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NASA Learning Resources
NASA student and educator resources with STEM activities, missions, videos, challenges, careers, and family learning ideas.
American Museum of Natural History Learn & Teach
Family programs, OLogy science activities, educator materials, virtual field trips, and museum learning from AMNH.
ESA Back to School 2026–27 STEM Projects
The European Space Agency’s 2026–27 Teacher’s Corner collection brings together Climate Detectives, Mission X, Astro Pi, CanSat, and Moon Camp, connecting school students with hands-on space science, coding, Earth observation, engineering, and design.
Astro Pi Mission Zero
ESA and the Raspberry Pi Foundation invite young people to write beginner Python programs that run on Astro Pi computers aboard the International Space Station.
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.
NASA Kids' Club
NASA games, astronaut stories, mission pictures, and STEM activities for younger learners.
NASA
Official NASA videos about space exploration, science, missions, Earth, astronomy, astronauts, and the future of discovery.
Bloomfield Science Museum Jerusalem Make and Learn
Make and Learn is a Bloomfield Science Museum Jerusalem hybrid education initiative combining curriculum-linked teaching units, interactive mini exhibits, maker-inspired after-school learning, and at-home science and technology challenges.
National Park Service Kids
Junior Ranger programs, outdoor adventures, articles, events, and family learning from the National Park Service.
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Official NASA JPL videos about robotic exploration, Mars rovers, planetary missions, space technology, and skywatching.
National Children’s Museum Programs
National Children’s Museum in Washington, DC offers current early-learner, STEAM storytime, tinkering, fine-art, and family programmes that pair hands-on play with science, technology, engineering, art, and making.
UKSA Space to Learn
UKSA Space to Learn is a UK Space Agency-funded National Space Academy programme continuing through December 2026 with free curriculum-linked physics masterclasses, careers conferences, home-education events, and an interactive Moon Rescue book.
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.
Natural History Museum Schools Learning
The Natural History Museum London schools programme offers museum visits, virtual workshops, curriculum-linked learning resources for ages 5–14, nature and climate activities, and dinosaur and natural-history collections.
RSPB Education and Inspiring the Next Generation
The RSPB provides nature-learning activities, Wild Challenge, Big Schools’ Birdwatch, teacher resources, and school-visit guidance that connect children with wildlife.
Astro Pi European Space Coding Challenge 2026/27
The official Astro Pi challenge gives young people the chance to write Python programs that run on Raspberry Pi computers in space, with beginner Mission Zero and advanced Mission Space Lab pathways for the 2026/27 season.
Raspberry Pi Computing Curriculum
The Raspberry Pi Foundation curriculum provides free, structured computing resources for ages 5–16, including localized materials, programming, AI and computer-science learning pathways.
ESA CanSat
The European Space Agency CanSat program challenges teams to design, build and launch a soda-can-sized satellite, then collect and analyse mission data.
MicroBlocks
A free, live block-programming environment for making interactive projects with microcontrollers, sensors, lights, and motors.
RSPB Wild Challenge for Families
Free family nature activities that build observation, wildlife-care, and outdoor science skills through awards and challenges.
The Tech Interactive
A family-friendly science and technology center with hands-on exhibits, experimental labs, design challenges, and youth engineering programs.
RSPB Wild Challenge
Nature missions, wildlife activities, badges, and outdoor challenges for children and families from the RSPB.
Technisches Museum Vienna Kids and Families
Family activities and playful technology learning for young children, school-age visitors, and grown-ups in Vienna.
Science Museum Oklahoma
A large hands-on science museum with interactive exhibits, science shows, a planetarium, creative challenges, and family learning experiences.
Omaha Zoo Programs
Camps, family learning, behind-the-scenes experiences, Zoo Schools, and interactive programs at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium.
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.
Brown University Artemis Coding Program
Brown University’s Artemis program offers free, supportive computer-science learning for Providence-area students in grades 5–8 through Microbits, Scratch, and Python tracks.
Canadian Space Agency Crew-13 Activities
The Canadian Space Agency Crew-13 activities page gathers official space games and classroom or home activities, including Mission: Astronaut, Future of Food, K–12 ISS materials, Tomatosphere, astronaut cutouts, and live space links.
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.
Children’s Museum Jordan
A nonprofit children’s museum with interactive exhibits, science and art experiences, family programs, and a mobile museum that brings learning activities to children across Jordan.
