Read picture books online

http://www.wegivebooks.org/books#all

Holiday-themed paper art

http://www.thetoymaker.com/Holidays/Christmas/Christmas.html

This includes a snowman dodecahedron--very fun.

Preschool Science

Activities: http://www.peepandthebigwideworld.com/activities/activities-location.html

There are also videos, games, and printables.

e-Learning Links

Another homeschool resource aggregator.

http://www.e-learninglinks.com/index.htm

Join real online research projects

https://www.zooniverse.org/projects

History of Science (and Technology)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/tomorrowsworld/index.shtml

History of Medicine

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife.aspx

Bar Graph Tool

http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/2008-09/fp/irf08-81/colour_patterns/years_1_and_2/bar_graph.html

This allows you to name your graph as well as each axis, and then build a graph.

Another Homeschool Link Aggregator

http://www.myfreeonlineeducation.com/

Weather and Physics experiments

http://www.metlink.org/weather-climate-resources-teachers/experiments-and-demonstrations.html

Unit on Seeds

http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/society/schools/keystage1-2/seeds-plant-growth.aspx

This is heavy on activities.

Fungi Unit

http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/web/FILES/Resources/mushroom.pdf

This includes lessons, worksheets, and cool experiments (like dying wool with fungi).

Bugs Unit

Download the .pdfs: http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/society/schools/keystage1-2/real-bugs.aspx

Great ideas!

Elementary Life Science Text

http://eequalsmcq.com/ClassicScienceLife.htm

Both the student and parent editions are available.

Open Courseware at UW

http://www.outreach.washington.edu/openuw/

Animal Diversity Web

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html

Butterfly Lab

Everything butterfly, including a field guide.

http://www.naturemuseum.org/online/thebutterflylab/index.htm

Or this one:
http://kidsbutterfly.org/

AWESOME lessons on science (mostly genetics)

This is a fantastic site. Entire lessons, completely online. Check out the "learning pathways" section.

http://www.nature.com/scitable

Insects--great insects site

http://www.insects.org/

Science Net Links

This is one of the best places to go for resources on science. I think I've posted their link before, but they recently re-designed their site, and all the materials are accessible now.

The "Tools" are my favorite--they are the best interactives from around the web.

http://sciencenetlinks.com/

Virtual microscope (free download)

This is developed by NASA and is very thorough.

http://virtual.itg.uiuc.edu/

Bugscope

http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/

You can schedule a time for a class (or, I imagine, a homeschool group) to have your own specimens shown to you through the scanning electron microscope. Or check out the archive.

Oceanography activities

http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow8/dec98/main.html

Insect activities

http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/grant/insects/

Partner Activities for the book "Stellaluna"

http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/chavez/batquest/batquest.html

Fun Abecedary

http://www.bemboszoo.com/Bembo.swf

Virtual Cat Dissection

Not for the faint of heart, but very very neat.

http://bio.bd.psu.edu/cat/

Kidwings: all about birds

This is a very cool site. Bird skulls, feathers, calls, feet, and more.

http://www.kidwings.com/index.htm

Virtual Owl Pellet Dissection

Very cool: http://www.kidwings.com/owlpellets/flash/v4/index.htm

Middle and High School Science Glossary (multilingual)

Middle School: http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/mlg/mlg.php?site=19 

High School: http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/mlg/mlg.php?site=20

Classic Lit .pdfs plus lessons

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/literature/literature_classic_09/hs/index.html

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/literature/pdfs/literatureclassicsms/ms/index.html

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/literature/pdfs/literatureclassicshs/hs/index.html

These three sites are middle school and high school level literature in .pdf format. This is actual classic literature, from poetry to complete Shakespeare plays. There are no complete novels, but there are chapters of novels.

The databases are searchable by title, author, genre, "big idea" (thematic unit), date, country, or grade level, and there are lesson materials available.

Entire Units on Classical Literature

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/colorado/student/languageart/assets/index1_litlib.html

They are labeled "study guides," but these .pdfs are really entire units, complete with background, author notes, and worksheets.

Annotated Writing Samples (Guide to what your child should be doing)

These are really helpful guides to what an average, above average, and below average piece of student writing looks like in different types of writing for grades 6-12.

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/colorado/student/languageart/assets/indexann.html

Glossary of Math Terms

http://www.glencoe.com/apps/eGlossary612/grade.php

For grades 6-12, plus a section just for formulas.

