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NASA Space Place
Games, crafts, stories, animations, and activities that make space and Earth science approachable for kids.
OLogy: Science Website for Kids
Museum science activities, games, stories, videos, and hands-on projects for curious kids.
NASA Kids Science
NASA’s child-friendly Earth and space science hub with games, videos, activities, articles, and multilingual links.
American Museum of Natural History Learn & Teach
Family programs, OLogy science activities, educator materials, virtual field trips, and museum learning from AMNH.
ESA Climate Detectives
ESA and ESERO’s Climate Detectives programme guides children ages 5–13 through Earth-related activities, evidence collection, investigations, galleries, and badges.
NOAA Education Resource Collections
Ocean, weather, climate, marine life, freshwater, and Earth science collections with activities and educator resources.
Nature Lab
The Nature Conservancy’s youth curriculum platform with virtual field trips, family guides, lesson plans, and hands-on nature activities.
Natural History Museum LA Family Activities
Dinosaur crafts, nature journals, games, scavenger hunts, and family science activities from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
EPA Environmental Games and Activities
Environmental games, quizzes, videos, activity books, and hands-on learning ideas from the U.S. EPA.
USGS Educational Resources
Natural science lessons, activities, maps, podcasts, videos, and data resources from the U.S. Geological Survey.
NOAA Education
Ocean, weather, climate, and Earth science activities, lessons, and resources from NOAA.
Yosemite Virtual Junior Ranger
Yosemite National Park’s Junior Ranger page combines a free handbook, an adapted companion guide, virtual English and Spanish activity worksheets, ranger drawing projects, and nature-learning links.
U.S. Botanic Garden Field Trip Experiences
The U.S. Botanic Garden offers free self-guided, instructor-led, and virtual field trips from Pre-K through high school, with plant-science lessons aligned to Next Generation Science Standards.
AMNH Science Investigations Summer Program
The American Museum of Natural History Science Investigations Summer Program gives learners entering Kindergarten through grade 5 week-long hands-on science experiences with museum educators, collections, exhibits, scientists, and live animals.
NOAA Ocean Service for Students
Free ocean science tutorials about corals, tides, currents, coastal pollution, estuaries, and navigation from NOAA.
Science.gc.ca Educational Resources
Free science activities, experiments, videos, lesson plans, and activity books for children and teens from the Government of Canada.
RSPB Wild Challenge for Families
Free family nature activities that build observation, wildlife-care, and outdoor science skills through awards and challenges.
Field Museum Learning Resources
Family-friendly lesson plans, activities, games, and collection-based learning from the Field Museum.
California Academy of Sciences Education & Learning
Science lessons, activities, field trips, games, videos, and family learning from the California Academy of Sciences.
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Education Resources
Animal, plant, and wildlife conservation learning resources with activities, live cams, videos, and age-based lessons.
National Trust 50 Things to Do Before You’re 11¾
A nature and outdoor-learning challenge with 50 activities including den building, wildlife spotting, stargazing, wild art, and safe adventure ideas.
U.S. Botanic Garden On-Site Activity Resources
The U.S. Botanic Garden’s plant passports and field journals turn a family or school visit into a guided investigation of plant parts, food plants, native plants, sustainability, and plant collections.
Elachee Nature Science Center
A nature and science center with a large preserve, animal and ecology learning, camps, homeschool programs, and hands-on family discovery.
Exploratorium
Museum-backed science learning with hands-on activities, Science Snacks, tinkering projects, videos, and teaching tools.
Science Learning Hub
New Zealand science learning resources with articles, activities, videos, experiments, and teacher support for school-age learners.
Monterey Bay Aquarium Crafts & Printables
Ocean-themed crafts, coloring pages, stencils, drawing activities, and printable learning projects for children.
EPA Students
Free K–12 environmental homework help, games, quizzes, videos, lesson plans, and project ideas from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Australian Museum Kids
Free kids activities, science programs, exhibitions, and family learning from the Australian Museum in Sydney.
Natural History Museum London Family Activities
Family activities, dinosaur discoveries, nature learning, and hands-on science ideas from London’s Natural History Museum.
Leap into Science
Open-ended science activities paired with children’s books for young learners and families from The Franklin Institute.
