Government Science
for kids
Explore 11 trusted government science resources selected for curious kids, with clear ages, access details, and parent context.
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NASA For Students Grades K–4
NASA’s K–4 student hub offers age-appropriate space, Earth and engineering learning resources for younger students.
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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 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.
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.
US EPA Homework Resources about Environmental Issues
EPA’s homework hub organizes student-friendly help across air, climate, ecosystems, energy, health, recycling, water, and science and research topics.
US EPA Learning and Teaching about the Environment
The EPA students hub gathers K–12 homework resources, lesson plans, project ideas, games, quizzes, videos, and environmental-learning pathways.
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.
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.
NASA Space Out This Summer STEM Activities
NASA’s official summer roundup introduces space-themed STEM activities and learning opportunities for children and families through NASA’s learning resources.
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.
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.
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