Wide Open School

Wide Open School

Common Sense Media, a leader in quality internet information for young people has launched a service to assist during the Covid-19 quarantine. Wide Open School has a lengthy list of activities and resources for teachers to access. It is important to check the privacy policy of these identified resources prior to enrolling students, but many of the resources don’t involve student logins, and therefore can be used without hesitation.

Molview – Chemistry Modelling

Molview – Chemistry Modelling

MolView is an open-source, intuitive web-application to make chemistry and biology. This application consists of two main parts, a structural formula editor and a 3D model viewer. User can employ 2D to 3D button to convert a molecule into a 3D model which is then displayed in the viewer.

This site works beautifully on Chromebooks!

SeeSaw

SeeSaw

Seesaw is a fantastic tool for Div 1 and Div 2 teachers. There are a host of pre-created resources in their resource library, and the platform itself gives young learners meaningful ways to demonstrate their learning.

Seesaw’s privacy policy requires parental permission for students under age 13. They offer a sample letter for parents to acquire this permission.