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Students brought the ingredients to cook up change.

Tens of millions of children around the world go to bed hungry or malnourished each night-but students from around the world changed that. Through the Hunger Challenge, students were able to mobilize $2.3 million for programs fighting hunger. Learn more below.

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Why hunger?

Food is the foundation for a healthy life.

An estimated 821 million people-one person in nine-suffer from hunger worldwide. In the U.S., the percentage is even higher, at 1 in 5. Hunger and malnutrition are not just immediate threats to health and well-being-over time, they can keep children from growing, learning and developing their full potential.

Hunger might look different than you think.

Hunger can be heartbreakingly obvious or deceptively invisible. That's why Hunger Challenge teams learned about hunger in all its guises-malnutrition, food insecurity, 'food deserts,' and more-and investigated how hunger prevents young people in different places from living full lives. We're also looking at what can be done to end hunger, from emergency relief to long-term solutions.

Continue to cook up change!

Even though the Hunger Challenge has ended, the need to address hunger in our world is still as important as ever. Check out the Hunger Challenge drop down on our resources page to find learning materials and video related to hunger and food insecurity.

Youth helping youth.

Students efforts unlocked $2.3 million dollars that supported hunger and malnutrition programs in communities worldwide, including UNICEF's work fighting chronic malnutrition in Yemen and Ethiopia; Mary's Meals' school-based feeding programs in India, Malawi, and Haiti; and eleven other community-based organizations confronting hunger and nutrition around the U.S.

Make the students recipes!

To celebrate students work, we created the Studnets Rebuild Hunger Challenge Cookbook! In it you can explore the favorite meals and snacks of students from all around the world. The cookbook will be released for download in August 2020. Come back to find it that month!

From learning and creativity to hunger relief.

We made it easy for students to help their peers while also taking away a lasting understanding of hunger and its effects, nutrition, agriculture, and global citizenship. These were the steps:

1. Register, Set, Go.

More than 1,600 teams in 54 countries registered for the Hunger Challenge, making it one of the largest in our 11-year history!

2. Creatively baked recipes rolled in.

Tens of thousands of students mobilized to make over 130,000 recipes! Each was matched with up to a $6 donation from the Bezos Family Foundation to support hunger relief.

3. Collectively, students served up change for children around the world.

In total, $2.3 million dollars was generated to support over 230,000 children and youth with life-saving interventions.

Check out the Hunger Challenge teams and projects!

There are never too many chefs in this kitchen. Students from all over the world stepped up to take the Hunger Challenge. Explore the more than 1,600 teams that joined and click on the apple icons to learn about the programs funded.

Learning Materials

Free teaching materials for any K-12 setting.

The Challenge has ended, but you can still minimize prep time and maximize student engagement with our curricula, lesson plans, and other resources. Many are informed by national standards, all are flexible enough for any setting, and all are free of charge. Below are the essential overview materials, and there's many more to explore on our Resources page.

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While 2.8 million images should keep you plenty busy, they still represent just a fraction of the Smithsonian Institution's archive of 155 million items. Over time, Smithsonian Open Access will add more tranches of hi-res imagery. The digitization process started with some of the smaller museums and institutions, and continues to work its way up to the massive collections of, for example, the National Museum of American History.

The entire archive, though, will likely never enter the public domain. That's in part because the Smithsonian Institution doesn't necessarily own the copyrights on everything it houses. The decision of whether to apply a CC0 license to certain items also depends on cultural and historical context.

"We have things in our collections that support stereotypes of different cultures, because that's a product of our world, and we want to capture that so we understand it better. But we don't want to perpetuate those stereotypes," says Smithsonian senior digital program officer Effie Kapsalis, who spearheaded the Open Access project. The Smithsonian also works directly with indigenous groups across the US, for instance, to make sure it doesn't inadvertently release sensitive materials. "If there's uncertain provenance around something, or if it's an item that is really for the eyes only of that culture, we are not going to put that latter category online."

Then there's the matter of what happens to the images that the Smithsonian does post. Cultural heritage institutions tend to have the same concerns about putting their treasures in the public domain, says Duke's Boyle, recalling some examples of the most common fears he hears: "You're going to kill our gift shop. Nazis are going to take it. Someone's going to put it in a porn."

Those aren't unreasonable concerns to have; this is the modern internet, after all. But they also largely miss the point. "Those people can violate your copyright anyway," adds Boyle. "The people who you want are the people who care, who would not use an image without permission and would be respectful."

