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NEW! National Geographic Society www.nationalgeographic.org
Includes Education section for Student Experiences, Classroom Resources, Professional Development, and a Blog
Kansas Based Summer Science Enrichment Kansas Department of Education download .pdf
Scijinks - Weather information for kids including online games about the weather, information about weather satellites
Kansas Department of Wildllife Nature Notebooks - series of 2 page lessons on wildlife in Kansas, elementary level
2020 Mars Mission Perseverance Rover https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/
Junior Handyman’s Toolkit: Classroom Projects, Essentials and Checklists dragonfiretools.com
41 Engineering Descriptions and Links www.titlemax.com
Binairo Online Logic Puzzles www.puzzle-binairo.com
Simple STEM Activities to do At Home www.porch.com
Animals of the Everglades article from https://www.yourlawyer.com/library/animals-of-the-florida-everglades/
Sample Schedules for At Home Students from Khan Academy kahnacademy
Grade level suggested schedules for setting routines for students learning from home
Kansas State Historical Society kshs.org
300 Pages of Educational Activities! Select By Grade or Subject Education.com
Smithsonian Games and Livestream Smithsonian
Learning Across Kansas Kansas Department of Education
Paper Crafting ideas and templates Creative Park
Listen and Learn: The 40 Best Podcasts in 2020 Thomas Frank/collegeinfogeek.com
26 Best Podcasts for Students in Elementary, Middle, and High School WeAreTeachers.com
Cultivating our Bilingual Brains: Let's Explore Free Resources (facebook video)
Prufrock Press: At Home Activities prufrock.com
Prufrock Press: Free Webinars and Webinar Library prufrock.com
Great Books Foundation
For Parents & Educators
Free sample lesson plans (both fiction and nonfiction) for you to try while students are at home. Download and share with your students!
https://www.greatbooks.org/k-5-samples/
https://www.greatbooks.org/6-8-samples/
https://www.greatbooks.org/9-12-samples/
https://www.greatbooks.org/open-educational-resources/
National Inventors Hall of Fame Blogs invent.org
Origami Projects indestrutables.com
Watch These Livestreamed Concerts During Your Social Distancing vulture.com
Visit the 10 Most Popular National Parks Without Leaving Home Lydia Schrandt/10best.com
Livestream links and Games everywhereschool.live
8 Virtual Rollercoaster Rides hellogiggles.com/news/virtual-roller-coaster-rides/
Pick a Thing To Do Jar 49 activities to print, cut into slips, and put in a jar. Have kids select slip and go!
25 Excercise Games and Indoor Activitivies to Get Kids Moving Anna Fader/mommypoppins.com
62 Handpicked DIY Escape Room Puzzle Ideas That Spark Joy & Mystery LockPaperScissors.co
7 Sun-Science Experiments to Make Your Day Amber Guetebier/RedTricycle
National Oceanic and Atmosphereic Administration - National Weather Service weather.gov
Museum of Modern Art Teacher Resources + More moma.org
MoMA Is Now Offering Art Classes for Free article describing classes/RobbReport.com
A Joke A Day Either read on website or sign up for email/ajokeaday.com
The Learning Network The New York Times.nytimes.com
English Language Smart Words (Middle school+) smart-words.org
OK GO Sandbox Uses music video to inspire STEAM design challenges (middle school +)/okgosandbox.org
National Geographic for Kids kids.nationalgeographic.com
Seussville Activities seussville.com
National Constitution Center constitutioncenter.org
Storyline Online Actors Reading Books to Kids (PreSchool or Elementary)/storylineonline.net
Highlghts Magazine for Kids highlightskids.org
NASA's Universe of Learning universe-of-learning.org
US Census Bureau Games census.gov
Flinn Science At-Home Lab Series flinnsci.com
Dorling-Kindersley Stay at Home Hub (Kids and Adult activities) dk.com
Commonsense.org Digital Citizenship commonsense.org
Zooinverse People-powered Research Help with community projects from transcribing hand written correspondence to watching trail videos and identifying animals zooniverse.org
Audio Books downloads (2 free YA downloads a month) audiobooksync.com
Supporting Your Gifted Child During COVID-19 National Association for Gifted, Talented, and Creative
2020-03-18 12 Art Lessons on Youtube Your Kiddos Will Love homeschoolhideout.com
Animal Live Cams from around the World explore.org
Institute for Arts Integration and STEAMeducationcloset.com
SET Game with Daily Puzzles setgame.com
Audio, Podcasts, Video Learn Out Loud learnoutloud.com
San Diego Zoo Online Academy and Case Studies sdzglobalacademy.org (recommended for ages 13+)
DIY Library of Hands On Projects diy.org
Engineer for Free engineer4free.com (explore things engineers need to know middle school +)
Kansas Historical Society LOTS of resources and materials
Schoolhouse Rock Series youtube.com
Smithsonian Magazine smithsonianmag.com
2020-03-12 Stuck at Home? These 12 Famous Museums Offer Virtual Tours You Can Take on Your Couch Andrea Romano/Travel+Leisure
Disney + Activities, Resources, Educator Guides, and more! Nature.Disney.com
Carmen Sandiego and More! carmensandiego.com
Economics Educational Links Economics and Personal Finance Resources for K-12/econolink.org
Follett Current Free Access to ebooks
Math MadnessFree spring team event
Desmos Math Lessons desmos.com
Khan Academy khanacademy.org
Ian Byrdseed TV and Byrdseed.com Story Starters, Games, Math, wide variety byrdseed.tv,
The Fair Opportunity Project Guide Download A guide to college application process
How to Apply for College and Pay for It Harvard Library
Symphony Museums Gallery Access List Tracy Elford
JUST IN TIME: 20 Terrific FREE Content Resources Brian Housand/brianhousand.com
Great YouTube channels for middle schoolers and high schoolers for learning from home during COVID-19 school closures fordaminstitute.org
Free Through August 15 Renzuli Learning Systems renzulilearning.com
#Operation Storytime: Your Favorite Authors Host Story time Online! coolprogeny.com
Lake Zurich @Home Resources for Parents Choice Lake Zurich School district
Scholastic Learn at Home: Day-by-day Project to Keep Kids Reading, Thinking, and Growing Classriinnagazines.scholastic.com
2020-03-13 Free Online Learning at Home Jodi Southard/FunInFirst.com
Lists of Sites for Families to Use While School is Closed The Parent's Guide to Google Classrooms
2020-03-13 Learning At Home Resources: Ideas for Teachers and Parents Lisa Van Gemert/giftedguru.com
Great Schools: Coronavirus School Closure Resources greatschools.org
2020-03-19 Online Resources & Ideas for Families Unexpectedly Homeschooling TiltParenting.com
Facebook Page for Scientific Sonya
Sporcle: MultiCategory Quizzes and Challenges www.sporcle.com
Cosmosphere Spring Break Apollo 13 Resources www.cosmo.org