Digital Education Resources
For students, teachers, parents and life long learners! We hope you will find this a helpful resource when looking for digital education tools for youth to learn science, environmental and natural resources, STEM, agriculture, and much more whether it be in a classroom, at home, or outside.
My American Farm
Discover the amazing world of agriculture as you build farm equipment, create your own avatar, travel the country, and help organize the barn - and that's just the beginning. You'll enjoy playing these games, which reinforce core academic learning standards for Pre-K through 5th Grade, but are fun for all ages. Fill up your "Passport to Sustainability" with stamps as you successfully complete each game. |
American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture
We create games, lesson plans, activities, and videos about agriculture. Our resources are well researched, written by education specialists, and reviewed by subject matter experts so you can be confident in their relevance and accuracy. |
BioInteractive
In this Click & Learn, students explore mathematical models that describe how populations change over time and apply these models to the invasive lionfish population in the Bahamas. They also use data from other species to learn how density-dependent factors limit population size. The Click & Learn includes realistic and actual data from lionfish and other case studies. It provides opportunities to use the logistic growth model, graph data, and interpret figures from published scientific research. Worksheets and a Resource Google Folder are included. |
SW Ohio Education Site
The Soil and Water Conservation Districts of SW Ohio have partnered to bring area teachers and educators FREE online lessons and activities to support Ohio educators! Lessons aligned to Ohio Learning Standards for grades K-12. Import into your Google Classroom or simply click on the lessons and begin! |
The National Environmental Education Foundation
From doing math in your back yard to being a citizen scientist, and from learning to compost at home to learning about the watershed your home sits in, NEEF offers a wide selection of resources, activities and more designed for students grades K-12. |
National Science Technology Association - Interactive eBooks
Interactive eBooks+ provide learning experiences that are both engaging and inspiring. Animations, simulations, and videos bring content to life, while pop-up review questions and special notes help underscore the most crucial points of knowledge. An impressive collection of books designed specifically for students K-12, as well as for professionals. Check this out!!! |
Project WET - Water Education Today
Project WET is well-known for our hands-on, experiential activities to teach about water. Did you know that we also have options to allow students of all ages learn about water through a digital experience? WETconnect, Water Education Portal, DiscoverWater.org, and more! |
Children & Nature Network
C&NN offers lots of great resources on outdoor learning, environmental learning from home, and much more. C&NN has created their own list of environmental education resources for students, teachers, families, etc. |
PBS Learning Media
WGBH in collaboration with NASA presents digital media resources you can use to teach topics in K–12 Earth and Space Science. Each resource emphasizes engaging students in phenomena related to core ideas and science and engineering practices of the Next Generation Science Standards. This K–2 collection of resources features animated videos from PEEP and the Big Wide World and Plum Landing, live-action videos of children engaging in the science practices, images and video from NASA, interactive games, and more. |
50 Bird Species and the Sounds They Make
Click any bird to hear the sounds they make! Great illustrations and descriptions, as well as maps to show the locations of the birds in the world. Easy and cool to use! |
Science & Nature Activities for Cooped Up Kids K-12
These hands-on activities are designed to explore nature and science with a combination of indoor and outdoor activities that will ease cabin fever. Whether you’re a teacher who needs to share easy-to-implement content with your students, or you’re a parent striving to best engage and educate your child at home, we think you’ll find these materials relevant and fun! |
Xploration Science - Science for Everyone
Xploration Science is part of the Xploration Station three-hour block of television shows airing on FOX stations throughout the country. STEM shows include: DIY Science, Outer Space, Awesome Planet, Nature Knows Best, Earth 2050, The Apollo Chronicles, and more! |
Agriculture in the Classroom
Explore the life of a farmer, livestock and crops! Test your ag-knowledge and gaming skills while exploring careers, interacting with American geography, learning about nutrition, building the perfect piece of equipment, and designing your own farm! Fun resources for youth and adults. |
Earth School - TED Ed
Welcome to Earth School! We’re embarking on a month of daily adventures – or Quests – that will help you understand and celebrate our natural world, while learning about how dependent we are on our planet. Within each lesson, you’ll find fascinating resources compiled by Earth experts and ideas for getting involved in ways that count. Join us to learn more, create, act and share your journey (#EarthSchool) towards a cleaner and greener life. |
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Cleveland Zoo's Facebook page. |
National Science Technology Association - Teacher Resources
NSTA has compiled a list of resources to assist teachers with online instruction. The external resources in this collection have been shared by educators. Additional resources from NSTA are also included to provide on-going professional learning experiences. NSTA also has a Daily Do - resources for parents, teachers and students - and is introducing a new online series in which teachers of science learn and share science topics and STEM education. |
OLogy: Science website for kids from American Museum of Natural History
Find out about fossils, the universe, animals, and much more! On OLogy, kids of all ages can play games, do activities, collect cards, and meet scientists. |
Russell Tree Experts
Connect the dots, color and learn activities and worksheets for kids and adults to complete at home. |
