Virtual Education Resources

Wake Reads is an opportunity to share a virtual storytime with children ages 3-10. It’s simple! Choose an age-appropriate children’s book, record yourself (on your phone or via a platform like Zoom), and upload the video here. We will post to the OCCE YouTube channel, and let you know when your video is ready to stream.

Have no fear in your storytime adventures! We’re cataloging each book submitted to us for Wake Reads, which you can view before making your own video.

Wake Reads Book List

Helpful instructions:

1. Select a picture book suitable for students ages 3-10.
2. Practice reading the book all the way through prior to recording.
3. Optional: Think of a few (2-3) comprehension questions that could guide students’ understanding of the story. Ask these questions while reading the story and provide a brief pause for students to think about the answer.
4. Set up your laptop or phone to record. Make sure the background is neutral (i.e. no distracting pictures on the wall behind you).
5. Introduce the title, author, illustrator, and appropriate grade level range of the story (this is usually printed on the book).
6. Record yourself reading the story. Make sure we can see the pictures! Have fun and use voice inflection.
7. End the recording and upload your video with the link provided.

Upload Your Video Submission 

Email Your Video Submission to the OCCE

• Acropolis Museum: An archaeological site-specific museum, see exhibits detailing art and life in ancient Greece.
• British Museum: Get an inside look at the world’s oldest national public museum. 
• Dali Museum: Explore a collection of Salvador Dali artwork.
• German Oceanographic Museum: Are you fascinated by the ocean? This museum is full of exhibits about the wonders of the deep.
• Guggenheim Museum: Get access to the museum’s contemporary art collection through a virtual tour. 
• High Museum of Art, Atlanta: “Civil Rights Photography”
• The Lane Motor Museum: Take a look at over 150 vintage cars dating from the 1920s to modern-day.
• The Louvre: Explore some of the most famous pieces of art in the world.
• MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art: Sophie Taeuber-Arp’s work is on virtual display.
• Museo Frida Kahlo: Explore La Casa Azul, Kahlo’s home, and a collection of her famous artwork.
• Museo Galileo: Tour some of the most important instruments in scientific history.
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: 16 exhibits available.
• The Museum of Natural Sciences, Belgium: Look at dinosaurs and other interesting scientific exhibits.
• Museum of Science, Boston: A leader in producing digital exhibits, videos, and audio presentations, get a virtual tour of all things science and technology!
• NASA Langley Research Center: Explore each building and watch videos about spacecraft.
• The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.: Walkthrough 18 rooms and over 300 pieces of art.
• National History Museum (NHM), London: Love all things natural history? Take a virtual tour of this world-renowned museum!
• National Museum of Computing: Take a tour of the history of the ongoing development of computing.
• National Museum of the United States Air Force: Check out military weapons and aircraft.
• National Women’s History Museum: Explore online exhibits and oral histories.
• Oxford University’s History of Science Museum: Explore some of the most important scientific discoveries in science history!
• Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: Golden Age of Dutch Art.
• Tate Britain: Formerly known as the National Gallery of British Art, take a look at a collection of art from the United Kingdom, past and present.
• The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: Explore current and past exhibits.
• Van Gogh Museum: Get up close and personal with Van Gogh’s work.
• The Vatican Museum: Walk through the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s Basilica, Raphael’s Room, and more.
• The White House: Explore the inside of The White House with three virtual tours!

• BroadwayHD: Stream your favorite Broadway shows for free for 7 days.
• The Metropolitan Opera: Stream free opera shows for a limited time. Additionally, The Met is hosting nightly encore performances of some it’s most iconic shows. Free streams will go live at 7:30 p.m. each day and be available for 20 hours after the performance.
• Virtual Concerts: A comprehensive list of all the virtual concerts taking place around the world for free.