It took years for the Smithsonian to come around to that idea, Kapsalis says; fortunately, she had the research to help make the case. In 2016, Kapsalis published a series of case studies about the impact Open Access programs had on various cultural institutions like the Cleveland Museum of Art and the New York Public Library. "Fears about loss of intellectual control of collections, or reductions in the number of in-person visits, due to open access policies are largely unfounded," she wrote at the time. "With an open access policy, revenue from rights and reproduction activities are reduced, but retaining more restrictive terms of use may cost organizations in funding opportunities, staff time, and reputation."

It helped too that the Smithsonian has a stated goal of reaching 1 billion people annually through its digital efforts. Liberating so much of its archive makes that much more achievable; as Wikimedia's Maher noted Tuesday, Wikipedia alone sees at least that many visitors every single month.

The technical side of bringing Smithsonian Open Access together presented its own difficulties. The museums and research centers under its umbrella all collect different kinds of data, and apply different standards to them. Getting them to talk to one another was a feat, as was finding a way to store all those high-resolution images in the cloud so as not to bring down the Smithsonian's websites. (Amazon Web Services provides the hosting as part of its public data set program.) More important, though, was settling on an implementation that squared with the Smithsonian's values.

"The challenging part of implementing this is not the technology," Kapsalis notes. "It is how we do this responsibly."

The response so far has been encouraging; Kapsalis says Smithsonian Open Access saw around 4 million image requests within the first six hours or so of going live. The Smithsonian also maintains a dashboard that keeps a running tally of the number of assets downloaded and the percent of its collections that currently have open asset items (7,774 and 23, respectively, as of this writing). But the impact of the project will likely extend even further.

If as august an institution as the Smithsonian has embraced the public domain, what excuses remain for everyone else?

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As governments and local authorities continue to mandate social distancing measures to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, non-essential travel is out of the question. But while you're quarantining at home, you can still see one of nature's most stunning atmospheric phenomena: Explore.org and Polar Bears International are live streaming the northern lights.

The live cam is located at the Churchill Northern Studies Center in Manitoba, Canada. Since the cam is situated directly under the aurora oval, you'll see amazing views of emerald green curtains of lights dancing in the arctic sky. Although the northern lights occur year-round, according to Explore.org, late winter and early spring are the best seasons to see the lights. So now's the perfect time to watch the live stream. Tune in during the darkest hours of the night, which are generally from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. EDT.

If you want to virtually explore more of the great outdoors, check out these video tours of five national parks. Led by rangers, the tours journey through fjords, volcanoes, caverns and coral reefs. You can also welcome spring by virtually tour these five gorgeous gardens from across the world. And if you want to get some fresh air outdoors, you can visit national parks that are still open for free right now (Just keep in mind the World Health Organization recommends staying at least three feet away from anyone who is coughing or sneezing).
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Join in with Fancy Dress Fridays as well!

This is great news for parents and kids who are dealing with school closures due to the Coronavirus. Joe Wicks, famous as The Body Coach, has become 'the nation's P.E. teacher' by giving daily online P.E. classes for kids!

Joe is holding kids' workout classes on his You Tube channel, and he will be doing them every weekday at 9am during the school closures. If you miss them live you can catch up on previous workouts on his You Tube channel too.

The workouts are designed to be kid friendly, last half an hour, and don't need much space so they can be done indoors if you're self-isolating.

P.E. With Joe Fancy Dress Friday

Friday workouts are a little different with Joe (and sometimes his family too!) doing the workout in costume, like today's family Fancy Dress Friday with Joe as Harry Potter and a little Baby Shark joining him!

So far we've seen Joe dressed up as Spider-Man, Scooby Doo*, and a rather big googly-eyed frog! Make sure you join in with bargain fancy dress costumes* and the best ones he will feature on his social media. And I can't express how much fun it is to watch a mini Mario* doing a workout in your living room!

P.E. With Joe Charity T-Shirts

If you need to get some more comfy clothing for the kids to do their PE lessons, Asda are still doing a offer online including some joggers, shorts, t-shirts and hoodies. They also have kids' plimsolls from £2.50 and trainers from £8*, just in case your kids are starting to grow out of theirs.

We think P.E. with Joe is an amazing idea, and it should help keep the kids active as well as bringing some structure and routine to the day while we're all 'home schooling'.

