Below is a collection of some excellent educational websites I curated specifically for high school students. I have drawn on my long experience of reviewing EdTech tools and websites to come up with a list which I believe will provide added learning value to high school students.
I invite you to check them out and if you have other suggestions to share with us, please do so on the social media profiles of Educational Technology and Mobile Learning.
The library of Congress
The Library of Congress, home of U.S. Copyright Office, offers a wide range of educational materials and primary source documents including books, recordings, images, manuscripts, maps, and newspapers.
The mission of the Library is to "to develop qualitatively the Library's universal collections, which document the history and further the creativity of the American people and which record and contribute to the advancement of civilization and knowledge throughout the world, and to acquire, organize, provide access to, maintain, secure, and preserve these collections."
The Smithsonian Learning Lab
The Smithsonian Learning Lab offers a diverse collection of resources to help students enhance their learning. These materials include recordings, digital images, texts, art and culture, and more.
The Lab also provides tools that students can use to upload, adapt, create, and share educational resources with colleagues, teachers, and parents. Students can use the Lab's search service to search for resources to use in their own learning projects.
Google Arts and Culture
Google Arts & Culture is another great website for high school students. It provides students access to a huge repository of human knowledge stored in over 2000 cultural institutions from all over the world.
Students can use Google Arts & Culture to take virtual guided tours to different museums and exhibits in the world. They can also search for museums and exhibitions in their vicinity and explore their artwork.
Other features provided by Google Arts & Culture include games to teach students cultural literacy, museum explorer to explore world museums, today in history featuring major art and cultural events and historical figures, Street View to help you tour famous sites and landmarks, discover artists from all around the world, and many more.
Applied Digital Skills
Applied Digital Skills by Google for Education offers a wide variety of educational resources to help students develop the skills necessary for thriving in and out of school. The site embeds video-based lessons that students can access anytime anywhere for free.
The way it works is simple: students sign in as learners, once in their dashboard they can then start searching for lessons and begin their learning journey.
There are over 100 lessons organized into different collections. Students can search for lessons by audience (e.g., late elementary, middle school, high school, adult learners), by digital tool (e.g., Apps Script, Docs, Drawings, Drive, Forms, Gmail, Maps, Meet, AutoDraw, Photos, etc) or by topic (e.g., Art, Business, Math, Science, Social Studies, Study Skills and Organization, Foreign Language, Financial skills, communication, etc).
Some interesting collections provided by Applied Digital Skills include:
- Google Workspace Training: Includes 10 lessons to help students learn how to use Google Workspace tools such as Forms, Docs, Drawings, Sheets, Drive, etc
- Computer Science: Includes 10 lessons covering coding and computer science skills
- Online Safety & Digital Well-Being: Includes 7 lessons that teaches students 'how to carefully and responsibly engage with technology'.
- Study Skills and Learning Strategies: Includes 4 lessons centred on building digital skills to help students prepare for projects, tests, and exams
- Digital Art and Games: Includes 11 lessons and teach students digital skills to unleash their creativity and engage in fun art-based project.
BrainPOP
BrainPOP offers a wide variety of educational games, animated videos and activities to enhance students learning and help them develop a better understanding of the world around them.
BrainPOP's materials cover different topics and content areas including science, health, reading and writing, social studies, math, arts and technology. BrainPOP also provides tools 'that challenge students to reflect, make connections, and engage in deeper, curiosity-driven learning'.
Besides the main BrainPOP, there is also BrainPOP Jr for kids K-3 and offers learning resources that cover STEM, social studies, reading/writing, health, and arts. BrainPOP ELL is for English language learning for students of all ages. It offers educational materials on vocabulary, grammar, listening, reading, and writing.
Prodigy
Prodigy is a free, adaptive math game that integrates Common Core math (1st-7th grade) into a fantasy style game that students absolutely love playing. Prodigy takes game-based learning a step further and provides teachers with a powerful set of reporting and assessment tools that allow them to easily identify trouble spots, differentiate instruction, and better manage classroom time.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy provides students access to a huge library of educational resources that include videos, interactive exercises, in-depth articles covering various content areas such as Math, science, economics, history, finance, and civics. Students can browse lessons by grade and topic.
Each lesson comes with video tutorials and step by step guides. There are also 'practice exercises, quizzes, and tests with instant feedback and step-by-step hints'. More importantly, Khan Academy uses advanced algorithms to provide relevant learning materials tailored to each learner's individual levels and skills.
Brainly
Brainly is knowledge-sharing platform where students get help with their homework. Brainly resources are crowd-source and students. Answers to students inquiries are provided by members of the site's community including fellow students, teachers, educators, PhDs, experts, among others.
Topics covered include Math, History, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Social Studies, Geography, Arts, Computer Science, Business, Law, Engineering, World Languages, Health and many more. For more similar sources check out best homework websites for students.
Math Homework Tools
This is a collection of some of the best tools to help students with their homework. Students can use them to seek help with their math problems and learn from their peers and tutors.
Using these tools and calculators, students will be able to access step by step explanations of complex math concepts related to various math topics including algebra, trigonometry, geometry, calculus, statistics, and many more. Also, these tools work both on desktop and mobile devices enabling students sync their learning experiences across different platforms.
