Student Learning Resources
A curated shelf of the best free learning platforms and video channels — organized by grade level and subject, so students spend time learning, not searching.
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Three Ways Students Use These Resources
Catch Up
Struggling with a topic from class? Search it on Khan Academy or CK-12, watch the short lesson, then redo the practice set until it clicks.
Get Ahead
Preview next week's chapter in 10 minutes the night before — students who preview ask better questions and remember more in class.
Go Deeper
Finished early? The high-school channels below go far beyond the textbook — from calculus visualizations to the history of life on Earth.
Six Free Platforms Worth Bookmarking
All free, ad-light, and trusted by millions of students — covering math, science, reading, writing, world languages and coding. Bookmark the ones that fit what you need.
Every subject, every grade — math is its superpower, plus science, history, economics and full SAT prep. Short videos paired with practice that adapts to you. Free and non-profit, available in Simplified Chinese, and it works in mainland China.
Free digital textbooks, practice and simulations from Grade 1 math through Calculus and Physics — plus Flexi, a free AI tutor for math and science used by 1.5 million students a month.
A free, non-profit English Language Arts library — thousands of leveled reading passages with built-in questions and vocabulary, in English and Spanish.
Free, game-like lessons in 40+ languages — including English for new international students — plus music and math. A few minutes a day builds a real habit.
A free, powerful graphing calculator and interactive math activities — watch algebra, functions and geometry come alive instead of staying flat on the page.
Free computer-science lessons from Hour of Code basics all the way to AP Computer Science — block coding for beginners, real programming for the ready. Non-profit.
These are independent free resources SHA recommends — not SHA products or partners. Logos link to each platform's official site.
The Video Library — Learn From the Best Channels
Choose your grade level, open a subject, and pick a channel — it plays right on this page. Use the playlist icon inside the player to browse every video from that channel.
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A note for parents: all channels here are educational and free, but YouTube is an open platform — for younger children we recommend watching together or enabling YouTube’s supervised experience at home.
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A note for parents: all channels here are educational and free, but YouTube is an open platform — for younger children we recommend watching together or enabling YouTube’s supervised experience at home.
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A note for parents: all channels here are educational and free, but YouTube is an open platform — for younger children we recommend watching together or enabling YouTube’s supervised experience at home.
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A note for parents: all channels here are educational and free, but YouTube is an open platform — for younger children we recommend watching together or enabling YouTube’s supervised experience at home.
University Courses — Free, Full, and Real
Complete courses from MIT, Harvard, Yale, Berkeley and CMU — the same lectures their own students attend, free to take. Pick a subject on the left — most courses play right on this page.
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These are real, complete university courses — free to audit. A motivated high schooler can finish one in a semester; even one lecture a week builds real momentum.
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These are real, complete university courses — free to audit. A motivated high schooler can finish one in a semester; even one lecture a week builds real momentum.
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These are real, complete university courses — free to audit. A motivated high schooler can finish one in a semester; even one lecture a week builds real momentum.
Competitions & Research — Test Yourself on a Bigger Stage
The academic competitions top universities actually recognize — organized by grade level and subject, each linking to its official site. Entry anyone can join · Advanced takes a season of prep · Elite nationally selective.
Still curious? The official site has rules, dates and past problems.
Still curious? The official site has rules, dates and past problems.
Still curious? The official site has rules, dates and past problems.
The Season Timeline · 2026–27
Every bar is a competition season across the school year, August to July, grouped by subject. Click any row to read its full card above. A full-year bar means rolling entry — start any time. Dates are typical; the official site always has the current year’s exact schedule.
★★★ Entry · ★★★★ Advanced · ★★★★★ Elite — bar colors match. Bars show when contests actually run; registration usually closes weeks earlier, so plan about a month ahead.
Interested in one of these? Talk to your teacher or division office — SHA faculty help students choose the right competition and prepare for it.
Famous Commencement Speeches — Life Advice From the Very Top
Twenty of the most-watched graduation speeches ever given — founders, writers, artists, leaders and champions, each sharing what they wish they had known. Pick a speaker on the left, or filter by the lesson you need today. Every talk links to its full official transcript.
Great with family: watch one speech together, then ask — which line was written for you?
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What Our Eagles Are Reading
Thirty hand-picked classics for each grade band — tap any cover and read the entire book right here, free.
Every title is in the public domain — complete texts courtesy of Project Gutenberg.