Resources
This is a running compilation of resources to help teachers, students and parents to transition to learning at home.
- BSCS Science Learning Resources
- Learning Remotely Strategies
- Flinn at Home - Science Labs
- ISS Learn-at-Home Activities
- Sample Schedules - All Ages - Khan Academy
- Stem Teaching Tools - Sample Learning Menus
- UCAR At Home Learning - Learn About the Earth
- Best Nature Webcams
- 33 Virtual National Park Tours
- WeAreTeachers At Home Ideas
- Virtual Dissections
- OpenSciEd - NGSS Units
- ExploreBlog Webcams and Lessons
- 100 Best Websites for Science Teachers
- Google Chrome Extensions for Struggling Students and Special Needs
- Kesler Science - Out of School Bundle
- Gifted and Talented Enrichment Support Materials
- 150+ Enrichment Activities for Children
- List of Education Companies Offering Free Subscriptions
- Minute to Win It Games
- Amazing List of Educational Resources
- Breezy Special Ed Resources
- Teachers Pay Teachers - search for "Free" Resources
- VR Field Trips
- Ways to Extend Learning at Home
- TEDEd Lessons
- Livestream Activities Calendar
- WeCreateEdu Videos to Support Your Online Instruction
- GIANT LIST OF IDEAS FOR BEING HOME WITH KIDS
- Kidtivity.com
- National Wildlife Federation - Ranger Rick!
- Steve Spangler Science Experiments
- CK-12 Math and Science (Some LA and SS)
- NEED Energy Lessons
- AMI Resources for Computer Science
- Big History Project
- BBC - The Biggest 25 Turning Points in Earth's History
- Little Grandpa and Me: Learning to be A Dairy Farmer - March 20 at 10:00 a.m.
- Complementary virtual field trip to a Colorado dairy farm (Check out the field trip quiz and answer key developed by CFA staff)
- Who Grew My Soup? - March 27 at 10:00 a.m.
- If You Love Honey - April 3 at 10:00 a.m.
- John Deere, That's Who! - April 10 at 10:00 a.m.
- The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin - April 17 at 10:00 a.m.
- Colorado Agriculture in the Classroom Free Activity Books
- The National Agricultural Literacy Curriculum Matrix
- Art at Home
- California Academy of Sciences:
Preschool
- Build outdoors with Nature Play: Create with Nature
- Investigate your favorite insect with What Would Happen?
- Watch and sing 7,000 Kinds of Amphibians
- Observe and imitate the Academy's Live Penguin Colony
Kindergarten
- Connect with animal caretakers in Penguins, Will You Be My Valentine?
- Question your environment with Notice and Wonder
- Observe how you use different teeth with Chew, Bite, Chomp
1st Grade
- Meet our birds in Penguins: Wings, Beaks, and Feathers, Oh My!
- Get an Introduction to Scientific Sketching
- Sing a song and draw out your own Jungle Layers
2nd Grade
- Count sections as your build a Fraction Penguin
- Play Natural Resources Bingo as a family
- Use Scientific Sketching for Observation in your notebook
3rd Grade
- Watch and giggle about The Story of Poo
- Design a Macroinvertebrate Manor in your own backyard
- Draw with us in Art & Science: Nature as Your Muse
4th Grade
- Carry out a Compost Scientific Investigation
- Connect with experts to hear the difference between Weather & Climate
- Build a Pocket Solar System to grasp astronomical scale
5th Grade
- Take a Virtual Dive in a Kelp Forest
- Connect and compare these Spooktacular Skulls
- Learn how to Spot That Bird; then, do an outdoor Bird Count
Middle School
- Watch Flipside Science and design your own solutions
- Connect with astronomy experts in Tour of the Night Sky
- Produce scale models with How Big is Big?
