Welcome Grades 6-8

Welcome Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Graders

Get ready to dive into a world of imagination, discovery, and play!

The SBCEO Digital Learning Portal brings together lots of different resources that will inspire you to imagine and learn in new ways.

Whether you're looking for new ways to research, for videos that are actually fun to watch, to learn more about our Santa Barbara County resources and community, to code, or even to explore fascinating science experiments, our collection offers a so many different resources to suit your style. Not only will they keep your private information safe, they will take your curiosities to new heights.

Adobe Express

Make amazing work that stands out with your own imagination and generative AI powered by Adobe Firefly. Design flyers, animated images, digital graphics, and videos with the new, all-in-one Adobe Express. Create easier. Dream bigger.

Alexander Street

Alexander Street Performing Arts Collection is a truly remarkable and diverse collection of music, dance and theatre content, covering hundreds of genres and a wide range of content types. Leading content providers include the L.A. Theatre Works, National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Qwest TV, Smithsonian, Broadway On-Demand, PBS, and many more.

Britannica Escolar

Check out interesting articles and videos in Spanish! Learn about people, places, nature, history, and more. You can look through different topics or search for exactly what you want to know.

Britannica School Middle

Explore articles, pictures, and videos about cool people, places, animals, art, and more! Plus, find special maps you can use to discover facts about different states and countries.

Canva

Canva is an online design and visual communication platform with a mission to empower everyone in the world to design anything and publish anywhere. Using expertly-designed templates, you can tell your own creative story in minutes!

Chrome Music Lab

Find different ways to visualize sound, rhythm, and pitch. Explore the art and science behind music with experimental games. Even create and save your own songs!

Code Club World

Code Club World helps you make cool stuff while learning to code, with free coding games and activities for creative learning like you to explore. Code your own character, design a T-shirt, learn to make digital games and art, and create some music.

CODE.org

Make your own apps, games, and webpages all while discovering the power of computer science concepts, discoveries, and leaders. Learn the fundamentals of coding with self-paced courses inside this Code.org collection of resources and more.

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.

✴ Learn more about Zora Neal Hurston in Britannica School or Britannica Escolar.

IMAGE SOURCE: “Zora Neale Hurston.” Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 15 Jun. 2023. school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Zora-Neale-Hurston/311769. Accessed 21 Sep. 2023.

QUOTE SOURCE:

Fisher // February 4, Sarah. “17 Research Quotes to Inspire and Amuse You.” Qualtrics, 14 Aug. 2023, www.qualtrics.com/blog/research-quotes/.

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Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.

Zora Neal Hurston