Collection

For the kid who asks why

Space, animals, experiments and simulations to explore together.

• PBS KIDS Games: Games and videos from PBS KIDS programs, gathered in one browser destination.
• Outschool: Teacher-led online classes in subjects such as art, coding, science and schoolwork.
• Solar Walk: Space Simulator 3D: A 3D model of the solar system to move around in, with scale comparisons and animations about Moon phases and tides.
• Science for Kids by Tappity: Interactive science videos, questions and a science journal, covering topics such as magnets and volcanoes.
• MarcoPolo Weather: Children adjust wind, temperature and precipitation and watch a landscape and its characters react.
• MarcoPolo Ocean: Reef building, a submersible to assemble and marine animals to find, with narration that introduces ocean words.
• Coral Reef by Tinybop: Children explore a reef food web, hide an octopus and follow food through a jellyfish to see how ocean life connects.
• Star Walk Kids: Astronomy Game: Cartoons, narrated facts and quick quizzes guide children around a moving solar system and a mobile observatory.
• The Earth by Tinybop: Volcanoes, earthquakes, fossils and shifting sediment, all on screen, showing how the Earth’s surface changes.
• Space by Tinybop: An interactive solar system model where children compare planets, tilt the Earth and follow the phases of the Moon.
• Plants by Tinybop: Children move through the seasons in forest, desert and grassland habitats, looking at plant life above and below the soil.
• The Human Body by Tinybop: A working model of the human body that children can investigate, covering digestion, breathing, circulation and the senses.
• Mammals by Tinybop: Children feed and race five mammals, then compare their skeletons and body systems.
• States of Matter by Tinybop: A virtual thermometer controls whether materials melt, solidify or turn to gas, with a view of how the molecules move.
• The Little Scientists: Live science lessons, one-on-one or in small groups, where children investigate a question, try experiments and talk through what they notice.
• Chrome Music Lab: A collection of browser experiments for playing with sound, pattern and rhythm.
• LEGO Education Lesson Plans: Classroom lesson plans built around design challenges with specific LEGO Education sets.
• Ableton Learning Synths: Interactive lessons on how synthesizers shape sound, with controls kids drag and then listen to.
• Exploratorium Tinkering Projects: Hands-on tinkering projects from the Exploratorium built around motion, balance and chain reactions.
• Getty Drawing With Kids: A short Getty article with five drawing ideas tied to artworks in the museum’s collection.
• Education.com: A searchable library of games, worksheets, lesson plans and hands-on projects.
• Sheppard Software: A broad collection of short learning games across early concepts, math, geography, animals, science and language arts.
• IXL: Practice organized into detailed skill lists for math, language arts, science and more.
• BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr.: Animated explanations followed by quizzes, drawing and vocabulary activities on the same topic.
• Peace Out: Kids breathe, stretch and picture calm scenes while a gentle host tells mindfulness stories.
• Minecraft Education: Kids appear to roam familiar blocky worlds built around coding, math, science and history lessons.
• LEGO Education SPIKE App: Kids build LEGO models with motors and sensors, then code them using icon blocks, word blocks or Python.
• Edison Robot: Kids program a compact LEGO-compatible robot using printed barcodes, picture blocks, Scratch-style blocks or Python.
• Machine Learning for Kids: Kids teach a computer to sort words, pictures, numbers or sounds, then put what it learned to work in Scratch.
• Makey Makey: Kids clip wires to bananas, play-dough or pencil drawings and turn them into keys for computer games and music.
• KiwiCo DIY Projects: Kids build, tinker and experiment through step-by-step projects that mostly use materials found around the house.
• Teachable Machine: Kids record their own pictures, sounds or poses with a webcam or microphone and watch a model learn to tell them apart.
• Simple Machines by Tinybop: Kids tinker with levers, pulleys, ramps, wedges, wheels and screws to launch, lift and topple things.
• Poly Bridge 3: Kids design bridges from wood, steel, rope and hydraulics, then send cars and trucks across to see if they hold.
• Seek by iNaturalist: Kids seem to spend their time aiming a camera at leaves, beetles and birds, then filing each find into a growing collection.
• Merlin Bird ID: Kids hold a phone up to birdsong or snap a photo, and Merlin suggests which birds might be around them.
• Thinkrolls: Kids roll round characters through physics mazes, play logic and math games, and design puzzle levels of their own.
• Tinkercad: Kids stack and cut simple shapes into 3D models, wire up virtual circuits and build designs from code blocks.
• Wow in the World: Kids listen to weekly audio adventures that spin real science news into silly, sound-effect-filled stories.
• Brains On!: Kids listen as host Molly Bloom and a kid co-host chase down a listener’s science question each week.
• Quick, Draw!: Kids sketch a named object in 20 seconds while a computer tries to guess what it is.
• Hungry Caterpillar Play School: Kids trace letters, count, paint, make music and listen to stories in a preschool built around Eric Carle’s caterpillar.
• My Very Hungry Caterpillar: Toddlers hatch, feed and look after Eric Carle’s caterpillar until he turns into a butterfly.
• But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids: Kids send in their own big questions, and host Jane Lindholm seeks out experts to answer them on air.
