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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.
Science Journal for Kids and Teens
Free science articles written for students and approved by scientists, with topics spanning biology, health, climate, and the environment.
NOAA Education Resource Collections
Ocean, weather, climate, marine life, freshwater, and Earth science collections with activities and educator resources.
Smithsonian Learning Lab
Free Smithsonian digital collections, classroom-ready resources, and educator-created learning collections for children and students.
TED-Ed
Animated educational lessons that turn science, history, culture, and big questions into short, discussion-ready videos.
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.
Millennium Mathematics Project
The University of Cambridge mathematics outreach initiative connects ages 3–19 and the public with NRICH problem-solving resources, Plus maths magazine, events, and STEP support.
Exploratorium Science Activities
The Exploratorium offers more than 300 teacher-tested science activities for children from preschool through high school, with practical ways to investigate science at home or in educational settings.
DuPage Children’s Museum Educator Resources
DuPage Children’s Museum provides STEAM lesson plans, early-learning facilitation guides, field-trip social stories and sensory maps for educators.
BBC Bitesize
Free curriculum-linked lessons, games, quizzes, and study support for children and teenagers.
JPL Education
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory STEM resources, lessons, projects, videos, and activities for K-12 learners and educators.
National Geographic Education
Free maps, videos, interactives, events, and classroom resources that help learners explore geography, science, and the world.
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.
NOAA Ocean Exploration Learn & Discover
Ocean exploration facts, activities, virtual events, educator materials, and discoveries from NOAA Ocean Exploration.
USGS Educational Resources
Natural science lessons, activities, maps, podcasts, videos, and data resources from the U.S. Geological Survey.
National Geographic Education
Explorer Classroom, interactive lesson plans, maps, free resources, and geography learning from the National Geographic Society.
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.
Australian Science Week Early Childhood Resources 2026
National Science Week and the University of Canberra provide EYLF-aligned science activities, instruction sheets, and family postcards for young children.
U.S. Botanic Garden Field Trip Experiences
The U.S. Botanic Garden offers free self-guided, instructor-led, and virtual field trips from Pre-K through high school, with plant-science lessons aligned to Next Generation Science Standards.
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.
Hong Kong Science Museum Education Resources
Hong Kong Science Museum offers downloadable activity sheets and teachers’ guides connected to exhibitions including living technology, AI, biodiversity, Earth science and environmental conservation.
Nature Lab: Grades K–5
The Nature Conservancy’s Nature Lab provides elementary lesson plans that help children investigate ecosystems, wildlife, conservation and environmental questions through classroom-ready activities.
ORISE STEM Lesson Plans for K–12 Teachers
The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education provides a library of free K–12 STEM lesson plans, PDFs, activities, games and student opportunities.
NASA Teach: STEM Activities
NASA’s educator-facing STEM activity catalog from JPL, searchable by product type, subject, grade level, and topic across Earth, space, physical science, math, and technology.
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.
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.
Khan Academy
A broad free learning platform with practice and lessons across math, science, computing, reading, and more.
micro:bit
A creative physical-computing platform with block coding, Python, classroom projects, guides, videos, and teacher courses.
GeoGebra
Free interactive math tools, activities, and lessons for exploring geometry, algebra, graphs, statistics, and more.
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.
Inquiry in Action
Free K-5 physical science lesson plans, student activity sheets, animations, and hands-on investigations from the American Chemical Society.
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.
Ready Kids
FEMA’s preparedness learning hub for children, teens, families, and educators, with games, plans, activities, and multilingual resources.
NOAA JetStream
Weather and atmosphere lessons, explanations, activities, and visual learning from the National Weather Service.
Museum of the Rockies Online Learning
Free museum videos, lessons, activities, digital collections, and exhibits covering dinosaurs, geology, astronomy, and cultural history.
Natural History Museum of Utah Online Learning
Free museum learning resources with printable activities, virtual field trips, video lessons, 3D models, and junior naturalist guides.
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.
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.
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.
Math Antics
Visual math lessons covering arithmetic, fractions, geometry, measurement, percentages, and algebra basics.
Sick Science!
Hands-on science experiments and STEM ideas from Steve Spangler for families, educators, and science enthusiasts.
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.
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.
