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This website provides a great deal of valuable information for both educators and students pertaining to NASA and Space in general. Lesson plans for K-12, free supplemental teaching materials, educational TV schedules and professional development workshop information is all available for educators on this site. For students, this website has interactive games, videos and printable activities for grades kindergarten through 12th grade. I have used materials and ideas from this cite many times, and find it very useful and easy to incorporate into any lesson.

Free STEM curriculum for educators

"'Animated Educational Video Clips"

This is an animated site for kids. Sight contains information in all subject areas. There is a fee to use all of the site but they provide some free material as well. I like the clear explanations they have on the topics.

An awesome website for elementary students! The videos can also be added to Nearpod lessons and viewed with headsets.

Free activities for students organized by subject and age.

This is the K-3 version of Brain POP. It has tons of short animated videos on almost every topic that should be taught according to many curriculums. I know that every topic I teach in social studies and science has a video on this website. The students LOVE it.

Provides educational movies for K-3 students. Homework Help, leveled quizzes, games and activities for kids. Exceptional resource for teachers and homeschools.

If you love to use Google Earth with your students, then you will love this website. Google Earth is taken to a new level as you are able to drive through and over the cities and features of the world. My students love playing this game. It gives them a virtual 3D image of famous places like Mount Everest, the Leaning Tower, Magic Kingdom and many more.

This is a great site for cyber safety resources. The student sections are divided by grade chunks (elementary, middle, and high school). Each section has age appropriate videos and games regarding cyber safety. The teacher section contains lesson plans to help teachers present the material to their different audiences.

The Smithsonian website is an educational that provides links and activities for both educators and students. This site provides educational content for educators which they can easily access and use within their classrooms. It provides videos, interactive games and additional links for students to navigate their way through in order to gain a greater understanding of history and art. It is a great site that can truly help enhance to overall content of one's lesson.

A web site for students and teachers to explore. Young students can explore the virtual world of Dr. Seuss through activities and games. Also, teachers can integrate lesson plan activities related to Dr. Seuss books (ex. Earth Day lesson plan using the The Lorax).

Earth Day games, activities, and other resources for students. Lesson plans, printables and other resources for teachers.

Spelling,vocabulary, math, geography games and activities for students.

A fun interactive site that develops reading and language skills for younger students. The web site can be accessed at school or home. It features letter recognition, building sentences, synonyms and antonyms, and more. The skills are broken down into beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels.

Check to see if a book, video game, or movie is appropriate for a child or age group.

online manipulatives and games

This website has some great information for parents and teachers on how to teach children how to spend and save wisely. The website also features several games and other interactive sections for students to explore and learn more about money. This is a good website to allow children to explore as a center activity or as a whole class.

This is a great website to learn about the currency of the United States. There are interactive games that allow students to learn more about currency past and present and even to try their hand at making their own. This website would fit in well in a history or social studies lesson and could be used for children in first through fifth grade.

Awesomelibrary.org is an excellent website for educators. This website has links for teachers that are organized by subject. The topics vary from subject to subject (i.e. U.S. government or writing). What I liked most about this website is the mini-lessons that are provided for each subject. This is a great tool for reteaching activities in the classroom.

The Awesome Library organizes 33,000 carefully reviewed K-12 education resources for teachers. It contains a directory, an index, and a search engine. This site has valuable resources for teachers, parents, and students. There are activities, lesson plans, games, and additional help for teachers and parents to help their students.

Science for Kids | Grades K - 5 This site has videos, games, and links to other websites over a variety of subjects.