What's New in SAFARI Montage

• CK-12 Foundation Weblinks Package - Over 19,000 high-quality free STEM resource links.  These concept-based OERs include videos, Flexbooks, interactive simulations and animations, assessment activities and real world applications for over 5,000 K-12 Math and Science concepts. Grades K-12. *Access to this content via SAFARI Montage search requires v7.1.

 

• Bozeman Science Video Links - 202 web links to secondary biology, chemistry and physics videos from highly-accomplished educator and YouTube Edu Guru, Paul Andersen. Hosted on YouTube. Grades 9-A.

 

• Art with Mati & Dada Video Links - 38 web links to videos where Mati and her sidekick, Dada, go on exciting adventures to learn about art from masters such as George Seurat, Leonardo da Vinci, Man Ray, Dorothea Lange and more. Hosted on YouTube. Grades K-4.

 

• Storyline Online Video Links - 39 web links to videos in which celebrated actors such as Kevin Costner, Annette Bening and James Earl Jones read children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Hosted on YouTube. Grades PreK-3.

 

• ConnectEd Video Links  - 51 web links to Day in the Life videos featuring professionals speaking candidly about their career choices and challenges. Hosted on YouTube. Grades 7-Adult.

 

• National Geographic Kids Video Links - 26 web links to videos featuring Barry the Bald Eagle, who flies across the United States to meet state birds and learn about the history, nature, and favorite attractions in each state. Hosted on YouTube. PreK-5.

 

• World Language Instruction Video Links - 217 web links to engaging French, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese and Latin language instruction videos. Hosted on YouTube. Grades 6-Adult.

 

• Lit2Go Web Links - 367 web links to full audio readings and complete transcripts of classic literature, poetry, science essays and historical documents. Titles include The Red Badge of Courage, The Scarlet Letter, Common Sense, Poems of Emily Dickinson and more. Grades K-Adult.

 

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art Digital Resources - Includes 100 paintings, drawings and photographs from master artists including Rembrandt, Johannes Vermeer, John Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer, Alfred Stieglitz, Goya, Caravaggio and more. Grades 5-Adult.

 

• Victorian Illustrated Shakespeare Archive - 81 images from illustrated editions of Shakespeare’s Complete Works. Grades 7-Adult.

 

• The Citizen Genius Project Web Links  - 22 web links to videos covering United States government, elections, politics and history. Topics include: gerrymandering, Congressional redistricting, the Electoral College and more.

 
UPDATES TO EXISTING OER/FREE PACKAGES

• Khan Academy Web Links
  • Number of Assets – 1061 new; 3,413 total
  • Description - New additions include web links to Pixar in a Box computer animation videos and lessons, and computer programming and computer science videos and lessons. Other topics include: physics, biology, elementary math, geometry, trigonometry, American civics, finance, art, architecture and sample SAT reading, writing and math questions.

 

• TED-Ed Web Links Content Package
  • Number of Assets – 246 new; 858 total
  • Description - Includes web links to fascinating TED Talks and TED-Ed videos spanning all subjects. Recently updated to include 246 new web links, including “What Makes a Hero?” “The Genius of Marie Curie” and “What's so Great About the Great Lakes?” Hosted on YouTube.

 

• Harry Kindergarten Music Web Links Content Package
  • Number of Assets – 15 new; 77 total
  • Description - Links to science, math, social studies and English language arts music videos. Topics include: character education, states of matter, seasons, following directions, counting, addition and subtraction, the calendar, bullying, spelling, fire safety and more.

 

• Teaching Channel Web Links Content Package
  • Number of Assets – 83 new; 337 total
  • Description - Inspiring and effective Common Core, Next Generation Science and digital literacy teaching practice videos. Topics include student motivation, essay structure, vocabulary development, literacy in physics, fractions, multiplication, counting, using Common Core language, evaluating arguments, assessing and analyzing texts, technology in the classroom, the dangers of technology and more.

 

• PhET Interactive Simulations Content Package
  • Number of Assets – 18 new, 46 total
  • Description – Interactive simulations covering math and science topics, including multiplication, probability, area, functions, graphing, forces, energy, states of matter, atomic structure, chemical reactions and acid-base chemistry.

 

• National Archives Digital Resources Content Package
  • Number of Assets – 16 new, 270 total
  • Description - Presents the 100 Milestone Documents compiled by the National Archives and Records Administration which chronicle United States history from 1776 to 1965, political cartoons dating from 1774 to 1949 and 24 analysis worksheets.

 

• NOAA Digital Resources
  • Number of Assets – 159 new, 861 total
  • Description – includes 702 photographs and 159 videos of weather-related phenomena such as types of clouds and storms from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).