Museo Scienza Playlab
A museum learning space for children ages 3–6 where art, science, technology, storytelling, tinkering, light, sound, nature, and imaginative play meet in five interactive rooms.
Canadian Museum of Nature 2026–27 School Workshops
The Canadian Museum of Nature’s 2026–27 workshop programme gives publicly funded Canadian schools free virtual and on-site natural-history learning, including age-specific freshwater and biodiversity topics.
American Museum of Natural History Science & Nature Program
The American Museum of Natural History’s Science and Nature Program gives young children and adults age-appropriate experiences grounded in scientific inquiry and the museum’s zoology, Earth science, anthropology, and paleontology collections.
Space Cadets Online
The National Space Centre’s Space Cadets Online is an expert-led online space club for ages 7–11 with 60-minute science sessions, talks, craft ideas, interactive activities, and downloadable resources.
Smithsonian Youth Programs
The Smithsonian Youth Programs catalogue connects K–12 learners and teens with science, nature, technology, art, design, history, culture, camps, internships, zoo programmes, and museum-based learning.
Micro Mathematicians
Micro Mathematicians is a University of Melbourne enrichment programme for students who want to explore mathematics beyond the classroom through free virtual and in-person workshops.
ESA Mission X 2026–2027
ESA Mission X combines astronaut-inspired fitness challenges with scientific investigations about health, nutrition, human biology, movement, and space travel for students and educators.
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.
ESA Education 2026–2027 School Projects
The European Space Agency’s 2026–27 school-project overview connects children and teens with space-themed science, coding, environmental investigation, astronaut training, and design challenges.
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.
Kodu Game Lab
A visual game-making environment for children to build 3D worlds, stories, and games with simple programming tiles.
Australian Museum Kids
Free kids activities, science programs, exhibitions, and family learning from the Australian Museum in Sydney.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Education
Wildlife, conservation, and outdoor-learning programs for children, families, educators, and schools from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
Franklin Institute Science and Education
Science activities, engineering ideas, youth programs, videos, and classroom resources from The Franklin Institute.
New York Public Library Learning
Storytimes, STEAM kits, reading recommendations, family activities, and free learning programs from NYPL.
FIRST LEGO League
A guided robotics and STEM program where children build, code, collaborate, and solve real-world challenges.
Royal Tyrrell Museum Distance Learning
Interactive dinosaur, fossil, geology, and Earth science programs for schools, homeschoolers, and families from the Royal Tyrrell Museum.
Science and Industry Museum Learning Programme
Science, engineering, and museum learning resources from the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester.
Wildlife Watch
Nature activities, wildlife missions, and outdoor learning ideas that help children explore and protect the natural world.
Experimentorium Science Museum
A hands-on science museum in Tbilisi with interactive exhibits, chemistry activities, Digital Lab sessions, and family programmes.
KID Museum
A hands-on maker museum with coding, robotics, engineering, electronics, woodshop, textiles, and design challenges.
Morris Museum Spark!Lab
A Smithsonian invention workspace where children ages 5 to 12 imagine, design, test, and improve ideas.
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.
NASA eClips YouTube
NASA eClips videos connect students and educators with NASA missions, scientists, engineers, and classroom-ready STEM ideas.
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.
Smithsonian National Zoo Kids and Families
The Smithsonian National Zoo offers free Conservation Classroom lessons, under-five Head Start programs, nature play, animal conservation content, and family video resources.
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.
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Families
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew’s Families page combines the Children’s Garden, family nature activities, learning cards, trails, scientist backpacks, music and movement, and inclusive resources for family visits.
State Botanical Garden of Georgia Children and Families
The University of Georgia’s State Botanical Garden offers a Children’s Garden, Sweet Pea Club, Garden Gnomes activities, passports, family festivals, camps, and nature-based programs.
Field Museum PlayLab Programs
The Field Museum’s PlayLab programs invite young scientists ages 3 through first grade to learn through workshops, free drop-in PlayDates, camps, and field trips.
Mote Marine Laboratory Virtual Focus Trips
Mote Marine Laboratory connects students with real marine experts through virtual animal encounters, habitat excursions, science talks, read-aloud STEM sessions, and ocean-career explorations.
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.
Montréal Science Centre
An interactive science museum with hands-on exhibitions, creative technology challenges, family events, and bilingual visitor information.
Museum of Science Boston Youth Programs
The Museum of Science Boston Youth Programs page gathers high-school STEM opportunities including science series, computer-science events, a 2026 innovation hackathon, biotechnology and renewable-energy workshops, MEDscience, and internships.
