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Lots of excellent lists are circulating on the internet, but I’ll see if I can put together a few more unique suggestions that might be new and fresh ideas for you!
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PS… The Monterey Bay Aquarium and the National Geographic for Kids stuff is AWESOME! Check them out below!
Nature Journaling Through Writing, Drawing, Painting, or Photography!
Coloring Pages
Monterey Bay Aquarium – Gorgeous Animal Coloring Pages!
University of Georgia Coloring Pages – Color beloved mascot Uga, Quarterback Jake Fromm, and more!
Art
2020 Marine Endangered Species Art Contest (Digital Entries Only)
Stellwagen Bank Marine Art Contest for Grades K-12
Browse the NOAA Art Gallery for Marinelife Creations
MOSAic Arctic Art Gallery and Submissions
Music
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Streaming: Log on to the Digital Concert Hall ticket page with the code BERLINPHIL. The Digital Concert Hall is free of charge for 30 days.
Met Opera Streaming: Free streaming of the Metropolitan Opera. One performance is streamed a week.
Fitness and Physical Activity
LIVE Fitness for Kids: Fitness activities for kids; accessible from home every day from 10:30-11:15am.
Brownstone Yoga: Free yoga podcast run by Meg Brownstone, a yoga instructor at Rubber Soul Yoga in Athens.
Dancing Alone Together has a collection of Online Dance Classes across different Social Media Live Formats.
Basic Skills and General Learning
IXL – Online Activities featuring content that covers over 8,000 K – 12 Skills
123 Homeschool 4 Me – Over 1,000,000 Printable Worksheets
Science
Monterey Bay Aquarium Virtual Tour
- Animals A – Z
- Habitats
- Meet the Animals!
- Live WebCams
- Coloring Pages
- Search and Find Posters!
- Sea Otter Puppet
- Lanternfish Activity
- Shark Art
- Penguin Party
- Critter Cards
- K-3 Activities
- Kelp Forest Game and Ebook
- Exhibit Booklets
- Exhibit Activities
- More Curriculum Ideas
NOAA – National Marine Sanctuary Virtual Dives (Can be viewed on PC, Mobile, or VR Devices!)
- Channel Islands with Sea Lions
- American Samoa
- Florida Keys
- Flower Garden Banks
- Gray’s Reef
- Monterey Bay
- Olympic Coast
- Stellwagen Bank
- Thunder Bay
BioSITE Nature Journal Pages
BioSITE Tips for Designing Your Own Nature Journal Pages
At Home Learning with the USGS – United States Geological Survey
Lawrence Hall of Science AfterSchool KidzScience™ Videos
Follow Amazeum YOUniverse on Facebook @Amazeum, Instagram @amazeum, and Twitter @Amazeum for Daily Live Learning Activities.
Participate in the Baldwin & Shell and Museum of Discovery Cardboard Construction Contest
Download the Kepler Exoplanet Transit Hunt – Kepler Exoplanet Transit Hunt lets you discover a planet by the “transit method” like what the NASA Kepler Mission used: watching a star and hunting for the tiny drops in brightness that happen when the planet passes (transits) in front it! How many properties of the planet do you think you can know just from a few minuscule dips in brightness?
Download Star Wheels for Your Area so you can identify constellations in the night sky! Also available for purchase here.
Kidspace-At-Home: Virtual Learning & Play Resources
OBIS – Outdoor Biology Instructional Strategies – pdf versions of over 100 Different Hands-On Activities for Exploring Living Things!
Wunderground Weather History – Enter a Date to Explore the Weather on that Day!
Climate.gov Teaching Resources
National Weather Service Content for Kids and Teens
Cornell Lab of Ornithology also has a ton of Bird Activities!
- BirdSleuth K-12 English
- Guia para Exploradores Birdsleuth K-12
- Celebrate Urban Birds
- Live Bird Cams
- Project Feeder Watch Interactive Bird ID Chart
- Nest Watch
Lawrence Hall of Science – Science Apps & Activities
- I Got This
- Monster Heart Medic
- Space Chef
- DIY Lake Science
- DIY Human Body
- DIY Sun Science
- DIY Nano and DIY Nano HD
- Octonauts Podcast
- Octonauts Educational Corner
- Hands-On Science with NOAA
- Earth Science Resources
- Life Science Resources
- Physical Science Resources
- Scientific Process Resources
- Sea Turtle Curriculum Pack
- Northern Fur Seal Curriculum Pack
- Killer Whale Curriculum Pack
- Climate Change Curriculum Pack
SEA – Sea Earth Atmosphere
Estuary Education
Ocean Exploration Videos and Educational Materials
- Marine Archaeology
- The Arctic
- Bioluminescence
- Seafloor Cold Seeps
- Deep-Sea Canyons
- Deep-Sea Corals
- Mesophotic Corals
- Seamounts
- Vents and Volcanoes
- Multimedia Discovery Missions
- Ocean Exploration Facts
- Oil Spills
- Hands-On Science Activities
Teacher at Sea
- Miss Cook’s Voyage on the Ronald H. Brown
- Mrs. Armwood’s Hydrographic Adventure on the NOAA Ship FAIRWEATHER
- Mr. Tanenbaum Explores Atlantic Fisheries on the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow
- Teacher in the Air: Dr. Diane’s Flight with the NOAA Hurricane Hunters
- Discovering Our Ocean and Atmosphere with the NOAA Teacher at Sea Book Series Lesson Plans
National Marine Sanctuaries Games and Fun
- Hawaiian Humpback Whales Activity Book
- Sanctuary Sam the Sea Lion Videos and Games
- Planet Arcade – 24 Online Games
Beetles Science Instruction – Multiple pdf Lesson Plans for a Variety of Activities
- Adaptation Intro Live!