Field Museum Visiting with Kids
Family museum visits, adventure guides, and hands-on natural history experiences at Chicago’s Field Museum.
CU Museum Family Activities
Free science, nature, art, and family activities from the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History.
Eden Project Learning
Nature, sustainability, science, and school learning resources from the Eden Project in Cornwall.
Zooniverse Education
Classroom-friendly citizen science projects with research participation, educator resources, and a dedicated schools route for ages 9-12.
Ask A Biologist
Arizona State University biology stories, games, activities, videos, podcasts, and selected Spanish learning resources for curious children.
The Nat Learn and Explore
Natural history lesson plans, online activities, family projects, community science, and nature learning from the San Diego Natural History Museum.
Project Learning Tree
Environmental education activities, family projects, lesson plans, and forest literacy resources for preschool through grade 12.
Auckland Zoo Education Resources
Free animal, conservation, nature, and science learning resources with age-separated lesson plans, videos, experiments, and activity packs.
Museum Wales Family Learning at Home
Museum activities for families, from dinosaur nests and bee hotels to crafts, nature projects, toddler play, and Minecraft.
NYBG At Home for Kids & Families
Plant science, nature observation, gardening, art, recipes, videos, and lesson ideas from the New York Botanical Garden.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Children's Garden Activities
Nature projects, games, recipes, crafts, and videos from Brooklyn Botanic Garden for children and families.
KidsGardening Resource Library
Gardening activities, lesson plans, growing guides, nature projects, and family learning resources for children.
Bell Museum Activities for Kids
Science activities, videos, field journals, astronomy challenges, ecology projects, and nature observation for children.
Science Oxford Centre
A hands-on science centre with an Exploration Zone, woodland, ponds, family days, STEM clubs, and science activities for children.
NASA at Home: For Kids and Families
NASA’s family collection of space and Earth-science activities, videos, crafts, coloring resources, and age-banded student materials for learning together at home.
NASA Science at Home
NASA’s Science at Home collection brings together online, hands-on, outdoor, citizen-science, and age-banded activities, with multilingual learning routes for students and families.
AMNH Discovery Room
A hands-on American Museum of Natural History learning space where children can explore animals, fossils, minerals, and earth science through guided and drop-in activities.
Raspberry Pi Code Club Projects
More than 200 free step-by-step coding and creative-technology projects covering Scratch, Python, web development, AI, physical computing, nature, music, art, and science.
NOAA Boulder Kids Corner
NOAA Boulder’s Kids Corner offers at-home experiments, weather-safety learning, Ask a Scientist videos, coloring books, and downloadable activities covering weather, oceans, and space weather.
LPI Explore Space Science Activities
The Lunar and Planetary Institute’s Explore collection provides hands-on space science activities for children and pre-teens in libraries, camps, museums, planetariums, clubs, and family programs.
NOAA Discover Your Changing World Activity Book
NOAA’s official climate activity book gives students and educators hands-on activities for exploring climate change, evidence, observations, and actions connected with a changing world.
RSPB Big Schools’ Birdwatch 2027
The RSPB Big Schools’ Birdwatch invites schools to observe birds on their grounds, build data skills and submit results to a national picture of school-ground wildlife.
Science News Explores
Accessible science news, explainers, experiments, and stories for readers from middle school onward.
Aquarium of the Pacific
Family-friendly ocean learning with animal exhibits, hands-on programs, conservation stories, and children’s educational activities.
Science World
A Vancouver science centre with hands-on exhibits, live shows, family programs, digital learning, and educator resources.
Science First Class
Free spoken and interactive science learning adventures for children, with lessons about evidence, nature, matter, motion, and space.
Research Quest
Interactive science investigations from the Natural History Museum of Utah that help middle-school learners examine real-world questions.
Audubon for Kids
Bird and nature activities, games, coloring pages, and family learning ideas from the National Audubon Society.
Kids in Parks
Free outdoor adventures, TRACK Trail activities, e-Adventures, brochures, and nature challenges that help families explore parks together.
Wildlife Watch
Nature activities, quizzes, spotting sheets, awards, and wildlife projects that help children discover and care for animals and habitats.
