Science and nature
Space, Earth, living things and hands-on investigations. Official science organisations sit next to classrooms and museums.
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NASA Space Place
NASA's site of games, crafts and plain-language articles about space and Earth, written for children and the adults helping them.
Free to use
NASA Kids' Club
Short games and pictures from NASA for younger children, with a light introduction to missions and spacecraft.
Free to use
NASA Kids, Earth
NASA Science's children's pages about Earth and climate, which now gather what used to live on Climate Kids.
Free to use
National Geographic Kids
Animals, places and science stories, quizzes and videos in National Geographic's children's edition.
Mystery Science
Ready-to-teach science lessons built around a question, with video and a hands-on activity. Schools and families can open some lessons without a paid plan.
Generation Genius
Classroom science and maths videos with lesson plans, sold mainly as a school or family subscription, with some episodes open as samples.
PhET Interactive Simulations
Free, research-based simulations of science and maths ideas, from the University of Colorado Boulder, that you can run in a browser.
Free simulations
Exploratorium
The San Francisco museum's online experiments, videos and articles, including things you can try with what is already in the house.
Exploratorium Science Snacks
A catalogue of short, well-explained hands-on experiments, each with a list of ordinary materials.
Free activities
The Kid Should See This
A carefully chosen feed of short, wonder-first videos about science, art, nature and how things are made.
Science Museum
The London Science Museum's website, with stories from the collection and things to try at home or in a classroom.
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Live webcams, animal guides and classroom resources from the aquarium, including a look at the kelp forest and penguins.
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Explorers
The zoo's children's site, with animal stories, games and videos. It used to live at kids.sandiegozoo.org.
Journey North
A citizen-science project that tracks migrations and seasons, with classroom investigations children can join.
Free to join
Zooniverse
Real research projects that anyone can help with, from spotting animals in camera traps to classifying galaxies. Some are designed with schools in mind.
Free to take part
NOAA Education
The U.S. weather and ocean agency's education pages: classroom resources, data and explanations of climate, oceans and forecasts.
Free resources
National Park Service, kids
Games, Junior Ranger ideas and park stories from the U.S. National Park Service.
Free to use
EPA, students
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's pages for students and teachers, on air, water, waste and the living world.
Free resources
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