Natural History Museum of Utah Youth & Family Programs
Natural History Museum of Utah’s youth and family programme catalogue includes Curiosity Club, seasonal science, free STEAM explorations, mini camps, story time, scouting, family nights, and summer camp.
Science Museum Group Great Object Hunt: Explorer
This Science Museum Group printable activity pack guides children through observation and discussion challenges while exploring the Science Museum’s objects and their links to everyday life.
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.
ESA Kids
Space science stories, missions, games, and activities from the European Space Agency.
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.
California Academy of Sciences Kids
Family-friendly exhibits, live science programs, and child-focused activities at San Francisco’s California Academy of Sciences.
Kids in Parks
Free outdoor adventures, TRACK Trail activities, e-Adventures, brochures, and nature challenges that help families explore parks together.
Cincinnati Zoo Education
Zoo education programs, family activities, camps, school programs, and conservation learning for children and educators.
Science Fun
Hands-on science experiments, STEM activities, and kid-friendly science programs for families and schools.
Toronto Zoo School Visits
School visits, virtual programmes, wildlife learning, and classroom resources from the Toronto Zoo.
Dublin Zoo Conservation Education
Curriculum-linked wildlife programmes, school visits, workshops, and online activities from Dublin Zoo.
MIT Museum Learning Lab
Hands-on science and engineering activities using microscopy, imaging, and real museum demonstrations.
New York Aquarium Children and Families
Family programmes, early childhood experiences, camps, children's activities, and wildlife learning at the New York Aquarium.
Putnam Museum Science in Action
Interactive science exhibits and engineering challenges exploring motion, energy, magnetism, circuits, gears, and more.
Oslo Science Centre
Interactive science and technology exhibits, creative workshops, and family learning at Norway's Museum of Science and Technology.
Dallas Zoo Education Programs
Wildlife learning through family programs, camps, guided experiences, and age-specific activities at the Dallas Zoo.
Boston Children's Museum STEAM Lab
Hands-on science, technology, engineering, art, and math activities that encourage creativity, curiosity, and critical thinking.
SciShow Space
SciShow’s dedicated space channel explains planets, stars, missions, astronomy discoveries, and the science of the universe.
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.
New York Botanical Garden For Families
The New York Botanical Garden’s family page connects children and caregivers with garden-based learning, seasonal activities, and programs that make plants, nature, and creativity part of family visits.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Kids & Families
Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Kids & Families page brings together family activities and learning opportunities that encourage children to observe plants, seasons, gardens, and the natural world.
Royal Botanical Gardens Child and Family Programs
Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton and Burlington offers nature-based family programs including Nature Babies, Oaks and Acorns early-years play, family birding, children’s gardening, camps, and Junior Naturalists.
Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh Early Learning Programs
The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh offers early-learning programs for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and caregivers, alongside museum@home activities and sensory-friendly options.
Auckland Zoo Virtual Education Sessions
Auckland Zoo brings wildlife, conservation science, sustainability, wetlands, birds, animal adaptations, and wellbeing learning into classrooms through interactive online sessions.
Florida Aquarium AquaVentures Virtual Learning
The Florida Aquarium offers standards-aligned virtual STEM programs about sharks, alligators, sea turtles, coral, wetlands, habitats, and aquatic careers.
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.
Microsoft MakeCode for micro:bit
Microsoft MakeCode for micro:bit is a browser coding environment with block-based and text programming, tutorials, games, projects, search, import, and optional account features for young makers.
Intrepid Museum Education Resources
Intrepid Museum education resources combine free learning-library content, historic photographs, oral histories, videos, field trips, virtual tours, and programs about history, science, technology, and engineering.
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.
GEM Children’s Museum
The Grand Egyptian Museum’s children’s museum uses ancient Egyptian themes, hands-on learning, interactive games, technology, and family programmes to spark curiosity.
University of Melbourne School Maths Outreach
The University of Melbourne School of Mathematics and Statistics runs school incursions, competitions, enrichment programmes, and professional learning for primary and secondary communities.
Australian Museum Virtual Excursions
The Australian Museum offers educator-led virtual excursions and on-demand science sessions that connect students with museum collections and experts.
National Children’s Museum Learn
National Children’s Museum’s learning hub brings together K–5 field trips, hands-on programs, a children’s STEAM podcast, short STEAMwork activity videos, and environmental-science virtual field trips.
