For Teachers
In addition to our Children’s, Young Adult, & Professional collections, ORLA offers many other resources for teachers. Additional resources include STEM Kits, Virtual Programs, Digital Resource offerings, & school outreach opportunities.
STEM KITS in the classroom
Free to borrow, easy to use, & making your next lesson awesome.
- All
- Coding & Robotics
- Natural Sciences
- Math
- Physics
- Literacy
- Art & Gaming
Makey Makey
Turn the whole world into a keyboard. It’s a simple Invention Kit for Beginners or Experts doing art, engineering, and everything in between.
Google Cardboard
Cardboard Virtual Reality (VR) Headset with head strap, compatible with 3.5″-6″ smart phones. Download the Google cardboard app onto your smartphone and slide your phone into the VR headset to unlock all kinds of VR fun!
Pandemic Board Game
As skilled members of a disease-fighting team, you must keep four deadly diseases at bay while discovering their cures. You and your teammates will travel across the globe, treating infections while finding resources for cures. You must work as a team to succeed. "Pandemic" is a cooperative game, all players win or lose together.
Ozobots
Ozobots are desk-friendly coding robots that come with infinite ways to create, learn, and share.
Spheros
Sphero is a robot ball with several features that can be controlled through mobile apps, including
computer programs that students can build.
The Oregon Trail Card Game
This collaborative game simulates a trip over The Oregon Trail in 1847. You are all now part of a wagon party that is attempting to make the treacherous 2,040 mile journey from Independence, Missouri to Willamette Valley, Oregon - if you can make it alive.
programs in the classroom
Completely virtual. Always accessible.
digital resources in the classroom
Use our free offerings in your curriculum.
librarians in the classroom
Request a visit from one of our libraries.