• Access Mars: See the real surface of Mars recorded by NASA’s Curiosity rover.
• Bryce Canyon National Park: Experience the famous desert landscape with a horseback ride through the canyon and a star-filled night sky, 
• Carlsbad Caverns National Park: Look at rock formations, take a walk through caverns, and even see how the bats live in this National Park.
• Dry Tortugas National Park: Swim through the third largest coral reef in the world, and explore a shipwreck in Florida.
• Ellis Island: Take a virtual tour of the historic Ellis Island that gives you a clear explanation of how Ellis Island worked and why it was needed.
• The Great Wall of China: See some of the most visited sections of China’s most famous attraction. 
• Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park: Get an inside look at Hawaii’s most popular national park. 
• Knai Fjords National Park: Explore glaciers, fjords, and icebergs from the Alaskan Wilderness. 
• Walt Disney World: Get a virtual tour through Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, and Epcot, just to start.
• LEGOLAND Florida Resort: Go on a virtual tour of the park, including The Great Lego Race and Miniland USA.
• SeaWorld Orlando: Get an inside look at Discovery Cove and even “ride” the Mako roller coaster.
• The Taj Mahal: Learn all about and explore the Taj Mahal, from its beautiful gardents to its soaring rooftops.
• Yellowstone National Park: Take a trip through the first national park with canyons, hot springs, and geysers, including Old Faithful.
• Yosemite National Park: See some of the park’s iconic landmarks, including the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias, the top of the Half Dome and Yosemite Falls.

• The Atlanta Zoo: Watch the Zoo’s two Giant Pandas Ya Lun and Xi Lun on the “Panda Cam”.
• The Cincinnati Zoo: Set aside time at 3 p.m. EST for a Homes Safari on the Zoo’s Facebook Live feed.
• The Georgia Aquarium: Browse through different marine habitats at the Aquarium.
• Houston Zoo: Check-in on the zoo’s various animals with their live-cams.
• Monterey Bay Aquarium: Tune in to a webcam at the aquarium, from sea otters, jellyfish, penguins, and sharks.
• National Aquarium: Walk-through tropical waters to the icy tundra in a floor-by-floor tour of the Baltimore-based aquarium.
• New England Aquarium: Join the staff and animals for live presentations, videos, and activities to try from home.
• San Diego Zoo: Switch between koalas, polar bears, and tigers in one-sitting with their live camera options.
• The Shedd Aquarium: Get a behind-the-scenes look at the Aquarium’s various residents on their Facebook.

Movement

• 30 Free Printable Scavenger Hunts for children around the house and outside that will get them moving.
• Brain Breaks – Action Songs for Kids – Body Boogie Dance – Kids Dance Songs by The Learning Station
• Cosmic Kids Yoga is for kids 3+ and is designed for mindfulness and relaxation.
• Chicago Therapy provides you with worksheets of gross motor exercises (animal walks, yoga, and play positions).
• GoNoodle engages kids with movement and mindfulness for FREE. 
• I Can Move My Body Like Anything – Movement Songs for Kids by Jack Hartman 

Art Activities

• 10 Creative Art Activities for Preschoolers offers great art ideas for toddlers and preschoolers. Activities include rainbow sponge art and colored ice cubes – simple, fun, and engaging.
• 20 fun and easy art projects for Preschoolers
• Lunch Doddles with Mo Willems at The Kennedy Center. Episodes will be posted at 1:00 p.m. EST daily and will remain online to be streamed afterward. 

Educational Resources

• 15 literacy activities for preschoolers to start familiarizing themselves with letters and numbers. 
• ABCya offers fun interactive word and math games for kids of all ages. 
• Activities for reading and writing that are broken up by age groups. This includes tips and tricks on how to read to your toddler/preschooler. 
• Articulation Station is a free app that helps people of all ages learn to pronounce their words more clearly.
• ArtikPix is a free app that gives you access to flashcards and matching activities for children with speech and sound delays.
• Circle Round is a great podcast for kids ages 4 to 10. Each episode explores important issues like kindness, persistence, and generosity.
• This Google Chrome blog post gives you a list of web extensions that provide tools that can help all learners. The post focuses on five main categories: text to speech, readability, reading comprehension, focus, and navigation. 
• Epic is a digital library that gives you access to over 40,000 books for children under 12. There are audiobooks as well as books that can be read on-screen. The first 30 days are free.
• Funbrain Jr. has fun math and word games for children.
• Khan Academy offers free extra help in almost every subject you can think of for students ages 2 to 18.
• Khan Academy Kids is a free educational program designed to inspire kids to become learners for life.
• LightSailed is providing free access to over 6000 books for parents and students during school closings. 
• The New York Historical Society offers an online portal history and civics programs for K-12 students, as well as families.
• Reading activities you can do with your child(ren) that will help stimulate their mind. Activities include making an alphabet tree or book. 
• The Reading Bug is a podcast where children explore new books and concepts.
• Scholastic gives you access to different student activities, including engaging web and whiteboard activities across grades and subjects for FREE. 
• Seattle Public Library offers virtual storytime for toddlers, preschoolers, and babies.
• SpeechBox is a free app you can get on your phone or tablet that helps children and adults articulate their words and go through Speech Therapy. 
• Starfall is a free resource that helps teach children to read. There are reading, language arts, and math resources for children in kindergarten through third grade.
• Storyline Online gives you access to hundreds of videos of celebrities reading children’s books.  
• Storynory gives you access to countless short audio stories for FREE.
• Storytime at the Met is every Thursday and is recommended for families with children ages 18 months to 6 years.
• Tumble Book Library gives you access to hundreds of books in English and Spanish.