• Smash Boom Best: Kids hear two guests argue a playful matchup, like Pikachu vs. Mario, then pick a side themselves.
• SciShow Kids: Kids watch host Jessi and Squeaks, a robot rat, work through one kid-sized science question per short video.
• Crash Course Kids: Kids follow fast, animated explainers on Earth, space, habitats and engineering pitched at upper elementary science.
• The Kid Should See This: Kids and grown-ups wander through a huge, hand-picked collection of short videos on science, nature, art and how things get made.
• Peep and the Big Wide World: Preschoolers watch Peep the chick and friends poke at how the world works, then play simple games about sound, light and motion.
• Google Earth: Kids spin a 3D globe, zoom down to a single street and ride along on guided story tours of reefs, parks and cities.
• Seterra: Kids click places on blank maps against the clock, learning countries, capitals, states, flags and rivers.
• Earth Rangers: Kids pick real-world conservation missions, earn badges and hear wildlife stories through the Earth Rangers app and podcast.
• Cornell Lab Bird Cams: Kids watch live cameras trained on real nests and feeders, with hawks, ospreys, albatrosses and toucans going about their day.
• Stellarium Web: Kids pull up tonight’s sky for any spot on Earth, switch on constellation art and fast-forward time to watch the stars wheel.
• Tumble Science Podcast for Kids: Kids hear working scientists tell how a discovery happened, from T. rex’s tiny arms to a robot built for hugging.
• Frontiers for Young Minds: Kids read science articles by working researchers, each one reviewed for clarity by kids their own age.
• Science News Explores: Kids read science news written at their level, from fresh dinosaur finds to robots, space missions and the human body.
• Ranger Rick: Kids meet wild animals through Ranger Rick’s stories, photos, reading games, videos and a wildlife podcast.
• SciJinks: Kids find out how weather works, from hurricanes to rainbows, through NOAA’s articles, games and videos.
• Journey North: Kids report the monarchs, hummingbirds and other migrants they spot, then watch sightings sweep across a live map.
• TÜBİTAK Bilim Genç: TÜBİTAK Bilim Genç is a Turkish-language science site with articles, questions, videos and making activities.
• National Geographic Kids: National Geographic Kids mixes animal profiles, short videos, quizzes and puzzles on a browsable discovery site.
• Smithsonian: Fun Stuff for Kids and Teens: The Smithsonian’s kids and teens hub gathers activities from across its museums for use at home.
• Ducksters: Ducksters offers short reference articles on history, biographies, geography and science, with games alongside.
• Science Buddies: Elementary STEM Activities: Science Buddies has an elementary-school collection of hands-on building and experimenting projects.
• PhET Interactive Simulations: PhET is a library of interactive science and math simulations that run in a browser.
• NASA Space Place: NASA Space Place collects articles, animations, games and crafts about space and Earth.
• NASA Kids Science: Earth: NASA Kids Science’s Earth page gathers explanations and activities for children about the planet.
• ESA Space for Kids: ESA Space for Kids is the European Space Agency’s children’s site about space, with reading, games, things to do and multimedia.
• Exploratorium Science Snacks: Exploratorium Science Snacks are hands-on investigations of real phenomena using physical materials.
• Mystery Science: Mystery Science organizes elementary science around questions meant to open discussion and hands-on work.
• Generation Genius: Generation Genius teaches science and math through video lessons with related materials.
• OLogy: OLogy is the American Museum of Natural History’s science site for children, organized by subject and activity type.
• San Diego Zoo Wildlife Explorers: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Explorers has animal and plant profiles, zoo stories, facts and printable activities.
• Ask A Biologist: Ask A Biologist, from Arizona State University, mixes biology stories with games, activities, videos and conversations with scientists.
• Natural History Museum: Activities for All: The Natural History Museum’s Activities for All page lists ways to explore nature at home or close by.
• Science Sparks: Science Sparks is a collection of hands-on science ideas spanning chemistry, biology, physics, seasonal themes and fairy-tale challenges.
• Science Fun: Experiments for Kids: Science Fun’s experiment library uses familiar materials to explore liquids, plants, weather and motion.
• DK Learning Activity Packs and Worksheets: DK Learning’s activity packs are downloadable projects and worksheets on nature, STEM, history and creative subjects.
• Monterey Bay Aquarium Online Courses: Monterey Bay Aquarium runs online courses built around marine animals, with observation and making activities.
• NASA StarChild: NASA StarChild is a small astronomy site with two levels of material on the solar system, the universe and space exploration.
• EIA Energy Kids: Energy Kids, from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, explains energy sources, electricity, energy use and the history of energy.
• Explorify: Explorify uses images, video and open questions to start conversations about science.
• ACS Adventures in Chemistry: The American Chemical Society’s Adventures in Chemistry matches small experiments with explanations of the science behind them.
• Royal Institution ExpeRimental: ExpeRimental is the Royal Institution’s collection of short family science videos and practical activities.
• National Park Service Junior Ranger Booklets: The National Park Service’s national-theme Junior Ranger booklets cover subjects that span many parks.