Biblio File
Resources to Support Distance Learning
Many of us—teachers, parents and students alike—are adjusting to distance learning. Here are some great tools for to support distance learning including many resources that our friends at EBSCO have generously offered open access to that are normally only available onsite in the Library.
Google Classroom Help Guides (For Teachers)
- Explora and Google Classroom Quick Start Guide for Educators
- Tutorial: Using Google Classroom and Google Drive
Magazines for Little Kids
Reading, Creativity, and Mindfulness
- Encourage young readers, tweens and teens to keep a reading journal.
- Get kids into art with Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems from The Kennedy Center.
Study Packets
[Once you download the zip folder, you will need to "unzip" it before you can access the files. On Windows PCs, this is accomplished by right-clicking the zip folder and choosing "Extract All."]
- Attack on Pearl Harbor
- Contemporary Nobel Prize Winners
- Dinosaurs
- Favorite Children's Authors
- Influenza in History
- Let's Debate Topics in the News
- Literature
- National Parks Infographics
- Native American History
- Science in the News
For Parents
- This “Stop the Summer Slide” tutorial from NoveList® has ideas for keeping students engaged.
- Share this article from The Atlantic: “How Parents Can Keep Kids Busy (and Learning) in Quarantine”
GED Test Preparation Resources
- Test Preparation
- Test Flash Review
- Test Prep Reasoning Through Language Arts Review
- Math Flash Review
- Science Flash Review
- Social Studies Flash Review
- Práctica Integral para la Prueba GED
- Revisión de Razonamiento a Traves de las Artes del Lenguaje
- Revisión de Razonamiento Matemático
College Admissions Test Prep Resources
- Flash Review
- Power Practice
- Word Games
- Biology Flash Review
- Calculus AB Study Guide
- Chemistry Study Guide
- Computer Science A Study Guide
- English Literature and Composition Study Guide
- European History Study Guide
- Statistics Study Guide
- U.S. Government Study Guide
- U.S. History Flash Review
- Math Success in 20 Minutes a Day
Have trouble reading standard print? Many of these titles are available in formats for patrons with print disabilities.
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