Movement

• 30 Free Printable Scavenger Hunts for children around the house and outside that will get them moving. 
• Brain Breaks – Action Songs for Kids – Body Boogie Dance – Kids Dance Songs by The Learning Station
• Chicago Therapy provides you with worksheets of gross motor exercises (animal walks, yoga, and play positions).
• Cosmic Kids Yoga is for kids 3+ and is designed for mindfulness and relaxation.
• GoNoodle engages kids with movement and mindfulness for FREE.
• I Can Move My Body Like Anything – Movement Songs for Kids by Jack Hartman 
• Yoga for Kids is a 25-minute video that guides children through different yoga poses.

Art Activities

• 5 Ideas to Stay Creative offers different art activities inspired by the Ghetty’s art collection.
• 75+ Creative Drawing Ideas for Kids includes activities that stimulate their creativity. 
• 92nd Street Y moved all their classes and children’s activities online, where you can find fun art projects.
• How to Draw – Step-by-Step Drawing For Kids and Beginners offers guides on drawing different animals, flowers, etc. 
• JourneyMaker is a free tool on the Art Institute of Chicago’s website that allows you to make your own art and create a personalized tour of the museum. 
• Lunch Doddles with Mo Willems at The Kennedy Center. Episodes will be posted at 1:00 p.m. EST daily and will remain online to be streamed afterward. 
• Shape collages with Paul Klee. 
• Tim Van De Vall offers fun drawing tutorials for kids on his website. 

STEM

• 11 Engaging STEM Activities for Kids that Will Foster Curiosity 
• 50+ Genius STEM Activities for Kids includes science, technology, math, and engineering project ideas.
• BottleStore.com shows how you can upcycle and repurpose a common product in your home, plastic bottles, to make an indoor herb garden, pen or pencil jars, innovative bird feeders and so much more.
• Discover Your World with NOAA: An Activity Book includes activities connecting to topics such as volcanoes, temperature, and rip currents.
• Engineering is Elementary (EiE) Curriculum Units features hands-on engineering design lessons for preview and purchase from the Museum of Science, Coston.
• Inquiry in Action is a FREE teacher resource of fully-developed lesson plans about science and chemistry in everyday life for grades K-5.
• NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Learning Activities includes exercises like how to make a cloud in a bottle, a Jupiter orbiter, pinhole camera, and a rocket. Lessons for grades K-12.
• NC SCIFEST brings the 2020 North Carolina Virtual Science Festival right to your home. Find free science-related virtual events that you can attend from the comfort of your home, or engage in science activities and projects to complete indoors and outdoors, searchable by science topic or age/grade level, K-12.
• PhET (Physics Educational Technology) Simulations creates free interactive math and science simulations.
• Science Learning through Engineering Design (SLED) Resources is designed by Purdue University faculty and teachers, who are engineering design-based activities focused on STEM. For grades 3-6.
• Smithsonian Institution Fun Stuff for Kids Online provides activities on topics such as the distribution of freshwater, disaster detection and preparation, geography and migratory birds.
• STEM-Works Activities offer a step-by-step outline for building a galaxy, NASA coding, space math, and more!
• USGS Kids, U.S. Geological Survey contains a curated collection of educational resources across the grade levels from Pre-K through college that is focused on all of the earth sciences including geology, ecology, hydrology, atmospheric sciences, and planetary sciences.
• Welcome to ASCEville: Just for Fun, American Society of Civil Engineers provides games and challenges while children try civil engineering for themselves.

