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Help millions of children keep learning with just 15 minutes!
By reading a passage aloud you can help children across the nation access valuable science knowledge and grow as readers.
The American Museum of Natural History and ReadWorks have collaborated to bring world-class science texts from the Museum to students across the country. Providing these texts read aloud by a real person has many benefits, especially as students continue to miss out on learning experiences like full-time, in-person school and field trips. Read-alouds:
The Museum and ReadWorks will make your recording available for the 17+ million students accessing these texts across our digital platforms. All it requires is a smartphone, an internet connection, a quiet space, and your most expressive reading voice!
The American Museum of Natural History and ReadWorks have collaborated to bring world-class science texts from the Museum to students across the country. Providing these texts read aloud by a real person has many benefits, especially as students continue to miss out on learning experiences like full-time, in-person school and field trips. Read-alouds:
- grow students’ knowledge and vocabulary;
- support access to complex texts while learning at home; and
- expose students to a model of fluent reading.
The Museum and ReadWorks will make your recording available for the 17+ million students accessing these texts across our digital platforms. All it requires is a smartphone, an internet connection, a quiet space, and your most expressive reading voice!
How to Record Your Audio Passage
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Read the full instructions on recording and submitting audio.
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Sign up as a volunteer to access list. Put your name in the "Claimed" column once you have chosen.
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Sign into ReadWorks to view the passage, using the preset volunteer login.
Username: [email protected] Password: audiodrive2020 |
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Record the passage as a WAV file. Refer to the instructions as a guide. Note: Please look up any pronunciations of unfamiliar or tricky words in the passage - we cannot use recordings with incorrect pronunciations!
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Upload the recording using this drive and mark the recording as complete in the Google Sheet under "Completed & Submitted" column. Make sure the file name includes the title of the passage.
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THANK YOU.
You are making a difference in the lives of millions of children.
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Share your volunteer experienceTake a picture or video reading your passage and post it to social media. Tag @ReadWorks, @AMNH, and #AudioforGood |
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More about ReadWorks & The American Museum of Natural History |
ReadWorks is a nonprofit using world-class technology to help over
1.2 million teachers and 17 million students annually by improving how reading is taught and learned.
The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions. Since its founding in 1869, the Museum has advanced its global mission to discover, interpret, and disseminate information about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe through a wide-ranging program of scientific research, education, and exhibition.
For the past 6 years, ReadWorks and the American Museum of Natural History have worked togethere to bring world-class science content from the Museum into classrooms across the nation to support science-based literacy.
The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions. Since its founding in 1869, the Museum has advanced its global mission to discover, interpret, and disseminate information about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe through a wide-ranging program of scientific research, education, and exhibition.
For the past 6 years, ReadWorks and the American Museum of Natural History have worked togethere to bring world-class science content from the Museum into classrooms across the nation to support science-based literacy.
