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Education: Online Resources

Online Resources

Discover lesson resources and more from various websites and creators. 

Education Resources

Discovery Education

Discovery Education is the global leader in standards-based digital curriculum resources for K-12 classrooms worldwide. Encourage lifelong learning for students and teachers alike with award-winning digital textbooks, high-quality content, and the largest professional learning community of its kind.

Subject Areas: Science, STEM, Social Studies, Math


Library of Congress Education

The Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections.


MERLOT

The MERLOT collection consists of tens of thousands of discipline-specific learning materials, learning exercises, and Content Builder webpages, together with associated comments, and bookmark collections, all intended to enhance the teaching experience of using a learning material. All of these items have been contributed by the MERLOT member community, who have either authored the materials themselves, or who have discovered the materials, found them useful, and wished to share their enthusiasm for the materials with others in the teaching and learning community.


NASA for Educators

NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind.

Subject Areas: STEM


National Endowment for the Humanities

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is one of the largest funders of humanities programs in the United States. Because democracy demands wisdom, NEH serves and strengthens our republic by promoting excellence in the humanities and conveying the lessons of history to all Americans.

Subject Areas: Art & Culture, History & Social Studies, Literature & Language Arts


National Gallery of Art

Borrow free-loan teaching packets and DVDs or access online lessons, activities, and interactives to bring art to your classroom, home, non-profit tv station, or other learning setting. All materials are free.


National Geographic Classroom Resources

The National Geographic Learning Framework was developed as the foundation upon which our education mission is built. It expresses our core beliefs and values, and has been created to provide guidance for every educational product, resource, service, and experience we design. 


PBS Learning Media 

Inspire your students with thousands of free teaching resources including videos, lesson plans, and games aligned to state and national standards.

Subject Areas: Science, Social Studies, Mathematics, English Language Arts, Engineering & Technology, Health & Physical Education, The Arts, World Languages 


Smithsonian Explore & Learn

Smithsonian is a community of learning and the opener of doors. We invite you to explore your interests, discover something new, or spark a memory. Our vast collections and the research surrounding them are available to you online on a kaleidoscope of topics—from art to zoology.

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