Connecting Home & School
Digital Learning Tools for Secondary Students & Families
Welcome to the WPS 7-12 Digital Resource Library for students and families! You will find digital learning tools organized by category. Some resources are free and available without a subscription while others require a username and password.
Please contact support@wethersfield.me with questions regarding district subscriptions.
WPS 7-12 Chromebook Initiative
WPS 7-12 Chromebook Initiative
The Wethersfield Public Schools are proud to provide Chromebooks as learning tools for our 7-12 students. Visit the WPS Chromebook Central page for up-to-date information about Chromebook insurance, distribution, repair, and tips and tricks for making the most out of your district-issued device!
Literacy
Literacy
Resource for Grades 7-8
Flocabulary is a web-based learning program for all grades and subjects that uses educational hip-hop music and standards-based videos, instructional activities and formative assessments to develop core literacy skills and supplement instruction across the curriculum.
Flocabulary is a web-based learning program for all grades and subjects that uses educational hip-hop music and standards-based videos, instructional activities and formative assessments to develop core literacy skills and supplement instruction across the curriculum.
Resource for Grades 7-12
Teachers and students can search Destiny, the online library catalog, from home or school. Teachers can view and search the catalog without logging in. Logging-in allows a user to put books on hold, view the books on hold or checked out, and create book lists.
Teachers and students can search Destiny, the online library catalog, from home or school. Teachers can view and search the catalog without logging in. Logging-in allows a user to put books on hold, view the books on hold or checked out, and create book lists.
Leveled Resources for Grades 7-12
Using the Capstone Interactive Library Choose from different subjects, genres and levels to find just the right book. And every title is supported by audio recorded by professional voice-over artists! Capstone Interactive Library(Ebooks)
Using the Capstone Interactive Library Choose from different subjects, genres and levels to find just the right book. And every title is supported by audio recorded by professional voice-over artists! Capstone Interactive Library(Ebooks)
Resource for Grades 7-8
IXL (ELA & Math) provides an adaptive learning environment and offers adaptive questions that grow with the student.
IXL (ELA & Math) provides an adaptive learning environment and offers adaptive questions that grow with the student.
Resource for Grades 9-12
No Red Ink helps students practice grammar and writing skills and builds stronger writers through interest-based curriculum, adaptive exercises, and actionable data.
No Red Ink helps students practice grammar and writing skills and builds stronger writers through interest-based curriculum, adaptive exercises, and actionable data.
Resource for Grades 9-12
Shakespeare in Bits brings the Bard's most popular plays to life through magnificently animated re-enactment, full audio and unabridged text in one comprehensive package.
Shakespeare in Bits brings the Bard's most popular plays to life through magnificently animated re-enactment, full audio and unabridged text in one comprehensive package.
Resource for Grades 7-12
World Book Online provides access to multiple levels of resources including: World Book Kids (easiest to read), World Book Student (middle school level), or World Book Advanced (high school level).
World Book Online provides access to multiple levels of resources including: World Book Kids (easiest to read), World Book Student (middle school level), or World Book Advanced (high school level).
Math
Math
Resource for Grades 7-8
IXL (ELA & Math) provides an adaptive learning environment and offers adaptive questions that grow with the student.
IXL (ELA & Math) provides an adaptive learning environment and offers adaptive questions that grow with the student.
Science
Science
Resources for Grades 7-12
Exploring By The Seat Of Your Pants brings science, exploration, adventure and conservation into classrooms through virtual speakers and field trips with leading experts across the globe. Each month during the school year, EBSOP hosts 25+ Google Hangout events for classrooms.
Exploring By The Seat Of Your Pants brings science, exploration, adventure and conservation into classrooms through virtual speakers and field trips with leading experts across the globe. Each month during the school year, EBSOP hosts 25+ Google Hangout events for classrooms.
Resources for Grades 7-12
The National Geographic Education Resource Library offers high-quality, standards-based, educational resources and activities, including free maps, lesson plans, imagery, interactives, and reference materials.
The National Geographic Education Resource Library offers high-quality, standards-based, educational resources and activities, including free maps, lesson plans, imagery, interactives, and reference materials.
Resources for Grades 7-12
The PBS Nova database contains compelling science videos that can be used to support science instruction.
The PBS Nova database contains compelling science videos that can be used to support science instruction.
