Online Resources

Online Content at UA Institutions

Downloadable PDF

Plant Growing Guide from Home
Age or Grade Band: K-8
Free

EcoFlora April Challenge

Help NYBG document occurrences of Leaf Miner insects on White Snakeroot plants in New York City by April 30. Your efforts will help conserve native plants and animals in New York City.
Age or Grade Band: 8-12
Free

Field Sight, Stay at Home Science, Watch At Home Science, “The Zoo” Teacher Guides, Webinars

Field Sight (Video clips of field staff explaining the stories of WCS conservation work paired with curated curriculum tools from our professional development team); Stay at Home Science (Engaging science activities that teachers can use for remote learning with students and parents can use with their kids at home); Watch at Home Science (Watch along as our educators guide you through a quick fun activity at home! Follow us on Instagram @WCSEducation to see these videos live.); “The Zoo” Teacher Guides (Resources on how to utilize Animal Planet’s The Zoo in remote learning); Webinars (Learn directly from WCS experts about their work to protect wildlife and wild places. A way for teachers to engage students with core science concepts while providing them with positive STEM role models)
Age or Grade Band: All
Free

Bronx Zoo & New York Aquarium

QBG @ Home

Keeping the love for people, plants, and cultures alive with story time and crafts, classroom tutorials, DIY projects, and more
Age or Grade Band: All
Free

Queens Botanical Garden

Other Online Resources We Like

Virtual museum resources

19 Immersive museum exhibits you can visit from your couch
Natural history, paintings, sculpture, PBS has gathered a list of resources that you can use to build a virtual museum trip for your students or families.

The Ultimate Guide to Virtual Museum Resources, E-Learning, and Online Collections
This site has dozens of virtual tours from various museums, in addition to E-Learning experiences.

68 Cultural, historical, and scientific collections you can explore online
Through the Smithsonian Magazine website, learners can virtually explore museum content focusing on art, culture and science.

Museum Educational Materials

The Museum Arts Culture Access Consortium: At Home Activities
Click into any of the NYC Museums and you will be taken to the educator resource pages for those institutions.

Virtual Tour

Tour of the UK’s National Gallery of Art
Take a stroll through the UK’s National Gallery of Art and immerse yourself in Renaissance classical art.

Mt. Vernon Tour
Take a virtual tour of George Washinton’s famous estate, Mt. Vernon!

33 Virtual Tours of National Parks
This website links to other sites that feature virtual tours of many of our national parks.

We Are Teachers – Virtual Field Trips for Kids Spring 2020
This website has a compilation of 25 virtual field trips to places from museums, zoos, and aquariums to historical and cultural sites and even Mars!

Discovery Education Virtual Field Trips
These virtual field trips are a combination of live tours and on-demand videos. “Each no-cost Virtual Field Trip comes with a companion guide packed with standards-aligned, hands-on learning activities!”

Wabisabi Learning – Ten of the Best Virtual Field Trips
These virtual field trips compiled include literary locations, the Louvre, and even Mt. Everest.

Projects: Participate in Real Research

Zoo Universe
ZooUniverse has projects across areas of science and art that need citizens to assist with their research projects. You can become an active citizen scientist! No prior experience necessary and open to all age groups.

At-home science enrichment

Mystery Science
This is a starter set of K-5 lessons organized around a central mystery or question that include videos, articles, and activities using largely easy-to-find-at-home materials.

Exploratorium’s Science Snacks
Exploratorium has a database of science investigations and mini-lessons to do with materials you can easily find at home. It even provides information about NGSS connections.

PBS Kids Design Squad
Design Squad is a section of the PBS Kids website that gives kids a place to be engineers. They can watch videos, read articles, find activities, and play games. All materials involve science practices and engaging kids like scientists.

At Home Plant Activities
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden has provided guides and activity plans for using at home plants to engage students and families. The folder also includes a virtual tour of BBG.

https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/live-cams

Watch all the animals at the San Diego Zoo live! Look for animal behaviors and activities.

Parks@Home
You can enjoy NYC parks from home! While you’re socially distancing and/or staying home, join us in the parks — online. Join us for live park tours, meditation, fitness, art classes, fun activities for kids, and more!

Fun videos to learn more about the geologic history of New York City
How the Earth was Made: New York
BBC The Power of Earth- Manhattan
The Geology of NYC
Walking your Neighborhood

At-home educational materials

Various websites to teach you how to measure trees.
Article to go with street tree guide
How to Measure a Tree
How to Measure a Tree
How to Measure a Tree

Learn more about architecture and cities.
Urban Explorers Guide
Teacher Resource Packets

BrainPop/BrainPop Jr.
BrainPop/BrainPop Jr. is a platform of videos/lesson materials covering all academic subjects in addition to social/emotional learning.

Pulitzer Center for Education
“Search hundreds of standards-aligned lesson plans that use global reporting to writing, text analysis, debate, world history, science, photography, visual art, research, and digital storytelling. Lessons can be filtered by grade level, media, subject area, and global issue.”

At-home enrichment

Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems
“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. Grab some paper and pencils, pens, or crayons and join Mo to explore ways of writing and making together.”

D.C. Public Library’s Virtual Book Club
Anyone with a library card can join the book club to read digital copies of books and engage in discussion through Twitter.

MoMath Weekly Mind-Benders
Math enthusiasts can register for weekly math puzzles that will be sent via email. Please note that registration does request personal info such as name, address and phone number (though users could use their school’s information).

Resource Compendium

Remote Learning Tools via NAFSCE
NAFSCE has gathered games, resources and activities for at home engagement across multiple grades and subjects.

Online learning platform

NearPod
NearPod is a dynamic learning platform that one can use to lead online lessons, assess learners, assign activities, and create collaborative experiences.

Tutorial/ User Guide

Zoom Training Resources
Zoom has compiled a set of tutorial videos, walkthroughs and guides for using the platform. They also have links to scheduled live demos. This tool can help parents and staff use the full potential of Zoom to connect and collaborate.