Cambridge Mathematics for All
The University of Cambridge Faculty of Mathematics outreach overview connects families and schools with free online mathematics education, NRICH problem solving, events, podcasts, and public engagement.
Science Museum Group Bouncy Egg Activity
A Science Museum Group hands-on KS2–KS3 chemistry activity uses vinegar and an egg to explore chemical reactions, osmosis, observation, and materials science.
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.
Primary Science Teaching Trust Resources
The Primary Science Teaching Trust catalogue provides classroom activities, teacher toolkits, assessment support, and topic-filtered science resources for primary education.
California Academy of Sciences Lesson Plans
California Academy of Sciences provides science lesson plans and classroom activities covering living systems, Earth science and astronomy.
NPS Science for Students of All Ages
The National Park Service connects students and teachers with park-based science labs, lesson plans, experiments, citizen science and other learning activities.
Smithsonian Distance Learning Resources
Smithsonian Learning Lab brings museum collections, lessons, educator collections, caregiver guides, and grade-linked resources together for online learning.
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.
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.
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.
The Kid Should See This
A curated collection of 8,300+ smart, creative, and unusual videos for children, families, teachers, and curious learners.
Science Learning Hub
New Zealand science learning resources with articles, activities, videos, experiments, and teacher support for school-age learners.
EIA Energy Kids
Kid-friendly explanations, games, activities, and teacher materials about energy, sources, history, and saving energy.
EPA Students
Free K–12 environmental homework help, games, quizzes, videos, lesson plans, and project ideas from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Howtosmile
Free, searchable STEM activities from museums, public media, universities, and educational organisations for families and educators.
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.
National Space Centre Education
Space science visits, planetarium shows, STEM workshops, virtual classrooms, and downloadable learning resources from Leicester’s National Space Centre.
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.
New York Public Library Learning
Storytimes, STEAM kits, reading recommendations, family activities, and free learning programs from NYPL.
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.
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.
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.
National Park Service Learn and Explore
National Park Service history, nature, Junior Ranger, classroom, and Every Kid Outdoors learning links for children and educators.
Project Learning Tree
Environmental education activities, family projects, lesson plans, and forest literacy resources for preschool through grade 12.
Auckland Zoo Education Resources
Free animal, conservation, nature, and science learning resources with age-separated lesson plans, videos, experiments, and activity packs.
NYBG At Home for Kids & Families
Plant science, nature observation, gardening, art, recipes, videos, and lesson ideas from the New York Botanical Garden.
KidsGardening Resource Library
Gardening activities, lesson plans, growing guides, nature projects, and family learning resources for children.
WWF Wild Classroom Toolkits
Species, climate, biodiversity, ocean, and food-waste teaching toolkits with activities for home and school.
Museum of Science Teaching STEM
STEM teaching resources, curriculum ideas, and hands-on learning support from Boston's Museum of Science.
Denver Zoo Family Nature Play
Outdoor family play where children climb, dig, observe bugs, explore natural materials, and connect with nature alongside zoo educators.
NOAA Educational Resources Guide
An official NOAA guide explaining how its free Earth-system education collections and Sea to Sky database are organized and reviewed.
NASA eClips YouTube
NASA eClips videos connect students and educators with NASA missions, scientists, engineers, and classroom-ready STEM ideas.
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.
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.
USGS Water Science School
The U.S. Geological Survey Water Science School offers water information, diagrams, maps, quizzes, interactive learning, and educator resources for students and teachers.
US EPA Lesson Plans and Teacher Guides
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency provides topic-based lesson plans, teacher guides, and online environmental resources for students and educators.
USGS Teachers, Learners, and Kids
The U.S. Geological Survey’s youth education page helps children, families and teachers explore geology, ecology, national parks, citizen science and STEM learning resources.
NPS Science Labs
The National Park Service Science Labs catalog lists hundreds of park-based science activities with student and teacher formats, grade levels and subjects.
NOAA Discover Your Changing World Activity Book
NOAA’s official climate activity book gives students and educators hands-on activities for exploring climate change, evidence, observations, and actions connected with a changing world.
NOAA NESDIS K-12 Education
NOAA NESDIS learning resources that help students and educators explore Earth systems, environmental data, weather, oceans, and the Sun through a K–12 lens.