High School
- Watch Academy Science videos to explore STEM careers
- Complete our Biodiversity Course on Khan Academy
- Meet a marine biologist in Nudibranchs, Colorful Creatures of the Sea
Huge List from: Insufferably Intolerant Science Nerd
115 free fairy tale books: https://www.reddit.com/…/here_are_115_free_fairy_tale_eboo…/
100 free mythology books: https://www.reddit.com/…/heres_a_list_of_100_free_mytholog…/
250 free kids and YA books: https://www.reddit.com/…/here_is_a_list_ive_compiled_of_25…/
200 free sci-fi books: https://www.reddit.com/…/here_is_a_list_of_200_free_scifi_…/
100 free classics: https://www.reddit.com/…/the_top_100_free_classic_ebooks_f…/
100 free Christmas ebooks: https://www.reddit.com/…/here_is_a_list_of_100_free_christ…/
100 free poetry ebooks: https://www.reddit.com/…/here_are_100_free_poetry_ebooks_f…/
100 free history ebooks: https://www.reddit.com/…/here_are_100_free_history_ebooks_…/
100 free memoirs and autobiographies: https://www.reddit.com/…/here_are_100_free_ebooks_of_memoi…/
50 free mysteries: https://www.reddit.com/…/here_is_a_list_of_50_free_mystery…/
100 free books about pirates: https://www.reddit.com/…/rfreeebooks_just_hit_400000_subsc…/
70 books about space and astronomy: https://www.reddit.com/…/70_free_historical_ebooks_about_a…/
200 books about cooking and housekeeping: https://www.reddit.com/…/200_free_ebooks_about_cooking_foo…/
175 medical books: https://www.reddit.com/…/here_are_175_free_historical_eboo…/
50 free craft books: https://www.reddit.com/…/here_is_a_collection_50_free_hist…/
100 free gardening books: https://www.reddit.com/…/100_free_ebooks_about_plants_gard…/
Free assigned summer reading books: https://www.reddit.com/…/free_assigned_summer_reading_book…/
60 free ebooks about adventure and exploration in the Arctic and at the South Pole: https://www.reddit.com/…/here_are_60_free_ebooks_from_proj…/
100 free books of ghost stories: https://www.reddit.com/…/here_are_100_free_spooky_ebooks_o…/
100 more free mythology ebooks: https://www.reddit.com/…/here_is_a_list_of_100_more_free_e…/
50 free horror books: https://www.reddit.com/…/happy_halloween_here_are_50_free_…/
30 free Arthurian legends: https://www.reddit.com/…/here_are_30_free_ebooks_on_arthur…/
180 free Christmas ebooks: https://www.reddit.com/…/heres_a_collection_of_180_free_ch…/
100 free books of essays: https://www.reddit.com/…/here_are_100_free_ebooks_of_essay…/
50 free ebooks about inventions and inventors:
https://www.reddit.com/…/50_free_ebooks_from_project_guten…/
The complete Animorphs collection: https://animorphsforum.com/ebooks/
Free audiobook collections from Librivox:
50 free classic audiobooks: https://www.reddit.com/…/50_free_ebooks_from_project_guten…/
50 more free classic audiobooks: https://www.reddit.com/…/here_are_50_classic_books_that_yo…/
FREE COMPLETELY SAFE FOR HOME AND WORK WEBCAMS: https://explore.org/livecams You can watch livestreams of puppies and kittens playing in adoption centres, baby hippos, live feeds of a watering hole at the Mpala Research Centre in central Kenya, and more!
THOUSANDS OF FREE AUDIOBOOKS/EBOOKS:
Archive.org's eBooks and Texts: https://archive.org/details/texts
Authorama: http://www.authorama.com/
BookRix: https://www.bookrix.com/books.html (a community of independent authors who publish free eBooks in any genres)
Free Computer Books: http://freecomputerbooks.com/
Free-eBooks.net: https://www.free-ebooks.net/
International Children’s Digital Library: http://en.childrenslibrary.org/ (free children’s books)
Internet Sacred Text Archive: https://www.sacred-texts.com/ (religion and mythology)
Library of Congress: http://www.read.gov/books
Librivox: https://librivox.org/
Lit2Go: https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/
Loyal Books: http://www.loyalbooks.com/
ManyBooks: https://manybooks.net/
Mind Webs: https://archive.org/details/MindWebs_201410
Open Culture: http://www.openculture.com/freeaudiobooks
Open Library: https://openlibrary.org/ (audio and ebooks)
Overdrive: https://www.overdrive.com/
Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/browse/categories/1
Questia: https://www.questia.com/library/free-books
Read Print: http://www.readprint.com/
Riveted: https://rivetedlit.com/
Scribd: https://www.scribd.com/?lohp=1
Spotify: https://www.spotify.com/us (It’s not just for music)
Storynory: https://www.storynory.com/
SYNC: https://www.audiobooksync.com/
The Online Books Page: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
Tor: https://www.tor.com/ (science fiction and fantasy)
