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NASA Learning Resources
NASA student and educator resources with STEM activities, missions, videos, challenges, careers, and family learning ideas.
OLogy: Science Website for Kids
Museum science activities, games, stories, videos, and hands-on projects for curious kids.
PhET Interactive Simulations
Free interactive science and math simulations from the University of Colorado Boulder, with activities for exploring ideas through play.
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.
NOAA Education Resource Collections
Ocean, weather, climate, marine life, freshwater, and Earth science collections with activities and educator resources.
JPL Education
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory STEM resources, lessons, projects, videos, and activities for K-12 learners and educators.
Canadian Space Agency Youth and Educators
Space books, experiments, digital games, printables, toolkits, and classroom ideas from the Canadian Space Agency.
Science Museum Group Learning Resources
Museum-backed science activities, experiments, objects, and downloadable learning resources for children and educators.
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.
National Archives Discovery Center
An interactive museum learning experience where children explore American democracy through games, documents, stories, and hands-on activities.
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.
NASA eClips
NASA videos and learning resources that connect space science with classroom and family STEM learning.
NOAA Education
Ocean, weather, climate, and Earth science activities, lessons, and resources from NOAA.
Te Papa Discovery Centres
Free museum discovery spaces with games, books, art activities, and hands-on learning for children and families.
Royal Institution
Science demonstrations, talks, short films, and explainers from the Royal Institution for curious older children, teens, and families.
NASA Space Place Activities
NASA Space Place Activities offers printable and interactive space-science activities for children, including science-fair projects, mazes, planet games, rockets, sound, maps, and Earth science.
Seattle Universal Math Museum
A hands-on math museum and event program where children explore mathematics through exhibits, family sessions, camps, and playful problem solving.
Code.org The Hour of AI
The Hour of AI is Code.org’s global collection of more than 250 free, one-hour AI and computer-science activities across grades and settings, including AI for Oceans, creative AI projects, Minecraft, music, and web development.
micro:bit
A creative physical-computing platform with block coding, Python, classroom projects, guides, videos, and teacher courses.
MicroBlocks
A free, live block-programming environment for making interactive projects with microcontrollers, sensors, lights, and motors.
Royal Institution Explore Science
Science videos, stories, podcasts, and collection highlights from the Royal Institution for curious learners and families.
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.
InquiryMind
Free primary learning with read-aloud lessons, science and maths simulations, games, practice questions, and worksheets for kindergarten through Grade 5.
RSPB Wild Challenge for Families
Free family nature activities that build observation, wildlife-care, and outdoor science skills through awards and challenges.
Inquiry in Action
Free K-5 physical science lesson plans, student activity sheets, animations, and hands-on investigations from the American Chemical Society.
Code Club
Free coding clubs, projects, and community support that help young people create with code.
The Tech Interactive
A family-friendly science and technology center with hands-on exhibits, experimental labs, design challenges, and youth engineering programs.
CKSTEM Let’s Bloom
Fifty free in-browser math, English, science, and strategy games for grades 3-12 from a Canadian non-profit.
Open Learning Labs
Free video lessons, browser games, and learning puzzles in math, science, reading, and social studies for children ages 5-11.
NOAA JetStream
Weather and atmosphere lessons, explanations, activities, and visual learning from the National Weather Service.
BBC 500 Words
A children's story-writing project for ages 5-11 with prompts, classroom resources, story inspiration, and annual submissions.
Discovery Children's Museum Resources
Free family and educator activities from Discovery Children's Museum, including STEM, coding, math, creative projects, books, games, and accessibility resources.
Ontario Science Centre At Home
Science experiments, family activities, virtual events, and K-12 learning resources from the Ontario Science Centre.
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.
Hamilton Children's Museum
Hands-on galleries and self-directed play that help young children learn through imagination, movement, and discovery.
Technisches Museum Vienna Kids and Families
Family activities and playful technology learning for young children, school-age visitors, and grown-ups in Vienna.
Tinkercad
A free browser-based Autodesk app for 3D design, electronics, and coding with hands-on projects and classroom curriculum.
NASA JPL K-12 Educator Resources
A searchable NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory library of K-12 lessons, projects, videos, collections, and teachable moments.
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.
Sick Science!
Hands-on science experiments and STEM ideas from Steve Spangler for families, educators, and science enthusiasts.
