Engaging Families During COVID 19
Resources for You (the Parent)
Parenting in the Time of COVID-19
Cómo hablar con los niños sobre el coronavirus
Talking to Children About COVID-19 (Coronavirus): A Parent Resource
Supporting Kids During the COVID-19 Crisis
Things Your Kids Can Do
List of Live Webcams, Virtual Tours, and Virtual Field Trips
From visits to Alaska, Australia, Ancient Rome and More
Zoos, Aquariums, Music Hall of Fames, Museums, and more… Check them out
Day-by-day projects to keep kids, reading, thinking, and growing (K-9)
Discovery Education Virtual Field Trips
Free Crafts, Worksheets, Lesson Plans
Free Educational Subscriptions
Museums
American Museum of Natural History
Tour the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array facilities and observatory
Are you ready for a virtual road trip through the desert to space? Located in the heart of the Atacama Desert on the Chajnantor Plateau of Chile, the NSF-funded ALMA observatory has been referred to as the “most ambitious radio observatory on Earth.” It consists of 66 antennas that work together as a single giant telescope to explore stars, planets, and galaxies. In the virtual tour, you can explore the facility and learn how the telescope works. The construction on this observatory dates back to 2004 and is still in progress!
Take a quick trip to San Francisco’s Exploratorium
Exploratorium exhibit developers, scientists, and educators have curated a collection of videos to create a virtual tour experience. Learn about everything from soap film painting and chick embryo development, to the limits of human vision In addition to the virtual tour, the Exploratorium offers a variety of hands-on science activities you can do at home.
Visit the sea life at New England Aquarium
Have you ever wondered what Seadragons eat? Or how a 9,000 gallon Coral Reef exhibit is cleaned? The New England Aquarium’s daily presentations. Take a peek at how aquariums function.
STEM
For a more informal STEM education resources for COVID-19 and online learning, please visit: informalscience.org/informal-stem-education-resources-covid-19-and-online-learning