World Public Library: http://worldpubliclibrary.org/ ($10 per year)
100 of the best science related website for students and teachers: http://www.forensicsciencetechnician.org/100-best-websites-…
FREE ONLINE COURSES (Watch recorded university lectures from universities around the world. Classes include ((but are not limited to)): Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Microbiology, Climate Change, Math, Business, Psychology, Engineering,KNITTING!!, computer programming) (Most free online learning sites have mobile apps as well):
Academic Earth: http://academicearth.org/
Alison: https://alison.com/
BBC Learning: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/
Carnegie Mellon University OLI: http://oli.cmu.edu/
Coursera: https://www.coursera.org/
edX: https://www.edx.org/
FutureLearn: https://www.futurelearn.com
iversity: https://iversity.org/
Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/
MIT Open Courseware: https://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
Open Yale Courses: http://oyc.yale.edu/
open2study: https://www.open2study.com/
OpenLearn: http://www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses
Saylor: https://www.saylor.org/
Skillshare: https://www.skillshare.com/browse/knitting (you can upgrade to premuim)
Stanford Online: http://online.stanford.edu/courses
YOUTUBE CHANNELS
AsapScience: https://www.youtube.com/user/AsapSCIENCE
Bozeman Science: https://www.youtube.com/user/bozemanbiology/
Bunsen Burns: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFiQZoh3DAWBt81eGtdp62Q/
ChemistNATE: https://www.youtube.com/user/chemistNATE
Crash Course Kids: https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcoursekids/
CrashCourse: https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse
Everyday Science TV: https://www.youtube.com/user/EverydayScienceTV/
HighSchool Science 101: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqmJHgZzYJ3VYZeGYfZoa3g
It's Okay To Be Smart: https://www.youtube.com/user/itsokaytobesmart/
KhanAcademy: https://www.youtube.com/user/khanacademy/
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell: https://www.youtube.com/user/Kurzgesagt/
Mastering Organic Chem: https://www.youtube.com/user/MasterOrganicChem
MinutePhysics: https://www.youtube.com/user/minutephysics/
MIT Course Ware: https://www.youtube.com/user/MIT/
National Geographic: https://www.youtube.com/user/NationalGeographic/
Periodic Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/periodicvideos
SciShow Kids: https://www.youtube.com/user/scishowkids
SciShow Psych: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUdettijNYvLAm4AixZv4RA
SciShow Space: https://www.youtube.com/user/scishowspace
SciShow: https://www.youtube.com/user/scishow/
ScienceMom: https://www.youtube.com/c…/UC-QcZISbFb9EiIEQ41cVhxw/featured
Smarter Everyday: https://www.youtube.com/user/destinws2/
Veritasium:: https://www.youtube.com/user/1veritasium
Yale courses: https://www.youtube.com/user/YaleCourses
IDEAS, INSPIRATION & SCIENCE NEWS (websites which deliver educational content meant to entertain you and stimulate your brain)
American Chemical Society: https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en.html
Australian Academy of Science: https://www.science.org.au
Australasian Science: http://www.australasianscience.com.au
BBC Future: http://www.bbc.com/future
BBC Bitesize: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
BBC Teach. https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach
Big Think: http://bigthink.com/
Discover Magazine Blogs: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/
Harpocrates Speaks: www.harpocratesspeaks.com
Left Brain/Right Brain: https://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/
Live Science: https://www.livescience.com
IAP - InterAcademy Panel: http://www.interacademies.net
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry: https://iupac.org
National Geographic: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
Nature: http://www.nature.com
NewScientist: https://www.newscientist.com/
Pharyngula: https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/
Popular Science: https://www.popsci.com/
Popular Science: www.popsci.com/blog-network
Popular Science Australia: http://www.popsci.com.au/
Royal Institution of Great Britain: http://www.rigb.org
Royal Society of Chemistry: http://www.rsc.org
Science Alert: www.sciencealert.com
Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com
Scientific American Blogs: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/
Science-Based Medicine: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org