100+ Free Resources for Home Learning
General resources for children’s education at all levels. Includes websites, videos, quizzes, lessons and more from and about NASA, PBS Kids, languages, music, science, math, literature, museums, art galleries, theatres, ballet, physics, etc. |
COSI Connects - COSI's Digital Doorway
COSI may be closed, but they are open for fun and engaging science through COSI Connects - COSI's Digital Doorway for at-home science discovery and learning. Every day, they're going to deliver fresh, exciting and engaging science through COSI videos and hands-on activities you can try at home. |
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
EPA has online recycling games on their website. |
NASA
NASA has made their entire media library publicly accessible and copyright free. No matter if you enjoy taking or just watching images of space, NASA has a treat for you. They have 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. |
EducationProjects.org
The Education Projects website is run by teachers, creative thinkers, and problem-solvers to provide Virtual Classroom resources to help you keep the learning going! They connect industry to the classroom using a signature combination of expertise, relationships, and know-how. |
Hooked on Science
Science experiments for schools, students, teachers and everyone else! |
Project Learning Tree
Nature is a great teacher! Try these activity ideas from Project Learning Tree to connect the children in your life to the outdoors and nature. Suitable for children ages 3 – 15, some activities work better for younger children, others are more suited for older children. Download each Family Activity that contains a collection of more than 30 fun and easy-to-do activities, whether you are in your house, outside your house, or at a park. |
iNaturalist & Seek by iNaturalist
iNaturalist is a joint initiative of the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society. Use it to record your nature findings, share with others, and make observations and identifications. Take your nature knowledge up a notch with Seek! Use the power of image recognition technology to identify the plants and animals all around you. Earn badges for seeing different types of birds, amphibians, plants, and fungi and participate in monthly observation challenges with Our Planet on Netflix. |
Alley Park Nature Tales
Short, fun and educational plant and animal YouTube videos. |
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium LIVE
Educator and parent resources for animal and science information and activities. Thanks for tuning in to our live feeds featuring the Discovery Reef Aquarium, as well as the beloved bonobos in our Congo Expedition region. To learn more about the animals in our care, be sure to check out other videos through our YouTube channel. |
Franklin SWCD SWIFTlets
Lesson ideas and coloring pages for teachers and parents, put together by Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District. |
Explore Your Metro Parks
We all need some fresh air and a little adventure. Get out and explore your Metro Parks with these scavenger hunts. Check out some of our park-specific scavenger hunts or look around your neighborhood to see what you’ll find. |
ODNR - Division of Wildlife
All things Wildlife! Wildlife related resources and guides. |
ODNR - Division of Forestry
Tree related resources. Activities, lessons and additional resources for parents and teachers, including Project Learning Tree E-units! These are self-contained, age-appropriate online units of instruction you can borrow. |
Project WET
Home and Distance Learning Resources - Project WET wants to ensure that water education continues for people of all ages. They have created a suite of free and discounted resources that educators, parents and children can use to learn about water while meeting standards in math, language arts, science and even fine arts. |
Center for Energy Education
C4EE has launched a new Online Learning platform, complete with educational videos, activities, games and quizzes about renewable energy. Activities are shared via Facebook, YouTube and their website. You can also tune in every Wednesday at 10:00 am for a LIVE Online Class for K-12 students! |
Frog Street
Curriculum, programs and webinars for teachers and parents of children ages 0 through Kindergarten. |
North American Association for Environmental Education
NAAEE is the hub for environmental education professional development. Webinars, online learning modules, and more. |
LAB 360
YouTube channels such as Smarter Every Day and Lab 360 offer educational videos and science experiments! LAB 360 brings to you the second 50 amazing science experiments from the 100 Amazing Science Experiments series. |
Scholastic Learn at Home
Projects to keep kids reading, thinking and growing at home. Resources for kids, parents, and teachers. |
Mystery Science
The most popular K-5 science curriculum and lessons for teachers and students. Open-and-go lessons that inspire kids to love science. |
PBS Kids
Explore the outdoors on PBS Kids! |
Ohio Nature Education
Real time programs featuring live animals via Zoom and Facebook live. |
Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio
Waste diversion learning is fun and can be done easily at home with items you already have on hand. |
Center for Applied Plant Sciences
OSU Plant science videos developed in a partnership with COSI. |
Environmental Education Council of Ohio (EECO)
A listing of online resources from Ohio environmental and nature-based organizations to use at home. |
Preservation Parks
Open parks and access to trails. Online activities, educational nature, farm videos, and programs by staff through social media sites. |
Rural Action - Young Naturalists Club
Home based education with blogs and virtual field trips of our natural world. |
The Wonder of Science
The Wonder of Science was created to support the next generation of science teachers. The website aggregates resources developed by Paul Andersen and other science teachers implementing the Next Generation Science Standards* (NGSS). |
The Past Foundation: STEM Streaming
Resources for educators and parents/guardians and includes STEM Activities at Home, Webinars for Educators and Podcasts for Everyone. |
Gahanna Parks and Recreation
Daily on-line activities and virtual park tours, including Virtual Tours of National Parks, Smithsonian Natural History Museum, & the National Aquarium. |