Science North
Museum-backed science learning with exhibits, family science, school resources, and hands-on discovery from Science North in Northern Ontario.
Science Friday Educational Resources
Science activities, games, experiments, and explainers from Science Friday for curious learners, families, and educators.
Discovery Education Virtual Field Trips
Free virtual field trips and DE Docs that take K-12 learners to real places and topics with educator guides and hands-on activities.
MBARI Science at Home
Ocean science and deep-sea learning resources, articles, videos, and activities from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.
New England Aquarium Educational Resources
Ocean activities, animal observations, conservation projects, and classroom resources from the New England Aquarium.
Chicago Botanic Garden Family Activity Guide
Nature-inspired family activities for planting, science, art, wildlife observation, outdoor learning, and cooking.
Garden Museum Families
Nature, art, and garden activities for children and grown-ups, including trails, explorer backpacks, toddler sessions, and family workshops.
Royal Alberta Museum Children's Gallery
A playful gallery for children six and under with objects, tools, sensory areas, digging, building, and imaginative exploration.
Oxford University Museum of Natural History Families
Family activities, crafts, events, and child-friendly discovery at Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
SciShow Kids YouTube
SciShow Kids answers children’s questions about animals, nature, science, technology, and the world with friendly explanations.
Curieux de sciences
A French science podcast for ages 7–12 from the National Museum of Natural History and Bayard Jeunesse, where children investigate questions about life, humans, and Earth with museum scientists.
NASA Mission: Biomes
An interactive NASA Earth-science mission where children investigate climate, plants, animals, and world biomes, then complete graph-matching and plant-placement challenges.
NASA Earth Observatory for Kids
A NASA digital magazine collection for young learners aged 9–14, combining Earth-observation stories with downloadable hands-on activities about satellites, climate, land, water, and weather.
Discover Your World With NOAA
NOAA’s official activity book for educators and students offers hands-on activities that connect ocean, Earth, weather, and environmental science with curiosity and observation.
Carbon Cycle Caper
A Science Museum Group climate-science activity that helps learners investigate the carbon cycle and think about how carbon moves through Earth systems.
Wildlife Watch Activities
Wildlife Watch’s activities library provides nature crafts, wildlife investigations, spotter sheets, colouring pages and outdoor projects for children.
Kids Doing Science
Science games, at-home experiments, videos, and research explanations from New York University researchers.
Early Science Matters
Free hands-on science activities, lesson plans, videos, and expert guidance for children from birth through age five.
Year in Nature
Free nature-based learning activities, guides, seasonal projects, and family resources that help children build a lasting connection with the outdoors.
Waikiki Aquarium Virtual Experiences
Free marine science videos, webcams, virtual lectures, ocean spotlights, drawing lessons, and classroom resources from Waikiki Aquarium.
Living Oceans Foundation Education
Ocean science, conservation, marine life, and classroom resources from the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation.
Topeka Zoo Education Resources
Zoo learning videos, worksheets, crafts, scavenger hunts, and coding puzzles for children and families.
Nova Scotia Museum Wee Wild Ones
Nature play for children under five with stories, puppet shows, real specimens, building, and caregiver-supported discovery.
Canadian Museum of Nature Education Resources
Museum-backed school programmes, gallery learning, workshops, and activity guides for science and natural-history learning.
Museum Wales Family Learning
Family trails, museum events, craft ideas, sensory resources, and at-home activities from the national museums of Wales.
Sacramento Zoo Education
Camps, field trips, nature explorers, home-learning videos, and family programs about animals and conservation.
San Diego Botanic Garden Youth and Family Activities
Children's gardens, nature play, seasonal family programs, exploration stations, and hands-on activities for young naturalists.
Science Friday Try This
A free archive of hands-on science and engineering challenges that help kids investigate real-world questions through experiments and making.
National Trust Best Natural Play Areas
A National Trust guide to outdoor play spaces where children can climb, swing, build dens, explore woodland, and connect with nature.
Science Max
Big, energetic science experiments and explanations from the official Scholastic Science Max channel.
Australian Museum Activities for Kids at Home
The Australian Museum’s family activity hub brings together science, nature, culture, experiments, crafts, videos, factsheets, and app-linked activities for curious kids.