Science News for Students: https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org
Science News: https://www.sciencenews.org/
Science News: www.sciencenews.org/blogs
Scitable: https://www.nature.com/scitable
Seriously Amazing: https://www.si.edu/
Skeptical Raptor: www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php
Society for Science: https://www.societyforscience.org/
The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe: www.theskepticsguide.org
The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Incorporat: https://www.raci.org.au/
Virology Blog: www.virology.ws
Wired Science Blogs: www.wired.com/category/science-blogs/
World Health Organisation: http://www.who.int/en/
You Are Not So Smart: https://youarenotsosmart.com/podcast
FREE TEXTBOOKS & E-BOOKS
American Institute of Math (Free Math books): https://aimath.org/textbooks/approved-textbooks/
Archive.org: https://archive.org (non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more)
Biochem Free and Easy: http://biochem.science.oregonstate.edu/…/biochemistry-free-…
Bookboon: http://bookboon.com/
Books Should Be Free: http://www.loyalbooks.com/
BCCampus Open Ed: https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/
BCCampus Free: https://open.bccampus.ca
College Open Textbooks: http://www.collegeopentextbooks.org/
E-books Directory: http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/
Free Science Info: http://www.freescience.info/index.php
Free Science Books: http://physicsdatabase.com/book-list-by-title/
FullBooks: http://www.fullbooks.com/
LibriVox: https://librivox.org/
Mark Bishop’s Chemistry: http://preparatorychemistry.com/Bishop_Chemistry_First.htm
Open Culture.com: http://www.openculture.com/free_textbooks
Open Textbook Library: http://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/
Open Textbooks BCcampus: https://open.bccampus.ca/
Open Textbooks: http://www.oerconsortium.org/discipline-specific/
OpenTextbookCulture: http://www.openculture.com/free_textbooks
OpenStax CNX: https://cnx.org/
Public Library of Science: https://www.plos.org/
Science Books Online: https://www.sciencebooksonline.info/
ScholarWorks: https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/books/
Textbook Revolution: http://www.textbookrevolution.org/index.php/Main_Page
Textbooks Free: http://www.textbooksfree.org
University of California: http://www.cool4ed.org
Virgins Community College Free: https://courses.candelalearning.com/catalog/tidewater
WikiBooks: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page
MORE FREE TEXTBOOKS BECAUSE THEY'RE EXPENSIVE:
Chemistry/Physics/Math simulations: (useful for visualising how equations explain real world phenomena) https://phet.colorado.edu
https://openstax.org/subjects/science
Anatomy and Physiology:
http://oli.stanford.edu/anatomy-and-physiology/
https://www.khanacademy.org/…/…/human-anatomy-and-physiology
https://opentextbc.ca/…/1-1-overview-of-anatomy-and-physio…/
https://www.visiblebody.com/anatomy-…/anatomy-and-physiology
https://openstax.org/details/books/anatomy-and-physiology
Astronomy:
https://www.teachastronomy.com/textbook/
http://www.opencourse.info/astronomy/introduction/
http://www.planetary.org/…/full-astronomy-course-online.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rHUDWjR5gg
http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/
http://www.astronomy.com/videos/astronomy-101
https://www.wwu.edu/skywise/astronomy101.html
Astronomy books: http://physicsdatabase.com/free-astronomy-books/
http://www.as.utexas.edu/astron…/education/…/scalo/301.html…
https://science.nrao.edu/opportunities/courses/era
https://ocw.mit.edu/…/8-282j-introduction-to-astronomy-spr…/
https://pages.astronomy.ua.edu/keel/techniques/
http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~pogge/Ast161/
http://homepage.physics.uiowa.edu/~spangl…/…/modern1_10.html
https://www.astronomynotes.com/#details
Biology:
https://www.learner.org/courses/biology/textbook/index.html
http://www2.estrellamountain.edu/…/fa…/biobk/biobooktoc.html
https://www.biologycorner.com/ (Also has Anatomy and Physiology/Evolution/Genetics)
https://alison.com/tag/biology
http://oli.stanford.edu/modern-biology/
http://oli.stanford.edu/introduction-to-biology/
http://www.actionbioscience.org/
Biochemistry:
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/biochemistry
https://online-learning.harvard.edu/…/principles-biochemist…
GMOs and Biotech: https://gmoanswers.com/
https://www.biofortified.org/ for all things biotechnology, food, and agriculture.
