Resources for Fun & Learning
A collection of databases and websites providing age appropriate activities, information, reading, and research assistance designed for children and teens.
ABCmouse Home Access
Designed to help children ages 2-8+ with more than 10,000 learning activities across all major subject areas, including STEM and in Spanish.
Children's Programs
Subscription Database
Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids
Teaches kids how the U.S. government works.
Children's Programs
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Book Connections
Find great books to read from a diverse collection, gain insights from authors and illustrators, and cultivate a lifelong love of reading.
Children's Programs, Teen Programs
Subscription Database
CK-12
Provides a library of free online textbooks, videos, exercises, flashcards, and real world applications for over 5000 concepts from arithmetic to photography. Good for elementary through high school.
Children's Programs, Teen Programs
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Classics for Kids
A website for learning about classical music, including audio clips, podcasts, encyclopedia and dictionary entries, quizzes, games, compositional activities, worksheets, timelines, and lesson plans.
Children's Programs
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Conjuguemos
Learn languages through fun activities and games. Languages include Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Korean, and Latin.
Children's Programs, Teen Programs
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Energy Basics
Explains energy concepts, periodic table, and has an energy calculator.
Children's Programs, Teen Programs
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Factile
Create or play existing Jeopardy boards on a variety of educational topics.
Children's Programs, Teen Programs
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Freerice
Take educational quizzes on English, geography, math, and science. Ad revenue goes to the United Nations World Food Programme to provide help for children and their families.
Children's Programs, Teen Programs
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Funbrain
Free educational games, books, comics, and videos for students in Pre-K through 8th grade.
Children's Programs, Teen Programs
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Highlights Kids
Access games, videos, audios, craft activities, recipes, and podcasts for students in kindergarten through 6th grade.
Children's Programs
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Kahoot
Create games and quizzes to engage students in classroom content.
Adult Programs, Children's Programs
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MetKids
A fun interactive site featuring works from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Children's Programs
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Nat Geo Kids
Read full issues of National Geographic Kids online going back to 2009.
Children's Programs
Subscription Database
NeoK12
A collection of the best educational videos, games, quizzes, diagrams and puzzles in a variety of subjects.
Children's Programs, Teen Programs
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Ology
Variety of science topics for kids to explore from the American Museum of Natural History.
Children's Programs
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Quizlet
Interactive and customizable study tools for students, including flashcards, interactive games, and quizzes.
Children's Programs, Teen Programs
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Science Bob
Find instructions for science experiments to do at home, science fair ideas, and educational videos.
Children's Programs, Teen Programs
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Scratch
Program your own independent interactive stories, games, and animations and share your creations with others in the online community.
Children's Programs, Teen Programs
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Smithsonian History Explorer
Free, innovative online resources for teaching and learning American history.
Children's Programs, Teen Programs
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Space Place
Fun facts, activities, videos and moreāall related to space. Presented by NASA.
Children's Programs
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Youngzine
News articles for kids grouped into categories.
Children's Programs, Teen Programs
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