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The academic categories below provide online resources and activity ideas to keep students engaged and motivated while practicing skills and concepts. Enrichment opportunities and a variety of learning modalities to suit your student's preferences can be found here. The resources below are not required nor will they be graded if completed by your child. CUSD does not endorse the resources listed below.
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Think Central
Chandler’s math/reading textbooks are accessible online with a student log in. If you need assistance remembering how to log-in or your child's username/password. Open for more information.
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Learning.com
Student practice for typing and computer science skills provided FREE as part of the Chandler Unified School District curriculum.
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BrainPop - FREE ACCESS
Animated Educational Site for third through sixth grade students - Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Arts & Music, Health, and Technology. Offering FREE FULL ACCESS during school closures simply by submitting an online form.
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BrainPop Junior - FREE ACCESS
Animated Educational Site for kindergarten through second grade students - Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Arts & Music, Health, and Technology. Offering FREE FULL ACCESS during school closures simply by submitting an online form.
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PBS Kids
From Clifford to all NEW favorites like SciGirls and Scribbles&Ink... there is no shortage of educational fun on this website. PBSkids is best for kids in grades kindergarten through second grade.
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Scholastic Learn from Home
Scholastic is offering free online courses so your child can keep learning through school closures.
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Storyline Online
Have books read to your child by members of the screen actors guild! Great titles like "A Bad Case of Stripes" read by Sean Astin... you might know him as a hobbit from Lord of the Rings!!!
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Storytime from Space
Watch astronauts on the Space Station read children's books and perform science demonstrations!Story Time from Space offers a delightful combination of science, literacy, and entertainment through its library of free, family-friendly videos.
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Narwhal and Jelly
Hosts Facebook LIVE events with author Ben Clanton! View PAST events and find information on upcoming events. Follow Narwhal and Jelly on Facebook for times and event info.
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Vooks
Vooks is an ad free streaming library with printable resources. Sign up to get one month free. Geared toward students in kindergarten and first grade.
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Online Physical Education Network
Active home physical education for kids and families! Registration is FREE! Choose from Physical EDUCATION, Physical ACTIVITIES, equipment or professional development.
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Cosmic Kids Yoga
2 weeks FREE! COSMIC kids are professionals at teaching kids Yoga! Crush the crazy with a little Yoga Flow.
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Brain Break - Kid Friendly PodCasts
25 pod casts for kids brought to you by Common Sense Media! Color while you listen, it’s hitting two modalities!
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Prodigy Math
Free online math curriculum (upgrade available for bonus in-game prizes). Best suited for 1st - 8th grade students.
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Splash Math
Free online math curriculum; tailored for practice, catching up or enrichment. Best suited for kindergarten through 5th grade content.
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NitroType
Students will need a free account to practice typing skills online. Students at Basha in 3rd through 6th grade have student accounts moderated by Mrs.Pfau. Please contact Pfau.Jessica@cusd80.com for username/password information. Best suited for students 13 years or older (must sign an agreement waiver on the site if signing up without a teacher portal code).
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SpellingCity
Your child may already be a member, contact your child’s teacher for more information on username/password. SpellingCity is offering THREE MONTHS FREE with discount code VSCFree90.
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Daily Writing Prompts
A quarterly list of writing prompts to keep up your child’s skills and stamina. Complete them in order or choose ones that your child will like! Best suited for 2nd - 6th grade students.
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Reading Rockets
Word lists to create at-home spelling and vocabulary lists with NO membership fees. Divided into grade level from 1st through 5th grade.
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Spelling Words Well
Printable spelling words with NO membership fees. Divided into grade level from 1st grade through 9th grade.
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Doodles with Mo Willems
Renowned artist of the children’s books “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus” will lead a mini-lesson on drawing, creative writing and creativity daily at 1:00pm Eastern. Find past doodles at https://www.youtube.com/user/TheKennedyCenter and click on VIDEOS.
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Music Lab Experiment
Like Apple's GarageBand where you can mix sounds, change tempo and add your voice if you have a mic!