Math Review Help

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/colorado/student/mathematics/assets/math_review.html

Math Problem of the Week

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/colorado/student/mathematics/assets/pow.html

Scientific Articles Archive

The explanation: http://royalsociety.org/news/Royal-Society-journal-archive-made-permanently-free-to-access/?f=1

and the archive: http://royalsocietypublishing.org/search

How to make a bracelet (or rope) out of plant fibers

Make a solar cooker

http://solarcooking.org/plans/Dublin_Ohio_class_project.pdf

or

http://www.hometrainingtools.com/build-a-solar-oven-project/a/1237/bhcd2/1262811159/

and recipes: http://www.hometrainingtools.com/images/art/SolarOvenRecipes.pdf

Free computer programming course

http://www.codecademy.com/#!/exercise/0

Free video sewing course

From bobbin winding to slash pockets, this has videos that cover basic and advanced skills.

http://sewingvideos.byu.edu/

Unit on peanuts

There is a lot of information here, plus some good science experiments.

http://www.innovativeclassroom.com/Downloads/ThematicUnits/Peanuts.pdf

Curriculum Bits Interactives

Interactives on all topics.  http://www.curriculumbits.com/resources/

Earth Systems Science Courses

Very cool resources here.

http://essea.strategies.org/modules.php?action=list&sort=bytopic

Bake Trilobite cookies (seriously)

http://www.georgehart.com/trilobites/trilobite.html

Earth Science Explorer Elevator

Explore a virtual earth science museum

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/elevator.html

Exploring the Environment

Lessons and activities, focusing on problem-based learning, on many topics in the environmental sciences.
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/modules.html

Jefferson Labs

I've posted a link or two to Jefferson Lab before, but it's been a long, long time, and they are worth looking at again.

My kids love the liquid nitrogen videos.

But they have so much more.  Homework Help.  Games and Puzzles. Video lectures.

TONS of fun stuff. Jefferson Lab is science, and focuses on chemistry and physical science.

Earth Science Interactives

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/k4/k4modules.html

K-4

Great lesson on why leaves change color in the fall

Written by a homeschooling mom with gifted children, this is an awesome lesson:

http://chastitywilson.blogspot.com/2011/10/autumn-homeschool-lesson-fall-leaves.html

and projects homeschoolers have done with fall leaves: http://pinterest.com/debchitwood/autumn-leaf-unit-study/

Kids Gardening--My First Garden

http://urbanext.illinois.edu/firstgarden/index.cfm

Unit plans--many subject, many levels

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/unitplan/Subject.asp

The Online Zoo

http://www.theonlinezoo.com/

Great Science Interactives

http://sv.berkeley.edu/showcase/index.html

Marine Habitats slide shows

There are video clips, slide shows, photo galleries, and lots of good information on marine habitats, including various coastal zones, here: http://www.barwonbluff.com.au/barwon_index.htm

Cool microscopic photography

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/10/nikon_small_world_photomicrogr.html

Free Open Courseware Writing classes

http://education-portal.com/articles/10_Universities_Offering_Free_Writing_Courses_Online.html

Science Podcasts

here: http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/

and here: http://radio.seti.org/pages

Another Link Aggregator

http://www.jennifererix.com/bookmarks/index.html

Novel Writing Courses, K-12--these are really good

Workbooks:

http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/files/ywp/ywp_10_es_workbook_3rd_edition.pdf   Elementary Level

http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/files/ywp/ywp_10_ms_workbook_3rd_edition.pdf  Middle School Level

http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/files/ywp/ywp_10_hs_workbook_3rd_edition.pdf  High School Level

And the Lesson Plans to go with them: http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/lesson-plans

Math and Science interactives

http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/index.aspx

Lots of good stuff here.

AP Environmental Science

http://www.eoearth.org/article/AP_Environmental_Science_Online_Course

Virtual Fetal Pig Dissection

Fascinating, but not for the faint of heart.

http://www.whitman.edu/content/virtualpig

Virtual Historically Significant Books

This is one of the cooler resources I've found ever. You can actually look through virtual copies of many of the most historically significant books ever produced, including Mozart's notebook, Leonardo's notebook, Alice in Wonderland (the handwritten original copy), Mercator's atlas, the Lindisfarne Gospels, and many more.

http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.html#

VERY impressive site.

Forests Unit

http://wupcenter.mtu.edu/education/Forest_Institute/Pregitzer_Finding_Out_About_Forests_2005.pdf

Newton's Apple Science Movies, lessons, and activities

http://www.tpt.org/newtons/

There are fabulous resources here!

