Benjamin Freeman's world famous world history website. Everything you've ever needed for timelines, video, charts, study guides, and fun facts about 10,000+ years of human history.

Big History Project is a free, online social studies course that delivers a big picture look at the world and emphasizes skill development as students draw mind-blowing connections between past, present and future.

This series, by Ted-Ed (whose entire channel is great), was recommended to me by a good friend. The conceit, putting historical figures on trial, lends itself to drawn-out dinner table debates and lots of fun. It also encourages nuance in historical thought. At about six minutes each, the itch to dig deeper afterward is almost impossible to resist. Some notable defendants include Genghis Khan, Henry VIII, and Richard Nixon.

Active History provides educational, award-winning interactive simulations, decision-making games, and study units for ages 11+. These materials are sorted into thematic units, so once you find your passion, you can explore it from different time periods and regions.

Angel Island Immigration Station's curriculum guides, called "Immigrant Journeys," provide strategies and background material designed for students in grades 3-12. These guides contain lessons, student worksheets, primary source documents from the National Archives, historical photographs, and list of resources to introduce students to the experience of immigrants on Angel Island. 

Free resource for middle and high school teachers & students, Bites Media connects credible, high standard media reporting on current events with "why it matters" to democracy and citizenship, supporting students with developing critical media literacy skills and helping tomorrow’s leaders be more informed citizens today.

Google Arts and Culture has paired with over 2,500 museums and galleries around the world to create virtual tours and online exhibits of some of the most famous museums around the world.

Scholastic and Ellis Island collaborated to bring you this virtual field trip to Ellis Island. In addition to the trip, you can read stories of immigrants and check out immigration data by decade.

"Give me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Ready to explore Yellowstone? You don't have to wait for your trip out here. You can start exploring now by virtually touring some of the main attractions around the park. You can also find out more about the history of the park through photographs, sounds, videos, and interactive maps.

As China's most famous attraction, the Great Wall of China is an essential stop on any trip to China. Commonly considered a wonder of the world, the Great Wall boasts a history of over 2,000 years and stretches more than 3,000 miles across several provinces of northern China, making it one of the most impressive ancient structures on the planet. Now you can visit right from home with a virtual tour. After your visit, find out more about the legacy of the Great Wall here.

The animals are up to their usual antics. Check out the webcams to see what the lions, pandas, elephants, and mole rats are up to today.

Check out the webcams to see what's going on in the coral reef, jellyfish tank, kelp forest tanks. Don't forget to see what the penguins, sea otters, and sharks are doing today!

Khan Academy offers free online courses in everything from algebra to art history to astronomy. They've even created a collection of resources for parents and students during school closures.

Scholastic has put together fun remote learning materials for all grades. With day to day projects, games, activities, and lessons to keep kids busy reading, thinking, and growing.

CK-12 offers a collection of digital interactive textbooks and student lessons for a wide variety of lessons. Check out the world history materials here. US history materials can be found at this link. 

3Blue1Brown is a math YouTube channel created by Grant Sanderson. The channel focuses on higher mathematics with a distinct visual perspective. Though the list of topics may seem a bit intimidating, the gorgeous animation and clear visual explanations make even “the hardest problem on the hardest test” approachable and intuitive. The stunning graphics mean that math once obscured by complex notation is now accessible to anyone with a solid foundation in algebra and some curiosity.

This YouTube channel is run by Vi Hart, a self-described “mathemusician and philosopher.” Characterized by a goofy, surrealist style that belies its true educational value, this channel is almost certainly unlike any math class you have ever taken (for instance, it contains a video on Borromean onion rings). Anyone interested in fractals, conic sections, and the Fibonacci sequence, as explained by stick figures, should check out her “Doodling in Math Class” series. For those intrigued by infinity, her aptly titled “Infinite Series” is the thing. So long as you have a taste for the absurd, these math videos are exceptionally approachable!

Via illustrations done in magic marker and explained by stick figures, Minutephysics delves into the nuances of physics and doesn’t shy away from any of the complexities. The short videos are the perfect combination of mad scientist (How to Build a Lava Moat) and distinguished professor (a series on special relativity). The clear images and helpful analogies render even more complex videos clear to anyone with a decent understanding of geometry and algebra. In fact, for his series on special relativity, he built a diagram that “does the math of special relativity” for you and allows the viewer to focus on the physics at play.

PBS Eons takes you back to the Hall of Fossils of your childhood. The channel boasts gorgeous graphics and ten- to fifteen-minute videos hosted by a variety of enthusiastic science communicators who take you on a journey through the history of life on Earth. From the dawn of life in the Archaean Eon through the Mesozoic Era, or the “Age of Dinosaurs,” right up to the end of the most recent Ice Age. 

A resource for kids, parents, and teachers to find fun and educational materials related to health, science, and the environment we live in today. The website offers games, activities, and lessons for children of all ages.

Code.org is a nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to computer science in schools and increasing participation by women and underrepresented youth. With schools closed and tens of millions of students at home, Code.org is launching Code Break — a live, weekly interactive classroom where their team will teach your children at home while school is closed. They also offer a weekly challenge to engage students of all abilities, even those without computers.

Try out a free online course from Harvard University. Established in 1636, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States. At Harvard X, you can browse free online courses in a variety of subjects, including history, literature, science, mathematics, and current global issues.