Looking for resources and activities for your students or children to do at home while school is out?
We have compiled a list of free online resources in both art education and the sciences.
Art Education Resources
Yay! Art Bingo
This is a fun way to get your family involved with some open-ended art projects. Created by art teacher Angie Hamele Szabo, the printout can be found on social media. If you are an art teacher, you could adapt for the age level and assign bingo numbers and letters to the rows and columns (change them up for each card). Then on a regular schedule, announce a new bingo number and that’s the one your kids work on until it’s time to call the next bingo number. Special prizes can be given for total blackouts!
McHarper Manor
Free daily art and craft tutorials on Facebook. These are short, but fun art projects for your children to follow along with us. You can find a supply list in this link: https://www.mcharpermanor.com/blog
Davis Art Publications
Davis Art is committed to supporting Art Educators and their students through any potential interruptions due to COVID-19 (Coronavirus).
To help you develop a contingency plan for your school or district, we are offering FREE ACCESS to our Davis Digital platform through June 30th, 2020.
Teachers will have open access to the library of 25,000 fine art images as well as full use of student books and teacher editions.
Art Teaching Resources You Can Access from Anywhere
Do you need art teaching resources students can access anywhere? This is a great blog with lots of worksheets and resources as well as a list of various websites and downloads.
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems
LUNCH DOODLES with Mo Willems!
Kennedy Center Education Artist-in-Residence at Home
Mo Willems invites YOU into his studio every day for his LUNCH DOODLE. Learners worldwide can draw, doodle and explore new ways of writing by visiting Mo’s studio virtually once a day for the next few weeks.
Tate Kids
Play free art games and take fun quizzes, find art activities, and read about artists- all online!
Google Arts & Culture
Take the time at home to virtually explore works of art from around the world in the comfort of your own home!
Free Education Subscriptions
While not limited to art education alone, kidsactivities.com has done an excellent job of compiling a comprehensive list of companies who are offering free subscriptions due to school closings.
Science Education Resources
NuMinds Enrichment
Join NuMinds Encrichment every day Monday - Friday on Facebook Live, 9am-5pm. Every hour they will have a program for students and parents. NuMinds aims to bring you real, inspired learning through fun, zany hands-on activities by reliable education experts!
NASA
NASA has made their entire collection of images, sounds, and video available and publicly searchable online. It’s 140,000 photos and other resources available for you to see, or even download and use it any way you like.
20 Backyard Science Experiments
Try these 20 FREE Backyard science experiments & outdoor science projects that are easy to do and turn your backyard into a giant science lab for kids.
Mystery Science
To help educators during this time of coronavirus, Mystery Science has pulled their most popular science lessons and are offering them for anyone to use for free. No account or login is needed. Mystery Science is the creator of the most popular science lessons in U.S. schools. They have curated this starter set of science lessons that you can use remotely or share with parents. If you need more lessons than what is listed, you can sign up up for a free account.
Science Mom and Math Dad
Hosted by Science Mom and Math Dad, this two hour livestream is a wonderful way to put some fun learning into your quarantine.
Each show will feature a science lesson, math activities, interactive games, and stories.
Virtual Field Trips
Visit Yellowstone National Park, the San Diego Zoo, or travel to Mars, all from the comfort of your home.
BrainPOP
BrainPOP invites students to discover, play and create, enriching and deepening their understanding of topics across the curriculum. Children are encouraged to make movies out of images, build maps and develop their block-based coding skills. BrianPOP Jr. targets children from 0 to 3 whereas BrainPOP focuses on K-12 grade children.