10+ Things to Do with NASA at Home
NASA Science’s family article curates at-home rockets, moon-phase activities, videos, space exploration, citizen science, podcasts, ebooks, and hands-on STEM projects.
Kahaku Children’s Education
The National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo’s children’s education hub, with family exploration programs, at-home observation and craft activities, VR, worksheets, and digital science content.
Project Learning Tree: Walking in the Forest
Project Learning Tree’s Walking in the Forest collection gives families and educators easy nature activities about trees, seeds, ecosystems, forests, and seasonal observation, including a tree-identification app activity.
NASA at Home Activities
NASA’s at-home activities page collects space and Earth-science activities, projects, videos, and family learning ideas that can be explored outside a classroom.
Kids Environment Kids Health
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences’ kid-focused hub combines environmental-health science, games, stories, and activities for curious learners.
University of Alaska Museum Family Programs
The University of Alaska Museum of the North offers hands-on family learning programs and home activities connecting children with science, history, culture, art, and Alaska collections.
Aquarium of the Bay K–12 Programs
Aquarium of the Bay provides NGSS-aligned classroom programs, self-guided tours, eLearning modules, a high-school 3D Print Lab, and Project WATERS focused on San Francisco Bay conservation.
Johnson Nature Center TreeSchool
A nature-centre learning programme using forests, wetlands, wildlife, and seasonal outdoor exploration to build children’s understanding of the natural world.
US EPA Community Service Environmental Projects
EPA’s community-service collection gives students and educators ideas for watershed protection, waste reduction, recycling, composting, water monitoring, and environmental service learning.
US EPA Science Fair Environmental Projects
EPA’s science-fair page offers environmental project ideas about surface-water quality, waste reduction, reuse, and recycling for students and teachers.
COSI: Center of Science and Industry
COSI is a science center with hands-on exhibits, family learning, educator programs, and science experiences designed to make discovery active and approachable.
RHS Build a Mini Wormery
RHS Build a Mini Wormery is a free classroom activity with learning objectives, equipment, and step-by-step instructions for observing decomposition, soil life, composting, and sustainability.
Creative Science for Kids Podcast
Creative Science for Kids is an Australian science podcast for children ages 8–12 and their adults, pairing science facts, discoveries, scientist interviews, and hands-on activities with a teacher worksheet.
Denver Botanic Gardens Online Learning
Online activities, family learning ideas, plant science, nature projects, and educational resources from Denver Botanic Gardens.
Atlanta Botanical Garden Playtime
Hands-on nature play, sensory stations, stories, music, and family activities in the Children's Garden.
National Trust Family-Friendly Walks
A National Trust guide to family-friendly trails, natural play, wildlife spotting, den building, and pushchair-accessible outdoor exploration.
Exploratorium DNA Files Workshops
The Exploratorium’s DNA Files workshops provide downloadable, hands-on family and informal-education activities about DNA, evolution, genetics, and climate change.
Auckland Museum — For the Kids
A museum-backed at-home hub with interactive games, quizzes, videos, downloadable activities, science-at-home projects, and kid-friendly cultural stories.
Sciencenter Exhibits
A science museum in Ithaca with more than 250 interactive exhibits covering weather, space, engineering, animals, oceans, physics, and hands-on early learning.
Queensland Museum at Home
Queensland Museum’s free at-home collection includes science and nature activities, colouring, scavenger hunts, videos, and Little Learners projects.
University of Michigan Museum at Home
The University of Michigan Museum of Natural History’s Museum@Home collection offers science experiments, research projects, scientist demonstrations, space content, expert talks, and virtual exhibits.
Bell Museum Family Activities
The Bell Museum’s family activity collection brings together at-home experiments, story times, stargazing tips, astronomy challenges, rover activities, DNA experiments, and science videos for curious children.
Science At Home
Science Centre Singapore’s Science At Home collection offers age-banded science videos, sustainability activities, self-directed badge work, science reading, experiments, and family-friendly online programmes.
Skybrary
Skybrary by Reading Is Fundamental is an ad-free reading app for children ages 3–9 with more than 1,000 ebooks and virtual field-trip videos designed to build reading enjoyment and discovery.