Complete Unit on Oceans

http://www.usc.edu/org/seagrant/Education/IELessons/IELessons.html

PreK-2 Oceans Unit

http://www.seaworld.org/just-for-teachers/guides/pdf/ocean-discovery-prek.pdf

Marine Education Resources and Lesson Plans

http://web.vims.edu/bridge/?svr=www

Science behind our food Unit

For grades 3-12

http://apps.caes.uga.edu/sbof/main/showLessonPlanByQcc.cfm?qcc=25&subject=Biology

K-3 All about plants unit

http://www.saps.org.uk/primary/teaching-resources/539-plants-for-primary-pupils-booklets-overview

Pollinators Unit

http://pollinator.org/nappc/PDFs/curriculum.pdf

Web Currents Weekly Online Lesson

http://www.learnersonline.com/weekly/index.htm

Really cool webquest-style lessons.

Agriculture and Environmental Science Lesson Plans

http://www.khake.com/page81.html

Plant movies

http://plantsinmotion.bio.indiana.edu/ and http://plantsinmotion.bio.indiana.edu/usbg/intro2.htm

These are fun time-lapse movies of seeds germinating, plants "sleeping", plants following the sunlight, plants growing, etc.

Each movie includes really good information about what is happening.

They require Quicktime.

Complete K-12 Curriculum

This one takes a little more digging to actually reach the lessons--there is a lot of extra information that is not generally applicable to homeschoolers (gender equity in the classroom, for example).

But there are lesson and ideas for every subject and every level.  The easiest way to access them is to click on "curriculum" in the side bar.

http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/branches/curr/evergreen/index.shtml

Complete Unit on Gardens and How to make them

http://www.csgn.org/page.php?id=22

Preschool/Kindie Unit on Transportation

http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/kindergarten/kindsthm.html

Preschool/Kindie unit on Spring

http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/kindergarten/kindsths.html

Lesson on Gardens and Plants

http://www.extension.iastate.edu/GrowingintheGarden/pdf/lesson2.pdf

How to Raise and Train Chicks

A couple of videos that are very clear, straightforward introductions to raising chicks, for those who want to have fresh eggs (or a pet chicken) and have no idea where to start.  Plus the kids love watching the chicks.


and

Make your own glue

This is a recipe from a science teacher:


Making our own glue!

Here's How:

1. Mix 1/2 cup of milk with 1 T of vinegar. The milk will begin to separate into solid curds and watery whey. Continue stirring until the milk is well-separated.
2. Pour the curds and whey into a coffee filter positioned over a cup (or paper towel). Slowly lift the filter, draining the whey. Keep the curd, which is in the filter.
3. Squeeze the filter to remove as much liquid as possible from the curd. Discard the whey (i.e., pour it down a drain) and return the curd to a cup.
4. Use a spoon to break the curd into small pieces.
5. Add 2 teaspoons of warm water and 1 teaspoon baking soda to the chopped curd. Some foaming may occur (carbon dioxide gas from reaction of baking soda with vinegar).
6. Mix thoroughly until the glue becomes smooth and more liquid. If the mixture is too thick, add a bit more water. If the glue is too lumpy, add more baking soda.
7. The finished glue can vary in consistency from a thick liquid to a thick paste, depending on how much water has been added, how much curd was present, and how much baking soda was added.
8. Use your glue as you would any school paste. Have fun!
9. When not in use, cover your cup of glue with plastic wrap. Over time, its consistency will become smoother and more clear.
10. Unrefrigerated glue will 'spoil' after 24-48 hours. Discard the glue when it develops a spoiled milk smell

Blogs for Homeschoolers

http://www.connectthethoughts.net/blog/

http://www.homeschoolundersiege.com/

Standardized Test Prep (SAT, ACT, GRE)

http://number2.com/index.cfm?s=0

That Artist Woman--awesome art projects

These are so fabulous, even I want to sit down and do them with the kids.

http://www.thatartistwoman.org

Pirate Unit Study

http://thesetemporarytents.com/2011/08/23/pirate-unit-study/

http://homeschoolcreations.com/piratelapbook.html

Homeschool Commons

This is not a link aggregator. Rather, this site collects materials that are in the public domain, available in creative commons licensing, or otherwise freely available to homeschoolers.

There is a LOT of good stuff, most of which isn't aggregated into a library elsewhere that I've found so far.

http://homeschoolcommons.com/

How to Catch a Lizard

http://outsidemom.com/2011/09/use-3-for-a-stick-catch-a-lizard/

College Courses and Videos on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/education_channels

Hundreds of colleges have materials on YouTube. This is the directory to the colleges.

Powerpoints and Interactives on dozens of topics

http://www.pppst.com/

Pronunciator--Learn 60 languages (or just pick one or two)

http://www.pronunciator.com/

These are not just resources. These are full language courses.