NASA STEM Opportunities and Activities for Students
NASA’s official opportunities hub collects student challenges, robotics and coding activities, design projects, internships, and other STEM pathways for middle-school, high-school, college, and university learners.
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Family Programs
The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s family programs page offers free interactive, playful science and nature learning for families, including early-learning Play Date sessions, The World & Me programs, and Natural History at Home videos.
ISRO YUVIKA Young Scientist Programme
The Indian Space Research Organisation’s YUVIKA programme introduces school children to space technology, space science, and space applications through a selective young-scientist experience.
TeachEngineering
Standards-aligned engineering lessons, activities, and design challenges for K–12 learners.
Science Sparks
Hands-on science experiments, STEM challenges, printable activities, and science explanations for children and families.
New York State Museum Education
Museum-backed art, science, history, and family learning programs with online activities, videos, lessons, and teacher guides.
Florida Museum Kids
Science, animals, nature walks, family programs, and exploration ideas from the Florida Museum of Natural History.
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.
MindUP
A preventative mental-health and social-emotional learning programme with brain science, mindfulness, emotional literacy, resilience, and family resources.
National Museum of the US Air Force Education
Aviation and space learning with scavenger hunts, coloring pages, word searches, STEM programs, and museum activities.
Brookfield Zoo Chicago for Families
Family learning programs, wildlife discovery, nature play, zoo camps, and educational experiences for all ages.
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.
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.
NASA JPL Education Overview
An official overview of NASA JPL’s education mission, audiences, K-12 content, STEM resources, and family-facing space learning.
MicroObservatory Robotic Telescope Network
A Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Center for Astrophysics program that lets learners control robotic telescopes online and explore real astronomy images.
Brooklyn Children’s Museum
A three-floor children’s museum with interactive exhibits and hands-on cultural and science programs for children ages 6 months to 10 years.
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.
Challenger Center STEM at Home
A NASA and Challenger Center collection of adaptable science, technology, engineering, and math lessons for home learning, spanning Earth science, chemistry, forces, Mars, and the solar system.
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.
Vienna Museum of Science and Technology Kids & Family
The Vienna Museum of Science and Technology’s Kids & Family guide brings together child-focused exhibitions, playful technology experiences, birthday programs, and a free English children’s tour in the TMW ToGo app.
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.
Little Wonders Online
The University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History’s youth and family programs page links to Little Wonders Online, science and culture adventures for preschoolers and their adults, plus broader family museum learning.
Early Start Discovery Space
The University of Wollongong’s Early Start Discovery Space is a research-backed children’s museum with interactive play experiences, public programmes, and learn-through-play opportunities for young children and their adults.
CodingTeading
CodingTeading is a nonprofit education group that shares free browser-based coding and AI programmes, from early block coding and no-reading puzzles to game making, science, maths, and AI exploration.
Code.org AI Foundations
A free high-school AI and computer-science curriculum covering AI literacy, the internet, cybersecurity, data, ethics, bias, JavaScript, web development, and responsible AI creation.
Canadian Space Agency Bringing Space Into Your Classroom
The Canadian Space Agency’s classroom collection brings space science, missions, engineering, and Canadian space activities into school and home learning.
CU Museum Children and Family Programs
The University of Colorado Museum of Natural History offers hands-on science and art activities, family programs, Discovery Corner access, and English/Spanish resources.
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.
History of Science Museum Families
The University of Oxford’s History of Science Museum Families page is a gateway to family-friendly museum activities and events that invite children and adults to explore science, technology, and collections together.
Greater Boston STEM Program
The Greater Boston STEM Program provides free introductory computer science, math, engineering, and science enrichment for elementary and middle-school students through remote or in-person small-group classes.
Omaha Zoo Virtual Learning
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium offers live virtual field trips with zoo experts, animal cameras, keeper footage, interactive conversations, and curriculum-aligned programs.
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.
UArizona Girls Who Code Club
The University of Arizona’s Girls Who Code club offers free Saturday coding classes for grades 6–12, including Python, Arduino, robotics, AI, website development, and game projects.
ESA Education YouTube
The European Space Agency’s education video hub offers space-STEM explainers, experiments, student mission documentaries, expert interviews, and behind-the-scenes learning videos.
NASA Camp Landsat
A NASA collection of videos, interactives, games, and printable activities showing how Landsat satellite data help people understand and protect Earth.
