Open Education Resources

High-quality open educational resources that are freely shared and improved upon have enormous appeal, but they’re not a reality yet—and may never be.

For teachers looking to incorporate Memorial Day into lessons, here are some of the best resources from around the internet.

Open educational resources are free digital materials you can use with your students. Here are some ways to find them.

Teach the 2016 U.S. presidential election with this curated collection, featuring lesson plans, multimedia, and interactive games for K-12 students.

The good curriculum is in the details, so focus your teacher super powers on the granular aspects of planning ahead for the new school year.

Blogger Eric Brunsell takes us on a tour of his favorite online resources for science teachers.

In this collection, Matt Davis rounds up a few favorite Pi Day resources for teachers.

Explore this educator's guide to open educational resources for information about online repositories, curriculum-sharing websites, sources for lesson plans and activities, and open alternatives to textbooks.

From interactive timelines and rich multimedia to lesson plans and study guides, find a variety of web resources that can help bring black history into the classroom.

Matt Davis highlights free and easy-to-implement classroom resources to celebrate Women’s History Month in March.

To help combat summer learning loss, Matt Davis has curated a few fun and free education resources for students and parents to use over summer break. 

Explore a curated list of Super Bowl lesson plans and resources from around the web.

These tools from Google for Educators, whether old and familiar or new and improved, will keep teachers and students inspired, inventive, and organized.

Guest blogger Dave Guymon says that student portfolios are narratives of growth. He suggests four free web tools - Kidblog, Google Sites, Evernote and Three Ring - for students, teachers and parents to track this progress.