Online Guitar Lesson

http://justinguitar.com/

Online Piano Lessons

http://pianobychords.com/index.html

Internet Public Library

IPL2 has Great resources for kids, teens, and everyone.

http://www.ipl.org/

Superteacher Worksheets

Hundreds of worksheets, all free, downloadable, printable pdfs. And they look good, too!

http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/

Publications that accept student writing

http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/basic/yngwrite.html

Museums!

Many of the very best resources available are produced by museums. This is a massive list of museum websites to explore.

http://museumca.org/usa/alpha.html

Favorite sites of Gifted Homeschoolers

http://giftedhomeschoolers.org/favoritethings.html

Lesson Plans and Ideas from Innovative Classroom

http://www.innovativeclassroom.com/

Prongo Educational Games

http://www.prongo.com/

Elementary levels, many topics.

Teaching Ideas

Fantastic library of resources and ideas, all topics and levels

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/

TES Teaching Resources

HUGE archive of educational materials. Requires a log in, but registration is free.

http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resources/

Primary Resources (elementary worksheets, powerpoints, etc)

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/

This is a collection of resources and lessons uploaded by elementary school teachers. There are many good worksheets, powerpoint presentations, lesson plans, posters, interactives, websites....Worth exploring.

Game Classroom--Math and Language Arts Games

http://www.gameclassroom.com/

K-6th grade games, worksheets, interactives, and lessons.  I've posted this before, but it's worth re-visiting.

TLS Worksheets

PreK-6th grade, many subjects.  Free printable worksheets

http://www.tlsbooks.com/

Academic Skill Builders Games

http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/

These are mostly multi-player competitive games (although there are single-player games), heavily weighted toward math games, but there are language arts and geography games, too.

Textbooks--bunches of them

http://www.ck12.org/flexbook/

Java Programming Course

http://www.nerdgirl.com/2011/09/learn-to-code-java-for-free-at-stanford/

Video Books--Classic Literature, read to you

Read to you, but you can read along with it. LOTS of classic literature.

Books, including some children's books: http://www.youtube.com/user/CCProse#g/p

Poetry: http://www.youtube.com/CCPoems#g/p

Historically significant video and educational filmstrips: http://www.youtube.com/ClosedCaptionsZone#g/u

And, for fun, classic cartoons: http://www.youtube.com/cccartoons#g/p

Lesson plans and worksheets

Education World has lesson ideas, worksheets galore.

http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/

AAA Math

http://www.aaaknow.com/

Complete K-8 math program, in Spanish and English

Fun math activities

Click on the sidebar menus for "Family Activities" and then choose your grade range. These are fun, family-friendly--perfect for homeschooling math!

http://www.mathmastery.com/cyberchallenge/

Also, you can practice your math facts. But that's not nearly as fun as cookie math....

Stairway to Math

http://www.teachyourchildmath.ca/

This is not a complete math program, but a great program for helping them get practice where they're stuck or struggling. It is NOT simply more drills, but more help, approaching the tricky spots from different angles instead of just repeating what your child didn't get the first time.

Reading resources

These are designed for struggling readers (including assessment tests!), but are easily applied to first-timers.

http://www.societyforqualityeducation.org/index.php/stairwaytoreading

Fun science and social studies units

Based on museum exhibits, but they work as stand-alones.

http://www.childrensmuseum.org/units-of-study

Complete Unit on Biotechnology

http://www.childrensmuseum.org/sites/default/files/files/%20TCM%20BIOTECH%20UOS.pdf

Complete k-12 curriculum

This is a solid curriculum, k-12, free. Every Single Lesson Plan for every core subject is here.

WELL worth using.

http://wvde.state.wv.us/instructionalguides/

and

http://wvde.state.wv.us/unitplans/

and
http://wveis.k12.wv.us/teach21/public/project/Mainmenu.cfm --project-based learning, which works great for homeschools.

and

http://wvde.state.wv.us/teach21/Inquiry-BasedLessonPlans.html  --inquiry-based learning, which is also fantastic

and
http://wvde.state.wv.us/teach21/quality-lesson-design.html--a page on designing high-quality lessons.

Other state departments of education also post the entire curriculum online, but many don't include specific, finished lesson plans, and few include project-based learning. Awesome resource!

HTML for kids

http://www.lissaexplains.com/

Elementary writing and grammar

Awesome, complete 1st through 6th writing and grammar curriculum, both student and teacher resources:

http://www.scholastic.com/dodea/index2.htm

Nice!

