National Geographic’s Education website has a multitude of resources for educators, including multimedia activities, lessons, and units aligned with national standards.
Smithsonian’s History Explorer offers hundreds of free, innovative online resources for teaching and learning American history. The site is designed for use by K-12 teachers and students, afterschool program providers, families, and individuals interested in lifelong learning.
iCivics is a free online curriculum aimed to prepare young Americans to become knowledgeable, engaged 21st century citizens including 16 educational video games as well as program materials for educators.
Looking for engaging ways to introduce youth reading and writing? Need some age-appropriate book suggestions or rainy day activities? ReadWriteThink has loads of materials for you—all of them created by experts to be fun, educational, and easy to use outside of school.
EDSITEment offers a treasure trove for educators, students, and parents searching for high-quality material on the Internet in the subject areas of literature and language arts, foreign languages, art and culture, and history and social studies.
ArtsEdge is The Kennedy Center’s free digital resource for teaching and learning in, through and about the arts.
PBS LearningMedia is a free resource for in-school and out-of-school time educators to access an abundance of K-12 activities, searchable by subject and by grade level.
Tinkerlab is a creativity + kids blog written by an arts educator and mother. It is updated at least 3 times each week with creativity-boosters, art projects, science experiments, tinkering activities, and any topic related to children and creativity.
TV host and science writer Geoffrey Notkin explores STEM topics and careers in this smart, fast-paced, educational series. The website includes video clips from the series and links to a multitude of STEM resources throughout Arizona.
This self-esteem activity guide has been created to help girls 10–14 develop positive self-esteem. In particular, it encourages girls to look at body confidence and how this influences their attitudes, both to themselves and others. Each topic is introduced with a practical, engaging activity to make this resource suitable for youth groups and after school programs.
