These schedules are based on your student’s age. Khan Academy has created a schedule you can use to structure your homeschooling activities. Khan Academy – Schedules for School Closures Here’s the link: Smithsonian Science Education Center. You can search for activities by grade to perfectly fit your student’s needs.
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The Smithsonian offers several free lessons and resources for at-home learning. Smithsonian Science Education Center: Free Resources Check them out here: 30 Virtual Field Trips. Virtual Field TripsĪ teacher compiled a list of 30 virtual field trips you can do at home with your students. Many of these activities could be adapted to be used with younger children.
Lindsey Nelson has created a Bingo card with engineering activities you can do at home with your children. Engineering Activities for Kids (Under Quarantine) – Engineering Bingo It includes a list of different activities you can try and sheets your students can fill out to create a blueprint of their design plans. This resource provides instructions and activities to create a Maker Station/Space at home. Check it out here: Scholastic Learn At Home. They currently have five days worth of lessons, but they are working an additional fifteen days worth of content. Scholastic has created a daily at-home program for grades Pre-K-6th. Here’s the link again: Germs and Soap Experiment. This link will talk about how soap works on the pathogens on your hands. The science behind why this works can be found here. You may also want to explain to your students that the “germs” are everywhere, so we can get them by touch surfaces.
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You can set up the experiment by adding pepper to a plate or bowl full of water, and then do your own demonstration like in the video. If you check out this link you can watch how a Pre-K teacher, Amanda Lorenzo, used an experiment with pepper, water, and dish soap to explain how germs work to her students. The first resource we want to share is one that you can use to help teach younger children about why handwashing is so important. Please be aware that some resources/websites may be experiencing large amounts of traffic, so it could take time to load or need to be re-loaded later.īe safe, healthy, and wash your hands out there! With much love and admiration, We also have The Teachers Guide to Coronavirus, which has resources that will be useful to both parents and teachers. We’ve encouraged our community to share what they’ve found to be helpful, and we’re tagging each post with “Remote1.” You should be able to search “Remote1” in the sidebar to find all the posts that relate to activities you can do at home. You can also join our Facebook Group for more resources. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, we’re practicing imperfect action, and we hope that these resources will get you through this difficult time. Please keep in mind that while these are fantastic resources for doing STEM at home, many of these activities are NOT entirely aligned to the Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards. Here are 15 resources, gathered by the STEAM Café team and from our beloved Facebook group that you can use.
As more districts have started closing, we’ve had a lot of parents and educators looking for “home STEM” distance learning ideas.
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