Rhetoric

http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/

Online Textbooks, including science and math, for elementary level

http://pgcounty.scottforesman.com/

Hunkin's Experiments

TONS of experiments--and one that doesn't work!

http://www.hunkinsexperiments.com/default_index.htm

Virtual libraries

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/links_grades_kindergarten_12/virtual_libraries.htm

"Scrabble" for many many languages

http://new.asymptopia.org/staticpages/index.php/TuxWordSmith

Drawing and other art software

http://www.schoolforge.net/education-software/educational-edutainment/tuxpainting

http://www.schoolforge.net/education-software/multimedia-3d-animation-editing/blender

http://www.schoolforge.net/education-software/multimedia-video-editing/jahshaka

Music Software

For composition, making sheet music:
http://www.schoolforge.net/education-software/educational-edutainment/musescore

http://www.schoolforge.net/education-software/educational-edutainment/noteedit


For making music:
http://www.schoolforge.net/education-software/multimedia-sound-editing/gungirl-sequencer

http://www.schoolforge.net/education-software/multimedia-sound-editing/hydrogen


For recording:
http://www.schoolforge.net/education-software/multimedia-sound-editing/audacity

Software to teach computer programming

http://www.schoolforge.net/education-software/educational-edutainment/little-wizard

School Administration Software (for record keeping, planning, etc).

Many state homeschool laws require record-keeping. You can download and use the same software the schools use--for free:

http://www.schoolforge.net/education-software/web-based

and  http://www.schoolforge.net/education-software/office-tools-applications/fet

There are administration (attendance, grades, etc), teaching, planning, and online learning software applications you can use. 

Worth looking at.

Learn Anytime

http://www.learnanytime.co.uk/index.htm

Thousands of educational links.

Programming, Science Labs, Math modeling--with Yenka

Yenka is free for home use.

http://www.yenka.com/en/Free_Yenka_home_licences/

Loaded with great science/math stuff.

Computer Programming with Robomind

Learn about computer programming by programming a virtual robot.

http://www.robomind.net/en/index.html

Free educational software

http://www.schoolforge.net/education-software/educational

Preschool Computer Skills lessons

Lessons on using the computer, disguised as games.

Appropriate for age 8 months to 3 years.

http://www.owlieboo.com/

Film Study Notes

Study notes for hundreds of films, in pdf format (include questions to consider before and after viewing a film, plus worksheets):

http://www.filmeducation.org/resources/film_library/getfilms.php?id=A

SEED--Great Science Interactives

Virtual experiments: http://www.planetseed.com/science/lab

Toy Theater Educational Games

http://www.toytheater.com/math.php

I especially like the art games. They're fun.

Science video and audio courses

Mostly college level

http://freescienceonline.blogspot.com/2006/08/chemistry-biology-and-life-sciences.html

and

http://www.freesciencelectures.com/

Flashcards GALORE (and online, but printable)

http://www.flashcardexchange.com/docs/tags

Tons of flashcards, or make your own.

Autism Games

These are games designed to help children on the Autism spectrum learn useful skills. The animation on these is absolutely gorgeous.

http://www.whizkidgames.com/

Connexions

Massive lesson library:

http://cnx.org/content/

Free Textbooks

http://bookboon.com/uk/textbooks

Science Interactives

http://www.kbears.com/sciences/workshop.html

Intro to Computer Programming Visual Basic

http://smallbasic.com/

Richard Scarry Playsite

http://www.busytownmysteries.com/

Lots of Interactives on All Subjects

http://www.curriculumbits.com/resources/

Parts of the House in various Indian Languages

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/teacher/community_lang/house/index.htm

HS Music Composition Activities

http://www.mtrs.co.uk/subscriptions/KS4.html

mp3s to make music practice fun

Funky background music to help you not get bored practicing scales; for all major instruments.

http://www.mtrs.co.uk/subscriptions/Downloads/scales/scales.html

Elementary Vocal Music Course

Complete with minus tracks (karaoke tracks), lyrics, and downloadable packets.

http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/eng/vtc-home/vtc-ks2-home/vtc-ks2-music/vtc-ks2-music-performing-ns/vtc-ks2-music-performing-vocal-ns.htm

and

http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/eng/vtc-home/vtc-ks4-home/vtc-ks4-music/vtc-ks4-music-performing/vtc-ks4-music-performing-vocal

Awesome Online Courses

From Cosmetology to Theater Technology to Geography and Math, there are complete curricula in dozens of areas here.

http://www.nln.ac.uk/

Advanced Grammar in Foreign Languages

http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/eng/vtc-home/vtc-post16-home/vtc-post16-acl/vtc-post16-acl-mfl/vtc-post16-acl-mfl-level1

Letter of the Week--Learn to Read program

http://letteroftheweek.com/preschool_age_3.html

Music Ed Online

http://www.mtrs.co.uk/

Educational Freeware

Free programs you can download to your computers:

http://www.wartoft.nu/software/
http://www.educational-freeware.com/
http://www.best-freeware.com/
.