NASA JPL STEM Activities for Families
A NASA JPL collection of family STEM activities spanning engineering, science, technology, computer science, mathematics, rockets, space missions, and design challenges.
Canadian Space Agency Space Brain Hack
A Canadian Space Agency challenge collection for grades 6–12 that asks learners to design solutions for astronaut mental health, food production, and sustainable satellites.
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.
NIH STEM Teaching Resources: Healthy Living
Free NIH STEM teaching materials for pre-K through grade 12 that use health and biology topics to build scientific understanding and inquiry.
British Science Week 2027 Resource Packs
British Science Week’s free resource packs provide hands-on science and STEM activities for children from under 5s to around age 14; the 2027 taster pack is available now.
Code.org Computer Science for Ages 5–11
Code.org’s elementary student hub provides free AI literacy and computer science activities for ages 5–11, including Hour of AI, pre-reader courses, programming challenges, Music Lab, Sprite Lab, and curriculum links.
ESA Moon Camp Challenge 2026/27
The ESA Moon Camp Challenge invites students aged 5–16 to design a space habitat using creative tools such as arts and crafts, 3D design, robotics and videogames while exploring how people could live on the Moon or another celestial body.
KIPP NYC Computational Thinking Curriculum
KIPP NYC’s free open-source K–8 curriculum integrates computational thinking, coding, engineering, science, maths, and ELA through hands-on project-based mini-units.
Exploratorium
Museum-backed science learning with hands-on activities, Science Snacks, tinkering projects, videos, and teaching tools.
Raspberry Pi Learn to Code
Raspberry Pi’s free learning hub connects children and educators with Code Club, code-at-home projects, AI and hardware activities, Astro Pi, and Coolest Projects.
Science Learning Hub
New Zealand science learning resources with articles, activities, videos, experiments, and teacher support for school-age learners.
National Archives DocsTeach
Primary-source history activities that help students investigate documents, photographs, maps, and other records from the past.
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.
Howtosmile
Free, searchable STEM activities from museums, public media, universities, and educational organisations for families and educators.
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.
Children’s University of Manchester
Interactive science, history, health, environment, and student-life modules for primary-age learners from the University of Manchester.
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art Learning
Art tours, hands-on making, family programs, and community learning from the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Museum of Science Boston Learning
Museum educator resources with STEM activities, family engineering, science games, and classroom-ready learning ideas.
Franklin Institute Science and Education
Science activities, engineering ideas, youth programs, videos, and classroom resources from The Franklin Institute.
FIRST LEGO League
A guided robotics and STEM program where children build, code, collaborate, and solve real-world challenges.
Children's Museum of Manhattan
A hands-on museum for young children with interactive learning, arts, science, culture, daily experiences, and early-childhood classes.
Field Day Learning Games
Free narrative learning games from a University of Wisconsin–Madison lab, designed with researchers and educators to explore science, history, journalism, and environmental topics.
Children's Museum Houston
A hands-on children’s museum with exhibits, science and math activities, arts, workshops, and family events in Houston.
Peabody Learning Games
A free browser arcade for kindergarten through grade 8, with reading, math, science, typing, building, and puzzle games.
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.
NYC Discovery Lab
Free weekend museum activities for children ages 5-12 and adults, combining gallery exploration with hands-on art, culture, and history projects.
Project Learning Tree
Environmental education activities, family projects, lesson plans, and forest literacy resources for preschool through grade 12.
National Gallery Singapore Family Guide
A family guide to child-friendly gallery activities, art-making, storytelling, play spaces, and hands-on experiences at National Gallery Singapore.
Sciencenter Science in Your Home
Free at-home science activity guides for young children, elementary learners, families, and caregivers from the Sciencenter.
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.
Science and Industry Museum Learning Programme
Science, engineering, and museum learning resources from the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester.
Royal Institution Learning
Science shows, experiments, workshops, and educational resources from the Royal Institution.
KidsGardening Resource Library
Gardening activities, lesson plans, growing guides, nature projects, and family learning resources for children.
USPTO Kids, Students, and Educators
Invention, creativity, intellectual property, and innovation resources for young inventors, students, families, and teachers.
Museum of Science Teaching STEM
STEM teaching resources, curriculum ideas, and hands-on learning support from Boston's Museum of Science.
