs
​login: atwater
pswd: school
login: bluff
​pswd: school

PebbleGoNext
modules for Grades 3-5: States, Science, American Indian History, Social Studies, and Biographies
​login: atwater
pswd: school
login: bluff
​pswd: school

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MyCapstoneLibrary.com
login: continue
pswd: reading

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TeachingBooks.net

Cool Reading Learning Links

School Code:
​ (works for all 3 below)
SCHOOL8433 
Parents should sign up, there's a lot involved

• ABCmouse.com preschool through 2nd grade. Many activies, Story Time has Disney, Pixar, and Marvel storybooks to read, in addition to many others.
• Adventure Academy is a massively multiplayer online game (MMO) for students in 3rd through 8th grade. 
• ReadingIQ is an advanced digital library and literacy platform for children through 6th grade that provides access to thousands of high-quality books, all curated by experts to advance literacy.  Includes an offline mode that does not require continuous Internet connectivity.

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Misc. Links

Cool Art with Author Links

• ​​​Lunch Doodles with Author: Mo Willems   
• Nick Bruel - Bad Kitty author on Ready Set Draw!

Cool Exercise Links

• GoNoodle: Good Energy at Home 
• Beachbody/Fit Kids Club exercise videos

Wonderopolis Wonder
​of the Day

Cool Google Links

Google Quick Draw

Video Links

Cool Video Resource Learning Links

Discovery Education

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BrainPop 
​Login: SSD20
psw: grayhounds20
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The Library Challenges purpose is for us to build community, share what we are reading, and have a little fun with some challenges that involve some tech skills and practice. Family posts or posts with siblings is encouraged. Help the youngers (and parents). ;-)

Library Challenges

Tech Links

Cool Keyboarding Links

[you can practice all 3 without signing up for accounts]
Typing Agility https://www.typing.com/student/test/3
Alphabet Sprint https://www.speedtypingonline.com/games/type-the-alphabet.php
​Short Track
http://www.typing-lessons.org/Exercise_8.html

Cool Spring Break virtual roller coaster Links

from Romper

• Space Mountain located in Tomorrowland at Magic Kingdom.
• Slinky Dog Dash at Disney's Hollywood Studios.
• It's A Small World in Fantasyland at Magic Kingdom.
• Stop at Epcot and say "Hi" to Elsa, Olaf, and more on Frozen Ever After.
• Take a quick jaunt under the sea on The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure.
• Make a trip to Neverland and ride on Peter Pan's Flight.
• Travel through "a cartoon universe" on Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway at Disney's Hollywood Studios.
• While at Magic Kingdom, "Yo Ho, Yo Ho" your way through the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.
• Go on Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin at Tomorrowland
• The Seas with Nemo & Friends.

Cool Virtual Field trip links

• Link to art museums, zoos, aquariums, and virtual ways to travel the world.
• Google Arts & Culture Hidden Worlds of National Park in 360  Kenai Fjords in Alaska, Hawaiian volcanoes, New Mexico’s Carlsbad Caverns, Utah’s Bryce Canyon, and Florida’s Dry Tortugas

Cool STEAM Links and Courses

Wonderopolis has opened its 5 Summer Camps to students who are out of school now. This is a super resource.

•  Camp Wonderopolis, ​are extensions of the wonders bundled into interactive STEM and literacy thematic camps---move through stations to “complete the course.” Earn badges and certificates. Music! Construction!

 Health! Space! 6 Branches of Science!

​From Disney and Khan Academy

• ​Imagineering in a Box is a free online program that brings together the diverse talents of Disney Imagineers around the world for a one-of-a-kind learning experience and is part of Disney’s commitment to helping today’s youth create the future they imagine. 

Recent Lessons to View Again

I Feel Sick lesson - The Sneeze: How Germs Spread video
Rube Goldberg - video - OKGo video - TinkerBall 
Hair Love - Oscar winning video and resources 

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Cool Library Links

• Dictionary.com
• Ninja Words
• Lexipedia
• Visual Dictionary
• Rhyming Dictionary
• Sweet Search
• Word Central
  Thesaurus.com
• Visual Thesaurus
• Encyclopedia.com
• Statistics - anything you want to know
• TweenTribune
• TweenTribune en Espanol
• Wakelet 
• Wonderopolis
• Youngzine.org

Cool Source Citing

• Copyright Question game


• KnightCite citations
• BibMe.org
• EasyBib citations

 

• Book Source
• Encyclopedia Online
• Encyclopedia Print
• Film
• Film clip Online
• Internet
• Interview
• Magazine Online
• Magazine Print
• Map
• Music
• Radio or Television 