I'm going to do this every day with the kids, and maybe it will make me a bit healthier too! Thank you Joe x
Need some help home schooling? Here's all the free online learning resources available for parents during the Coronavirus outbreak. Images: The Body Coach / You Tube / Teemill
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Join in with Fancy Dress Fridays as well! This is great news for parents and kids who are dealing with school closures due to the Coronavirus. Joe Wicks, famous as The Body Coach, has become 'the nation's P.E. teacher' by giving daily online P.E. classes for kids!

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VersaTiles ® are a puzzle like practice activity that helps kids deepen their understanding of Math and Literacy. For over 40 years, teachers have relied on VersaTiles ® for independent practice and now VersaTiles ® is available for home!

Engaging, screen-free alternative way to support kids at home.

Self-checking answer system creates a safe learning environment that increases confidence.

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VersaTiles ® are a puzzle like practice activity that helps kids deepen their understanding of Math and Literacy. For over 40 years, teachers have relied on VersaTiles ® for independent practice and now VersaTiles ® is available for home! Engaging, screen-free alternative way to support kids at home.

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Daily Free Learning Workbooks for Teachers to Share with Parents while Schools are Closed - Kids will actually do these!

Does anyone else feel like the world's current situation sounds like a short story written by a first grader? First there was a bad virus. Next, the world ran out of toilet paper. Finally, nobody had to go to school, and all the parents had to stay home from work. As unrealistic as this sounds, this is the current reality. So what do you do next? How can you help your child during these uncertain times? Here are a few resources and suggestions that may help you navigate the next few weeks at home.

Free Printables for Week of March 16th - March 20th

Who doesn't love a good puzzle? These small puzzle books are easy for kids to do and will give them some new challenges for following directions.

Reading Comprehension with Math - Book #1

Math Workbook for the Week!

These are perfect little math workbooks to share with parents. It combines a mix of fun math puzzles and challenging problems that won't bore kids.

Kids will enjoy some creative writing with this writing challenge workbook.

Free Printables for March 23rd to 27th

Are your kids ready for spring? Baseball may be delayed, but the flowers won't be. Let them enjoy this amusing workbook!

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Try these workbooks for lots of pages for you to randomly give your kids!
Kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, or middle school math pages for your kids!
Have your kids make a schedule for the day!

This may be challenging for the younger kids to make their own school day schedule, but they will be able to handle it. Even if they end up with a 90 minute snack time, let them work through the schedule one day to see how they did. Then maybe they can make a BETTER schedule for the next day!

Here is also FREE Handout to E-Mail Parents

More Free Printables, Ideas, and Reading

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Daily Free Learning Workbooks for Teachers to Share with Parents while Schools are Closed - Kids will actually do these! Does anyone else feel like the world's current situation sounds like a short story written by a first grader? First there was a bad virus. Next, the world ran out of toilet paper.

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Dear Educator,

Like you, I am anxious and stressed about what school closures mean for learners across the country. I know you are watching your phone for news and updates, thinking, This is unbelievable. I know you are wanting to be as helpful as possible, looking for the best resources to keep your students focused and engaged. I know you are wondering how long this will last.

But we can channel this energy toward productive struggle. I hope you will join me in seeing this as an opportunity to imagine the ways we can re-create equitable, engaging learning spaces as many of us venture into unfamiliar territory: teaching and learning from home.

First and foremost, let's give ourselves and our students time to process this abrupt change. Remember that everyone is trying their best. And remember that long-term school closures are a drastic escalation to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. In other words, rigorous, standards-based learning is taking a back seat to the health and longevity of all members of our intergenerational communities.

Schools and communities have already begun to rethink their responsibilities to students during this crisis. Many have organized grab-and-go meal kits for students and child care opportunities for families (in Washington, priority is given to students whose families are healthcare workers and first responders).

It is important that, as educators, we also think carefully about our responsibilities and prioritize the well-being of our students.

I am calling this a "healthy reminder" because I know you are compassionate toward learners who are most likely figuring out how to learn from home for the first time. I understand the desire and expectation for students to practice standards and learning targets so what they've learned is not forgotten. In addition, keeping youth academically engaged, despite our circumstances, has immeasurable benefits that will help students become informed, critical thinkers. I am not arguing these facts.

But there are other facts we must consider, as well. As you know, many of our learners do not have access to the internet or to a computer or mobile device. They may have to care for their younger siblings and family members while the adults in their household continue working out of necessity. Many of our students are Emerging Multilingual Learners and special education students. They require accommodations that educational technology platforms, online-only models or homework packets do not provide.