- Argumentation Routine
- Bark Beetle Exploration
- Bird Language Exploration
- Blending In & Standing Out
- Case of the Disappearing Log
- Decomposition Mission
- Discovery Swap
- Discussion Routines
- Double Take
- Exploratory Investigation
- Fire Management Discussion
- Food, Build, Do, Waste
- Fungi Exploration
- Hand Lens Introduction
- How Big & How Far
- I Notice, I wonder, It Reminds Me of
- Interview an Organism
- Lichen Exploration
- Mind Pie
- Moon Balls
- Most Successful Organism Discussion
- Night Hike Scavenger Hunt
- NSI: Nature Scene Investigators
- Related & Different
- Spider Exploration
- Spider Investigation
- Stream Detectives
- Structures & Behaviors
- Tracking
- Walk & Talk
- Whacky Adapty
- What Lives Here?
- What Scientists Do
- You Are What You Eat
The National Center for Quality Afterschool Programs
How To Smile Database of FREE 3500 Science and Math Activities
Missouri Botanical Gardens
Chabot Space & Science Center – Meteorology Lesson Kit
Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose
The New Children’s Museum Lesson Plans
- Clay Houses
- I Know What I Saw Stickers
- Preposterous People Pots
- Story Tiles
- Creature Collages
- Layered Landscapes
- Spooky Sculptures
- Clay Hamburgers
Advanced High School and College Level
Science Materials
MOSAiC: Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate – Remote, Online, and At-Home Polar Climate Learning Resources
Global Systems Science – A Changing Cosmos HOU Astronomy Curriculum
Coursera Class by University of Colorado Boulder – Frozen in the Ice: Exploring the Arctic
Social Studies
National Geographic Interactive Mapmaker
COVID-19 Educational Resources
For kids taking an interest in epidemiology – CDC’s Solve the Outbreak Game! – Based on real historic cases, predates the current pandemic.
UC Berkeley – The Science of Covid Educational Resources
Activities That Might Require Purchasing Supplies or Subscriptions
Purchase Sunprint Kits and check out these Super Cool Science and Art Ideas from the Lawrence Hall of Science!
- Sunprint Origami
- Moire Patterns
- Wrinkled Sunprints
- Sunscreen Experiment
- Magnetic Field Prints
- Sun Trail Experiment
- Sunprint Silhouettes
- Fresh Herb Sunprints
- Martha Stewart Style Sunprints
Subscribe to National Geographic Online Magazine for Exclusive Digital Content
National Geographic TV Streaming – May Require Cable Subscription or Disney+ Subscription
National Geographic for Kids Magazine Subscriptions
Scholastic Home Base – Activities with Characters from Popular Fiction Books!
Wings of Fire Activities
(Kindle Editions $3.99 – $10.99)
(Paperbacks $5.99 and Up)
(Audiobooks FREE with Audible Trial – Restrictions Apply. See Amazon for details.)
- Book 1 The Dragonet Prophecy
- Book 2 The Lost Heir
- Book 3 The Hidden Kingdom
- Book 4 The Dark Secret
- Book 5 The Brightest Night
- Book 6 Moon Rising
- Book 7 Winter Turning
- Book 8 Escaping Peril
- Book 9 Talons of Power
- Book 10 Darkness of Dragons
- Book 11 The Lost Continent
- Book 12 The Hive Queen
- Book 13 The Poison Jungle
- Wings of Fire Boxset Books 1-5
EnchantedLearning.com – $20 annual subscription to access over 35,000 pages of printable worksheets. They are currently offering FREE access for teachers whose schools are closed. Click Here for more information on eligibility.
United States Study Unit K -2 $5.00
Explore Your Backyard or the Neighborhood with These Nature Journaling Supplies! Or, Get Creative, and Make Your Own!
- Nature Journal: A Kid’s Nature Journal
- Nature Journal: A Kids Nature Study Journal
- Nature Walk Journal
- The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling
- Exploring Nature Journal for Kids: Observe and Record the Outdoors
- Small Adventures Journal: A Little Field Guide for Big Discoveries in Nature
- Nature Anatomy Notebook: A Place to Track and Draw Your Daily Observations
- Keeping a Nature Journal: Discover a Whole New Way of Seeing the World Around You
- Nature Observer: A Guided Journal
- The Naturalist’s Notebook: An Observation Guide and 5-Year Calendar-Journal for Tracking Changes in the Natural World around You
- My Nature Journal~Kids Nature Log/Nature Draw and Write Journal
- Nature Journal: Kids Nature Journal/Nature Log Activity Book; Fun Nature Drawing And Journaling Workbook For Children
- Backpack Explorer: On the Nature Trail: What Will You Find?
- Exploring Nature Activity Book for Kids: 50 Creative Projects to Spark Curiosity in the Outdoors
You can also check out John Muir Laws to download
- FREE 153 Page pdf version of How to Teach Nature Journaling
- FREE 96 Page pdf version of Nature Journaling Curriculum Version 2.0
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