• MLA Formatting - OWL
• MLA in Microsoft


• Copyright Genie

Cool Story and Author Links

• Dav Pilkey's Crunchy Website-o-fun
• Between the Lions - games and stories 
• Authors and Illustrators on Web http://people.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html
• LitPick - free YA ebooks
• ​Dreamscape Squigglepark reading games 

Cool Art Links

• Mixerpiece (iOS)
  

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• Getty Art & Games

       http://www.getty.edu/gettygames/

Cool 3D Design

DigitalStream
AutoDesk

Cool Presentation Tools

Haiku Deck
PowToons
emaze
Canva
Adobe Spark
​ThingLink Edu
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Cool Music Links

Great 78s

Cool Tech Links

• Pixlr - photo editor
• Be Funky photo effects
• Digibody - caricature maker
• Go2Web20 - web app search
• Blabberize
• Chatterpix  
• Yodio - voice to photos
• Live Binders 
• Create a graph
• Cantanding -online karaoke
• Learn It In 5- How To Tech videos
• ipiccy.com - photo editor
• Padlet
• Marqueed - annotate images
• Flipsnack - flipbook creator
• Simplebooklet.com (best in Chrome) - eBook creator
• Various Online presentation tools on EdShelf https://edshelf.com/profile/7cya0bf/online-presentation-tools
• Tools and Apps for inspiring Creativity

Cool Coding Sites

• PBSKids Scratch Jr.
• Tynker  ​

Cool Book Reviews

• Teen Reads.com
• Goodreads.com
• Common Sense Media book reviews
• LitPick.com - YA student reviewers
  
• 60 Second Recap
• 60 Second Book Reviews

Cool Science links

• Teeth of Herbivores, Carnivores, and Omnivores
• ​iCell  (Apple, Android, Windows)
• Ology: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)'s Science Website for Kids
  Provides information and interactive resources on archaeology, astronomy, biodiversity and more in an exciting way to get kids excited about science.

Cool Serious Links

• LawForKids.org
• Engineer Girl
• Garbology
• iCivics (iOS)

Cool STEM fun links

TinkerBall

Cool Virtual Reality links

Virtual Reality: Explained!

• ABC News VR
• Anatomyou (iOS) (Android)
• Bubbli (iOS) (user generated content)
• Discovery VR (iOS) (Android)
• EON Experience VR (iOS) (Android)
• Explain VR: Virtual zoo (iOS)
• Figment AR (iOS)
• Flickr 360° group
• FullDive  (iOS soon) (Android) (user-generated content)
• Google Expeditions
• Google Street View (iOS) (Android)
• Guggeheim Museum VR
• Holobuilder (user-generated content)
• Littlstar (iOS) (Android) (user-generated content)
• New York Time (NYTVR) (iOS) (Android)
• Object Viewer Merge Cube
• Sites in VR 

Ricoh Theta 

• Help document for Ricoh Theta from Sylvia Duckworth and Kathy Schrock
• The Complete Theta Tutorial (eleVR)
• How to use the Ricoh Theta S Camera (Duckworth)

Hosting sites

• 360 cities - hosting photospheres and 360° images
• Bubbli (iOS)​
• Dermandar - hosting photospheres and 360° images
• Holobuilder - hosting photospheres and 360° images
• HugVR - hosting 360° live streaming (tutorial for Theta S)
• Kiroru 360 (iOS) - viewing your own images
• LittlStar: (iOS) (Android)
• MettaVR - hosting of panoramic videos
• Round.me (iOS) (Android) - hosting and viewing with Cardboard, too (turn phone to landscape mode to get the cardboard icon)
• Spinnable (iOS) - hosting and viewing with Cardboard
• YouVisit - hosting of panoramic photos and Cardboard viewing

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Cool Writing Links

• Blog Post Idea Generator
• Storybird
• Creat your own Graphix comics (Bone, Smile or Amulet) SuperHero Squad - create comics
• Bit Strips - comic builder
• PicLits
• Nawmal - text to movie
• Inklewriter - publish interactive stories
• Tagzedo - word clouds with style

Cool Current Event/news 

Current events with  high interest informational text.  

• News-O-Matic
• PBS Newshour EXTRA (7-12)
• Scholastic News
• Newsela
• Smithsonian Tween Tribune
• The Wilson Center
• NBC Nightly News
• TED
• Watchup
• NPR
• USA Today

Cool Apps

• Shakespeare in Bits—Hamlet: Full-cast narration, animated scenes and character webs
• Tinkerbox -
  engineering, puzzles, and design
• Videolicious:  video creation app
• Booktrack:  soundtrack for eBooks

Cool Media History Links

• Media History Digital Library  http://mediahistoryproject.org/
• Lantern http://lantern.mediahist.org/

