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Coding Activities

Code.org Home

Code.org tutorials

Includes:

  • Hour of Code activities
  • Programming Modules
  • Make your own apps, games, and webpages

ABCya Grades 6+

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https://www.abcya.com/grades/6

Bring back memories of elementary school. You might even be challenged in the grades 6+ area.

 

Pre-Installed

Microsoft Unveils Minecraft: Education Edition

Find this on your school computer desktop!

New York Times Games

Digital Escape Rooms

  

Credit: Dan Fabulich and Adam Strong-Morse

Credit:  Falyn Nicholl, at the High River Library with the Marigold Library System

 

Credit: Lauren Rura and Felicia Brock, Adult Service Librarians at Washington-Centerville Public Library in Centerville, OH. https://www.wclibrary.info/

Science Activities

The beginning interface of the game StarScribe, designed by Brandon Bunnie.

Star Scribe

Star Scribe is an educational game experience created and designed by Brandon Bunnie.  Players will visit the surface of Earth’s moon and learn about several Cree constellations from Wilfred Buck a.k.a. “Star Guy.”  Players will also be able to trace these constellations in the sky and reveal artwork that represents the knowledge held by the star formations

Teen Podcasts

 The greatest and strangest Stuff You Missed In History Class!!

 

The StarTalk® podcast network bridges the intersection between science, pop culture and comedy with clarity, humor and passion. Through our various shows, we explore captivating subjects such as space travel, extra-terrestrial life, the Big Bang, the role science plays in people’s lives, the future of our Earth and the environment, the science behind the most iconic sports plays in history, and breaking news from the universe.

Meyers-Briggs Personality Test

Take their Personality Test and get a “freakishly accurate” description of who you are and why you do things the way you do.

ICBC

Getting ready to take you L? 

Practice makes perfect...get started here!

Get the Math

Get The Math

Get the Math!

Get the Math mixes video and web interactivity to help middle and high school students develop algebraic thinking skills for solving real-world problems.