Wonderville is another great science-related website that is packed with interactive activities for children. According to the website Wonderville “makes learning science fun for kids. We help teachers teach and students learn. Used in 170 countries, our awarding-winning STEM content helps create lifelong learners.” Other than fun and entertaining games it also has a very good blog for the more curious children who want to go deeper into a subject.

Grades: K-12

Topics: STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)

Parental Help: Optional

Cost: Offering free access during school closures

Wonderville is another great science-related website that is packed with interactive activities for children. According to the website Wonderville “makes learning science fun for kids. We help teachers teach and students learn. Used in 170 countries, our awarding-winning STEM content helps create lifelong learners.” Other than fun and entertaining games it also has a very good blog for the more curious children who want to go deeper into a subject.

Grades: K-12

Topics: STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)

Parental Help: Optional

Cost: Offering free access during school closures

BrainPop is a group of educational websites with over 1,000 short animated movies for students in grades K-12 (ages 6 to 17), together with quizzes and related materials, covering the subjects of science, social studies, English, math, engineering and technology, health, and arts and music.

Grades: K-12

Topics: Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Arts & Music, Health & SEL, Engineering & Tech

Parental help: Optional

Cost: Offering free access during school closures

Coditum offers programming classes for youths between the age of 7 and 17 at all levels. Whether you’re brand new to programming or a seasoned veteran, our teachers will advance your skills and help you reach your programming goals.

Grades: 7-17

Topics: Java, Python, 3D Modeling, Web Development, Math Tutoring

Parental Help: Optional

Cost: Per hour cost which is greatly reduced during school closures

Wonderville is another great science-related website that is packed with interactive activities for children. According to the website Wonderville “makes learning science fun for kids. We help teachers teach and students learn. Used in 170 countries, our awarding-winning STEM content helps create lifelong learners.” Other than fun and entertaining games it also has a very good blog for the more curious children who want to go deeper into a subject.

Grades: K-12

Topics: STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)

Parental Help: Optional

Cost: Offering free access during school closures

Scholastic Learn at Home offers day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing. Scholastic Learn at Home provides 20 days’ worth of active learning journeys designed to reinforce and sustain educational opportunities for those students who are unable to attend school.

Grades: Pre-K – 9

Topics: Science, Social Studies, Math, Art

Parental Help: Optional

Cost: Offering free access during school closures

Inventr offers an introduction to engineering through an evolving set of Arduino projects.  Not a curriculum per se, but video tutorials and projects are more than adequate.  Must purchase a kit. Courses available at nominal cost.

Grades: 6-12

Topics: Broad range of construction projects, experiments, and challenges

Parental Help: Essential for younger groups, but not needed for grades 7 and up

Cost: $9.00 – $70.00

STEM@Home offers a broad variety of STEM kits for use in individual or group (parents, children) use.  STEM-oriented newsletter. Some issues for children to think about, but no real curriculum.  Some of the kits are theirs and some are remarketing products from other suppliers.

Grades: K – 9

Topics:  Broad variety of STEM subjects, broadly defined, e.g., includes topics like cooking.

Parental Help: None

Cost: $2.50 to $300.00 with discounts for the next few weeks