During this time of uncertainty and confusion, it is important that we remain united and connected. And this means recognizing that, right now, prioritizing the well-being of our students may mean deprioritizing learning goals. Now is a key time to see that any negative communication we send in an attempt to hold students accountable for completion of work has the potential to push students and their families even further away.

Instead of work that must be completed, the resources we're sharing-whether an online-only model or a homework packet-can be understood as mentally engaging activities that can keep children happy as they practice physical distancing. This work can be part of a routine that includes time and space for academic learning and can help to create a resemblance of normalcy during these uncertain times.

Here is how you can start.

Do not worry about the loss of learning. Don't worry about holding students accountable for the completion of activities, homework packets or online assessments while school is closed.

Share daily positive, encouraging feedback to students and their families.

Remind yourself every day that this is a stressful time for students and their families and that everyone is trying their best. We should only be concerned about their health and well-being. Do they have enough to eat? Do they need any other supplies as they manage city-wide shutdowns? Do their families need financial support?

Only offer opportunities to engage various learning styles. For example, email different ideas to create daily authentic learning experiences. If they were sent home with a math packet that helps them review fractions, ask them to provide an example of fractions in nature or in their home. This is a great way to encourage them to go for a walk or explore their surroundings. They can draw a picture of the example they found.

Use this opportunity to think deeply and reflect on your instructional practices, school policies and structures and how we can center the experiences of the global majority.

With so much love and gratitude for your service to the next generation,

A Fellow Educator

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Do you know what gets me even MORE excited than back to school supplies? FREE educational resources! And this year (and maybe even further!) TypeTastic! is offering a completely ad-free version of their software to schools! (Teachers SIGN UP HERE for the 30 day trial of Typetastic's School Version!)
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We've been using this program the past week and it's really catchy. It's perfect for quiet activities, center time, and skilled practice when homework is completed. The school version not only is ad free but it also allows you to track individual student progress and activity.
If you're looking for the completely free version (with ads, no student tracking or saved progress), however, then you can find that on Typetastic.com.

With school budgets being so tight you need to soak up all of the resources you can and this is one you definitely need to check out. Finding a good quality practice program for that's free is HUGE!

I still remember the droning voice of my middle school computer teacher trying to teach a classroom full of kids who had never used a computer before....

Gone are the days of pecking at a keyboard because computers are a novelty. My kids have been typing since they started learning letters as toddlers and preschoolers. Although they know where on the keyboard the letters are located they did not automatically know the proper way to type. It's something you have to learn.

Kids absolutely need to learn good quality typing skills and thank heavens for better programs than what I had to endure during my middle school years. Technology and education now go hand in hand today and it doesn't have to hit your wallet hard. Learning to not only type but type properly is a key skill children absolutely must learn growing up. And why not make it fun to learn?

What is TypeTastic!?: a Brief Overview

Quickly put, TypeTastic! is a (free!) typing program for teachers & schools to utilize in their classrooms. It teaches kids proper typing skills through fun leveled games and micro-focuses on various aspects of typing.

Games start out simple by simply recognizing what section of the keyboard a letter is found in and progresses to using all 10 fingers properly! It is fantastic for learners who get frustrated quickly because not only is it fun to play games but TypeTastic! also begins practice at just one finger!

You can find games to practice specific fingers and rows as you progress in themes such as bugs, frogs, ocean, fruit, trucks, space, and more!

More benefits:

*Strengthens Letter Recognition
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*Learn more here!

The TypeTastic! games take a pedagogical approach with a very specific and clear learning path. I played quite a few of them myself and absolutely loved them. It also tells you at the end of each level how you did which is nice for those who want to compete with their own scores.

I had both of my boys, a 3rd grader and a 6th grader use the program. They both enjoyed it and said was a lot of fun. It made practicing their typing skills much easier - almost like they weren't practicing at all!

I can tell you they would eagerly finish their work at school knowing they would get the opportunity to practice with this typing program! You absolutely aren't losing out on trying TypeTastic!.

NOT a teacher? No worries! Your kids can still use TypeTastic.com completely free (with Coppa compliant ads). The Ad-free Edition for Schools is simply more preferable in a school setting since all ads are completely removed. BOTH versions offer 700+ levels!

* After the trial, it's up to the teacher to decide if they want to pay a small subscription fee or keep going for free by switching to an ad-sponsored mode. But remember, Typetastic.com is always free to everyone.