Complete K-6 Science Outline

http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/Science/ks12assessment/kandu.html

Fun with Bubbles. And science.

http://outsidemom.com/2011/08/bubblology-the-art-of-gigantic-bubbles/

Foreign Language Study

Lots of games to help you study sixty different languages.

http://digitaldialects.com/

Math worksheets--elementary level

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/numbertime/print/index.shtml

Economics Lessons and Interactives, K-12

Great, fun interactives here:

http://www.econedlink.org/

Explore the world

Exploring the world:

http://www.exploreandmore.org/world/default.htm

FreeWorld U--a complete preK-12 curriculum online

http://www.freeworldu.org/static/index.aspx

This includes Pre-K through 12th grade, plus pre-med and medical courses. It is "flashcard-based learning"--in other words, online textbooks with a few (very few) multimedia elements inserted into the lessons.  The textbooks are solid.

This is a great resource. You could use it for all of your learning. Gifted kids will get bored with the same-ness of every lesson, but the information presented is actually more advanced than some curricula I've seen. I would use this in conjunction with other activities.

Narnia Audiobooks

http://ancientfaith.com/podcasts/series/the_chronicles_of_narnia

Full Curriculum for High School

http://www.homeschoolcollegeusa.com/index.html --old site

http://hcusa2013.weebly.com/index.html --new site

Also, check their facebook page for updates: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Homeschool-College-USA/334538669925922

Educational games, projects, worksheets

http://www.gudli.com/

This is fun and interactive. It's geared toward ages 3-7.

Classical Music

Music to listen to (and use in videos, games, etc.). Sheet music. "Musopen is an archive of copyright-free, free-of-cost music. We are hosting the world's largest library of public domain music recordings and sheet music. With your help, we also aim to be a resource for the education community."  Also have an online Music Theory Text.

http://musopen.org/music/overview

Writing Mechanics (Grammar, punctuation, etc.)

http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.html

also a daily grammar blog: http://dailygrammarlessons.blogspot.com/

The Illiad, the musical for kids

I know, it seems like an odd topic for source material for a children's musical. But here it all is: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/troy/

Audio files, accompaniment tracks, music and "story" in downloadable, printable formats. Also a vocal coach teaches the songs for you, if you want to do the Illiad, the musical.

TONS of fun activities and worksheets

All grade levels, all subjects. Fun things like making beads from rose petals or making marshmallows for chemistry, as well as more "mundane" things like verb worksheets.

http://www.education.com/activity/

and

http://www.education.com/worksheets/

Math Moves U--very cool middle school math games

http://www.mathmovesu.com/mmu-games/
A lot of this is very accessible for middle grades (3-5) or even lower as well as middle school (especially the parts that are logic games rather than math skills games), and the graphics and games are cool.

PreK-2 Health and Fitness Unit

with Sesame Street:  http://www.sesameworkshop.org/cms_services/services?action=download&uid=77960fa1-69ad-47c9-a54d-e98b95863ffa&

Art Lessons

http://thevirtualinstructor.com/

PE lesson and game ideas

http://www.pecentral.com/lessonideas/pelessonplans.html

http://homeschooling.about.com/od/physicaledlinks/Physical_Education.htm

WartGames

Their list of topics is extensive--games on every subject, it seems

http://www.wartgames.com/themes/list.html

Beatboxing Video Lessons and demos

http://www.youtube.com/user/mouthbeats1

For the Curious Gifted Child

http://ocw.mit.edu/high-school/courses/excitatory-topics-in-physics/video-lectures/

Excitatory Topics in Physics--video lectures on cool things like Multiverses and Relativity.

K-3 Spanish

Games here: http://www.gpbkids.org/salsa/

Lessons (video) and lesson plans here: http://www.gpb.org/salsa

Not all of the lessons are available online, but a bunch are.

K-3 Health Unit

http://www.nestlefamily.com/Education/HealthyStepsforHealthyLives/Default.aspx

Mathematical quilts

http://www.mathematicalquilts.com/Quilts_-_Page_5.html

Quilting is, by nature a mathematical process. Quilters use geometric manipulation constantly to produce interesting designs based on iteration of patterns--it's a macro-scale fractal operation. So it makes sense for a quilting mathematician to produce mathematical quilts.

They're fun to look at, too.

Handwriting Worksheet Maker

You input the words, they make a worksheet you can print.

