Save the ocean from plastic bottles with Oceanhero. A very thoughtful 3rd grader brought this resource to me and it is a search engine that saves a plastic bottle from the ocean with every 5 searches you do!
Oceanhero keeps track of all the searches you do and tells you how many plastic bottles you help save from our oceans. You can use the website or make it your default search engine to save even more bottles.
This is a great time for long creative projects. Below is a list of tools for all filmmakers. You could make a short film about your family pet or a long film using your own story idea. All of the resources on this list are free to use.
Recently, Greenfield Public Schools started their own Youtube Channel. There are videos from teachers and staff throughout all our schools. Check them out at the link below!
Many teachers will be making Google Classrooms and it is very easy to access them once they have invited you to join.
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Abcmouse.com is opening up their website for free for 30 days. It has a host of amazing learning opportunities for young learners in ELA and Math. It is full of songs and interactive activities. To access the 30 day trial for your young learn use the link below and sign up.
Use Tinkercad to create 3D models that can made with a 3D printer. Remember anything you build is in 3D so you can rotate all around your object and edit all of the sides. Use your google account to log in and use the link below to do some starter projects.
https://www.tinkercad.com/learn/project-gallery;collectionId=OPC41AJJKIKDWDV
Due to the amount of distancing learning happening across the globe Lexia Core 5 has given us enough licenses for all our students.
To use Lexia use the following formula for username and password.
First three letters of the student’s first name, First three of the last name, the number 1 followed by the graduating year.
Example: John Smith 2nd grade. Username: johsmi130
The password is abc followed by the 1 and graduating year. abc130
Graduating years by grade:
K-132
1- 131
2- 130
3- 129
4- 128
All this time at home is a great time to work on coding skills. Remember, coding is just a series of commands you are giving the computer. In block based coding you can put blocks together to tell a character or an object what to do when. Try some of the hour of code challenges below. They all have videos with instructions and helpful hints if you get stuck!
Creating and recording music used to cost a ton of money. Now you can create a lot of music right from your personal computer/tablet. Here are a few free tools you can use to create music on different devices.
Both of these tools feature multi-track audio editing for free. You can use loops to create your own music or record music through the microphone!
There are tons of great ways to create Art online. Use some of the tools below to create a snowy scene from yesterday or today.
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