Build or supplement your homeschooling curriculum with these resources for STEM education. Or, if your kids will be distance-learning, supplement with some extra STEM lessons.
Preliminary research is showing that the lessons are engaging and effective, and they've had remarkable success engaging English-language learners and students with attention challenges.
"Teachers Pay Teachers has a consumer rating of 2.6 stars from 10 reviews indicating that most consumers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. ... The most common issues with Teachers Pay Teachers are around customer service, which is not as good as expected by some customers."
"Khan Academy offers an impressive catalog of free online lessons for adults and older kids. For younger kids, they offer some math content, but in a passive lesson format that is unlikely to be engaging to young kids without significant involvement from a live adult."
Between the high-quality videos and the extensive collection of lesson plans, TED-Ed is a great resource for students and teachers looking for inspiration, education, and maybe even some fun.
BrainPOP is very great overall. It has lots of great videos for kids to watch. There are also activities after the videos like the quiz and related reading. I like how there is also BrainPOP Espanol, which lets Spanish kids and people who want to learn Spanish also learn things.
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