FoodMASTER
A free, teacher-friendly curriculum using everyday food to teach applied mathematics, biology, chemistry, nutrition, measurement, geometry, and problem solving.
PBS LearningMedia
A free library of curriculum-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and discussion prompts for teachers and learners from pre-K through high school.
Science World
A Vancouver science centre with hands-on exhibits, live shows, family programs, digital learning, and educator resources.
Science First Class
Free spoken and interactive science learning adventures for children, with lessons about evidence, nature, matter, motion, and space.
National Air and Space Museum Learning
Free aviation and space activities, resources, videos, and educator materials from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
STEM for Others General Science
A free grades 3 to 6 science course with hands-on labs and lessons covering chemistry, physics, and engineering.
NFB Education
Canadian film-based learning resources, playlists, study guides, and digital storytelling activities for classrooms and curious learners.
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.
PBS North Carolina Education
Public-media learning resources for young children, families, and educators, including PBS KIDS activities, literacy, STEM, and educational video.
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.
FarmFood 360
Interactive 360-degree tours of Canadian farms and food production sites, with classroom and family-friendly agriculture learning.
National Museum of Australia Learning Resources
Free museum learning activities, family visits, digital classrooms, and interactive history journeys inspired by the Kspace adventure game.
Georgia Aquarium At-Home Learning
Free aquarium learning with animal guides, webcams, live streams, lesson ideas, and activities for curious children and families.
Cincinnati Zoo Education
Zoo education programs, family activities, camps, school programs, and conservation learning for children and educators.
New England Aquarium Educational Resources
Ocean activities, animal observations, conservation projects, and classroom resources from the New England Aquarium.
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.
Experience CS
A free integrated computer-science curriculum for grades 3–8 with cross-curricular units, teacher support, and English, Spanish, and French access.
Shaver’s Creek Nature Activities to Go
Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center offers guided nature activities for home or classroom, including amphibian life cycles, backyard birdwatching, biodiversity, watersheds, weather, and plant growth.
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.
Canadian Space Agency Toolkits for Youth and Educators
The Canadian Space Agency’s toolkit hub brings together official space learning materials, activities, games, videos, and reading resources on astronomy, the Moon, eclipses, engineering, rovers, climate, health science, and space history.
Botanic Gardens of Sydney Teacher Resources
Botanic Gardens of Sydney provides free curriculum-expert activity plans, videos, images, and virtual excursions for primary and secondary learners exploring the natural world.
NOAA Ocean Exploration Educator Resources
NOAA Ocean Exploration’s educator hub provides ocean-literacy themes, classroom materials, lesson plans, fact sheets, expedition content, multimedia, and professional-learning links.
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.
Sciencenter Resources for Educators
Sciencenter’s educator hub provides group-visit planning guides, hands-on activity guides and professional materials for using museum-based science learning with children.
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.
Discover Your World With NOAA
NOAA’s official activity book for educators and students offers hands-on activities that connect ocean, Earth, weather, and environmental science with curiosity and observation.
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.
Tumble Science Podcast Teacher Resources
Tumble’s teacher page provides classroom-facing ways to use its science podcast, with episode context, science stories, scientist voices and free public listening resources for educators.
TeachEngineering
Standards-aligned engineering lessons, activities, and design challenges for K–12 learners.
MinuteEarth
Animated science and Earth stories that explain animals, ecosystems, geology, bodies, and everyday natural phenomena.
ABC Education
Free Australian curriculum-linked videos, games, lessons, and classroom resources for children, families, and teachers.
National WWII Museum Education
K–12 history, STEM, lesson plans, classroom guides, virtual field trips, and student experiences from the National WWII Museum.
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.
New York State Museum Education
Museum-backed art, science, history, and family learning programs with online activities, videos, lessons, and teacher guides.
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.
MindUP
A preventative mental-health and social-emotional learning programme with brain science, mindfulness, emotional literacy, resilience, and family resources.
Natural Inquirer
USDA Forest Service science readers, activity books, lesson material, and virtual learning adventures for PreK through grade 12.
Waikiki Aquarium Virtual Experiences
Free marine science videos, webcams, virtual lectures, ocean spotlights, drawing lessons, and classroom resources from Waikiki Aquarium.
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.