Educational Resources

• 25 Ways to Get Kids Writing by Scholastic provides resources on how to get kids writing. Tips and tricks are broken up by age group. 
• 25 Activities for Reading and Writing includes tips and tricks on how to read to your kindergarten through fifth grader.
• 3P Learning gives you access to worksheets and activities covering math, spelling, literacy, science, and e-safety. 
• ABCya offers fun interactive word and math games for kids of all ages. 
• AGame offers fun free word games.
• AoPS Alcumus gives you free access to worksheets and activities in pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, and more.
• Articulation Station is a free app that helps people of all ages learn to pronounce their words more clearly.
• ArtikPix is a free app that gives you access to flashcards and matching activities for children with speech and sound delays.
• Ask a Librarian allows students to ask a librarian at the Library of Congress questions and get their help with research. 
• BrainPop Jr. has videos and exercises in all subjects for grades K-3. 
• Calico Spanish helps young children learn Spanish.
• Circle Round is a great podcast for kids ages 4 to 10. Each episode explores important issues like kindness, persistence, and generosity. 
• Over 400 Digital Collections are available in the Library of Congress featuring content from the U.S. Presidents, musicians, inventors, and more. 
• Epic is a digital library that gives you access to over 40,000 books for children under 12. There are audiobooks as well as books that can be read on-screen. The first 30 days are free.
• Funbrain Jr. has fun math and word games for children.
• GeoGebra is a free math app that gives you access to tutorials, activities, and other resources. All math subjects are included. 
• This Google Chrome blog post gives you a list of web extensions that provide tools that can help all learners. The post focuses on five main categories: text to speech, readability, reading comprehension, focus, and navigation. 
• History for Kids is a free online network of all things history and offers lessons, worksheets, and quizzes.
• iCulture offers students immersion into Spanish, French, and German-speaking cultures and is free until the end of the 2019-2020 school year.
• Khan Academy offers free extra help in almost every subject you can think of for students ages 2 to 18.
• Khan Academy Kids is a free educational program designed to inspire kids to become learners for life.
• The Library of Congress has Current Exhibits available online, one of which is Rosa Parks.
• The Library of Congress Student Discovery Sets bring together historical artifacts and documents on a wide range of topics. 
• LightSailed is providing free access to over 6000 books for parents and students during school closings. 
• Loyal Books allows you to download audiobooks and ebooks for FREE.
• Mangahigh gives you access to fun math games and ideas for lessons in Algebra, Geometry, Statistics, Coding, Numbers, Measurement, and Probability. 
• Mystery Science has a list of science lessons by grade level. 
• National Geographic offers free games and videos for kids.
• The New York Historical Society offers an online portal history and civics programs for K-12 students, as well as families.
• The New York Public Library is providing access to over 300,000 e-books and audiobooks, from children’s books to bestsellers at no cost. 
• OER Commons gives you access to activities and exercises in almost every subject for K-12 grades.
• OverDrive provides access to FREE e-books from your local and other nearby libraries. 
• ReadTheory gives you free access to personalized reading comprehension exercises for K-12 and ELS students. 
• ReadWorks gives you free access to reading comprehension materials for K-12. 
• The Reading Bug is a podcast where children explore new books and concepts.
• Scholastic gives free access to different student activities, including engaging web and whiteboard activities across grades and subjects.
• Sidedoor is a podcast Smithsonian started that enlists the help of biologists, archaeologists, zookeepers, and astrophysicists to tell engaging and educational stories.
• Smithsonian Learning Lab is a free and interactive platform for discovering millions of digital resources. There are weekly highlights for various subject areas, and new issues are released every Monday. 
• Smithsonian Open Access allows students to download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images.
• Smithsonian Digital Volunteers Program allows students to join fellow volunteers to add more field notes, diaries, ledgers, logbooks, and more!
• SpeechBox is a free app you can get on your phone or tablet that helps children and adults articulate their words and go through Speech Therapy. 
• Starfall is a free resource that helps teach children to read. There are reading, language arts, and math resources for children in kindergarten through third grade.
• Storyline Online gives you access to hundreds of videos of celebrities reading children’s books.  
• Storynory gives you access to countless short audio stories for FREE.
• Storytime at the Met is every Thursday and is recommended for families with children ages 18 months to 6 years.
• Tumble Book Library gives you access to hundreds of books in English and Spanish.
• Virtual School Day provides students with free live, online instruction each week. Each class is led by an expert tutor with experience in the course topic, as well as familiarity with virtual instruction. Classes refresh weekly, with age-appropriate options for grades K-12.
• WideOpenSchool offers free online learning resources for grade Pre K-12. Topics include: English-Language Learners, Science, Social Studies, Get Moving, Math, Reading + Writing, Special Needs, Emotion Well-Being, and so much more.

