Instructional Support - Teach Indy

These resources are for school leaders and educators who are building e-learning and/or home learning plans for pre-k through 12th grade. Subjects covered are: ELA, Math, Social Studies, Science, and Specials (which includes art, physical fitness, etc.)

Virtual Field Trips (K-12)

Cincinnati Zoo Home Safaris

Join the Cincinnati Zoo for a Home Safari Facebook Live each day at 3pm EDT where they will highlight one of their amazing animals and include an activity …

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Virtual Museum Tours

Online virtual opportunities for students to e-visit 12 famous museums across the world without leaving the couch.

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National Parks Tours

Online virtual tours for students to visit national parks across the United States.

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Early Childhood (Pre-K)

English / Language Arts

Sesame Street

Early learning videos.

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Starfall

Free, mobile-friendly online activities that are research-based and align with Individual and Common Core State Standards in English language arts.

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Math

PBS Kids

Free early learning online games. Shapes, counting, and other topics.

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Erikson Institute’s Big Ideas in Math

Big Ideas map the key math concepts young children need to explore between the ages of 3 and 6. Explanations of activities with video demonstrations.

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Centers and Activities

10 Prop Box Ideas – Mini Learning Centers at Home

Ten ideas to replicate at-home versions of “learning centers” (water tables, science center, etc.) often found in pre-k classrooms.

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Movement and Play

10 Online Exercise & Yoga Kid Classes

Compilation of fun videos geared toward young children to get the wiggles out and burn some energy.

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Elementary (K-6)

English / Language Arts

TIME for Kids

Current events articles written for K-1, Grade 2, Grades 3-4, and Grades 5-6.

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Scholastic Learn at Home

Day-by-day activities for Pre-K and Kinder, Grades 1-2, and Grades 3-5. Includes access to book and accompanying activity and video.

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Global Digital Library

Free books for young readers available on browser, mobile, and for print.

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WriteReader

An online platform designed for students to create and share books. Includes lesson plans for teachers.

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Indiana Department of Education: Frameworks

Link to the updated Department of Education Content Frameworks.

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Math

Zearn Math

Free Math lessons for K-5 students with support for teachers. Kids, teachers, parents, and caregivers can directly access online and paper-based materials.

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Great Schools / Eureka Math

Great Minds offers the Eureka Math curriculum as PDF downloads for free, non-commercial use. The curriculum is accompanied by a selection of instructional …

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Global Digital Library (Math)

Free books for young readers available on browser, mobile, and for print.

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Social Studies

iCivics

Online civics lessons and games. Teacher accounts are free.

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DOGOnews

DOGOnews is a web-based source for articles on content ranging from serious to silly.

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National Geographic Mapping Activities

Creating immersive experiences for your students to explore and interact with locations around the world can be done simply with National Geographic.

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Science

National Science Teaching Association

Free 30-day membership, providing access to more than 12,000 digital professional learning resources and tools.

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Science with Sophie

Upbeat, science comedy series. The videos are brief and could serve as a great intro to a topic.

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The Concord Consortium

Free, interactive STEM activities for teachers to use. Activities for Math, Earth & Space, Engineering, Life Science, Physics and Chemistry.

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Hour of Code

Online one-hour introduction to computer science activities designed to demystify “coding” and show that anyone can learn the basics of coding.

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Specials

Chrome Music Lab

Free, interactive activities to make learning music more accessible and fun.

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Scratch Garden

Scratch Garden is an amazing platform that houses a plethora of educational videos, kid-friendly songs and playlists, and free downloadable resources.

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Artrageous with Nate

“What do Apple, Kate Spade, Dyson vacuum cleaners, DaVinci, and Burton snowboards have in common? Let’s find out!

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10 Online Exercise & Yoga Kid Classes

Compilation of fun videos geared toward young children to get the wiggles out and burn some energy.

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Secondary (7-12)

English / Language Arts

CommonLit

Reading passages for grades 3-12 with assessment and progress tracking tools. Free teacher accounts.

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Teach Writing with the New York Times

Did you know that the New York Times has a free, flexible eight-unit writing program based on real-world topics?

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Indiana Department of Education: Frameworks

Link to the updated Department of Education Content Frameworks.

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Math

Khan Academy Math

Free videos and activities to use for lessons or practice for K-12 math.

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IXL

Gain fluency and confidence in math! This link provides access to skills at the students pace through fun and interactive questions, built in support, and …

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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics is an online problem based core curricula and professional resources site the help teachers and students excel in mathematics.

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Desmos

Interactive graphing activities to help students visualize and represent mathematics across mostly secondary topics.

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Indiana Department of Education: Frameworks

Link to the updated Department of Education Content Frameworks.

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Social Studies

C-SPAN Classroom

Access to thousands of free digital resources, including short current events videos, Lesson Plans and Bell Ringers, Deliberations lessons, plus Constituti …

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Econ Lowdown

From the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Econ Lowdown offers free videos, podcasts, and readings on economics and personal finance. Create online classr …

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Seterra

Seterra is a geography and anatomy map quiz site that can be used from any web browser to explore the world.

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Science

DNA Learning Center Live

Recorded and live lab experiments, with corresponding worksheets.

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National Geographic

Are you looking to immerse your learners in live interactive sessions that connect students with real National Geographic Explorers?

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IXL

Resources for student to help build lasting critical thinking abilities. Student will analyze data, build new vocabulary, and deepen their understanding of …

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Specials

The Art Assignment

The Art Assignment is a weekly PBS Digital Studios production hosted by Sarah Urist Green.

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Foreign Language Resources

An online list of foreign language supports, activities, resources and ideas.

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DuoLingo

Free, popular and highly-gamified app for learning languages. Can be used on multiple types of devices.

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