Wikipedia For Schools

This curated selection of articles from Wikipedia can be used offline by school children around the world. 6000 articles, 26 million words and 50,000 images make Wikipedia for Schools bigger than Harry Potter, the Lord of the Rings and the Chronicles of Narnia put together!

Khan Academy

Khan Academy is a non-profit educational organization created in 2006 by educator Salman Khan to provide "a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere." KA-Lite brings the Khan Academy to you, with exercises and student tracking in math, science, and more.

• Math
• Science & Engineering
• Arts & History
• Reading & Vocabulary

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Kiswahili Khan Academy

To access a subset of the content above in Kiswahili click HERE.

TED’s youth and education initiative.

TED-Ed’s mission is to spark and celebrate the ideas of teachers and students around the world. Everything we do supports learning — from producing a growing library of original animated videos, to providing an international platform for teachers to create their own interactive lessons.

To search for and watch TED Ed educational animations click HERE.

TED Talks - Ideas Worth Spreading

TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages..

To watch TED Talks curated as a great introduction to TED click HERE.

To watch a curated list of 'Top 11' TED Talks click HERE.

To watch 'Richard Turere: My invention that made peace with lions in Kenya 'click HERE.

In the Maasai community where Richard Turere lives with his family, cattle are all-important. But lion attacks were growing more frequent. In this short, inspiring talk, the young inventor shares the solar-powered solution he designed to safely scare the lions away.

Interactive World Map

Browse the world from the global to the local with this interactive and searchable world map from OpenStreetMaps and the XSCE project.

Wikitionary

Wiktionary, the free dictionary. 5,011,646 entries with English definitions from over 3,150 languages

To open click HERE

CK12 Interactive Textbooks

Interactive textbooks covering Math, Science, and English. Each textbook contains high quality content followed by a quiz to reinforce learning. Facilitates individual student and teacher guided learning.

CK-12 Textbooks

High quality textbooks on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) from ck12.org. These are traditional textbooks that can be downloaded to indivudual devices.

• Math (by Subject)
• Algebra**
• Geometry**
• Trigonometry**
• Calculus**
• Math (by Age)
• Grade 6 (11-12 years old) - U.S. Curriculum
• Grade 7 (12-13 years old) - U.S. Curriculum
• Grade 8 (13-14 years old) - U.S. Curriculum
• Science (by Subject)
• Biology** (Exercises)
• Physics** (Exercises)
• Chemistry** (Exercises)
• Astronomy
• Discoveries and Projects
• Science (by Age)
• Earth Sciences 1** (11-14 years old) - U.S. Curriculum (Exercises)
• Earth Sciences 2** (14-18 years old) - U.S. Curriculum (Exercises)
• Physical Sciences** (11-14 years old) - U.S. Curriculum (Exercises)
• Engineering
• Engineering
• Humanities
• U.S. History
• Spelling**
• Standardized Tests
• U.S. SAT1 (College Entrance Exam)
• U.S. SAT2 (College Entrance Exam)
• U.S. SAT3 (College Entrance Exam)

WikiQuote

WikiQuote is a compendium of sourced quotations from notable people and creative works in every language, translations of non-English quotes, and links to Wikipedia for further information.

To find a relevant, informative, or motivating quote click HERE.

If you want more information you can use the green button to search all of ARES.

Great Books of the World

A searchable, categorized selection of over 400 of the most beloved and respected books from around the world, collected from Project Gutenberg.

• Top 100 Favorites
• Top 100 Non-Fiction
• Adventure (24 titles)
• Biographies (24 titles)
• Children's Stories (23 titles)
• Comedy & Humor (38 titles)
• Drama (35 titles)
• Fantasy (20 titles)
• Folklore (7 titles)
• Historical Fiction (38 titles)
• Historical Non-Fiction (30 titles)
• Horror(18 titles)
• Mystery (17 titles)
• Philosophy & Religion (30 titles)
• Poetry (41 titles)
• Romance (35 titles)
• Science Fiction (27 titles)
• Short Stories (25 titles)

Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg contains over 45,000 of the worlds best known books. They are available here for reading directly from the ARES server or to download onto your own mobile device. You can search for a book by title, author, or subject by using the search engine.

To open click HERE.

Powertyping

Full lessons and exercises to learn touch typing or improve your typing skills. Include many entertaining typing games, tests an practice drills.

Music Theory

Comprehensive music theory lessons and exercises to begin your journey into the realm of music.

Educational Games & Tools - General Users

This is a collection of general tools and games that are applicable to all users. Note: it will take 20-30 seconds for the desktop window to open. After that you will have speedy access to all of the applications. You'll find more games & tools under the Primary & Secondary sections below.

Open HERE

Office Tools

• Libre Office Writer - MS Word tool.
• Libre Office Calc - MS Excel tool.
• Libre Office Impress - MS Publisher tool.
• Libre Office Draw - MS Visio tool.






General Tools

• World Atlas - comprehensive views of the world from a variety of perspectives.
• Golden Dictionary - Definitions, thesaurus, translations, etymology.
• Dia - Diagram Editor
• VYM (View Your Mind) - Create mind maps.
• Typing Tutor - touch typing training tool.
• Klavaro - Typing tutorial game



Games

• Sudoko
• Solitaire
• Graph Theory Tool
• Xaos - Fractal Generator
• Mahjongg