https://geneticliteracyproject.org
Climate Science:
http://library.open.oregonstate.edu/climatechange/
https://www.climatecommunication.org/climate/introduction/
http://climatechange.umaine.edu/…/publ…/intro-climate-change
https://www.ametsoc.org/…/clima…/course-components/textbook/
Chemistry:
http://www.chem1.com/acad/webtext/virtualtextbook.html
https://www.acs.org/…/resources/undergraduate/chemistry.html
http://preparatorychemistry.com/Bishop_Chemistry_First.htm
https://www2.chemistry.msu.edu/…/reus…/virttxtjml/intro1.htm
Interactive Periodic Table: https://www.ptable.com/
http://oli.stanford.edu/introduction-to-chemistry/
Chemistry Equations and Formulas:
https://en.wikibooks.org/…/General_Chemist…/Useful_Equations
http://mhhe.com/physsci/chemistry/equations.pdf
https://byjus.com/chemistry-formulas
http://www.elementalmatter.info/chemical-formula-and-equati…
http://www.web-formulas.com/Formula…/Chemistry_Formulas.aspx
https://getcalc.com/chemistry-formula.htm
Organic chemistry:
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/organic-chemistry
https://saylordotorg.github.io/…/s07-06-introduction-to-org…
http://www.siue.edu/~tpatric/Ch%2001%20Intro%20H%20T%20I.pdf
https://chem.libretexts.org/…/Chapter_01%3A_Chapter_1%3A_In…
https://opentextbc.ca/…/introduction-to-organic-chemistry-2/
http://www.a-levelchemistry.co.uk/15-introduction-to-organi…
https://ocw.mit.edu/…/organic-materials/27-introduction-to…/
Evolution:
http://www.kokkonuts.org/…/jennions_kokko_2014_The_Princeto…
http://humanorigins.si.edu/edu…/introduction-human-evolution
https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/…/introduction-to-evolut…/…
Forensic Science:
http://www.exploreforensics.co.uk/
http://www.forensicsciencesimplified.org/
http://www.weareforensic.co.uk/
http://www.forensicpathologyonline.com/
https://thesebonesofmine.wordpress.com/
http://www.forensicbasics.org/
http://projects.nfstc.org/csieffect/
http://www.crime-scene-investigator.net/
Microbiology:
http://www.microbiologybook.org
http://www.textbookofbacteriology.net/kt_toc.html
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/…/introduction-to-microb…/
https://bio.libretexts.org/…/1.1%3A_Introduction_to_Microbi…
http://www.austincc.edu/rohde/noteref.htm
Probability and Statistics:
http://oli.stanford.edu/probability-statistics/
http://oli.stanford.edu/statistical-reasoning/
Physics:
http://physicsdatabase.com/a-list-of-free-chemistry-books/
http://www.lightandmatter.com/lm/
https://www.flippingphysics.com
http://www.physicsclassroom.com
https://ww2.odu.edu/~ago…/teaching/notes231/Notes2016v15.pdf
http://physics.gantep.edu.tr/ep105/lecture-notes.php
https://ocw.mit.edu/…/8-01l-physics-i-classi…/lecture-notes/
The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Volume I:
http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/I_toc.html
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics
https://www.introduction-to-physics.com/
Physics Equations and Formulas:
https://physics.info/equations/
https://www.mcat-prep.com/mcat-physics-equations-sheet/#
https://ww2.odu.edu/…/t…/notes231/Master%20Equations%20I.pdf
http://www.easternct.edu/…/fil…/2013/12/Physics-Formulas.pdf
https://byjus.com/physics-formulas
http://www.sciencebooksonline.info
http://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/
https://www.nature.com/nature_educati…/interactive_textbooks
National Academy Press has free full reports on everything from Climate Change, Evolution, Meteorology, Biotechnology - you name it, they have it: https://www.nap.edu/topic/
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES & JOURNALS
ArXiv: https://arxiv.org/
Directory of Open Access Journals: https://doaj.org/
Elsevier Open Access: https://www.elsevier.com/…/open-science/open-access/open-ac…
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.au
Open Access Library: http://www.oalib.com/
Oxford Open: https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access
PLOS: https://www.plos.org/
Scitable: https://www.nature.com/scitable
Springer Open: https://www.springeropen.com/
Wiley Open Access: http://www.wileyopenaccess.com/view/index.html
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net
SciHub: https://sci-hub.tw/ (this moves around a lot)
Google Chrome add-on to download free versions of journal articles: unpaywall: http://unpaywall.org/
KID'S SCIENCE:
Experiments:
https://thesciencemomblog.com/
http://www.kidspot.com.au/things-to-do/…/science-experiments
https://www.education.com/activity/science/
http://www.scienceforkidsclub.com
http://www.ducksters.com/science/
http://pbskids.org/games/science/
https://www.kcedventures.com/…/kids-books-and-websites-abou…
http://www.kidsites.com/sites-edu/science.htm
https://www.thespruce.com/top-science-websites-for-kids-125…
https://www.reallygoodstuff.com/…/11-free-science-websit…/2/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoo…/websites/4_11/site/science.shtml
http://www.math-exercises-for-kids.com
SCIENCE NEWS:
https://student.societyforscience.org
https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org