Experimentorium Science Museum
A hands-on science museum in Tbilisi with interactive exhibits, chemistry activities, Digital Lab sessions, and family programmes.
The Planetary Society Space for Kids
Space activities, videos, images, and astronomy learning from The Planetary Society.
KID Museum
A hands-on maker museum with coding, robotics, engineering, electronics, woodshop, textiles, and design challenges.
Canadian Museum of History Games and Activities
Free history games, puzzles, quizzes, craft activities, scavenger hunts, and family projects from Canada's national museum.
Children's Museum of Atlanta
Hands-on exhibits, making, art, science, and family learning experiences for children ages 2 to 8.
Bell Museum Activities for Kids
Science activities, videos, field journals, astronomy challenges, ecology projects, and nature observation for children.
Questacon Early Childhood Activities
Hands-on science experiences and activity ideas for young children in Canberra, with play-based investigation and discovery.
Science Oxford Centre
A hands-on science centre with an Exploration Zone, woodland, ponds, family days, STEM clubs, and science activities for children.
Deutsches Museum Family Visits
Family visit guidance for a major science and technology museum, including Kids Kingdom, interactive exhibitions, and family-friendly planning tips.
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.
CodeAI Students
CodeAI’s student hub offers free self-paced tutorials, videos, and hands-on activities in computer science, AI science, and data science for learners from elementary school through high school.
Royal Institution Science Shows and Activities for Children
The Royal Institution’s family science page brings together spectacular science shows and activities designed to get children and families excited about science.
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.
NASA For Students Grades 5–8
NASA’s middle-grade collection organizes current challenges, space and Earth science stories, games, builds, videos, interactive experiences, and stargazing activities for grades 5–8.
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.
micro:bit Teach Featured
The official micro:bit Teach Featured hub gathers age-banded units of work, coding projects, AI-literacy lessons, design challenges, classroom resources, events, and free professional-development courses for young learners and educators.
Peterborough Museum Learning Resources
Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery offers free online and downloadable resources spanning Roman coins and pottery, historic toys, Windrush history, geology and fossils, videos, and hands-on activities.
FoodMASTER
A free, teacher-friendly curriculum using everyday food to teach applied mathematics, biology, chemistry, nutrition, measurement, geometry, and problem solving.
Science News Explores
Accessible science news, explainers, experiments, and stories for readers from middle school onward.
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.
STEM for Others General Science
A free grades 3 to 6 science course with hands-on labs and lessons covering chemistry, physics, and engineering.
Denver Art Museum Creativity Resource
A free art-learning library with museum quests, activity ideas, lessons, videos, and creative inspiration for families and educators.
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.
e-learning for kids
Free digital learning for children worldwide, with separate Math World and Science World portals plus support for parents and teachers.
CK-12
Free K–12 learning with digital textbooks, flashcards, adaptive practice, simulations, and Flexi support across math and science.
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.
Kohl Children's Museum Home Zone
Stories, experiments, STEAM activities, and playful learning videos from Kohl Children's Museum for families at home.
New England Aquarium Educational Resources
Ocean activities, animal observations, conservation projects, and classroom resources from the New England Aquarium.
Science Fun
Hands-on science experiments, STEM activities, and kid-friendly science programs for families and schools.
National Museum of Nature and Science
Japan's national science museum with nature, space, technology, collections, exhibitions, and learning routes for young visitors.
MIT Museum Learning Lab
Hands-on science and engineering activities using microscopy, imaging, and real museum demonstrations.
Spark! Imagination and Science Center
A hands-on children's museum and science center where young children experiment, create, build, and explore.
Explore & More Children's Museum
Play-based exhibits and family learning experiences that invite children to explore, imagine, and build confidence.
KidsSTOP
An early-years science centre with more than 20 interactive exhibits about flight, space, the human body, and everyday science.
Putnam Museum Science in Action
Interactive science exhibits and engineering challenges exploring motion, energy, magnetism, circuits, gears, and more.
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.
Catalyst Science Discovery Centre
Interactive science and technology exhibits, workshops, shows, and galleries for children, families, and school groups.
Oslo Science Centre
Interactive science and technology exhibits, creative workshops, and family learning at Norway's Museum of Science and Technology.
Oxford University Museum of Natural History Families
Family activities, crafts, events, and child-friendly discovery at Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
Periodic Videos
Chemistry demonstrations and element-by-element explorations from the University of Nottingham’s official chemistry channel.
