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NSTA: Online Teaching Resources You Can Use - A List Compiled by NSTA Collection

NJDOE: Guiding the Education Community Through the COVID-19 Pandemic

CoVid-19 Science Resources

Visit the Center for Disease Control and the World Health Organization for up to the date information about the pandemic.
CDC How to Talk to with Children and National Association of School Psychologists - messages for those that work with children.
Checklist for Teachers and Parents
NJ Health COVID-19 Dashboard
National Geographic Coronavirus Coverage
John Hopkins Coronavirus Resources map
NJ.com Coronavirus Coverage
New York Times Free Coronavirus Coverage

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Washington Post: "Why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to "flatten the curve". CoVid-19 simulation.

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Common Sense COVID-19 Resources for Parents to Prepare for Coronavirus School Closures

Coronavirus Lessons for Students

PBS Learning Media: Making Sense of Coronavirus Through Media and Storytelling
NSTA Blog: Coronavirus: What's the Real Story
Comic for Kids posted on NPR
PBS: How to Talk to Little Learners About the Coronavirus
Science Friday: Coronoavirus Spotlight

Distance Learning Technology Strategies

Google TeachFromHome
EduSurge article Navigating Uncertain Times: How Schools Can Cope With Coronavirus which includes ISTE tips for getting started with online learning.
A Letter to Educators Teaching Online for the First Time
Preparing for School Online? 10 tips to make it work
Quick Tips for Online Teaching
PBS Distance Learning Tips from One Teacher to Another
KQED/Mindshift: Resources for Teaching and Learning During This Period of Social Distancing
Practical tips to make student voice the cornerstone of your online classes

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Creating Online Videos

Practical EdTech: Three ways to Quickly Create Video Lessons
(More advanced) Ultimate Guide to Easily Make Instructional Videos

Online Discussions for Sharing Resources

National Geographic Educator Network: Easily Adapted Resources to Online Environment
Facebook Group: Educator Temporary School Closure for Online Learning
Facebook Group: Amazing Education Resources

Resource Lists

Here are a few links to many other resources that are bring collaboratively gathered online.
- NJSLS Resource List
- Amazing Educational Resources:Extensive list of online resources available for teaching online
- International Educator Shared Resources
- Common Sense Education: Best Interactive Video Apps and Websites
- ISTE Member contributed Resource List
- We Are Teachers: 60 Free Online Learning Resources for Teaching your Students Virtually
- Science Resources for Distance Learning

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For Colleges:

Remote Teaching Resources for Business Continuity

NGSS - VirtualSciEd

Phenomena for NGSS: Virtual Science Education Resources
Link to #VirtualSciEd Twitter feed
NGSS@NSTA
Guidance for Supporting Science Learning during Covid-19 from STEM Teaching Tools

Free Content Delivery Resources

There are so many online resources. This is just a few that may give you some online lesson options and readings.

PBS Learning Media: Interactive Lessons
National Geographic Classroom Resources
Real-Time Curriculum Project
TedEd: Lessons Worth Sharing
Wonderopolis
ReadWriteThink
NeoK12
Smithsonian Learning Lab
Common Sense Media: Terrific Websites for Science
NSF: Classroom Resources
HHMI BioInteractive
Science Friday
Stanford Science in the City
Concord Consortium: Free STEM Activities
PhET Simulations and Teaching Resources
Google Workbench, Chrome Music Labs, and Science Journal
Science at Learner.org
LSC in the House

Companies offering free online lessons

There are many many resources available that companies have generously made available for schools and teachers for use.

Amazing Educational Resources: Extensive list of online resources available for distance teaching
Kessler Science Out of School Bundle
Mystery Science (Elementary)
Scholastic Learn at Home
GetEpic: Free online books during school hours. Free for educators. Best for Elementary. Many great science books include science activity books.
TeacherVision Distance Learning Resources

Dynamic Resources

There are so many resources being shared online, that we cannot post them all or stay up to date. The most up to date resources will be shared through our social media accounts by reposting and retweeting. Please collaborate and share resources with us using #NJSTAChatsDistanceLearning and/or add to the forum space below.

NJSTA Facebook Feed

Link to FB #NJSTAChatsDistanceLearning filtered results.

Twitter: #NJSTAChatsDistanceLearning

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