Are you looking for middle school curriculum apps, tools, and resources that you can use with your students? If so, we have you covered. Check out our list below. Let us know if there are any that we missed.

Pearl Diver– With this app, you explore famous shipwrecks and submerged ruins for pearls, and you might find the highly sought black pearl. However, always look out for the pesky electric eel. It is suitable for children in grades three through eight (upper elementary and middle school students). It covers the Common Core Standards relevant to the number line and number properties. Pearl Diver was designed by math tutors, researchers, and game developers at the Learning Games Lab, New Mexico State University.

ST Math – If your school or district is moving away from standard math memorization and drills, ST Math is a resource that can help students explore and build a conceptual understanding of how math works. Students build problem-solving skills by working at their own pace through over 200 visually stimulating games. ST Math always begins by teaching concepts visually, then connects those visuals to symbols and language. This method ensures that all students, regardless of language ability or skill level, can access important new concepts. ST Math is standards-based and has content available for students in Pre-K through middle school. There is also a special section just for homeschooled students.

Curriculum Engine – This is a revolutionary intelligent curriculum editing and design platform initially developed for high school mathematics. The Curriculum Engine platform automates the process of tailoring resources to meet the specific needs of teachers, classes, and students and allows an educator to define and build coherent standards-aligned courses easily. The platform works with leading learning management and student information systems or on a standalone basis to edit, author, and deliver rich personalized mathematics content. It has an unlimited capacity to build courses that any district or teacher needs, from core instruction and credit or content recovery to test preparation.

Brilliant– This website represents an online community of scholars who share and solve problems in subjects such as computer science, math, and science. The goal is to help students build quantitative skills in math, science, and computer science by using fun and challenging interactive explorations. Brilliant guides students through problem-solving strategies and challenges them to think outside the box.

LearnZIllion– LearnZillion is a comprehensive curriculum for math, English, and language arts. It includes resources, analytics, and teaching guides. Individual teachers may use it for free, but a membership fee is required if the app is deployed across a school district. Not only does this app include learning material, but it also offers complimentary and supplemental resources such as videos to supplement the learning experience.

Study Island – Study Island is an all-in-one practice website for students to work on literacy, math, science, and social studies skills. It is built specifically around state standards, so regardless of your school’s location, you can rest assured that the content and practice provided on the website will align with your classroom teaching. Study Island is a great tool to use for high stakes testing preparation and provides real-time progress monitoring for teachers and parents. Beyond simple practice, Study Island can also be incorporated into classroom lessons for formative assessment and differentiation. It even allows teachers to import NWEA MAP assessment information for individual students and calculates a targeted learning path to fill in knowledge gaps!

IXL Learning– IXL Learning has been proven to be effective in providing comprehensive, curriculum-based math and English language arts content for kindergarten to grade 12. It also provides an immersive learning experience in science, math, language arts, and social studies for K-12. It produces real results, which is why it is trusted by top teachers and presently used by The Elite 100.

Big Seed– Formerly available only in schools, JiJi, the penguin makes its public debut! The objective of the game is to unfold the colored seed tiles to fit perfectly into all the empty cells. This is a MIND Research Math Curriculum to be completed by second graders.