Free Educational Resources to Help You Learn from Home
The USU STARS! UP program is growing a list of free resources to help you stay connected, educated, and informed during this time at home. There are countless products and tools available. We have compiled a short curated list to assist the many and varied needs you have at school, home, and in your professional life.
Reliable, free and low cost internet or computers are available for students and families that qualify
Free tutoring and college advising via text via Student Success Agency
Virtual Campus Tours give an overview of most Utah campuses with links on how to apply
Educators and students in the GEAR UP community have shown resilience and flexibility. Since our schools are all at various stages of engagement in learning, we realized that your needs may have changed. With this in mind, we have reviewed and revised our original set of free resources to reflect the more selective needs of the USU STARS! GEAR UP community in 2021.
This list is not an endorsement of products and services, but rather a clearinghouse of information to provide you with a starting point for a few of the many resources available. We are starting this list with the basics, such as reliable free internet services for students and families that qualify.
Students & Families
- ACT - Academy offers free videos, games, interactive exercises and more
- Audible - free audiobooks for Pre-K - 12
- CrashCourse - Educational videos covering AP high school curriculum
- Scratch - create stories, games, and animation
- Typing club - learn to touch type
- VR Field Trips - explore the world
College Readiness
- Becomeopedia - career exploration tool
- Careeronestop - source for career videos & exploration
- CHEGG Career Center - explore careers, salary information, and short videos
- Codecademy - teaching web and app development, and data science
- Khan Academy - self-paced exercises in grade- and subject-specific areas
- Remote Internships - for high school students
- Schmoop - Test prep, essay help, study guides
- Virtual Campus Tours - How to make the most of virtual tours
Scholarships
- 175 Scholarships for College
- Browse Scholarships
- Scholarships By School Year
- STEPS Scholarships & Resources for Minority Students
- Student Scholarships
- Tuition Funding Sources
- Utah Opportunity Scholarship
Schools & Teachers
- AVID Open Access - free lesson plans and teaching resources
- BLM At School - curriculum, including lesson plans and other resources
- Canva for Education - free access to the pro edition online design platform
- Google Classroom - an online platform for learning
- Kahoot - online engagement through games
- Mentimeter - create interactive presentations and meetings
- National Education Association (NEA) - strategies and tools for educators
- National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) - free science resources
- Remote Learning 2021 - Updated free resource list
- Science Curriculum - collections from the American Museum of Natural History
- Slack - remote team communication and tools
- TEDed - online resources, customizable lessons, and tools
- Texas Instruments (TI) - free app and computer software
- UNESCO - distance learning resouces
- Virtual Materials Camps - for teachers and students from ASM Educ. Foundation
GEAR UP Professionals via NCCEP
- Career & College Clubs - activities for college and career learning
- NCCEP Online Resource List, - more resources from the GEAR UP community
- Study Lab - online learning courses for GEAR UP professionals
We welcome your feedback and ask that you share any resources that you find useful with us as well, so that we can grow our list and help our community members. Please check back often as we hope to continue to update this list as more resources become available.