Denver Botanic Gardens Children & Family Programs
Denver Botanic Gardens’ children and family programs include year-round camps, explorations, games, mindfulness, and plant-based activities, plus resources for families to extend learning at home.
Ontario Science Centre
A government science-centre program with hands-on science play, kids’ programs, maker activities, pop-up events, and do-it-yourself science resources during its transition to a new home.
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.
Kids in Space 2026
Makers Empire’s 2026 Kids in Space programme showcases primary-school design-thinking and STEM projects addressing astronaut and space-exploration challenges, supported by Australian space and education partners.
Fort Wayne Zoo Kids for Nature Summer Camp 2026
Fort Wayne Zoo’s Kids for Nature Summer Camp gives children from pre-K through grade 6 week-long outdoor learning experiences with animals, zoo keepers, sensory exploration, nature activities, and age-banded themes.
Oxford Mathematics Outreach
The University of Oxford Mathematical Institute outreach programme includes the Oxford Online Maths Club, school masterclasses, talks, mathematical problem solving, and public engagement opportunities for school-age learners.
Science Museum Destination Space
Destination Space is the Science Museum’s family-facing space program and guide to space-inspired activities, live experiments, workshops, galleries, and online space stories.
ESA Education
The European Space Agency’s education portal shares space-science projects, classroom activities, student opportunities, and STEM stories connected to ESA missions.
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.
Spaghetti Structures
A Science Museum Group engineering challenge where learners build a tall, strong tower from spaghetti and marshmallows while exploring structure and design.
Earth Rangers Conservation Learning for Kids
Earth Rangers is a conservation charity for children with free membership, interactive missions, animal-saving actions, a podcast, an app and educator pathways.
National Air and Space Museum Programs
The National Air and Space Museum’s official programs page gathers family, educator, student, planetarium, astronomy, and hands-on aviation and space learning opportunities at the museum and online.
Seattle Children’s Museum Programs
Seattle Children’s Museum’s official learning page gathers daily Story Time, Silly Science, Creative Corner, PNW Nature Walk, camps, classes, and family events.
Newcastle Museum Little Bang Discovery Club
Newcastle Museum’s four-week Little Bang Discovery Club is a play-based hands-on science program for preschool children and their carers.
Science Central TOTS
Science Central’s TOTS program introduces children ages 3–6 to monthly STEM themes through hands-on activities, storytime, and museum exploration.
Mark Rober
Engineering builds, science demonstrations, problem-solving, and curiosity-driven experiments from former NASA engineer Mark Rober.
Zoo Idaho Education Programs
Wildlife learning through exhibits, keeper chats, live feedings, story time, discovery stations, field trips, and family programmes.
Solve It! for Kids
A science and engineering podcast that introduces children to real scientists, engineers, and experts, then invites listeners to tackle a problem-solving challenge of their own.
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.
Kids Listen Podcast Directory
Kids Listen is a nonprofit community and directory that helps families, librarians, and educators discover high-quality podcasts and screen-free audio programming for children.
ISRO Students
The Indian Space Research Organisation student hub connects children and teens to space videos, quizzes, a virtual museum, STEM resources, and school programmes.
Nature and Me
Gardens by the Bay’s self-guided activity programme helps primary-school children observe plants and animals, record findings, and explore biodiversity with downloadable activity sheets.
Florida State Parks Junior Ranger
Florida State Parks’ Junior Ranger programme combines nature, cultural, recreation, and service activities with printable journals, passports, badges, and a virtual option.
Texas State Parks Junior Ranger
Texas Parks and Wildlife’s Junior Ranger programme uses journals, explorer packs, nature observation, drawing, and state-park activities to help children explore the outdoors.
Kids for Nature
Singapore’s National Parks Board provides a Primary 1–2 outdoor education programme with lesson plans, worksheets, guidebooks, and park-based nature activities for teachers.
Virtual Early Explorers
The University of Alaska Museum of the North’s Virtual Early Explorers programme provides themed activities and at-home tips for children five and under with an adult, including animals, art, light, water, pollinators, and the solar system.
BCM+You
Brooklyn Children’s Museum’s BCM+You brings exhibits, programmes, animal friends, collection objects, and family art and science activities into an at-home learning collection.
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.
Carnegie Museum To Go
Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s Museum To Go brings virtual field trips, online classes, Super Science Saturday activities, science videos, coloring pages, animal videos, and digital programmes to families and educators.
