Resources

Math learning at home in a way that’s fun and manageable for parents and caregivers.

A high quality resource designed to bring the world into classrooms and living rooms with free video content and curriculum that fosters global awareness and cross-cultural understanding.

Various STEM activities & curriculum

Various STEM activities & curriculum

With a strong focus on family engagement, STEM Next Opportunity Fund has been compiling countless resources for families for meaningful STEM engagement.

Projects that can be completed in one hour or less while exploring STEM concepts with a fun and engaging science or engineering exploration.

Resources for parents/guardians and educators with a series of at-home activities.

STEM activities and recommendations for families.

A to Z – of ways to engage families in STEM

Hundreds of online STEM resources, STEM activities for children and families, & virtual museum tours.

A playbook that contains hundreds of resources for families to use for engaging their children in meaningful STEM activities.

No-cost digital platform offering interactive digital resources, designed for students and educators, grades 6-12, which develop problem-solving and decision-making skills with real-world applications.

Graduate and undergraduate classes, workshops and conference scholarships are available at NO COST to Indiana teachers!

Connect you with other computer science teachers, provide professional development to help you improve your craft, and connect your local voice to the national computer science education community.

A resource to help communicators and advocates build public support for afterschool and summer STEM learning.

The one-stop shop supports programs focusing on curriculum, community engagement, workforce connectivity, and team tools – it provides lesson plans, engagement ideas, and connections to Indiana organizations and individuals in the field of afterschool and out-of-school time.

A comprehensive portal for STEAM offerings.

A coding community for kids!

TIME for Kids builds the critical reading skills kids need to succeed in the information era. An annual subscription helps young readers better understand our complex world, and nurtures them to become informed, active citizens.

STEM at home bingo board

Children’s Museum activities for the home.

NASA STEM Engagement Activities

Coding activities for kids

Nat Geo stories and activities

Hands-on science

TED lessons and series for students and educators

Eclectic array of science-centric games, videos, and DIY projects to help you stay learning and engaged, wherever you are.

“A career exploration platform for students to discover innovation-driven careers and companies.

STEM at home

A digital asset library of women STEM innovators, for educational and other noncommercial use.

Nourish the Future is a national education initiative developed by science teachers for science teachers. We want to inspire a network of educators to foster critical thinking, connect students to modern agriculture, and provide sound science-based resources that meet teachers’ and students’ needs in the classroom.

GrowNextGen provides teachers with free, high-quality STEM units and lessons that bring agriculture principles and practices into the science classroom.

Project-based learning workshops – Designed to help you create authentic learning experiences through a PBL framework.

Digital Learning Day invites you to join the celebration and our amazing group of innovators who care so deeply for the future of public education. By joining the FRS Digital Learning Day network, you will receive ongoing opportunities to connect, share, and learn as educators reimagine the future of school.

EVERFI helps teachers, schools, and districts bring real-world skills to students. Thanks to partners, they provide resources, the digital platform, training, and support at no cost. Whether remote, hybrid or in the classroom – EVERFI offers engaging, self-paced lessons your students can access anywhere.

The eLearning Lab is a free resource available to any Indiana educator looking for support with tools that might support virtual or hybrid learning.

2020 Outstanding science trade books for students K-12 and 2020 BEST STEM Books K-12.

PARCC provides sample questions, practice tests, performance tasks that support practice for iLearn.

This project provides free “toolkits” to help teachers, families and young people themselves break down stereotypes about scientists while also introducing the students to various STEM fields.

The online library offers nearly 200 teaching exercises that apply core curricular high school standards by highlighting current news in science.

Published daily, Science News for Students posts both shorter news stories and longer features, all written with a vocabulary and sentence structure aimed at readers 9 to 14 years old. Resources for educators include: explainers, scientists say, experiments, cool jobs, invention and innovation, analyze this, technically fiction and student competitions.

The FabFems directory is an international database of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professions who are inspiring role models for young women. The FabFems directory is accessible to young women, girl-serving STEM programs, and other organizations that are working to increase career awareness and interest in STEM.

In 2015, world leaders agreed to 17 goals for a better world by 2030. These goals have the power to end poverty, fight inequality and stop climate change. All our resources are free, open source and translated into over 10 languages.