MOVEMENT

• 10 Ways to Build Movement into your Secondary Lessons gives tips on how to incorporate movement into learning.
• Chicago Therapy provides you with worksheets of gross motor exercises (animal walks, yoga, and play positions).
• Get your Students Moving gives teachers and parents ideas on how to make learning interactive. 
• Yoga for Kids is a 25-minute video that guides children through different yoga poses.

ART

• 5 Ideas to Stay Creative offers different art activities inspired by the Ghetty’s at collection. 
• 92nd Street Y moved all their classes and children’s activities online, where you can find fun art projects. 
• JourneyMaker is a free tool on the Art Institute of Chicago’s website that allows you to make your own art and create a personalized tour of the museum. 
• Kinder Art provides access to different challenging art activities.

STEM

• 50+ Genius STEM Activities for Kids will stimulate your child’s mind. This includes science, technology, math, and engineering project ideas.
• BenandMe has compiled various STEM Activities including building objects from cardboard, graphing linear equations, and learning to code. 
• BottleStore.com shows how you can upcycle and repurpose a common product in your home, plastic bottles, to make an indoor herb garden, pen or pencil jars, innovative bird feeders and so much more.
• Chegg Learning: See step-by-step how to solve tough problems. And learn with guided video walkthroughs & practice sets for thousands of problems in the following subjects: computer science, economics, physics, statistics, accounting, and chemistry. Take advantage of their extensive Flashcard collection or make your own digital collection in any subject here.
• Discover Your World with NOAA: An Activity Book includes activities connecting to topics such as volcanoes, temperature, and rip currents.
• Engineering Games and Projects from Titlemax.com allows students to take a deep dive into various types of engineering professions from aerospace to software engineers and provide engineering-based games for all ages.
• NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Learning Activities includes exercises like how to make a cloud in a bottle, a Jupiter orbiter, pinhole camera, and a rocket. Lessons for grades K-12.
• NC SCIFEST brings the 2020 North Carolina Virtual Science Festival right to your home. Find free science-related virtual events that you can attend from the comfort of your home, or engage in science activities and projects to complete indoors and outdoors, searchable by science topic or age/grade level, K-12.
• PhET (Physics Educational Technology) Simulations creates free interactive math and science simulations.
• Science Learning through Engineering Design (SLED) Resources is designed by Purdue University faculty and teachers, who are engineering design-based activities focused on STEM. For grades 3-6.
• Smithsonian Institution Fun Stuff for Kids Online provides activities on topics such as the distribution of freshwater, disaster detection and preparation, geography and migratory birds.
• STEM Activities for Middle and High School Students lists STEM-related activities and experiments for students.
• STEMWORKS provides several STEM activities, with a step-by-step outline, including: building a galaxy, NASA coding, space math, and more!
• USGS Kids, U.S. Geological Survey contains a curated collection of educational resources across the grade levels from Pre-K through college that is focused on all of the earth sciences including geology, ecology, hydrology, atmospheric sciences, and planetary sciences.
• WABISABI Learning has provided 36 Resources for STEM Project-Based Learning Activities to stimulate your mind, including engineering, technology, and math activities. 
• Welcome to ASCEville: Just for Fun, American Society of Civil Engineers provides games and challenges while children try civil engineering for themselves.