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Let's Go Luna! World Orchestra
We are putting on a concert with instruments from all around the world, and you can play too! The more we play, the more Luna dances. Select a character to get started.
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EdHelper
EdHelper is posting daily FREE workbooks for kids out of school. No membership is required. Either search their HUGE variety of posted content, or filter by grade level by clicking your child's academic year at the top (in blue).
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Education.com
This website is offering registered "Basic" members FREE access to some of our best PREMIUM resources to help support you during school closures. Sign up for a free account to gain access.
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Teachers-Pay-Teachers
Teachers-Pay-Teachers is the world's first and largest educational marketplace with 3 million resources. The resources on this website are created BY teachers FOR teachers. Parents can register for FREE. Some resources are FREE; some at a small price. Instant download of materials.
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Generation Genius
Free online science videos, lesson plans, activities, quizzes and more divided by grade level. Coined the “Next Bill Nye!”
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Mystery Science
Help with planning science lessons by grade level, sectioned into grade level bands from kindergarten through 5th grade. FREE, easy science lessons for remote learning.
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Talk with a Marine Biologist (Oceans Initiative)
Facebook Live Marine Biology Bootcamp hosted by Oceans Initiative in Seattle, Washington to learn about Orca Whales and other marine animals. Ongoing event, check Oceans Initiative Facebook page for next event date/time.
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Build a Catapult with MommyPoppins
Free instructions on how to build a catapult. An engineering for kids activity to complete at home. (Scroll down past the ads to get to the instructions).
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Discovery #MindBlown
Brought to you by the Discovery Channel. Scroll down for science video snippets. Best viewed on a computer, not well viewed on a phone. App available for download through the Apple App Store or Google Play.
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code.org
Learn to code! (1) scroll down to the section that says "For older students in elementary school classrooms" and choose the age range your child falls under (2) start with the orange "try now" button (3) if you want to save progress, Code.org offers FREE accounts and can be linked to a Microsoft, Google or Facebook accounts
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How Computers Work (code.org)
Thanks to a partnership with the Kahn Academy and Code.org, you can learn how computers work - everything from what makes something a computer in the first place, how computers use electrical circuits to store and process information, and the ways hardware and software work together.
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Interland
Learn Digital Citizenship Skills through Google's Interland. Practice safe searching, protecting passwords, kindness online and creating strong passwords. Kids will think they are playing a game all while learning important cyber skills! "INTERLAND" and "Be Internet Awesome" is best suited for 3rd through 6th graders.
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TED Talks for Kids
TED Talks for Kids that range from 4-20 minutes. Fun, informative and captivating talks to inspire young minds. CUSD recommends previewing content before sharing with your child.
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Kahn Academy
Kahn Academy is a non-profit. During the school closures due to COVID-19, they are offering daily schedules for students ages 4-18 to keep them learning, example schedules and parent & teacher resources for e-learning.
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Kahn Academy (Kids)
Inspire a lifetime of learning and discovery with our free, fun educational program for children ages two to seven. This will redirect you to a link to instructions on how to download the Kahn Academy (Kids) app.
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Cincinnati Zoo - Safari Facebook LIVE Event!
A Safari Facebook Live Event every weekday @12:00pm Arizona time! Learn about a featured animal and complete an activity, guided by a friendly zookeeper. Starts 3/16/2020. Follow them on Facebook @ Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden for event information.
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Discovery Education
Join Discovery Education LOVE for the new Virtual Field Trips or watch them on demand later. Each no-cost Virtual Field Trip comes with a companion guide packed with standards-aligned, hands-on learning activities! CUSD strongly suggests viewing content before sharing with your child.
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National Parks 360-degree Tours
With VR and 360-degree videos, you can now immerse yourself in virtual environments that give you a real sense of what a place is like, without actually being there. Google has been taking advantage of things like VR field trips and virtual reality to transport students to distant lands, but now there is a way to explore scenic wonders closer to home: the U.S. National Parks.
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Harry Potter Virtual Escape Room
This escape experience was created by Sydney Krawiec, Youth Services Librarian at Peters Township Public Library in McMurray, PA.