Code.org Computer Science Discoveries
A flexible middle-school computer-science curriculum covering animations and games, design, data and society, app creation with devices, physical computing, AI, and creative problem solving.
Learn Science with NASA
NASA’s learning resources hub helps children, families, and educators explore space and Earth science through activities, stories, missions, and classroom-ready materials.
Denver Museum Virtual Programs
Denver Museum of Nature & Science offers scheduled virtual field trips for grades 3–8 plus free Scientists in Action videos that bring museum science to learners at home or school.
Sphero Coding Apps
Sphero’s official app collection supports robotics and STEAM learning with drawing, block-based, Python, and JavaScript programming, plus a browser-based Sphero Edu experience.
University of Sydney Museum Kids and Families
The University of Sydney Museum’s Kids and Families program combines hands-on activities, talks, online resources, and a family trail that introduces children to museum collections.
Calgary Zoo Virtual Programs
Calgary Zoo’s virtual school programs include wildlife and conservation experiences such as Penguin Palooza, Polar Passage, Virtual Safaris, and Wilder 101.
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium Online Learning
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium offers NGSS-aligned ZooQuarium Zoom programs, self-directed Nature at Home activities, and homework help focused on animals and science.
Center for Aquatic Sciences Virtual Programs
The Center for Aquatic Sciences offers interactive online sessions where students meet live education animals, explore marine ecosystems, and ask marine biologists questions.
NASA Join the Artemis Mission to the Moon
NASA’s official Artemis learning page offers ways for students and families to make, launch, compete, and learn about the missions returning humans to the Moon.
Smithsonian Educator Resources
The Smithsonian Institution’s educator hub connects teachers and families with learning resources, collections, lesson materials, and Smithsonian programs across subjects.
Australian Academy of Science Education
The Australian Academy of Science’s education hub connects learners and educators with science activities, programs, classroom ideas, and scientist-led learning.
Tel Aviv University Schoolyard Biodiversity Monitoring
A Tel Aviv University citizen-science program helps teachers and students monitor schoolyard biodiversity with observation, iNaturalist, and real-world ecology.
Fort Worth Homeschool Family Science Club
The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History’s Homeschool Family Science Club offers hands-on science sessions for children and an accompanying adult, with engineering, animal adaptations, and chemistry themes.
Hong Kong Science Museum Little Scientists Exploration Programme
The Hong Kong Science Museum’s Little Scientists Exploration Programme uses hands-on experiments to introduce senior primary students to science topics such as electromagnetism.
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.
FreeRice
Educational trivia and vocabulary games that let players learn while supporting the UN World Food Programme.
London Children's Museum
Hands-on play, art, science, early learning, family programs, and child-led exhibits at a children's museum in London, Ontario.
Genesis Kids
NASA’s Genesis mission learning page introduces children to the Sun and solar system through interactive games and activities, including instrument matching, Mars mazes, and word searches.
ExplorationWorks
A hands-on science center in Helena with interactive exhibits, early-childhood programming, family events, and science learning for children and families.
District of Columbia Public Library Kids
DC Public Library’s kids hub connects families to digital books, audiobooks, read-alongs, Kanopy Kids, science and homework databases, reading lists, Books from Birth, and educator support.
KokeLab
KokeLab offers kids learning games and projects in programming, math, science, and drawing, with a free-to-start browser experience aimed at ages 4–12.
Cairns Museum Kids and Families
Cairns Museum’s family page combines free self-guided activities, interactive exhibits, children’s activity areas, holiday programs, at-home ideas, and an official video playlist.
California State Parks Junior Ranger Program
California State Parks’ Junior Ranger page connects ages 7–12 with staff-led and self-guided programmes, nature and history activities, adventure guides, and badge/logbook rewards.
Children’s Museum of Indianapolis Virtual School Programs
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis offers live virtual programmes for school groups, with standards-based STEM, arts, humanities, and history topics for grades K–8.
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.
Honolulu Zoo Education
Honolulu Zoo’s education hub brings together Zoo to You, virtual tours, conservation learning, preschool experiences, and other wildlife programs.
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.
University of Edinburgh Mathematics Outreach
The University of Edinburgh’s mathematics outreach programme connects children, families, schools, and teachers with maths activities, workshops, and public engagement resources.
University of Sussex Mathematics Outreach
The University of Sussex mathematics outreach programme offers free school and university visits, talks, hands-on small-group activities, and public engagement events that connect mathematics with real-world questions.
