This diverse and comprehensive collection of online learning resources and educational games is a great way to enhance classroom lessons or provide homework support. Featuring subjects including Math, English, Science, Social Studies, and coding skills, it’s sure to keep middle schoolers engaged and learning for hours.
1. IXL
IXL offers a comprehensive Math and English curriculum for junior kindergarten to Grade 12, with real-time feedback on lessons.
Subject Areas: Math and English
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2. Sheppard Software
This popular educational site offers hundreds of free learning games for a variety of subjects including Geography, Math, Science, and Language Arts.
Subjects: All Middle School Subjects
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3. Khan Academy
Probably one of the most well-known non-profit educational websites, Khan Academy empowers students can learn at their own pace with tailored lessons.
Subjects: All Middle School Subjects
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4. Online Thesaurus
This free online thesaurus features a synonym of the day as well as grammar and writing tips.
Subject: English
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5. BrainPop
BrainPop features entertaining and informative videos that are proven to support critical thinking skills as well as social-emotional learning.
Subject: All Middle School Subjects
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6. Shmoop
Shmoop uses humor and relatable content to deliver student-centered courses and test prep as well as additional resources for teachers and districts.
Subjects: All Middle School Subjects
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7. New York Times: The Learning Network
The New York Times features photos, graphs, and videos designed as academic skill builders to expand students’ understanding of the world around them.
Subjects: English, Math, Science
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8. Adventure Academy
This award-winning online paid resource features a collection of games designed to teach Math, Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies.
Subjects: English, Science, Social Studies
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9. Bored of Boredom
Bored of Boredom is a nonprofit, student-created platform offering free group classes and tutoring.
Subjects: All Middle School Subjects
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10. Carnegie Learning Help Center
While specializing in math videos, this educational resource also features excellent English, international language, and computer science resources.
Subjects: Math, English, International Languages, Computer Science
Learn More: Carnegie Learning
11. Duolingo Language Arts Games
Duolingo is a free, world-famous language learning app that features a game-based learning model and features more than 19 different languages.
Subjects: International Languages
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12. Educational History Channel Videos
This series of history videos feature fascinating historical facts. They are updated weekly and feature interactive activities as follow-up lessons.
Subjects: History
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13. Steve Spangler Science Experiments
Steve Spangler is a famous scientist, featured on the Ellen Show, who offers free weekly science experiments.
Subject: Science
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14. National Geographic Education
This free resource features interesting videos on subjects such as the Silk Road and wildlife.
Subjects: Science, History, Geography
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15. OER Commons
This free resource features online books organized by grade level, lesson plans, slides, and educational games.
Subjects: All Middle School Subjects
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16. PenPals Schools
PenPals Schools is a wonderful website that invites learners from around the world to collaborate on a number of projects. Your kids will connect with other kids from across the globe as you invite them to deliberate on topics such as human rights, technology, and robotics.
Subjects: Literacy, Social Emotional Learning
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17. Research Quest
Research Quest features online classes designed to develop critical thinking and investigative science skills.
Subjects: Critical Thinking, Science
Learn More: Natural Museum of Utah
18. Metropolitan Opera Digital Library
The Met Opera offers a weekly opera suitable for younger audiences and a plethora of resources to help students better understand the history and social context of each performance.
Subject: Performing Arts
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19. Orsay Museum
The Musee d’ Orsay offers a virtual tour of its collections including French paintings, sculptures, and photographs.
Subject: Art History
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20. Studio Ghibli Online Tour
A tour of this impressive animation studio is sure to please lovers of art and Japanese culture.
Subject: Cartoon Animation, Art
Learn More: Ghibli Museum, Mitaka
21. Yoga Education
Yoga makes for an ideal brain break from learning, offering both physical activities as well as mental and emotional health benefits.
Subject: Yoga
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22. The Smithsonian Institute
The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum and education group featuring a built-in content library of interactive games and academically enriching content that can be used for class lessons.
Subjects: History, Social Studies
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23. San Diego Zoo
The San Diego Zoo features amazing animal webcams as well as information about animal conversation efforts.
Subject: Science
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24. Science Mom
Science Mom features hundreds of free science videos about all sorts of interesting subjects including rocks and blood types in a simple-to-understand manner.
Subject: Science
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25. Get The Math
This website features entertaining, reality TV-based videos and algebra lessons designed to help kids solve real-world math problems.
Subjects: Mat
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26. CueThink
CueThink allows students to collaborate online in order to solve math problems.
Subject: Math
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27. PBS Maths Club
This series of educational videos cover Common Core standards for Math including integers, ratios, and statistics. It utilizes cultural references to movies and books to make the learning relevant and fun.
Subject: Math
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28. Illuminations
This educational website challenge students with mathematical brain teasers and puzzles.
Subject: Math
Learn More: NCTM Illuminations
29. Illustrative Mathematics
This series of online activities features math lessons based on real-world scenarios.
Subject: Math
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30. Math TV
Math TV features free Math videos from real classroom teachers ranging from basic numeracy to calculus.
Subject: Math
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31. Kahoot
Kahoot features fun, user-generated quizzes covering all middle school subjects and more.
Subject: All Middle School Subjects
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32. Math is Fun
Featuring games, worksheets, and engaging activities, Math is Fun makes for hours of gamified learning.
Subject: Math
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33. Explore.org
Featuring a live nature cam of animals ranging from bald eagles to brown bears, this incredible resource also includes free lesson plans.
Subject: Science
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34. Prodigy
Prodigy features Math and English game-based learning that is highly engaging and effective for building core literacy and numeracy skills.
