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Adventure & Nature
- BBC: Games, quizzes and fact sheets take kids on a journey through time
- Crypto Club: Immerse yourself in Cryptography
- FarmFood 360: 11 Virtual Tours of farms from minks, pigs, and cows, to apples and eggs
- GeoGuesser: Using images from Google’s Street View, it plops players down in the middle of the street and asks them to figure out where they are
- Google Earth: All sorts of fun, if you dig in
- Magic Tree House: Interactive games based on the book series
- Mission US: An interactive way to learn history
- National Geographic: Explore geography and animals
- Project Explorer: Free videos from around the world
- Smithsonian: Everything from live video of the National Zoo to the Smithsonian Learning Lab
- University of Illinois: Guide to gardening for kids
- US Geology Service: Learn all about earthquakes
- US Government Publishing Office: See the ins and outs of the US Government with Benjamin Franklin as your guide
- US Mint: Play games, learn fun facts, and find out how to turn coin collecting into a hobby
- What was there: Type in any city, state, or country to view an archive of historical photographs and other documents
Arts & Music
- Artsology: Appreciate the arts by providing the opportunity to play games, conduct investigations, and explore different forms of art
- The British Museum: This iconic museum located in the heart of London allows virtual visitors to tour the Great Court and discover the ancient Rosetta Stone and Egyptian mummies
- Kids Think Design: Explores careers from fashion design to environmental design and more
- The Louvre: Travel to Paris, France to see amazing works of art at The Louvre with this virtual field trip
- Metropolitan Museum of Art: A wonderful way to get kids engaged in the world of art
- Music Theory: Introductory and Intermediate music theory lessons, exercises, ear trainers, and calculators
- National Gallery of Art: An entertaining and informative introduction to art and art history
- Prodigies Music: Colorful music curriculum that will teach your kids how to play an instrument, sing in tune, or understand the language of music
- Quaver Music: General music activities
- The Story Starter: Randomly generates 356,300,262,144 story starters
- Virtual Musical Instruments: Lets kids play instruments online. Instruments include the guitar, piano, pan flute, drums, and bongos
Culinary
- Nomster Chef: Illustrated recipes designed to help kids cook with their grown-ups
Educational
- Amazing Educational Resources: A document with submissions from teachers of free online resources
- Education Above All: Online resources in a number of languages, including: English, Italian, French, Spanish, Arabic and more
- Fun Brain: Math and Reading games
- Grammaropolis: Work on the 8 parts of speech
- The Grid Club: Math games galore
- Math Score: Math practice from counting to algebra and geometry
- PBS Learning Media: Digital media service with more than 30,000 learning materials
- Squiggle Park: Engaging reading game that combines strategy, engagement, and imaginative reading passages
General Activities
- 123Homeschool4me: 300,000+ Free printable worksheets from toddlers to teens
- Camp Kinda: Free virtual summer experience designed to keep kids engaged, curious, and having fun
- Kiwi Co: Quick & easy at home projects curated for kids
- Memrise: 22 languages to learn
- Novel Effect: As you read out loud from print books (or ebooks!) music, sound effects, and character voices play at just the right moment, adjusting and responding to your voice
- Open Culture: 200 online resources, books, and videos
- Storylineonline: Favorite kids books read by famous people
- Supercharged School: Daily lessons and educational activities that kids can do on their own
Science & Technology
- Chemicool: Learn all about the periodic table
- Club Sci Kidz: Daily free experiments to do at home
- Codecademy: Learn to code
- Elemental Science: At home science activities
- Explore the surface of Mars on the Curiosity Rover
- The Happy Scientist: Explore, have fun, and learn some science along the way
- InnerBody: Explore the 11 bodily systems in depth
- Mad Science of Boston: At-home experiments, online quizzes, and printable coloring sheets
- Manga High: Play basic games to reinforce math skills and compete against others
- MIT Scratch: Scratch draws students of all types into coding and lays a foundation for future learning
- NASA: Space science for kids
- NASA: This NASA initiative covers a wide range of topics including weather, climate, atmosphere, water, energy, plants, and animals
- Smithsonian Museum: Take a deep dive in to the ocean
- Steve Spangler Science: Science experiments kids can do at home
- University of Colorado: Science and Math labs and simulations
- Weather Wiz Kids: Meteorologist Crystal Wicker breaks down the fascinating world of weather
