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Welcome to the United States: A Guide for New Immigrants

Biochemistry Literacy for Kids. College learning at any level

https://biochemistryliteracyforkids.com/

 

PHYSICS LITERACY FOR KIDS

https://www.physicsliteracyforkids.com/

 

eCHEM 1A: Online General Chemistry,  College of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley

 

Developed by Professor Alex Pines

and Dr. Mark Kubinec with the support of The Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation.

 

https://echem1a.cchem.berkeley.edu/#modules

 

Biology and music: Music as Biology: What We Like to Hear and Why

 

https://www.coursera.org/learn/music-as-biology

 

Business/Marketing and Neuroscience: An Intro to Consumer Neuroscience and Neuromarketing

 

https://www.coursera.org/learn/neuromarketing

 

Social Justice and Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies 

 

https://www.edx.org/learn/entrepreneurship/harvard-university-entrepreneurship-in-emerging-economies

Finance and Psychology: Behavioral Finance

 

https://www.coursera.org/learn/duke-behavioral-finance

 

CS and anthropology: Cultures of Computing

 

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/21a-350j-cultures-of-computing-fall-2011/

 

Chemistry and art: The Chemistry of Art Materials and Conservation

 

https://www.edx.org/course/science-in-art-the-chemistry-of-art-materials-and?index=product&queryID=3480894411f30bdd0d727e95e362179e&position=12

 

Music and Time: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Musical Time

 

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts/21m-542-interdisciplinary-approaches-to-musical-time-january-iap-2010/

 

History and Economics: Economic History

 

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-731-economic-history-spring-2009/

 

The Periodic Table of Videos

http://periodicvideos.com/

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  • ReadWorks.org (Literature)

    ReadWorks provides over 2,200 K-12 non-fiction and literary reading passages, each with a research-based question set to support student comprehension. 

    National Geographic and National Geographic for Kids (History/Science) 

    A renowned reading resource, National Geographic and National Geographic for Kids contains articles, videos, games and more to help kids learn about different places and animals around the world. 

    DOGO News (Current Events)

    DOGO News is a superb reading resource that offers a variety of content covering current events, sports, science, technology and more. Each article is kid friendly and contains links to definitions of words students may find complicated. Content is searchable by grade level or category, and includes links to relevant national standards.  

    Tween Tribune (History/Science)

    Tween Tribune is a free reading resource from the Smithsonian institute that features topics about animals, fashion, entertainment, school, science, technology, national and world news written by kids and professional journalists. 

    Project Gutenberg (Literature)

    Project Gutenberg offers over 50,000 free e-books. 

    Wikipedia (General Knowledge)

    Wikipedia is the world’s largest free online encyclopedia that is created by its users. It is always in the top 10 most popular websites and contains millions of articles on a wide variety of resources. A little known feature for younger or struggling readers is Wikepedia’s Simple English feature.  

    Science News for Students (History/Science)

    Science News for Students is an online publication from the Society for Science & the Public, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public about science. This magazine includes current events for middle and high school readers, focused on STEM fields like physics, biology and math. Each article also includes a list of Power Words in accordance with Common Core standards, as well as a readability score. An invaluable resource for your budding scientists! 

    Teaching Kids News (Current Events)

    Teaching Kids News (TKN) was started in 2009 by a third grade teacher in Toronto and a classroom parent who worked as a journalist, with the goal of teaching students about what’s going on in the world in a kid-friendly way. The site is updated weekly with current events for students in grades 2-8, crafted by a team of professional journalists and teachers. The site includes an archive of over 900 articles and resources searchable by year, category and grade level. 

    Library of Congress (Literature)

    This website from the Library of Congress provides free reading resources for kids, teens, educators and parents. It includes access to classic literature, poetry, webcasts of famous authors, recommended reading lists, and more. 

    Sports Illustrated for Kids (Current Events)

    This kid-friendly spin-off of the familiar Sports Illustrated magazine provides online resources, articles, interviews with famous athletes, videos, games and more engaging content. There are articles written by kids in the Kid Reporter section of the site.