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Free Science Curriculum for K-12 and College

At My Science Box, you will find science curriculum in many areas of science for grades k-12 and also for college students.  My Science box has "complete, scaffolded lesson plans to teach a 4-6 week science unit through activities, projects, and field trips."  The curriculum includes full lesson plans including graphics and experiments. 

 

How to Get this Freebie:  You'll find the free science curriculum for homeschool and school teachers here. 

 

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Thank you, Amy, for sharing this in our Facebook community!

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Free Children's Library - Read Books in Many Languages!

The International Digital Children's Library has a simple goal:  translate 10,000 books for children ages 3-13 in 100 different languages.  At the library site, you may read a book in English, French, Hebrew, Russian and other languages.  You may also help translate a book (even if you don't speak the language!)

 

How to Get this Freebie:   Visit the International Children's Digital Library. Here are some good places to start:

 

• Read a book! (read the same book in several languages -- great for students learning a second language!)
• How to Use the Library (scroll down that page for a teacher guide)
• Help translate a book (even if you don't know the language! You're helping with the context)

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Thank you, Kristie, for sharing this with us!

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Free Spelling Words Curriculum

K12's free Spelling Words Curriculum was created by teachers for grades 1-5.  There is a 36-week program for each grade, complete with teacher guide and spelling lists for each week. 

How to Get this Freebie:  View the free Spelling Lists Curriculum to learn more about how the program is set up and to download the lists and guides for the grade you need, from 1st-5th.

 

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Thank you, Jane-Maree, for sharing this in our Facebook community!

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Free Spanish Lessons for Elementary Students (especially K-2nd)

Salsa Spanish offers free Spanish lessons for elementary students in grades K-2nd.  Each lesson contains a video of puppets and costumed characters.  Guess what?  You don't need to know any Spanish to teach these lessons and a full teacher guide for each episode is available, free.    The lesson plans are laid out for you, complete with scheduling suggestions and black line masters (drawings), correlating to each video episode.

Denise, who shared this find with us, wrote, "I have tried many, many Spanish programs for my children only to be continually disappointed and discouraged, however, this one, by far has totally exceeded all of my expectations. The children, (and I), are learning Spanish and are using it in our everyday lives. Salsa is really fun and extremely rewarding." 

Description from the Producers:

 Salsa is a comprehensive Spanish program for young children featuring puppets, state-of-the-art graphics, animation and a good dose of humor.

Instructors do not need to be certified to teach a foreign language or be familiar with Spanish.

Each video lesson is preceded by a staff development component that familiarizes the instructor with the content and objectives of the lesson, reviews all vocabulary words, and demonstrates the correct pronunciation of all Spanish words used in the lesson. There are 42 video lessons in the Salsa series.

To Learn More:

View the main page and a sample video here

 How to Get This Freebie: 

• View a list of episodes here, click on the episode name to view an activity page and transcript. 

How to Get a Free Teacher's Guide for each Episode (contains full lesson plans, schedules, and master copies from the Wyoming Department of Education):

Teacher's guides for each episode can be downloaded here.

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This Friday: Go on a Free Electronic Field Trip to Sagauro National Park

The National Park Foundation and National Geographic want to invite you to go on an electronic field trip especially for 4th-8th graders this Friday, October 21st at 1pm EST or 4pm EST. Registration is now open.

From their description:

We’ll be visiting this iconic national park to learn more about the Sonoran Desert and its exceptional desert biodiversity. We will focus on the most unique and important species living in this desert, which is visually defined by the Saguaro cactus. These cacti can live to 100 years of age and grow 45 feet tall!

On this exciting journey, we will also follow thousands of students doing hands-on science in the park as part of the BioBlitz program led by the National Park Service and National Geographic.

How to Register:  Visit the National Park Foundation website

To prepare you for the trip, the National Park Foundation created a beautiful website full of lesson plans, games, and more to help teach children about the Saguaro National Park. 

How to Access the Saguaro National Park Lesson Plans & More:  Visit this site.

If you cannot attend Friday, you may visit the trip at a later date.  These electronic field trips are available as well: 

How to Go on these Electronic Field Trips:  Visit this site; scroll to the bottom of the page.

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For Young Writers: Free Workbooks, Free Snail Mail Goodies, and Free Publishing of Your Novel!

NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) has a Young Writers Program for students 17 years old and younger.  Even better, they have a lot of great freebies (virtual and physical ones) to give away to all of us.

What is NaNoWriMo?

"It is a fun, seat-of-your-pants novel writing event where the challenge is to write an entire novel in just 30 days. That means participants begin writing November 1 and must finish by midnight, November 30. The word-count goal for our adult program is 50,000 words, but our Young Writers Program allows participants who are 17 years old and younger to set reasonable, yet challenging, word-count goals."

Ready for the challenge?  Start with these freebies:

Free Workbooks (digital download):

Before NaNoWriMo, if you would like to teach your students what a novel is all about and how to write one, download one of the three "non-lame" workbooks .  (I downloaded all three books: elementary, middle school and high school safely)

Free Classroom Noveling Kit (in your snail mail!)

On the Educators' Page you'll find free lesson plans and other resources, but be sure to notice the free classroom noveling kit for classes of ten or more students.  The classroom noveling kit contains buttons, stickers, and a progress report.  It will be shipped to your mailing address. 

Free Publishing

On this page, you'll see a couple of offers of "free publishing" to children with completed manuscripts. 

How to Get this Freebie:  Visit the NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program site to learn more. 

Limited Time Offer:  Remember, NaNoWriMo begins November 1st!

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Free Digital Literacy & Citizenship Curriculum for K-12

Common Sense Media is probably best known for its reviews of movies and video games.  They have released a full K-12th grade curriculum on topics such as online Safety, respecting Privacy, and Cyberbulling.  The curriculum includes lesson plans, videos and more.

Common Sense Media describes the curriculum like this: 

Common Sense Media offers FREE Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum to help educators empower their students and their school communities to be safe, responsible, and savvy as they navigate this fast-paced digital world.

How to Get this Free Curriculum:  Visit the Common Sense Media K-12 Curriculum page 

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Thank you, Mel, for suggesting this one!

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