Overview of CK-12 Resources
CK-12 has free resources for students, parents,
teachers, schools, and districts. Take a closer
look at everything CK-12 offers.
CK-12 FlexBooks® are fully customizable digital books which offer the best content for your students.
Each CK-12 FlexBook® is:
- standards-aligned
- fully customizable
- ready to be localized for students using relevant examples
- viewable on ANY device: desktop, laptop, Chromebook, tablet, or smartphone
- available offline using mobile apps and Chrome browsers
CK-12’s Concept Pages offer a wide variety of STEM content allowing students to “learn it their way” and teachers to “teach it their way.”
Concept-based learning offers:
- multiple modalities: lessons, videos, interactives, real world applications, study guides, and adaptive practice
- content at Basic, At Grade, and Advanced levels
- concepts spanning multiple courses
- Easy ways to address different learning styles
CK-12’s Adaptive Practice helps students learn in a way never before imaginable. Using machine learning, students practice, learn, and fill in their knowledge gaps.
CK-12’s Adaptive Practice works by:
- selecting individualized questions from CK-12’s library of over 150,000 questions
- offering questions at a lower level, or from a prerequisite concept, if a student is struggling
- advancing the student to the next concept if they’re getting questions correct
- suggesting personalized CK-12 content based on a student’s need
- showing student progress in the Dashboard
CK-12’s PLIX Interactives and Simulations enable students to experience concepts in a new and exciting way. Concepts come alive as students explore and interact with them.
PLIX
- These interactives have students “Play, Learn, Interact, and eXplore” a single concept
- CK-12 has 1,200 math and science interactives
- Each PLIX offers:
– a simple exploration of a single concept
– follow up questions with hints
– open discussion questions for higher-level thinking
– links to online discussions and relevant materials
Simulations
- CK-12 has over 100 Physics and Chemistry Simulations
- Each Simulation is:
– built upon everyday examples, not laboratory models
– equipped with interactive sliders and responsive graphs
– aligned to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
– downloadable to your device for offline use (Free App)
CK-12’s Classes allow teachers to assign and monitor student learning and progress. They can be set up for the entire class or differentiated groups to get students the personalized content they need.
CK-12 Classes are:
- teacher-directed
- for a whole class or smaller, differentiated groups to personalize learning
- a way to give assignments to specific groups, including:
– lessons
– interactives
– videos
– adaptive practice
The CK-12 Cafe is a place for the community to share thoughts and advice. From students getting help on homework to teachers sharing about the classroom, these forums are all about ideas.
Student forums provide a platform to:
- get homework help
- answer questions from other students, teachers, and experts
- explore CK-12’s Questions of the Week
- pose “I wonder” questions
Teacher forums provide a platform to:
- discuss CK-12 resources in the classroom
- extend learning from the Certified Educator Program
- connect with local teachers and administrators in the specific state forums
CK-12 facilitates integration with a variety of Single Sign-On (SSO) and Learning Management System (LMS) partners, including Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology, Clever, ItsLearning, Edmodo, Blackboard, and ClassLink.
For more information on any of these CK-12 resources, see our Help Center