Living Oceans Foundation Education
Ocean science, conservation, marine life, and classroom resources from the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation.
National Marine Aquarium Virtual Learning Experiences
Curriculum-linked virtual aquarium tours with live questions, marine science stories, and follow-up activities.
Canadian Museum of Nature Education Resources
Museum-backed school programmes, gallery learning, workshops, and activity guides for science and natural-history learning.
Sydney Zoo Education
School, family, virtual, excursion, vacation-care, and free downloadable wildlife learning resources from Sydney Zoo.
Minecraft Education
A game-based learning platform with K–12 lesson libraries, coding, STEM, digital citizenship, and educator training.
NASA JPL Education Overview
An official overview of NASA JPL’s education mission, audiences, K-12 content, STEM resources, and family-facing space learning.
Homeschool Pop
Elementary learning videos from a homeschool educator covering history, science, geography, civics, and seasonal topics.
Learn Bright
Teacher-style children’s lessons covering science, health, language, math, social studies, and general knowledge.
BrainPOP
Official BrainPOP videos introducing school subjects and learning topics for children and educators.
WonderLab Learning Resources
National Geographic’s WonderLab collection gives educators and older children activities, videos, and observation-based learning tools inspired by Explorer and photographer Anand Varma.
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.
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.
New York State Museum Collections Portal
A museum resource portal bringing together virtual field trips, digital collections, videos, lessons, teacher guides, and research-based activities for students and families.
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.
ESA Teach with Space
The European Space Agency collection offers classroom-ready space activities, resources, and videos with filters for age, subject, and language.
Canadian Museum of Nature Learn and Explore
The Canadian Museum of Nature’s Learn and Explore hub brings together family activities, science stories, videos, nature topics, and educator resources for learning at home, in class, or outdoors.
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.
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.
NASA at Home Activities
NASA’s at-home activities page collects space and Earth-science activities, projects, videos, and family learning ideas that can be explored outside a classroom.
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.
Maine Nature-Based Educational Activities
Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife offers nature activities, worksheets, coloring pages, posters, and educator materials for children exploring local wildlife and habitats.
Smithsonian Early Learners Resources
The Smithsonian’s Early Learners collection brings together museum-based activities and educator resources designed for young children and the adults who learn with them.
Philadelphia Zoo to You
Philadelphia Zoo’s virtual learning gateway offers wildlife discovery and curriculum-focused materials built around student-led environmental topics.
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.
Free Learning Games
A free math and science game hub organized for K–8 learners with curriculum-aligned activities and grade-band discovery.
Exploratorium Science Snacks
Low-cost, teacher-tested hands-on science activities from the Exploratorium, with searchable activities and collections for classrooms and curious families.
USGS Solar System Education
The U.S. Geological Survey solar-system education page connects elementary classroom lesson plans with planetary geology, lunar resources, Astrogeology, and additional official Earth-and-space materials.
Contagious Maths
The Millennium Mathematics Project’s Contagious Maths collection uses infectious-disease modelling to teach school students and the public how mathematics helps understand and respond to epidemics.
US EPA Community Service Environmental Projects
EPA’s community-service collection gives students and educators ideas for watershed protection, waste reduction, recycling, composting, water monitoring, and environmental service learning.
US EPA Science Fair Environmental Projects
EPA’s science-fair page offers environmental project ideas about surface-water quality, waste reduction, reuse, and recycling for students and teachers.
EarthX K–12 Environmental Education Curriculum
EarthX and Big Thought provide a free K–12 environmental curriculum covering ecology, climate change, sustainability, and environmental action.
Smithsonian Life Science Teaching Resources
The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s life-science collection brings together official classroom and learning resources about animals, plants, ecosystems, and biodiversity.
Smithsonian Engineering and Technology Teaching Resources
Smithsonian engineering and technology resources connect museum collections and science stories with design, invention, engineering, and technology learning.
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.
USGS Youth and Education in Science
The U.S. Geological Survey youth hub connects children, teens, educators, and families with Earth-science learning, activities, media, and school resources.
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.
Creative Science for Kids Podcast
Creative Science for Kids is an Australian science podcast for children ages 8–12 and their adults, pairing science facts, discoveries, scientist interviews, and hands-on activities with a teacher worksheet.