The Met Kids & Families
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s family hub combines #MetKids digital exploration, family guides, an audio guide for ages 6–12, and interactive museum programs for children and caregivers.
MoMA Art Lab
The Museum of Modern Art’s Art Lab is an interactive creative space where children and adults can experiment with art-making ideas inspired by the collection.
The Garden at the Science Museum
The Science Museum’s Garden is a free interactive gallery for young children, with play-based construction, water, light, and sound activities that encourage observing, predicting, testing, and drawing conclusions.
Kids Code Recipe
A free coding tutorial library with short step-by-step recipes for making games, animations, music, and interactive projects with Scratch, Minecraft, and Viscuit.
CU Museum Field Trips
CU Museum of Natural History field trips provide interactive tours, hands-on workshops, and self-guided visits for K–2, 3–5, and 6–8 groups.
Space to Learn Home Education Workshops
National Space Academy’s Space to Learn page offers free UK Space Agency-funded home-education workshops with hands-on student masterclasses, rocket-design challenges, and take-home resources for families.
Tinkercast Out of This World Space Curriculum
Tinkercast’s Out of This World collection pairs kids’ space podcasts with hands-on podjects, experiments, worksheets, coloring, and classroom-ready activities covering rockets, planets, gravity, stars, and space junk.
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.
Science Buddies
Hands-on science and engineering project ideas, experiment guides, and teacher resources for home and school.
MusicplayOnline
A broad music-learning library with songs, interactive activities, games, and teacher resources from early years through middle school.
BrainPOP Jr.
Animated lessons, activities, and learning resources for young learners across science, math, reading, health, social studies, and the arts.
National PTA STEM at Home Activities
Family STEM activities, experiments, videos, and printable guides from National PTA, including hands-on challenges using common household materials.
Small Fry Games
Free browser games for curious children, with playful practice in early learning, reading, addition, science, and observation.
Discovery Cube
Hands-on science museums in Southern California with exhibits, field trips, free online activities, STEM events, and family learning.
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.
Miami Children's Museum At Home
Step-by-step videos and activity guides from a children's museum to spark playful learning, making, and discovery at home.
We The Curious
A science experience with interactive exhibits, workshops, planetarium shows, and family discovery in Bristol.
DOE STEM
U.S. Department of Energy STEM opportunities, activities, and learning resources for students, educators, and families.
Ingenium Science at Home
Hands-on science and engineering activities from Canada's Ingenium museums for learning at home and in the classroom.
Topeka Zoo Education Resources
Zoo learning videos, worksheets, crafts, scavenger hunts, and coding puzzles for children and families.
Museum of Life and Science Play to Learn
Early-childhood play experiences that explore light, shadows, patterns, gravity, building, sensory discovery, and pretend play.
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.
London Museum of Water and Steam for Families
Hands-on water and engineering discovery with working steam engines, a Waterworks Gallery, a Splash Zone, and family trails.
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.
Minecraft Education
A game-based learning platform with K–12 lesson libraries, coding, STEM, digital citizenship, and educator training.
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.
Cutty Sark Family Fun
A Royal Museums Greenwich family guide to exploring the historic tea clipper through interactive games, character stories, play boxes, and hands-on ship discovery.
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 Bob
Hands-on science experiments, demonstrations, science-fair ideas, and explanations designed to make discovery approachable for children and families.
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.
Eureka! The National Children’s Museum
A UK children’s museum with six interactive zones and hundreds of hands-on exhibits designed for children ages 0–11 to explore themselves and the world around them.
Children’s Museum Houston 3D Virtual Field Trips
A museum collection of all-time-access 3D virtual field trips with videos and hands-on activities about water, physical science, invention, city life, matter, and math missions for ages 5 and up.
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.
NASA For Students Grades 9–12
NASA’s high-school collection connects students with STEM challenges, career spotlights, interactives, NASA+, Artemis activities, podcasts, and space-science 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.
Iowa STEM Teachable Moment
A Department of Education collection of grade-banded STEM activities, lessons, virtual field trips, and videos for learners, caregivers, and educators.
Michigan Learning Channel
Michigan Learning Channel provides on-demand educational programs, family learning resources, literacy and math shows, DIY science videos, and selected Spanish and Arabic content through its website and YouTube channel.
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.