Purdue Mathematics K–12 Outreach
Purdue University Mathematics K–12 Outreach promotes student interest in mathematics and science through hands-on activities, problem-solving learning environments and teacher collaboration.
EDC IDEAS Maker Program
Education Development Center’s IDEAS project is an inventing, designing, and engineering maker program for students and informal STEM learning.
UNEP Youth, Education and Environment
The UN Environment Programme youth hub connects young people and educators with environmental learning, youth participation, and sustainability opportunities.
USGS Earth Science Week Resources
USGS Earth Science Week resources give students and educators activities, Earth-science themes, and ways to connect geology and the environment with classroom learning.
MadaTech Summer-Tech
MadaTech’s Summer-Tech programme offers daily summer workshops for children in grades 1–6, combining museum-based experiments, technology, and hands-on STEM activities.
Israel Children’s Museum Activities
The Israel Children’s Museum activities page lists age-banded immersive programmes using stories, textures, nature, science, and social learning for young visitors.
Teaching Space With NASA
Teaching Space With NASA is a NASA program of virtual education workshops where experts and education specialists connect K–12 and informal educators with current space missions and resources.
Museo Pambata
The Philippines’ first interactive children’s museum, using exhibits, programs, and events to make cultural and environmental learning fun and hands-on.
Science World Classroom Activities
Science World’s official educator hub with classroom activities, coding and engineering ideas, biology and sustainability activities, professional development, and school outreach programs.
OC Public Libraries Kids & Family
Orange County Public Libraries’ kids and family hub offers library services, reading and learning links, children’s programming, and digital resources for young patrons.
North Carolina Zoo Digital Discovery
North Carolina Zoo’s Digital Discovery is a virtual school-group program that brings wildlife care, conservation, and the protection of wild places to learners remotely.
Children’s University Activities at Home and Online
Children’s University curates activities from its network and partners so children can keep learning at home and online through challenges, projects, and family activities.
What Is the Space Launch System? (Grades 5-8)
NASA’s grade 5-8 explainer shows how the Space Launch System works, how its rocket stages support Artemis missions, and which careers help build and operate it.
ScienceKid
ScienceKid is a free supplementary STEM platform with real-world quizzes, adventure tracks, badges, and short interactive challenges across science, math, engineering, and technology.
Glazer Children’s Museum
Glazer Children’s Museum is a hands-on learning museum where children and families explore play-based exhibits, storytime, camps, field trips, and STEAM programs.
The Engineering Family
Family-friendly engineering and science videos with experiments, builds, challenges, and explanations for curious children.
Wild & Kind Kids
A screen-free nature podcast with animal facts, original stories, movement prompts, riddles, and simple missions that help children care for the planet.
Markham Public Library Learning Place
A public-library program hub for children and families with age-banded STEAM, coding, animation, and creative technology learning opportunities.
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.
Mia & Codie: Coding for Kids
Mia & Codie combines short story episodes with visible sequencing and coding challenges so young children can explore computational thinking, early logic, patterns, and creative problem-solving without needing to read independently.
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.
Staten Island Zoo Education
Staten Island Zoo provides virtual, in-zoo, and traveling education programs with standards-aligned topics spanning pre-K through middle school.
QwikXR
A browser-based coding platform where learners explore 3D worlds through Blockly, JavaScript, and Python simulations, with ready-made missions and remixable projects.
CSMVS Children’s Museum
Mumbai’s CSMVS Children’s Museum is a creative cultural lab with interactive exhibits, programmes, workshops, digital interactives, and hands-on family learning.
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.
Maker Camp
Project-based making activities that combine science, engineering, art, and creative problem solving.
Astrum Earth
An astronomy and Earth-space video channel explaining planets, missions, and unusual worlds through visual science storytelling.
PBS Science U
PBS Science U is a youth science-literacy program from WPSU and Penn State that aims to educate and inspire young people through scientific knowledge and critical thinking.
Wovi
A pre-launch AI-learning world for ages 9–13 with browser missions that teach agents, classification, data literacy, testing, and reflection.
Kide Science
Kide Science is an inquiry-based early-years science program with playful experiments, lesson resources, and educator support for young children.
Earth Rangers
A conservation-focused app with animal missions, games, facts, and ways for children to take action.
DIY
A kid-focused creative platform for building games and projects with AI-assisted tools, challenges, and guided making experiences.
CBeebies
BBC children’s content with stories, songs, science, nature, and early-learning programs.