Science Learning Hub Topic Library
The University of Waikato’s Science Learning Hub topic library organizes science learning content across topics such as astronomy, animals, ecology, engineering, climate and citizen science.
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.
Met Office Learning for Children and Young People
The Met Office’s official learning page connects children and young people with curriculum-linked weather and climate learning resources and public education materials.
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.
TechEd4Kids
Free interactive science and math experiments, games, and lessons designed for learners in grades 6-12.
FunScienceTools
Free science simulations, visuals, citizen-science tools, and teacher-recommended resources organized by school level and topic.
Science Museum Group Learning Resources
A searchable collection of Science Museum Group learning resources, 3D objects, teaching materials, and topic filters for classroom and independent exploration.
Arizona Museum of Natural History Virtual Museum
A self-guided virtual paleontology museum with an immersive 360 tour, scavenger hunt videos, teacher background information, lesson plans, and worksheets.
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.
New York State Museums Online Education Portal
This New York State Museum portal brings together virtual field trips, Museum Moments, online exhibits, at-home activities, lessons, teacher guides, and digital collections.
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.
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.
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.
Interactive Learning
Interactive Learning provides free, no-sign-up classroom games for elementary math, science, phonics, geography, history, and languages, and lets educators make editable copies.
Wild Willows Classroom Kits
Free classroom kits built around the Wild Willows game, including an ecosystems and habitat science kit and an introductory APIs and web-development coding kit.
Shikshalay
Shikshalay is a free multilingual early-learning app for roughly ages 5–8, with Bengali, English, and Hindi lessons in alphabet, reading, maths, science, drawing, games, and everyday skills.
Getty Student Art Activities
Getty Student Art Activities is a collection of illustrated step-by-step art-making instructions, including drawing, making paint, watercolor, camera obscura, and art-and-science connections for classroom or home use.
Smithsonian Educator Resources
The Smithsonian Institution’s educator hub connects teachers and families with learning resources, collections, lesson materials, and Smithsonian programs across subjects.
Space Foundation Discovery Center Resources for Educators
Space Foundation Discovery Center’s educator collection offers classroom and informal-learning resources for exploring space science, engineering, and space technology.
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.
EPA Environmental Education
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s environmental-education hub connects children, families, teachers, and communities with learning resources about the environment and stewardship.
The Henry Ford Virtual Field Trips
The Henry Ford’s virtual field trips bring museum collections, innovation stories, and guided learning experiences to classrooms and families online.
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.
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.
The Partnership in Education Resources
A Duquesne University and NIH-supported collection of interactive apps, videos, student readings, games, and curriculum materials about biology and health.
Digital Museum of Learning Resource Library
The Digital Museum of Learning resource library is a searchable collection of worksheets, lesson plans, games and digital learning materials, with filters for age, subject and media type and resources for children, families and teachers.
National Geographic Explorer Mindset
National Geographic’s Explorer Mindset introduces exploration attitudes, skills and knowledge through educator-facing learning frameworks, explorer profiles and downloadable English and Spanish resources.
TED-Ed
Animated lessons and discussion prompts across science, culture, language, history, and ideas.
TryEngineering
Engineering lesson plans, activities, games, and career stories from IEEE for young learners.
Digital Museum of Learning
A free online museum for children and educators with interactive exhibitions, stories, resources, and playful quizzes about learning.
Willow Brain
Free interactive learning adventures for curious children across science, nature, geography, history, math, and logic.
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.
Crayola Learning
Creativity-focused lesson plans, thinking sheets, project plans, and learning videos from Crayola for classrooms and home learning.
AumSum
Animated science and general-knowledge videos for children about the natural world, bodies, space, and everyday questions.
ESA Space for Kids
The European Space Agency’s kid-focused learning library with articles, lessons, games, and stories about space, Earth, astronauts, and technology.
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.
Learning App for Kids
Free bilingual English-Urdu learning for playgroup through Grade 5 with maths, language, science, and world topics.
Fablo Kids
Short, teacher-checked stories for ages 6–10 that use real maths and science ideas to solve each adventure, with English and Arabic series.
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.
National Weather Service Education
The National Weather Service Education portal provides weather and climate learning for children, educators, and families through JetStream, student opportunities, citizen science, classroom data, safety materials, videos, outreach, and virtual field-trip links.