National Museum Fairfax Discovery Centre
The Fairfax Discovery Centre at the National Museum of Australia offers hands-on early learning sessions, storytime, sensory play, and mini makers activities.
MoMA Heyman Family Programs
MoMA’s Heyman Family Programs provide family art adventures with free admission for children 16 and under, kids’ audio, activity guides, family gallery talks, hands-on spaces, and online programmes.
Element Fusion
A free hands-on chemistry sandbox where children combine elements to discover real compounds, reaction explanations, and chemistry in the world around them.
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.
Exploratorium Science Snacks
Low-cost, teacher-tested hands-on science activities from the Exploratorium, with searchable activities and collections for classrooms and curious families.
Take One Picture
Take One Picture is the National Gallery’s national primary-school programme, using one artwork from the collection to inspire cross-curricular classroom work, project stages, teacher learning, and exhibitions.
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.
More PEAS Please Teaching Guides
Preschool Education in Applied Sciences (PEAS) teaching guides with hands-on life-science activities featuring healthy foods, science practices, and teacher support materials.
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.
TheDadLab
Family science experiments, art, and interactive activities that children can try at home with an adult.
Estimation 180
Visual estimation tasks and math lessons that build number sense through daily reasoning, discussion, and reveal videos.
Artsonia
Online student art portfolios that help schools, families, and children publish, view, and celebrate creative work.
TechEd4Kids
Free interactive science and math experiments, games, and lessons designed for learners in grades 6-12.
LearnerKits
Free browser-based science simulations and virtual experiments for students in grades 6-12.
Boston Children’s Museum Online Games
Free online games from Boston Children’s Museum that invite children to create stories, build a museum, and practise memory.
Shoebox Lab
Free hands-on science kits and captioned videos that help children investigate gravity, matter, and motion.
FunScienceTools
Free science simulations, visuals, citizen-science tools, and teacher-recommended resources organized by school level and topic.
Denver Botanic Gardens Online Learning
Online activities, family learning ideas, plant science, nature projects, and educational resources from Denver Botanic Gardens.
National Trust Family-Friendly Walks
A National Trust guide to family-friendly trails, natural play, wildlife spotting, den building, and pushchair-accessible outdoor exploration.
Reactions
American Chemical Society and PBS science videos connecting chemistry to food, materials, medicine, technology, and everyday life.
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.
Code Club World
The Raspberry Pi Foundation’s free coding game hub helps children make characters, T-shirts, music, games, art, websites, and more while earning project badges.
Miami Children’s Museum
An interactive museum in Miami where children ages 0–6 explore arts, science, and culture through exhibits, programs, play, and family learning experiences.
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.
North Vancouver City Library Children’s Community Hub
A public-library children’s hub with storytimes, take-and-make kits, kid-friendly meditation, homework help, digital picture books, and family programs.
The New Children’s Museum Creative Resources
The New Children’s Museum’s Creative Resources page offers hands-on design challenges, printable coloring, lesson plans, virtual art experiences, and museum-inspired ideas for making at home.
Wichita Art Museum Youth and Family Programs
Wichita Art Museum’s youth and family page brings together free gallery activities, PLAY, StoryTime, YogaTime, preschool art, Family ArtVenture, camps, and at-home projects.
Queensland Museum at Home
Queensland Museum’s free at-home collection includes science and nature activities, colouring, scavenger hunts, videos, and Little Learners projects.
TinkerPy
TinkerPy is a kid-focused coding and robotics platform with block and Python coding, browser simulators, app building, games, projects, and courses for young makers.
Wakefield Museum for Families
Wakefield Museum’s family guide highlights hands-on displays, free trails, Saturday craft activities, Museum Minis for ages 2–5, and workshops for children and young people.
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.
Tutorfic Code Club
A free browser coding club with guided lessons and projects spanning blocks, HTML, JavaScript, SQL, and Python, with no sign-up or ads.
Word Quest
A free word adventure that builds vocabulary, spelling, and reading comprehension through a short browser game with no account.
Stackadoo
A browser-based educational building game where children in grades 2–5 solve maths, reading, spelling, and grammar challenges to earn blocks and build 3D worlds.
Raspberry Pi Foundation Teaching Resources
Free classroom resources for computing and AI, including curriculum materials, lesson plans, worksheets, assessments, Code Club support, Experience AI, and projects for school-age learners.