Educational Resources

• 25 Ways to Get Kids Writing by Scholastic provides resources on how to get kids writing. Tips and tricks are broken up by age group. 
• 25 Activities for Reading and Writing includes tips and tricks on how to read to your child.
• 3P Learning gives you access to worksheets and activities covering math, spelling, literacy, science, and e-safety.
• ABCya offers fun interactive word and math games for kids of all ages. 
• AoPS Alcumus gives you free access to worksheets and activities in pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, and more.
• Articulation Station is a free app that helps people of all ages learn to pronounce their words more clearly.
• ArtikPix is a free app that gives you access to flashcards and matching activities for children with speech and sound delays.
• BrainPop has videos and exercises for all middle school subjects
• Calico Spanish helps young children learn Spanish.
• Epic is a digital library that gives you access to over 40,000 books for children under 12. There are audiobooks as well as books that can be read on-screen. The first 30 days are free.
• GeoGebra is a free math app that gives you access to tutorials, activities, and other resources. All math subjects are included. 
• This Google Chrome blog post gives you a list of web extensions that provide tools that can help all learners. The post focuses on five main categories: text to speech, readability, reading comprehension, focus, and navigation.
• History for Kids is a free online network of all things history and offers lessons, worksheets, and quizzes.
• iCulture offers students immersion into Spanish, French, and German-speaking cultures and is free until the end of the 2019-2020 school year.
• Khan Academy offers free extra help in almost every subject you can think of for students ages 2 to 18.
• LightSailed is providing free access to over 6000 books for parents and students during school closings.
• Loyal Books allows you to download audiobooks and ebooks for FREE.
• Mangahigh gives you access to fun math games and ideas for lessons in Algebra, Geometry, Statistics, Coding, Numbers, Measurement, and Probability.
• Math-Play gives you access to free math games for middle schoolers.
• The New York Historical Society offers an online portal history and civics programs for K-12 students, as well as families.
• The New York Public Library is providing access to over 300,000 e-books and audiobooks, from children’s books to bestsellers at no cost. 
• OER Commons gives you access to activities and exercises in almost every subject for K-12 grades.
• OverDrive provides access to FREE e-books from your local and other nearby libraries. 
• ReadTheory gives you free access to personalized reading comprehension exercises for K-12 and ELS students. 
• ReadWorks gives you free access to reading comprehension materials for K-12.
• Scholastic gives free access to different student activities, including engaging web and whiteboard activities across grades and subjects.
• Sidedoor is a podcast Smithsonian started that enlists the help of biologists, archaeologists, zookeepers, and astrophysicists to tell engaging and educational stories.
• Smithsonian Digital Volunteers Program allows students to join fellow volunteers to add more field notes, diaries, ledgers, logbooks, and more!
• Smithsonian Learning Lab is a free and interactive platform for discovering millions of digital resources. There are weekly highlights for various subject areas, and new issues are released every Monday.
• Smithsonian Open Access allows students to download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images.
• SpeechBox is a free app you can get on your phone or tablet that helps children and adults articulate their words and go through Speech Therapy.
• Storynory gives you access to countless short audio stories for FREE.
• Tumble Book Library gives you access to hundreds of books in English and Spanish.
• Virtual School Day provides students with free live, online instruction each week. Each class is led by an expert tutor with experience in the course topic, as well as familiarity with virtual instruction. Classes refresh weekly, with age-appropriate options for grades K-12.
• WideOpenSchool offers free online learning resources for grade Pre K-12. Topics include English-Language Learners, Science, Social Studies, Get Moving, Math, Reading + Writing, Special Needs, Emotion Well-Being, and so much more.

MOVEMENT

• 10 Ways to Build Movement into your Secondary Lessons gives tips on how to incorporate movement into learning.

STEM

• 36 Resources for STEM Project-Based Learning Activities include engineering, technology, and math activities.
• BottleStore.com shows how you can upcycle and repurpose a common product in your home, plastic bottles, to make an indoor herb garden, pen or pencil jars, innovative bird feeders and so much more.
• Chegg Learning: See step-by-step how to solve tough problems. And learn with guided video walkthroughs & practice sets for thousands of problems in the following subjects: computer science, economics, physics, statistics, accounting, and chemistry. Take advantage of their extensive Flashcard collection or make your own digital collection in any subject here.
• Engineering Games and Projects from Titlemax.com allows students to take a deep dive into various types of engineering professions from aerospace to software engineers and provide engineering-based games for all ages.
• NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Learning Activities includes exercises like how to make a cloud in a bottle, a Jupiter orbiter, pinhole camera, and a rocket. Lessons for grades K-12.
• NC SCIFEST brings the 2020 North Carolina Virtual Science Festival right to your home. Find free science-related virtual events that you can attend from the comfort of your home, or engage in science activities and projects to complete indoors and outdoors, searchable by science topic or age/grade level, K-12.
• Smithsonian Institution Fun Stuff for Kids Online provides activities on topics such as the distribution of freshwater, disaster detection and preparation, geography and migratory birds.
• STEM Activities for Kids provides students with projects to start thinking about how things work.
• STEM Activities for Middle and High School Students lists STEM-related activities and experiments for students.
• STEMWORKS provides several STEM activities, with a step-by-step outline, including building a galaxy, NASA coding, space math, and more!
• USGS Kids, U.S. Geological Survey contains a curated collection of educational resources across the grade levels from Pre-K through college that is focused on all of the earth sciences including geology, ecology, hydrology, atmospheric sciences, and planetary sciences.

