Science Resources
A collection of science experiments to perform at home from Prepscholar
Sarah Albee shares a STEM mystery, “Did the Doctor Do It?”
Zooniverse
Science
6th - 8th, High School, Independent studies in most branches of science
World's pre-eminent Citizen Science portal, featuring primary research in most branches of science, from astronomy through botany, sociology, zoology, etc.
Zooniverse is ongoing, not just for school closures. Each project comes with tutorial, FAQ, Field Guide and own dedicated Talk forum. Excellent applied-science reinforcement for school subjects. WildCam projects will be accessible by Grades 6 - 8 (may need parental assist to start).
Youth Code Jam
Youth Code Jam hosts Texas’ largest family coding events and supports events in 92 schools in 37 Texas cities. We create bilingual, hands-on computational thinking and coding activities perfect for brain breaks or concept learning.
Free bilingual, hands-on coding activities for K-8 that can be used in school or at home, teaching basic computational thinking and computer science concepts. Adventure Mode helps drive student-centered learning.
Science, STEM
K - 2nd, 3rd - 5th, 6th - 8th
Techykids.com is a hub for kids to be inspired with a blend of robotics, creativity, technology, and invention. Techykids.com is the US distributor for the Thymio educational robot and contains student projects created with the TechyKids Learning System. Educators can also use the original and kid tested curriculum to power their classrooms or camps. Kids can learn online or participate in on of our programs.
Free online courses that teach Robotics, Coding, 3D Modeling and Invention
Wow in the World
Writing, Science, ESL, STEM
3rd - 5th
https://tinkercast.com/resource/take-home-wowsheet
Wow in the world is the #1 podcast for kids and families. Produced by Tinkercast and distributed by NPR, hosts Guy Raz and Mindy Thomas weave a character driven, humor heavy story around a new scientific discovery happening in the world right now. Eyes Up. screens Down. Jaws Dropped.
Printable worksheet (or Wowsheet) that turns any episode of Wow I’m the World in to a scientific STEAM adventure! Perfect for curious kids ages 5-12
WCDSB STEAM Days
Math, Reading, Writing, Science, Fine Arts, STEM
ALL
https://www.wcdsb.ca/STEAMDays/?fbclid=IwAR3507elIUHvwE7zAFoOBakGsaKsN4SLIJiCiYaSVO19XtL3DaBaZRA7XV4
The Waterloo Catholic District School Board website that will include STEAM activities for both elementary and secondary. Each day next week will focus on a different STEAM area (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) Check out the website for more information.
Each day of the week will be dedicated to sharing fun questions, finding great answers and learning subject specific home activities.
Virtual Farm Trips
Science, Social Studies, STEM, Agriculture
ALL
Free Recorded Virtual Farm Tours for Teachers and Students
Recordings of all our past educational Virtual Farm Trips to pig, dairy, beef and soybean farms for students of all ages are being made available to teachers and students to access free of charge during the COVID-19 outbreak.
VentureLab Remote Learning Series
STEM, Entrepreneurship
6th - 8th, High School
https://venturelab.org/remote-learning/
Our Remote Learning Series features entrepreneurship activities and videos for students led by VentureLab educators.
Free entrepreneurship activities and videos
Tyto Online
Next Generation Science video game focused on middle school where students directly engage in science phenomena as they solve problems.
Free 60-day trial; if we need to extend longer for teachers impacted by COVID-19 school services, we’ll make sure it’s available throughout this school year.
Toy & Game Young Inventor Challenge
STEM
ALL
Free resources to help kids invent a toy or game including a step-by-step Design Guide, articles and videos. Kids can also enter Young Inventor Challenge for a chance at scholarships, prizes and licensing. Every entrant receives feedback from a toy/game exec.
Free step-by-step Design Guide created by an educator and the inventor of Bop-It, Perplexus and more as well as videos, articles, ToyWiki to help and inspire.
The Tech Interactive
STEM
K - 2nd, 3rd - 5th, 6th - 8th, High School
https://www.thetech.org/athome
Silicon Valley's favorite science center has compiled their favorite STEM, maker, and design challenge activities into one place for teachers and parents.
STEM/design challenge lesson plans, activities and videos for grades K-12.
The Science Spot
https://sciencespot.net/Pages/classhome.html
Take-home science projects that can be completed with or without Internet access; other resources useful in eLearning.
All the resources on the site are available free of charge.
Science, Special Education
3rd - 5th, 6th - 8th
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfbyBtBuFF3piZdlIAAHMoaKUnxbwof3SdVSjDv04BKoogxjw/viewform
Complete Video lesson for Middle School Science - Video, worksheet, review and Quiz
Complete video lesson with worksheet, review and assessment
SEPUP
Free science simulations, scientist profiles, and other digital resources for middle school science and high school biolgy. No log in required.
Always Free
Positive Physics
https://www.positivephysics.org/home
An online physics problem and video bank designed for conceptual, standard, honors or AP1 physics.
All teacher and student accounts are free for the remainder of the school year.
Inspark
Science, STEM
High School, Higher Education
https://landing.inspark.education/teach
Online science courses that promote active learning. Instructors are provided with tools to track student outcomes and customize the content. Our mission is to enable a virtuous cycle of curiosity, exploration, and discovery, preparing students for the 21st century.