Ingenium Science at Home
Ingenium’s official science-at-home hub offers family-friendly experiments, activities, and science learning prompts connected to Canada’s national museums of science and innovation.
Science for Kids
A South Australian Department for Education science collection with free experiments, games, facts, quizzes, projects, lessons, images, and videos for home learning.
Literacy Quebec Family Literacy Toolkit
Literacy Quebec’s Family Literacy page explains intergenerational literacy and provides a toolkit with practical reading tips, family activities, and guidance for building literacy habits together.
Carlos Museum Family Programs
Emory’s Michael C. Carlos Museum family guide with free online activities, gallery guides, SmARTy Packs, and hands-on programs connected to world cultures and collections.
Codemoji Coding for Kids
Codemoji teaches real HTML, CSS, and JavaScript through emoji-powered lessons, games, and projects for students in grades 1–8, with educator tools and a 500-plus lesson library.
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.
USGS Data in Schools
USGS Data in Schools helps educators use real Earth-science data, maps, and investigation questions to support classroom learning.
Cornell Lab Science and Nature Activities
Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s K–12 activity collection helps children investigate birds, nature, observation, and science through simple at-home and classroom activities.
Early Family Math Games
Early Family Math’s game collection gives families playful ways to build number sense, spatial reasoning, measurement, and mathematical conversation at home.
National Park Service Kids
A gateway to Junior Ranger badges, citizen science, camps, service projects, and outdoor learning across U.S. national parks.
CodeHS
K–12 computer-science curriculum with browser coding tools, projects, tutorials, quizzes, and free courses for schools and learners.
TurtleStitch
A free, open-source coding and textile platform where learners turn visual programs into embroidery patterns and physical designs.
Weather Education
Free weather experiments, curriculum, and science learning activities from the National Weather Museum.
Science History Institute Education
Chemistry and science history activities, museum tours, virtual classrooms, and trustworthy resources for older students.
Museums Galleries Scotland Digital Learning Resources
A curated guide to free museum and gallery activities, quizzes, games, STEM ideas, arts, climate, and wellbeing resources for young people.
Crayola Learning
Creativity-focused lesson plans, thinking sheets, project plans, and learning videos from Crayola for classrooms and home learning.
Weather Wiz Kids
Meteorologist Crystal Wicker explains weather, natural disasters, experiments, and climate topics in a child-friendly science resource.
Stemoto
A free directory of curated STEM, coding, cognitive-skill, and hands-on activities for children, organized into three progressive stages.
Kids Art Studio — Museum of the City of New York
A hands-on drop-in art program inspired by the Museum of the City of New York’s exhibitions and collection, with collage, drawing, fiber art, and storytelling for children ages 3 and up.
ExplorationWorks
A hands-on science center in Helena with interactive exhibits, early-childhood programming, family events, and science learning for children and families.
Markham Public Library Kids Makerspace
A library makerspace guide featuring screen-free programmable toys such as Botley and Code-a-Pillar, with instructions and recommended ages for hands-on coding play.
Project Sahitya
Project Sahitya provides a free literacy toolkit with lessons, songs, flashcards, and worksheets designed for early reading support.
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.
Leeds City Museum Family Guide
Leeds City Museum’s official family guide introduces animal displays, archaeology, mini dig zones, costumes, music, hands-on interactives, reading areas, and family-friendly events.
Wonder Workshop Coding Apps
Wonder Workshop’s official app collection supports coding with Dash and Cue robots through block-based puzzles, traceable paths, JavaScript and Python transitions, lesson plans, and creative projects.
Toronto Public Library Ready for Reading: Playing
Toronto Public Library’s Playing collection gives caregivers simple games, letter hunts, sound hunts, rhymes, fingerplays, and sorting activities that build early language and reading readiness through play.
Museum of the American Revolution At-Home Activities
The Museum of the American Revolution’s at-home collection combines a virtual museum tour, historical timeline, children’s readings, crafts, coloring pages, virtual field trips, and family-friendly history resources.
Luminova Kids
Luminova Kids is a volunteer project offering open English lessons, interactive exercises, audio, reading, listening, games, and worksheets for Ukrainian children in grades 1–7.
SciKidz
A free online STEM program for children with science lesson videos, experiment instructions, tutorials, and teacher notes. The official site includes hands-on topics such as electricity, magnetism, life science, and simple machines.
