Pittsylvania County Library

For Students

LIBRARY RESOURCES (*Provided by the Library of Virginia through a grant from IMLS)

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Online Resources for Students

Pre-K and Kindergarten

Storyline Online

Sesame Street online

PBS Kids

NickJr

Starfall (contains free and subscription materials)

The Kidz Page

Learning Games for Kids

Fun Brain

CoolMath

Learn to Code

 

Elementary

Explora Public Libraries

AR Bookfinder

Starfall (contains free and subscription materials)

The Kidz Page

CoolMath

Learn to Code

Learning Games for Kids

Old Farmer’s Almanac for kids

How Stuff Works

Fun Brain

National Geographic for Kids

BBC History for Kids

Google Arts and Culture (virtual museum tours and exhibits)

Whyville virtual learning world

Transparent Languages

Duolingo

 

Middle School

Khan Academy

Explora Public Libraries

AR Bookfinder

EdX

CoolMath

Learn to Code

How Stuff Works

National Geographic for Kids

Exploratorium

BBC History for Kids

Fun Brain

Google Arts and Culture (virtual museum tours and exhibits)

Whyville virtual learning world

Transparent Languages

Duolingo

 

High School

Explora Public Libraries

Khan Academy

CoolMath

Learn to Code

Codecademy (basic courses are free)

USA Learns (ESOL, Citizenship)

Exploratorium

Google Arts and Culture (virtual museum tours and exhibits)

Flinn Scientific At Home Science Lab Series

GED Test Prep

Money Smart

Transparent Languages

Duolingo

Memrise language learning

 

College

Future Learn

Coursera

EdX

Khan Academy

Virginia’s Community Colleges

Money Smart

Applied Math and Science Education Repository

Google Arts and Culture (virtual museum tours and exhibits)

Open Culture Free Online Courses

Academic Earth

Alison free online education and skills training. Certificate programs possible (pay if you want a certificate)

iTunes U free courses (only available on iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch)

Stanford Online (select free courses; also offers degree and certificate courses for a fee)

Harvard Extension Courses (offers free non-credit courses as well as paid certificate courses)

Open Yale Courses (free no-credit courses)

UC Berkeley Class Central (free no-credit courses)

MIT Open Courseware (free no-credit courses)

Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative (free no-credit courses)

Transparent Languages

Duolingo

Memrise language learning