Resources for Grades 7-12
Covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, Science Friday is the source for entertaining and educational stories about science, technology, and other cool stuff.
Covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, Science Friday is the source for entertaining and educational stories about science, technology, and other cool stuff.
Resources for Grades 7-12
The Smithsonian Science Education Center provides interactive digital resources for the teaching and learning of K-12 science.
The Smithsonian Science Education Center provides interactive digital resources for the teaching and learning of K-12 science.
Social Studies
Social Studies
Resources for Grades 7-12
C3 Teachers is pleased to publish these inquiries through our work on the New York State Social Studies K-12 Resource Toolkit project. Use the Inquiry Filter to view K-12 inquiry activities by grade.
C3 Teachers is pleased to publish these inquiries through our work on the New York State Social Studies K-12 Resource Toolkit project. Use the Inquiry Filter to view K-12 inquiry activities by grade.
Resources for Grades 7-12
Created by teachers for teachers, these ready-to-use materials provide easy ways to incorporate the Library of Congress’s unparalleled primary sources into instruction.
Created by teachers for teachers, these ready-to-use materials provide easy ways to incorporate the Library of Congress’s unparalleled primary sources into instruction.
Resources for Grades 7-12
NewseumED.org offers free resources to cultivate the First Amendment and media literacy skills essential to civic life. Learn how to authenticate, analyze and evaluate information from a variety of sources and put current events in historical context through standards-aligned lesson plans, videos, primary sources, virtual classes and programs.
NewseumED.org offers free resources to cultivate the First Amendment and media literacy skills essential to civic life. Learn how to authenticate, analyze and evaluate information from a variety of sources and put current events in historical context through standards-aligned lesson plans, videos, primary sources, virtual classes and programs.
Music
Music
Resources for Grades 7-8
Flat.io is a user-friendly music composition software that provides all the tools needed to create your own sheet music.
Flat.io is a user-friendly music composition software that provides all the tools needed to create your own sheet music.
Cross-Disciplinary Resources
Cross-Disciplinary Resources
Resources for Grades 7-8
BrainPOP engages students through animated movies, learning games, interactive quizzes, primary source activities, concept mapping, and more. BrainPOP covers topics within Science, Math, Social Studies, English Language Arts, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Music, Health, Reading, and Writing. The content is carefully mapped to the Common Core and aligned to academic standards.
BrainPOP engages students through animated movies, learning games, interactive quizzes, primary source activities, concept mapping, and more. BrainPOP covers topics within Science, Math, Social Studies, English Language Arts, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Music, Health, Reading, and Writing. The content is carefully mapped to the Common Core and aligned to academic standards.
Resource for Grades 7-12
Google Classroom is a free web service, developed by Google for schools, that aims to simplify creating, distributing, and grading assignments in a paperless way. The primary purpose of Google Classroom is to streamline the process of sharing files between teachers and students.
Google Classroom is a free web service, developed by Google for schools, that aims to simplify creating, distributing, and grading assignments in a paperless way. The primary purpose of Google Classroom is to streamline the process of sharing files between teachers and students.
Resource for Grades 7-12
Click here to play your teachers' Kahoot! games.
Click here to play your teachers' Kahoot! games.
Resources for Grades 7-12
Noodle Tools is a student research platform with MLA, APA and Chicago/Turabian bibliographies, notecards, outlining.
Noodle Tools is a student research platform with MLA, APA and Chicago/Turabian bibliographies, notecards, outlining.
Resources for Grades 7-12
The district now has a beginning collection of eBooks and audiobooks that can be downloaded by teachers and students. This resource also provides access to the Wethersfield Public Library’s e-collection as well. This collection contains many of the Nutmeg books.
The district now has a beginning collection of eBooks and audiobooks that can be downloaded by teachers and students. This resource also provides access to the Wethersfield Public Library’s e-collection as well. This collection contains many of the Nutmeg books.
Resource for Grades 7-8
Teen Health & Well provides students with up-to-date, nonjudgmental, straightforward curricular, and self-help support.
Teen Health & Well provides students with up-to-date, nonjudgmental, straightforward curricular, and self-help support.
Resource for Grades 7-12
TurnItIn promotes academic integrity, streamlines grading and feedback, deters plagiarism, and improves student outcomes.
TurnItIn promotes academic integrity, streamlines grading and feedback, deters plagiarism, and improves student outcomes.