Educational Resources

• 25 Activities for Reading and Writing includes tips and tricks on how to read to your child.
• AoPS Alcumus gives you free access to worksheets and activities in pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, and more.
• Articulation Station is a free app that helps people of all ages learn to pronounce their words more clearly.
• Ask a Librarian allows students to ask a librarian at the Library of Congress questions and get their help with research.
• Over 400 Digital Collections are available in the Library of Congress featuring content from the U.S. Presidents, musicians, inventors, and more.
• GeoGebra is a free math app that gives you access to tutorials, activities, and other resources. All math subjects are included. 
• This Google Chrome blog post gives you a list of web extensions that provide tools that can help all learners. The post focuses on five main categories: text to speech, readability, reading comprehension, focus, and navigation.
• iCulture offers students immersion into Spanish, French, and German-speaking cultures and is free until the end of the 2019-2020 school year.
• Khan Academy offers free extra help in almost every subject you can think of for students ages 2 to 18.
• The Library of Congress has Current Exhibits available online, one of which is Rosa Parks.
• The Library of Congress Student Discovery Sets bring together historical artifacts and documents on a wide range of topics.
• LightSailed is providing free access to over 6000 books for parents and students during school closings.
• Loyal Books allows you to download audiobooks and ebooks for FREE.
• Mangahigh gives you access to fun math games and ideas for lessons in Algebra, Geometry, Statistics, Coding, Numbers, Measurement, and Probability.
• The New York Historical Society offers an online portal history and civics programs for K-12 students, as well as families.
• The New York Public Library is providing access to over 300,000 e-books and audiobooks, from children’s books to bestsellers at no cost. 
• OER Commons gives you access to activities and exercises in almost every subject for K-12 grades.
• OverDrive provides access to FREE e-books from your local and other nearby libraries. 
• ReadTheory gives you free access to personalized reading comprehension exercises for K-12 and ELS students. 
• ReadWorks gives you free access to reading comprehension materials for K-12.
• Scholastic gives free access to different student activities, including engaging web and whiteboard activities across grades and subjects.
• Sidedoor is a podcast Smithsonian started that enlists the help of biologists, archaeologists, zookeepers, and astrophysicists to tell engaging and educational stories.
• Smithsonian Digital Volunteers Program allows students to join fellow volunteers to add more field notes, diaries, ledgers, logbooks, and more!
• Smithsonian Learning Lab is a free and interactive platform for discovering millions of digital resources. There are weekly highlights for various subject areas, and new issues are released every Monday. 
• Smithsonian Open Access allows students to download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images.
• Tumble Book Library gives you access to hundreds of books in English and Spanish.
• Virtual School Day provides students with free live, online instruction each week. Each class is led by an expert tutor with experience in the course topic, as well as familiarity with virtual instruction. Classes refresh weekly, with age-appropriate options for grades K-12.

• ArtikPix is a free app that gives you access to flashcards and matching activities for children with speech and sound delays.
• Articulation Station is a free app that helps people of all ages learn to pronounce their words more clearly.
• Distance Learning for Special Education offers online resources and tips for parents and professionals when it comes to teaching remotely.
• This Google Chrome blog post gives you a list of web extensions that provide tools that can help all learners. The post focuses on five main categories: text to speech, readability, reading comprehension, focus, and navigation.
• Learn Away is a resource for educators and tutors to access different curriculum ideas. 
• The TEACCH Autism Program has created a free COVID-19 toolkit that is aimed to support individuals with Autism during school closings. 
• That Special Educator is a YouTube channel that offers helpful videos on a variety of topics related to special education. 
• SpeechBox is a free app you can get on your phone or tablet that helps children and adults articulate their words and go through Speech Therapy.
• Stages Learning Emergency Autism Curriculum offers free lessons, materials, activity sheets, behavior management tools, and so much more to help you navigate homeschooling with your children.