Free access to online science courses through the end of the school year. Pick and choose lessons or implement entire courses.
Infiniscope
Science, STEM
ALL
Infiniscope offers high-quality adaptive digital learning experiences. Each experience comes with a full 5E lesson plan and NGSS alignment documents.Create an account and enroll your students to save and track progress, view responses to embedded assessments, and identify learning gaps.
Online Science Explorations
Generation Genius
Science, STEM
K - 2nd, 3rd - 5th, 6th - 8th
https://www.generationgenius.com/
Generation Genius is a science teaching resource that brings school science standards to life through fun and educational videos paired with lesson plans, activities, quizzes, reading material, discussion questions and more. Our videos are filmed in Hollywood, produced in partnership with the National Science Teaching Association, and have been aligned to standards in all 50 states. We cover 100% of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for grades K-5 and will be adding grades 6-8 in Fall 2020 as well as math in the coming years. Generation Genius is a public benefit corporation.
A number of free experiments and videos
GameSalad, Inc.
STEM
6th-8th and High School
https://gamesalad.com/education/remote-ready/
GameSalad teaches STEM and STEAM with a game design focus. Students learn programming concepts and computer science through project-based lessons, building their own video games on a syntax-free visual programming interface. Detailed instructions for students and full lesson plans for teachers make a great introduction to coding for 5th grade through post-secondary. Web-based interface is set up for either self-paced or teacher-led instruction.
GameSalad’s education platform, with TEKS and CSTA aligned curriculum, is available free until the end of May 2020 to schools affected by closings.
Curiscope
Science, STEM
K - 2nd, 3rd - 5th, 6th - 8th, High School
https://www.curiscope.com/blogs/blog/our-plans-during-the-coronavirus-shutdown#athome
Augmented Reality Lessons & Products with specific focus on human body and space.
Free lessons on the human body including quizzes, diagrams and worksheets. Free Augmented Reality lesson on the digestive system.
CLEAN (The Climate and Energy Awareness Network)
Science, STEM
Not all, but multiple. Grades ~3rd-higher education
https://cleanet.org/index.html
The CLEAN collection contains 700+ free, online, peer-reviewed, NGSS aligned, and ready-to-use educational resources for teaching about climate and energy including activities, lab demonstrations, visualizations, and videos which are easily searchable through various search features and tags. These resources are reviewed by scientists and educators and the collection is syndicated to the NOAA Teaching Climate Portal, making it the official federal government collection of climate & energy teaching resources. CLEAN also provides pedagogical support for teaching climate and energy topics, including background pages on climate & energy topics, resources for building climate units, a bimonthly newsletter connecting resources to current events, professional development webinars, and a toolkit to help educators with many aspects of bringing climate into the (online) classroom.
CLEAN is always free - all resources that are found through our collection are online and free to use. You can search the collection and access all of our pedagogical support through the CLEAN website.
Bridge Ocean Science Education
Science
6th - 8th, High School
The Bridge is an award-winning clearinghouse of marine science education materials. Resources are organized by subject and are searchable by topic and grade level.
lesson plans, infographics, videos, college and career information
Math, Science, STEM, Computer Science, Programming
6th - 8th, High School, Higher Education, Professionals
Build problem solving skills in math, science, and computer science with fun and challenging interactive explorations.
Daily problem solving challenges across math, science, and computer science, along with lessons and practice problems.
Blocksmith, Inc
Science, STEM, Computer/Design/Programming
3rd, 6th, High School and Higher Ed.
https://www.blocksmithxr.com/education
A highly accessible software for students age 8 and up to learn about 3D video game making, incl modeling, animations and programming. Virtual Reality friendly. Hourly lesson plans guide students step by step to making their first games.
Free Software to use. Free trial for advanced features and a free 2h curriculum sample making their first 3D games.
BiteScis
Science, STEM
High School
BiteScis integrates current scientific research into NGSS-aligned lessons aimed at introductory high school level courses. Most lesson are easily modified for remote learning.
Lesson plans and all corresponding materials are always free.
Air Quality Egg
Science, STEM
3rd - 5th, 6th - 8th, High School, Higher Education
https://airqualityegg.com/portal/
Citizen science web platform with a global community of air quality monitors
NGSS curriculum using real air quality data
Alchemie
The Mechanisms app allows students to learn and practice reaction mechanisms by moving and manipulating individual bonds and electrons. Instructors can assign specific puzzle problems through the Epiphany Dashboard. Students will be able to access those puzzles through the App on their phone or tablet. Demos of the Mechanisms and Epiphany Dashboard are available for free.
Alchemie is offering the Mechanism App for free from now until the end of the spring semester. June 30th
Amdon
Math, Science
K - 2nd, 3rd - 5th
https://www.werkzpublishing.com/sciencewerkz/mathwerkz-10-for-free/
STEM Content that is App-Based (doesn't need constant internet)
Interactive digital resources for Math and Science - FREE for a year
American Association of Chemistry Teachers
The American Association of Chemistry Teachers (AACT) is a professional community by and for K–12 teachers of chemistry. Take advantage of AACT's benefits to connect with peers, discover quality classroom resources, and achieve your professional goals. Membership is open to educators and anyone in the United States and around the world with an interest in K–12 chemistry education.
Through March 31 (updated as of 3/13)