Easy to use. Nice looking results.

http://www.handwritingworksheets.com/flash/dnealian/index.htm

All the MS and HS Lit resources you need for a complete literature education

And it's infinitely readable, too.

http://www.shmoop.com/literature/

http://www.shmoop.com/poetry/

http://www.shmoop.com/shakespeare/

http://www.shmoop.com/bestsellers/

http://www.shmoop.com/biography/

Schmoop Economics

Online economics course

http://www.shmoop.com/economics/

PeakSmart

Free math lessons and practice. Logins (for tracking) are free, too.

http://www.peaksmart.com/ps/

Math Projects

http://www.mathprojects.com/Lessons/Default.aspx

K-12 TEXTBOOKS

Free, complete textbooks, K-12 (they say K-12, but they've only finished middle school and high school)


http://www.ck12.org/flexbook/

Learning Lynx Preschool

Geared toward kids 3-5 years old, this is more of a pre-kindergarten than a playschool.

Full online curriculum covers 180 days, all free materials, with a child-friendly interface. Subjects include Math, Science, Social Studies, Art, Music, Literature, Handwriting, and Reading Skills.

https://sites.google.com/site/learninglynxclassroom/preschool

Homeschool Tracking and Scheduling

Very thorough--even allows you to count extracurricular stuff (like computer programming, reading, or other hobbies) toward your required hours.

http://www.homeschoolskedtrack.com/

Freely Educate

Great site that also mines the web for free homeschooling resources:

http://www.freelyeducate.com/

How am I different from a bird?

AWESOME preschool/kindergarten (or even for older kids) lesson on the characteristics of mammals vs birds. One of the funnest and best I've seen, actually:

http://outsidemom.com/2011/06/how-am-i-different-from-a-bird/

Melody Street

Classical music games, videos, radio, etc.

http://melodystreet.com/INDEX/live/

Simple English Wikipedia

This is a fantastic resource. It is language-filtered for simplicity, and appropriate for children linguistically.  It is NOT content-filtered, so, as with all Wikia, supervise use.

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Preschool Biology Course, on a calendar

This is very very cool, complete, and would appeal to preK-3rd graders, or even older if you present it right.

http://grassstainguru.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/calendar_nature.pdf

How Plasma Displays Work

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/plasma-display.htm

Where does our food come from

http://sprouts.com/COOL/#

Is there such a thing as a Jellyfish?

http://youtu.be/3HzFiQFFQYw

Basic Multiplication practice sheets

http://math.about.com/od/multiplication/ig/Times-Tables-Worksheets/

or online:
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Mathmagician/mathsmulti.html

http://www.mrmyers.org/Math_Mania/ttmult.html

http://www.multiplication.com/quizzes.htm

Bug Identification Site

http://www.insectidentification.org/

Today and Tomorrow only freebie:

http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2011/05/25/national-geographic-bee-app-is-free-today/

Art Games and Activities

From the J. Paul Getty Museum:

http://www.getty.edu/gettygames/

Learn art with Artie

Fun interactive art lessons:

http://www.kids.albrightknox.org/loader.html

Free online courses, audiobooks, etc

http://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses

Yale Museums ONLINE!

http://dailybulletin.yale.edu/article.aspx?id=8544 for the announcement, and
http://discover.odai.yale.edu/ydc/Search/Results?lookfor=&type=allfields&filter%255B%255D=resource_facet%253A%2522Resource%20available%20online%2522
for the catalog.

Harvard Science Demo Videos

VERY cool:
http://sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k16940&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup55977

Online ASL Course

VERY useful.

http://www.lifeprint.com/

Humanities Lessons Plans and Links

http://edsitement.neh.gov/

Learning Lynx Playschool

What to do with the toddlers while you're "doing school" with the big kids?

Send them to Learning Lynx Classroom. Lots of educational fun for ages 1-4.

And more grades coming soon!

https://sites.google.com/site/learninglynxclassroom/playschool

Hypercities

History of place. Very cool.

http://hypercities.ats.ucla.edu/

Free Audio Books

http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/

Pop Entertainment Career Games

http://www.mypopstudio.com/index2.php

Architect Studio 3D

Very cool site. Not only learn what Architects do, but try it, with a virtual walk-through of your building at the end. You even work for clients!

http://www.architectstudio3d.org/AS3d/index.html

Homeschool Free Stuff

http://www.homeschoolfreestuff.com/index.asp

The Places We Live

Cool site (Social Studies) on how many urban dwellers around the world live.

http://www.theplaceswelive.com/

Math Links GALORE

Scroll down. Whoa.

https://sites.google.com/site/sterlinghomeschoolacademy/home/e-educational-resources/mathematics

Intro to the Theater

Including Theater Lore (fun!)

http://www.artsalive.ca/en/eth/

Exploring Dance

http://www.artsalive.ca/en/dan/

There is even a virtual dance studio here. Nice resources.