Cool Poetry Links

• Instant Poetry Forms http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm
• Rhyming Dictionary
  http://www.rhymezone.com/
• Shel Siverstein site
  http://www.shelsilverstein.com/indexSite.html
• Giggle Poetry
  http://www.gigglepoetry.com/
• Limerick Factory
  http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/math/patterns/limerick/limerick_acttxt.html
• Magnetic Poetry
  http://kids.magpogames.com/playonline.cfm

Cool Learning Games Links

• Plagiarism Game
• Road to Grammar games
• Wimpykid.com
• ***NEW*** English Games for Kids - Vocab, Grammar, Spelling, Punctuation games
• Fun Brain Word Games
  http://www.funbrain.com/words.html​
• Wacky Web Tales (like Mad Libs) 
  http://www.eduplace.com/tales/

Cool Teacher Resource Links

• Twitter-tastic for Teachers
• 10 Ways to Use Instagram 
• Digital Tools for Teachers - Media Production - 31 Tools
• How to Find Free Music for Videos from McCoy Productions
• Sum All - Data tracking for your social media sites 

• Common Sense Media digital literacy and citizenship curriculum
• Ideamapper from WI Biographies 
• Perspectives for a Diverse America - literacy based curriculum that marries anti-biased social justice content literacy-tate Standards.

• BiblioNasium - kids reading community for ages 6-12
• Common Core State Standards
• How to Smile.org - Math Science activities
  
• PowerPoint Games and Templates
  
• Writing Fix
  
• Online Stopwatch
  
• Common Craft - useful ready made videos
• Socrative
• Edmodo
• Evernote
• Edcanvas
  
• Quadblogging.net - blog with 3 other classes across the country
• Marqueed - annotate images
  
• Teaching books.net
  http://www.teachingbooks.net/home/
• Story Online
  http://www.storylineonline.net/
• LiteracyHead.org
  http://www.literacyhead.com/
• Soundzabound Music - royalty free
  http://www.soundzabound.com/
• ECB video links
  http://explore.ecb.org/videos/Program_list?P1=SUBJECT&REFERER=BADGER
• Wordle Word Clouds
  www.wordle.net
• Children's Book Reviews - Story Snoops
• Common Sense Media Reviews http://www.commonsensemedia.org/reviews
• Share My Lesson
• 3M Science of Everyday Life http://scienceofeverydaylife.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/
• Literacy Shed is home to a wealth of visual resources http://www.literacyshed.com/ 
  

• American Heart Association Elementary Lesson Plans/ Resources
  Teach your students about the science of how a heart works and the affects of a healthy lifestyle.
• Bridge Ocean Education Teacher Resource Center
  Find an ocean of marine education resources such as lesson plans and videos.
• Exploratorium
  Search for digital resources as well as publications that support educators in both formal and information learning settings.
• Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE): Science
  Search for teaching and learning resources from federal agencies, separated into applied, earth, life, physical, space and other sciences.
• Intel Education STEM Resources
  Follow a design process for creating successful projects that integrate science into activities that can be used in your classroom.
• Mosaic
  Take advantage of these K-5 STEM lessons and resources, offered in both English and Spanish.
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  Explore hands-on lessons for students on topics related to the Ocean and Atmosphere.
• National Science Foundation (NSF) Classroom Resources
  Access a collection of lessons and web resources that will help you create lesson plans or at-home activities.
• National Science Teachers Association
  Access a collection of books, articles and online resources to help you expand the offerings in your classroom.


• Science and Math Informal Learning Educators
  Explore learning activities, tools and services designed specifically for school-aged kids.
• Science Netlinks
  Provides lessons and resources for grades K-12 in all topics of science. Search elementary grade levels to find lessons to meet your needs.
• Smithsonian Education for Educators
  Search over 2,000 resources and find those that are aligned to national, common core, or state standards.
• Smithsonian Science Education Center
  Build awareness for science education among leaders and develop exemplary science instructional materials.
• Society for Science & the Public: Student and Teacher Program Index
  With more than 300 programs listed, this site offers a comprehensive catalog of science, mathematics and engineering enrichment programs for pre-college students and teachers.
• STEM Education Resource Center - PBS Teachers
  Offers the opportunity to explore new ideas and new worlds related to science through television and online content.
• Teachnology
  Choose from a variety of free science lesson plans organized by 20 different topic areas.
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Teachers
  Find environmental and science based lesson plans, activities and ideas related to air, ecosystems, energy, recycling, water and more.
• Siemens Science A Day  . You'll find new, original hands-on activities and supporting videos, a teacher support center with best practice guides, monthly themes and an Ultimate Cool School sweepstakes.

Cool teacher formative assessment

Kahoot
Socrative
Infuse Learning
Answer Garden 
Quizlet
Go Formative
Go Soap Box
FlipQuiz - review game for educators
Plickers
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