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.
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.
Giving STEAM to Learning Through Play
National Children’s Museum’s official initiative page describes a multi-year effort to connect classrooms, museums, and families through playful early-childhood STEAM learning and planned free resources.
Space Foundation Discovery Center Education
Space Foundation Discovery Center’s education hub brings together space, STEM, outreach, field-trip, and learning opportunities for students, families, and educators.
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 Lesson Plans and Activities for K–2
USGS K–2 lesson plans introduce young learners to Earth science through age-appropriate activities, observation, and classroom exploration.
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.
Science Journal for Kids STEM Resource Guide
Science Journal for Kids and Teens curates free STEM resources, readings, simulations, worksheets, and lesson ideas for school-age learners.
FIRST Free Education Resources
FIRST’s free education resources provide STEM, robotics, design, and problem-solving activities for learners, educators, and families.
Rainforest Alliance Kids & Teens
Rainforest Alliance Kids & Teens provides free environmental education resources for ages 5–18, including downloadable lesson plans with videos, quizzes, worksheets, and links to math, art, and sustainability topics.
Tumble Podcast Research & OCEAN Kids
Tumble’s official research hub explains how teachers use science podcasts and presents the free OCEAN Kids audio-and-citizen-science course for elementary learners, supported by research partners.
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.
Mystery Science
Hands-on elementary science lessons built around intriguing questions, videos, and investigations.
The Math Learning Center
Free math apps, visual models, classroom activities, and educator resources that support conceptual understanding across elementary and middle-school mathematics.
Association of Children’s Museums Empowering Young Minds
The Association of Children’s Museums Empowering Young Minds podcast explores playful learning, children’s museums, childhood education, belonging, access, and ways families and educators can support children’s curiosity.
What’s Happening Inside Me?
What’s Happening Inside Me? is a kid-friendly educational podcast about the human body, health, and science, created with medical and biomedical teaching expertise for young listeners.
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.
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.
UNEP Formal Education Resources
UNEP’s formal-education page gathers environmental learning approaches and resources for schools, teachers, and learners working on sustainability.
DK Find Out!
DK Learning has closed as a standalone site; selected resources and educator updates now continue through DK.com.
LEGO Education
Hands-on STEM, robotics, and coding curriculum built around LEGO Education sets and classroom projects.
Baamboozle
Teacher-made classroom games for review, speaking practice, vocabulary, science, social-emotional learning, and quick group play.
Switch Zoo
Animal games, habitat activities, animal profiles, music, and teacher resources for exploring animals and ecosystems.
Education.com
A broad library of printable worksheets, games, activities, and lesson materials organized around school subjects and grade levels.
iSmartKid
iSmartKid is a multisubject learning platform for ages 3–14 with more than 500 lessons spanning coding, math, science, reading, languages, and creative activities.
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.
Science Everywhere
New York State Education Department’s Science Everywhere initiative supports inquiry-based preschool science explorations and adaptable activities for kindergarten through grade 2.
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.
Education World
Educator-focused lesson plans, worksheets, teaching ideas, technology guidance, and classroom resources across school subjects.
LittleActivity Reading
Structured free reading lessons from preschool through Grade 10 with phonics, sight words, comprehension, fluency, and short progressive practice.
Mr. DeMaio
Mr. DeMaio’s educational videos use songs, history, science, geography, and classroom-friendly explanations to make learning memorable.
The Organic Chemistry Tutor
A large lesson library covering chemistry, physics, algebra, trigonometry, calculus, and other high-school and introductory college topics.
Generation Genius
Science and math videos made with the National Science Teachers Association, with lesson plans, teacher guides, DIY activities, and stopping points.
Newsela
Differentiated nonfiction articles and quizzes designed for classroom reading practice.
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.
DOGO News
Current-events articles for children covering science, social studies, civics, world news, culture, and the environment.
Kids Discover
Visual nonfiction articles and interactive lessons covering science, history, geography, and social studies.
Science4Us
An elementary science curriculum and activity platform with lessons, investigations, resources, and teacher support for young learners.
EarlyActivity
EarlyActivity provides printable worksheets, colouring pages, puzzles, stories, science activities, and browser-based worksheet makers for children ages 2–12, families, and classrooms.