CU Museum Discovery Corner
Discovery Corner is a hands-on children’s exhibit at CU Museum where young visitors can investigate fossils, Colorado animals, bones, artifacts, puzzles, puppets, and books.
Johnson Museum Kids Make Activities
Cornell’s Johnson Museum Kids Space offers creative activities inspired by artists’ processes, including collage, tree prints, mystery maps, and paper clay sculpture.
Montshire Museum of Science Online Resources
Montshire Museum of Science’s online-resources page gathers family science activities, experiments, and ways to explore science at home.
Community Science Podcast For Kids
The Children’s Hour Community Science episode introduces children to citizen and community science, with a free learning guide and practical ideas for observing local habitats, collecting data and contributing to scientific research.
NASA Experiments in Space
NASA Experiments in Space is a NASA Science kids hub that introduces space experiments and points families toward Space Place, StarChild, Camp Landsat, EO Kids, and Mission: Biomes.
National Park Service Kids
A gateway to Junior Ranger badges, citizen science, camps, service projects, and outdoor learning across U.S. national parks.
Weather Education
Free weather experiments, curriculum, and science learning activities from the National Weather Museum.
Weather Wiz Kids
Meteorologist Crystal Wicker explains weather, natural disasters, experiments, and climate topics in a child-friendly science resource.
South Australian Museum Discovery Centre
The Discovery Centre is a hands-on museum learning space where families can explore fossils, specimens, microscopes, and science activities.
Oregon Coast Aquarium Virtual Programs
Oregon Coast Aquarium offers live virtual programs including Shark Talk, Marine Storytime, Plankton Investigation, enrichment design, and career exploration for school groups.
SEA LIFE Sydney Virtual Aquarium
SEA LIFE Sydney’s virtual aquarium hub combines keeper streams, activity sheets, craft activities, downloadables, and family wildlife challenges.
Arludo
A free STEM platform where children ages 8–12 explore science through learning islands, experiments, games, challenges, scientist stories, and career pathways.
Tinkercast Science Podcast for Kids
Tinkercast’s official science podcast hub brings together curious-question audio shows and kid-friendly science storytelling, including Wow in the World and related family listening from the Tinkercast network.
Physics Girl
Physics experiments, demonstrations, puzzles, and space videos hosted by science communicator Dianna Cowern.
Science.gc.ca Activity Books
The Government of Canada’s Science.gc.ca Activity Books collection offers free science games, experiments, and activities assembled from Canadian departments and agencies for different age groups and skill levels.
Nova Scotia Nature Learning & Play Space
A government nature-learning and play resource that encourages children and families to explore outdoor environments through play, observation, and hands-on discovery.
Thought Zoo
A voice-friendly animal deduction game for ages 6–12 that builds questioning, habitat knowledge, and spoken English or Croatian practice.
Friends of the Earth Nature Activities for Kids
Friends of the Earth offers free printable nature and eco activities for children, including wildlife observation, nature crafts, tree activities and planet-friendly projects.
Science Kids
Fun science facts, experiments, projects, games, videos, and quizzes for elementary and middle-grade learners.
SmarterEveryDay
Curiosity-driven science and engineering videos that investigate how the world works through experiments and observation.
Imagine This
An ABC Kids listen science podcast that turns children’s questions about animals, nature, bodies, and everyday phenomena into imaginative investigations with scientists.
What If Kids
What If Kids is a curriculum-based science program for grades 1–4, using animated episodes, real-world science questions, and simple activities children can try at home.
ClearWater Kids
ClearWater Kids is an interactive nature-learning website from the Ontario Water Centre with games, videos, trading cards, experiments, challenges, curriculum-linked resources, and prompts to explore the outdoors.
Museum of Solutions
Mumbai’s Museum of Solutions is a large hands-on learning space where children explore STEAM, sustainability, design, systems thinking, and real-world challenges through exhibits and programmes.
Hong Kong Nature & Outdoor Education
This official Hong Kong project promotes children’s connection with nature and outdoor environmental education through research, school activities, public campaigns, online resources, and family-friendly nature learning.
Science4Us
An elementary science curriculum and activity platform with lessons, investigations, resources, and teacher support for young learners.