Hello Ruby Play
A free collection of playful computer-science, programming, mathematics, and digital-literacy activities from the Hello Ruby project. Activities include puzzles, algorithms, geometry, counting, secret codes, internet safety, and hands-on making.
Microsoft MakeCode Classroom Resources
A Microsoft MakeCode resource hub for educators and learners, including free project-based courses for micro:bit, Minecraft, and Circuit Playground Express with coding, physical computing, and maker activities.
National Museum of Australia Family Visits
The National Museum of Australia family page helps children and grown-ups plan a visit with family activities, galleries, stories, and hands-on ways to explore Australian history and culture.
Hour of AI
Free one-hour AI literacy activities for learners of all ages, helping students understand, question, and create with AI without prior AI or coding experience.
Guggenheim A Year with Children 2026
A Year with Children 2026 is the Guggenheim’s official online record of a youth exhibition featuring artwork by students in grades two through six from New York City public-school Learning Through Art residencies.
MathHappens Open Play Kits
MathHappens open play kits give families, educators, and community programs hands-on materials and prompts for playful mathematical exploration.
USGS Ecosystems Education
USGS ecosystems education resources help learners investigate habitats, biodiversity, ecological change, and the science behind conservation.
FIRST LEGO League Technical Resources
FIRST LEGO League technical resources support teams with robot-building, programming, engineering design, and challenge-season guidance.
VI Children's Museum Math Works
Math Works is an interactive initiative from VI Children's Museum with hands-on activities, puzzles, and workshops that connect children and teens with mathematical thinking, including the M3 Maps Math & Myths workshop for ages 11–17.
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.
Mystery Science
Hands-on elementary science lessons built around intriguing questions, videos, and investigations.
Deep Space Sparkle
Art lessons, project guides, printable ideas, and creative teaching support for children and the adults who guide their art learning.
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.
NSF Educational Resources: Mathematics
The U.S. National Science Foundation mathematics resource page connects families and educators with mathematics learning materials, projects, and educational opportunities across grade levels.
NSF Educational Resources: Computing
The U.S. National Science Foundation computing resource page points to computing and computer-science learning materials, projects, and educational opportunities for learners and educators.
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.
XtraMath
XtraMath is a short daily practice tool for building arithmetic fact fluency through focused, repeatable math practice for school-age learners.
CommonLit
Digital reading lessons, text sets, and discussion tools for building comprehension and literacy.
Science! KIDS
A PBS science series for children with fun experiments and science explanations from experts at the Orlando Science Center.
SparkDen
A nonprofit teen coding program providing free cloud hosting, mentorship, and a monitored community for young people shipping their own projects.
Airbotix
An AI and creative-coding learning platform for children ages 5–17, with free browser demos, coding projects, classes, and parent controls.
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.
Artsology
A free arts education hub with more than 100 art games, arts investigations, printables, art videos, and art-adventure activities for children, teachers, and homeschool families.
Hello Ruby Playground Curriculum
An open computer-science playground and curriculum project that turns computing ideas into physical play. The official page describes activities for sequence, conditionals, iteration, debugging, binary numbers, data, and collaborative outdoor learning.
Nurturing Numeracy Skills & Math Literacy through Children’s Museums
The Association of Children’s Museums explains how children’s museums can nurture numeracy and math literacy through playful, hands-on experiences for children and families.
Discover Coding
Discover Coding offers hands-on and online coding programs from block coding through Python, Minecraft, web, app, 3D, and design projects.
Tappity
An interactive science learning app with videos, experiments, quizzes, and guided exploration for elementary-age children.
CodingMarble Kids
A free early-learning website for children ages 2–6 with picture-and-audio games, early literacy and math, science experiments, crafts, printables, and Hindi-English learning.
Education.com Learning Library
Education.com’s resources library offers more than 40,000 worksheets, lesson plans, games, interactive worksheets and hands-on activities across core subjects for pre-K through grade 8.
Kide Science
Kide Science is an inquiry-based early-years science program with playful experiments, lesson resources, and educator support for young children.
Canva for Education
A visual design tool with education templates for posters, presentations, videos, and classroom projects.
Whyville
A long-running virtual world with more than 100 games and activities spanning science, maths, creativity, and community play.
Science4Us
An elementary science curriculum and activity platform with lessons, investigations, resources, and teacher support for young learners.