Resources for Kids, Tweens, Teens

Activities & Resources

  • Camp Kinda provides FREE curiosity-sparking activities for online and offline.

  • Watch these 45 second How-to videos from the Children's Museum of Art and then spend hands-on time making art together. 

  • EPIC! the virtual book-site has put together content that showcases diverse cultural experiences.

  • Khan Academy includes storytelling, math, art, humanities science, engineering and more.

  • Ology is a science website for kids from the American Museum of Natural History. Learn how to make cool things like origami water bombs and about the science behind influenza. Study anthropology, zoology, or anything in between and take part in live chats with Museum scientists.

  • Outschool has amazing classes about hundreds of topics—from learning how to raise chickens to introductory French.

  • Visit Quaranteens at WordsAlive! for pandemic prompts, coping with quarantine, and writing ideas.

History, Science, and the World around Us

  • Visit BrainPOP to learn about everything from history to science.

  • Want to learn about the past? Check out these Oversimplified history videos.

  • Take a live History @ Home class through Zoom with the New-York Historical Society. Access their digital resources and develop your social studies knowledge through their digital archive. 

  • You might be too young to vote, but that doesn't mean you don't have opinions on important national issues like gun control, climate change and the COVID-19 crisis. Students in grades 6-12 are invited to submit commentaries to KQED Learn telling voters what matters to you and why they should consider your perspective.

  • Here are a selection of TED Talks geared toward kids.

  • Take the time to learn about and share your family history. Explore stories from across the country, upload a story that carries meaning in your family, and join the Tenement Museum in telling the stories of American migration and cultural identity. 


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