Created as an accessible and engaging way for middle and high school students (and others) to learn about STEM occupations, the table features information (e.g., job duties, work environment, education, pay, job outlook, state and area data, similar occupations, and links) and short videos highlighting 24 STEM occupations.

Our services, tools, and research are designed to build the capacity of K-12 teachers to design and facilitate quality Project Based Learning, and the capacity of school leaders to create a culture for teachers to implement great projects with all students.

Character Strong is a comprehensive, easy-to-use guide for you, “daily practice of Kindness.” Perfect for staff, students, and families to engage with.

Be Well Indiana is a state created resource dedicated to providing mental health management to all Hoosiers during the COVID-19 crisis.

Join counselors and educators from across the state in a joint discussion around meeting the needs of our students in diverse settings.

The IDOE provides a variety of resources in regards to SEL work across the state.

Looking for relatable writing prompts for your students? New York Times offers fantastic writing prompts for all levels.

Smekens Education is an Indiana-based resource that provides high-quality literacy mini-lessons for free.

ReadWriteThink provides educators with free PL, lessons, and engaging content for students. Sponsored by the NCTE, it is a trusted resource.

Get Epic is an engaging online reading platform. Assign stories to students and check their reading progress.

Access leveled, relevant nonfiction for students of all ages.

CommonLit is a free resource that allows educators to create balanced literacy units, embedded with nonfiction, fiction, and writing. Choose from 1,000s of passages that are organized by topic, theme, and reading level.

Readworks is a free resource that allows educators to create balanced literacy units, embedded with nonfiction, fiction, and writing. Choose from 1,000s of passages that are organized by topic, theme, and reading level.

Visible Learning for Literacy provides a research-based approach to determining the top 18 high-impact strategies for literacy. The Visible Learning research is frequently used in PLConnect workshops.

Smekens Education is an Indiana-based resource that provides high-quality literacy mini-lessons for free.

For quick access to the ELA standards, check out the IDOE’s link.

The IDOE’s literacy framework is an excellent tool for educators. The framework provides standards breakdowns, objectives, question stems, and more.

If you are looking for problem solving tasks and interactive math tools check out Illuminations for NCTM.

One of the best websites for rigorous, higher order thinking tasks for K-12. They also offer free curriculum!

If you are looking for a resource for test taking strategies and great practice problems for ILearn this is the place for you.

This is a Visible Learning resource that highlights ideas such as Teacher Clarity, Learning Intentions, Formative Assessment and Feedback.

Edutopia provides an extensive list of link and resources for ELL teachers.

The IDOE provides numerous resources for migrant students and families.

The IDOE has published a guidebook of resources, strategies and policies to support classroom teachers in their work with ELL students.

Tools and resources to support ELL students in the classroom.

IASP is an outstanding organization providing leadership support to principals and assistant principals in Indiana.

The IDOE provides sample teacher evaluation rubrics and plans to support districts.

The IDOE’s mathematics framework in a one-stop shop for I can statements aligned to each standard, teaching resources to enhance your lessons and clarification on standards.

One stop shopping for everything you want to know regarding IDOE assessments. You will find blueprints, item specification and sample tasks that will support your efforts for state assessments.

Edpuzzle is an easy-to-use platform allowing you to engage every student, one video at a time.

With Mentimeter you can create fun and interactive presentations using real-time voting. No installations or downloads required – and it’s free!

Pear Deck is built to support active learning and empower teachers to hear from every student, every day, in any classroom!

Nearpod is an instructional platform that merges formative assessment and dynamic media for collaborative learning experiences.

Whiteboard.fi is an instant formative assessment tool for your classroom, providing you with live feedback and immediate overview over your students.

Flipgrid is 100% free for all educators, learners, and families. Engage and empower every voice in your classroom or at home by recording and sharing short, awesome videos…together!

Padlet is an online virtual “bulletin” board, where students and teachers can collaborate, reflect, share links and pictures.

With Soapbox, all you need to create a great video is our Chrome extension, a webcam, and something to say! Hit record, and then edit to share your webcam, your screen, or a split-screen view.

Easy and free screen recorder for Mac, Windows, and Chromebooks. Record your camera and screen with audio directly from your Chrome browser to share easily.

Wide Open School is a free collection of the best online learning experiences for kids curated by the editors at Common Sense. There is so much good happening, and we are here to gather great stuff and organize it so teachers and families can easily find it and plan each day.