Flattening the Curve: Things to Do (and See) While Sheltering-in-Place : Activities for Families

Fun science activities that make use of household supplies! New activities posted every weekday at 10 am.

Learn to code, build, invent and animate through live online events every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from noon to 1 pm PST.

Learn Computer Science concepts through a collection of free games and puzzles that can be assembled from stuff in your house.

Hands-on, teacher-tested, science experiments, using cheap, available materials. Re-engineer the circulatory system, make a Coffee-Can Cuíca (musical instrument), learn cool tricks you can do with mirrors, and many other cool things.

Led by NHMU scientists who are experts in their fields, students use the Research Quest website to analyze evidence and develop their own theories. Their goal? Help solve mysteries scientists are still trying to figure out!

Games and interactives to foster authentic scientific exploration. From predicting solar storms and constructing renewable energy systems to tracking cloud movement and designing RNA molecules, conduct investigations by visualizing, analyzing, and sharing the same data that scientists use!

(You can create a free account to track your progress, or opt to access as a "guest.")

SAG-AFTRA's Storyline Online, streams imaginatively produced videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Fun for the whole family!

In partnership with Save the Children and No Kid Hungry, Jennifer Garner and Amy Adams are offering stories on Instagram and Facebook to provide fun and education to kids and parents stuck at home during the Coronavirus outbreak.

Free video storytimes, plus activity sheets, from Barnes & Noble.

Children's librarians at Los Angeles Public Library are holding virtual storytimes for families stuck at home. Find them on the library's online events calendar here, or via Facebook and Instagram.

Early readers, reluctant readers and English learners can watch animated storybooks and read books online for free, through this service available to Fresno County Public Library cardholders. Some books are available in Spanish.

If you do not have a library card, or if yours has expired, visit www.fresnolibrary.org for details on how to get a digital card (and access to FCPL's wonderful online resources).

Free children's stories for ages 3-10, children's stories in Spanish, as well as middle grade novels.

(This resource is free, but ad-supported.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s website made for, with, and by kids! Take a time machine to explore works from more than 5,000 years of art.

Check out 2,160 items from the American Museum of Natural History’s collection—from dinosaur skeletons to insects. The museum is also offering previously recorded tours on its Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Take an interactive tour of one of the world's most comprehensive museums, with artifacts searchable by era, region or type, and discover all sorts of interesting objects and their links to human history!

Zookeepers and adventure guides are taking you behind-the-scenes at the Zoo, with video spotlights on certain animals and keeper cams of the tropical birdhouse and meerkat enrichment area. Learn all about zoo residents big and small.

With what may be the most live cam options, this zoo lets you switch between koalas, polar bears, and tigers in one sitting.

Free virtual field trips on a wide range of topics.

K-12 students from California and around the world can connect with live interpretive rangers and learn about the vibrant ecosystems in California’s state parks. PORTS offers ranger tours on its Facebook page as well: https://www.facebook.com/PORTSProgram/

Kid-friendly online games to help build vocabulary, problem-solving, teamwork skills, and more!

Hundreds of games, books, comics, and videos that help kids pre-K-8th grade develop skills in math, reading, problem-solving and literacy.

Online games for kids, featuring popular characters from Cartoon Network shows.

Internationally recognized children's book illustrator and muralist Rafael López is creating coloring pages just for you! Download and print them from his blog (linked here) or his Facebook page.