STEM Activities for Kids
Oxford’s Library Portal​
Includes a Research portal with World Book Encyclopedia/Enciclopedia Estudiantil and other tools, our Library Catalog, our Class Projects portal, Google Classroom, Games and much, much more!
Science
Explore Activities — instructions for at-home experiments from the Exploratorium
Do Science — kits, toys, games, community resources and more from the Lawrence Hall of Science
Explore Science — a window into the scientific collections of Cal Academy of Science
nature trips | hiking | biking | exploring | cooking
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Technology
Typing Club — from Berkeley Unified School District
Code.org | LightBot | Kodable (app only) | Tynker
Engineering
Cool Mom Tech: 3 Best Online Engineering Resources for Kids
build a treehouse | take something apart | sew
Math
Sites to which Oxford Students have Subscriber Access
Front Row (instead of SplashMath for 3rd & 4th graders) — ask your technology or classroom teacher for your student user ID and password
SplashMath.com (we are in the process of deciding whether or not to continue this subscription for 2nd graders) — ask your technology or classroom teacher for your student user ID and password
ALEKS (Assessment and LEarning in Knowledge Spaces) — the school uses this program after school for identified 5th grade students who need more math support; if your child is part of this program, contact Lauren Morrison for student login and password.
Other Sites
Arcademics | Dream Box
Khan Academy — mostly math, mapped to the Common Core
Apps
Dragon Box | Motion Math | Operation Math
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Games
Chocolate Fix | Qwirkle | Rush Hour | Set
Battleship | Blokus | Checkers | Chess | Dominoes
Mancala/Kalah | Mastermind | Spot It | Yahtzee
building blocks | puzzles | card games | dice games | money
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Puzzle books
Mousematics | Family Math (in English and Spanish, by Lawrence Hall of Science)
KenKen | logic puzzles | mazes | origami | sudoku
Links
Immigrant Family Resources | Recursos Familiares de Inmigrantes
BUSD’s Resource Page for Immigrant Families | Página de recursos de BUSD para familias inmigrantes
Immigrant Rights Under Trump | Derechos de los inmigrantes bajo Trump
What Immigrants Can Expect and Do Now | Lo que los inmigrantes pueden esperar y hacer ahora
Local Immigrants Rights Organizations (Organizaciones locales para los derechos de los inmigrantes)
Berkeley Public Schools
Berkeley Unified School District website
BUSD Departments | Phone Directory | eNews
K–12 Calendar 2016–17 | Lunch Menu Calendar 2016–17
Meals and Nutrition Info
EZSchoolPay.com — Add to your child’s lunch money account
Attendance FAQ | Family Guides To Report Cards
Parent-Student Handbook 2016–17 | PDF version
BUSD School Board | Board Members
Board Meeting Dates & Materials | Meetings Video Stream
Berkeley Public Schools Fund | Become A Berkeley Schools Volunteer
Curriculum Info
Common Core State Standards Initiative
BUSD Common Core Math Resource Page and a 2014 presentation
Math at Home ~ Matemáticas en la Casa
Parent Resources
MindShift: Three Tips to Focus Parent-Teacher Conferences On Creating a Partnership
Berkeley Parents Network: Advice
New York Public Library’s Best of the Web: Parenting Sites
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Parent and Teacher Advocacy
BALSA: Berkeley Advanced Learner Support and Advocacy Community
Zinn Education Project: Teaching #BlackLivesMatter
Teaching Tolerance: “Teaching About Race, Racism and Police Violence”
Rethinking Schools: “Building the School-to-Justice Pipeline”
Testing
Smarter Balance Assessment (SBA) practice tests
California Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Data | California API Test Data
Local Interest
Berkeley Public Library
Discover & Go — Free passes from the library to Bay Area museums, zoos, etc.
The Lawrence Hall of Science — Free admission for 4 with EBT card & photo id!
California Academy of Science | Exploratorium
Tilden Regional Park | Oakland Zoo
Fitzgerald Marine Reserve Tidepools at Moss Beach
Berkeley Parents Network: Activities & Places to Go
City of Berkeley