Explore Set Design for Theater

http://www.artsalive.ca/collections/imaginedspaces/index.php/en

Exploring Theater Through Costume

http://www.artsalive.ca/collections/costumes/index.php?lang=en

Lots of great stuff here. How they costume actors. A costume archive. Designing costumes. Well worth a good perusal if you love theater or costume.

Studying Design with Posters

http://www.artsalive.ca/collections/posters/index.php?lang=en

There are several very thorough lessons and activities on this site, including

Poster Design: http://www.artsalive.ca/collections/posters/aboutdesign.php?lang=en

Posters as Marketing Tools: http://www.artsalive.ca/collections/posters/postermarketing.php?lang=en

Additional activities and quizzes: http://www.artsalive.ca/collections/posters/activities.php?lang=en

And More Activities: http://www.artsalive.ca/collections/posters/forall.php?lang=en

Spider, spinning its web

The Elements Unearthed

Learn more about elements and how they're used. How are the elements discovered? The Periodic Table organized? And how are these things mined and used?

Student-created content, but impressively high quality.

Videos and more:

http://elementsunearthed.com/video-episodes/

Fractal Microscope

http://www.shodor.org/master/fractal/software/mandy/index.html

Intro to the Internet

This is the coolest ebook I've ever seen.

http://www.20thingsilearned.com/home

Virtually walk though historic sites in Europe

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/when-in-rome-new-street-view-imagery-of.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FMKuf+%28Official+Google+Blog%29

Time Lapse How-to

Get the Math

Algebra in real life.

http://www.thirteen.org/get-the-math/

Art Everywhere

http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/art_everywhere/index.html

Artist Bios (multimedia)
Online activities

Rhyme a Week

http://curry.virginia.edu/go/wil/rimes_and_rhymes.htm

Chronicles of Narnia Lessons

http://narniaunitstudy.tripod.com/

Hoagie's Science Pages

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/natural_science.htm#virtuals

Playdough electrical engineering

http://www.ted.com/talks/annmarie_thomas_squishy_circuits.html

and the recipes: http://courseweb.stthomas.edu/apthomas/SquishyCircuits/index.htm

Fun Science Experiments

These are very do-able, using common household items.

http://www.kidzone.ws/science/index.htm

Free Printable preK-5 worksheets on many topics

There are also fun extras here. It's worth exploring.

http://www.kidzone.ws/

Magic Tricks

http://www.kidzone.ws/magic/index.htm

Mimetoliths--natural rock people

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/03/rock-people-gallery/

Palindrome Fun

3-D Fractals

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/03/travel-into-3d-fractals.html

Free Online Photo Editing Tools

http://www.picnik.com/

Make your own website (or let your student!)

https://sites.google.com/

This is a great free tool for young computer-lovers. They can have their own website, built by them, on any topic.

10 cool science videos

http://www.socialtimes.com/2011/02/youtube-videos-science/

North Carolina Treasures

Very fun site

http://www.ibiblio.org/nctreasures/index.html

Science Monster

http://www.sciencemonster.com/index.html

Not just games (although there are plenty of those)--there are also lessons.

Great stuff here, all science topics (in general).

Blick Art Video Lessons

http://www.dickblick.com/lesson-plans/videos/

You can also access lesson plans by grade level or discipline here:

http://www.dickblick.com/lesson-plans/

Fractal Mandelbrot Zoom-in

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6460130356432628677#

Best Art Site I've Found

Now you can do "street view" tours of 17 of the world's top art museums. You can walk the floor of the museum, zoom in on specific paintings, and even make your own digital art collection that you can share with others (this is a fantastic learning tool--the teacher can make a collection and share it to illustrate any number of things from characteristics of historic periods, which often show up in art and can be broadened to describe the culture as a whole at the time,  to specific art techniques, to mathematical concepts. Alternately, a student can make an art collection as an assignment or for fun and share and explain it to others. You can even make comments on your paintings in your collection!). Email me if you need more ideas on how to use this for your students.

INCREDIBLE resource.

http://www.googleartproject.com/

Math made cool

http://vihart.com/

More Starfall

This is a new site by Starfall, the best phonics site I've found so far. This time, in addition to further support on literacy, they have MATH!

I've been hoping for Starfall Math for some time, so this is really exciting.

http://more.starfall.com/

Math Art for budding computer geeks

http://p2pu.org/general/introduction-math-art