Subjects: Math and English
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35. The Kid Should See This
This creative and colorful student-centric site feature all sorts of interesting video lessons on topics such as telephones, Lego, and the science of rainbows.
Subjects: All Middle School Subjects
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36. Ask A Biologist
Apart from featuring a wide variety of biology games, videos, and stories, this site allows kids to ask a biologist anything they’re curious about.
Subject: Science
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37. World Book
This website features articles, a curriculum guide, and a blog all linked to World Book facts and statistics.
Subject: All Middle School Subjects
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38. CK12
CK12 offers free lessons on all Middle School subjects and offers a virtual tutor to guide student learning.
Subject: All Middle School Subjects
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39. Data Nuggets
Data Nuggets offers research-based articles to teach students about the scientific process, including formulating a hypothesis, interpreting data, and posing investigative questions.
Subject: Science
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40. Curriki
Curriki offers teacher-approved lessons about civics, occupation, and technical education to support students through their career discovery journey.
Subject: Civics, Career Education
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41. EdHeads
Edheads features STEM-based resources featuring subjects such as nanotechnology and product manufacturing all in a fun game format.
Subject: Science
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42. Curiosity Machine
Scientists and engineers have collaborated to create a series of engaging, hands-on activities that support problem-solving abilities.
Subject: Science
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43. Funbrain
Kids can choose from a wide assortment of exciting games, digital books, and videos.
Subject Areas: Math and English
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44. Science Kids
This science-based website features experiments, games, quizzes, and interesting facts to inspire inquiry and scientific thinking.
Subject: Science
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45. Switch Zoo
Kids are sure to love creating their own biomes by choosing their own plants and animals. They can also have fun creating their own animal chimera hybrids.
Subject: Science
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46. Farmer’s Almanac
This kid-friendly online version of the classic Farmer’s Almanac features meteorology facts, star gazing, and astronomy information as well as historical facts about lunar cycles.
Subject: Science
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47. How Stuff Works
How Stuff Works is a popular and long-running site that offers easy-to-understand explanations of how the world works. From fiber optics to composting, there is something for every reader.
Subject: All Middle School Subjects
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48. Explore Learning
This innovative site offers virtual science labs and simulations as well as interactive math games for hours of meaningful STEM learning.
Subject: Science, Technology, Math
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49. Cool Math
Unlike its elementary school-focused predecessor, Cool Math4Kids, Cool Math is aimed at middle school and high school students and features games designed to teach algebra and calculus.
Subject: Math
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50. Code.org
This free coding site offers something for every age group. Middle school students can focus on building real working apps, games, and websites using JavaScript, CSS, and HTML.
Subject: Computer Programming
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51. Codewars
Codewars offers cooperative coding challenges which allow for collaborative group learning.
Subject: Computer Programming
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52. Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg offers over 60,000 free eBooks that students can download to read wherever they wish. From classical literature to current bestsellers, there is something for every bookworm.
Subject: English
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53. FluentU
This innovative site offers foreign language videos including music videos and news broadcasts that are designed to be entertaining and engaging to make learning relatable and fun.
Subject: International Languages
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54. MIT App Inventor
This free and easy-to-use site from MIT allows students to build their own fully functional apps for Android and iPhone.
Subject: Computer Programming
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55. Scratch
Scratch offers a simple and intuitive user interface that allows students to learn the fundamentals of coding by designing games, and digital animations.
Subject: Computer Programming
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56. Tynker
Tynker offers interactive block-based coding challenges that students must master before moving on to real-world programming languages such as Javascript and Python.
Subject: Computer Programming
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57. PBS Above the Noise
Above the Noise takes a deeper look at controversial and current topics in the news.
Subject: English, World News
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58. Brilliant
This innovative site replaces passive video watching with hands-on problems exploring all sorts of math and science subjects.
Subject: Math and Science
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59. SciShow
SciShow is a popular Youtube channel featuring daily videos about weird and interesting facts, a talk show, and an FAQ segment.
Subject: Science
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60. TEDEd
TED-Ed Animations and TED talks feature thousands of incredibly detailed and engaging videos sure to spark the curiosity of every learner.
Subject: All Middle School Subjects
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61. Wonderopolis
Wonderopolis shows kids a wonder of the day and tests their understanding, helping to spark curiosity about the world around them.
Subject Area: All Middle School Subjects
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62. Albert.io
Albert offers extensive Math, English, Science and Social Studies, and Test Prep content. All the practice materials are created with social equity in mind.
Subject: Math, English, Science, Social Studies, and Test Prep
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63. DIY.org
This innovative platform allows kids to connect and inspire each other by sharing their creative skills ranging from painting to rocket building.
Subjects: All Middle School Subjects
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64. ScienceBob
Science Bob features creative science experiments and science fair ideas.
Subject Area: Science
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65. OWL Purdue Writing Lab
This free and highly regarded university site offers writing, research, and grammar content to help students with formal writing assignments.
Subject Area: English
Learn More: The Purdue Writing Lab
66. GeoGuessr
GeoGuessr is a geography game that challenges players to find clues to determine their location in the world.
Subject Area: Geography
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67. iCivics
This multifaceted site features civics games and inventive lessons to help kids develop an appreciation of the role of the government in their daily lives.
Subject Area: Civics
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68. Sutori
Sutori offers collaborative presentations, portfolios, timelines, and self-paced courses on subjects ranging from Ancient Egypt to the Aztec, Inca, and Mayan civilizations.
Subject Areas: Social Studies, History
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69. Math Games
Math Games offers a huge collection of engaging math games with built-in progress tracking.
Subject Area: Math
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