Education Subject Guide: Online Resources

This link will take you to the homepage of DESE's Office of Childhood. Information is provided on home visits, preschool education, licensing, and related topics.

OpenSciEd is an organization that provides open-access science education resources aligning with the NGSS.

Provided by Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Biointeractive provides free classroom resources for high school and college biology instructors.

The National Science Foundation offers classroom resources in twelve research areas which include biology, chemistry, astronomy, and other STEM subjects.

NSDL is an enormous library of science materials created for science educators. Users can specify what type of science (Life science, Physical science, etc.) and what grade level.

This online exhibit from the Library of Congress takes a look at influential titles in American history, from 1750 to 2000.

The popular education video YouTube channel, Crash Course, offers a four season course on Literature (over 40 videos in total). Each video addresses a poet/author or a work of classic literature.

Excelsior Online Writing Lab provides a number of free resources relating to rhetoric, writing, citing, and research.

Poetry Foundation provides access to poems, poem guides, poet information, and other resources. Browse through videos, articles, podcasts, and more!

Purdue University's Online Writing Lab offers a wealth of resources relating to writing and composition. These include, but are not limited to, guides on academic writing, research, citation styles, and avoiding plagiarism.

This webpage from the National Museum of American History offers a collection of free classroom resources in the content areas of government, civics, geography, world history, and U.S. history.

The National Archives Educator Resources includes a curated collection of documents, tools, and resources. An example is the Milestone Documents collection, which teaches students about American history through important documents in the nation's history.

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History offers a collection of teacher resources, including lesson plans, videos, guided readings, infographics, and etcetera.

NCSS provides a collection of curated resources on topics relevant to social studies education.

Google provides interactive activities and lesson plans through a partnership between Google Earth and PBS for Teachers. Trace the route of the Vikings as they settled Greenland or learn about early explorers through interactive maps.

This page from DESE links to math news, presentations, essential resources, professional organizations, and more.

NSDL is an enormous library of STEM materials created for science educators. Users can specify what subject area and what grade level.

Google Arts & Culture is non-commercial project comprising a partnership between Google and over 2,000 galleries, museums, archives, and other cultural heritage institutions. This free web resource is helpful for browsing art, artists, art movements, and much more.

The NAfME website Includes standards of music education and loads of resources for music teachers.

DESE provides model curriculums, links to online resources, and other information on health & physical education.

BAM is a classroom resource portal offered by the CDC Healthy Schools program. Content in BAM is designed for grades 4-8 and includes eight units addressing various aspects of health and physical education.

This webpage includes health literacy education curricula for pre-kindergarten through college-level learners.

Wharton University offers more than 400 free lesson plans for high school educators. The lesson plans cover business, personal finance, and related topics.

Econ Lowdown is a free economics and personal finance educational resources platform offered by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Please note that you must create a free account to access the resources on the site.

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis provides free economics and personal finance resources for teachers and students. Content levels range from PreK to College.