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" Grey's Anatomy" and "Fame" star Debbie Allen hosted a free dance class on Instagram Live Wednesday in an effort to lift the spirits of the masses who self-isolated this week hoping to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

The veteran actress, 70, logged on to her Instagram Live account at 1 p.m. PST ready to move and rocking white sneakers, black joggers, a white cap and a sweatshirt with her "Debbie Allen Dance Academy" logo front and center. She was met with hoards of fans starved for activity, who were not disappointed.

"Debbie allen better go head with her online dance class, come on icon! 🙏🏿" wrote one fan who posted a clip of Allen breaking down moves to Michael Jackson's 2001 song, "U Rock My World." Another fan added, "Debbie Allen teaching people how to dance on instagram live because everyone is stuck in quarantine is definitely the best thing i've ever seen."

Several followers who broke a sweat with the icon went on to call the session "inspirational" and "the content we deserve."

"I just completed an IG class with THE Debbie Allen," one participant tweeted. "Omg best way to work it out on a Wednesday! Thank you Miss Debbie for giving the world the gift of dance at this time. YOU ARE A LEGEND AND INSPIRATION!!!"

Allen also had participants covered post-workout, guiding folks through a cool-down and alerting them to an upcoming class for the whole family.

"Great workout world! Let's do it again," she wrote. "Don't forget Early Bird kids class THIS Saturday at 11am PST here! See you then!💋✨ #dancewithdebbieallen @officialdadance."

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" Grey's Anatomy" and "Fame" star Debbie Allen hosted a free dance class on Instagram Live Wednesday in an effort to lift the spirits of the masses who self-isolated this week hoping to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The veteran actress, 70, logged on to her Instagram Live account at 1 p.m.

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Looking for Ways to Help Kids Learn at Home?

Looking for great, free resources for learning from home? Whether it's due to school closure, summer break, homeschooling, or just wanting to build a house of learning, I'm sharing some great ideas.

Resources are available to help you facilitate learning at home, and most are at the tips of your fingers.

I'm dividing my ideas into two sections: online resources for learning from home and ideas for learning at home that don't involve screens. Everything I'm sharing is free.

For some of the resources, I'm sharing ideas for possible activities students could do with the resource.

I even created an entire online lesson just for this purpose.

Whether you're a teacher looking for things students can do from home, or whether you're a parent looking for quality learning activities your child can do from home, I've got ideas for you.

Things to Consider when Planning for Remote Learning if You're a Teacher

Access:

It doesn't do any good if your students don't have access to it. If you have students with no internet, then skip to the non-internet based ideas below.

If you're a parent, you may be looking for alternatives to screen time. If so, you can scan down to the Non-internet Activities for Learning at Home section.

Length:

One of the biggest constraints in the normal school classroom is time. Take advantage of long periods of time that students may have to do projects they would not normally have time for. Rather than trying to create fifty daily tasks, consider putting together a single, longer-length task. Think projects. Think skill development. For instance, I learned Sketchnoting, and that helps me all of the time now. We can practice typing, writing, note-taking, and other skills that we carry with us no matter where we are learning.

Touching Base:

Some of us already had systems in place with content management programs like Google Classroom or Canvas or the like. If you don't, take a minute to figure that out first. The best ideas will go nowhere if you don't have a way to share or support them.

Online Resources for Remote Learning

The internet offers nearly limitless opportunities for learning from home. They're not all the same level of quality, so I'm sharing some of my favorites.

This isn't a comprehensive list. It's a list of personal favorites, as well as some sites I think you may be less familiar with.

I've divided the resources into content areas, and I've got a cross-curricular section last.

Ideas for Remote Language Arts Learning:

Storyline has picture books being read by celebrities. They're really, really well done, and in addition to the website, there's an app as well. If the main site is down, you can see the stories on the YouTube channel.

Teaching Ideas for Storyline:

Have students listen to two stories and sketch out a three-oval Venn diagram comparing the stories' narrators, illustrations, and plots.

Students could record themselves reading a favorite book in Flipgrid and create a class equivalent of Storyline. Other students could then listen/watch. To strengthen this, have students do it once, have the teacher or other students give three tips to make it even better, and have the student re-record it. I'd create a separate grid for the redo.

The Year of Living Poetically program I created while I was the Youth and Education Ambassador for Mensa has a number of poems that are explicated and have helps for memorizing them. Some are not appropriate for littles, so choose with care, but even young children can memorize poetry. I've written about why they should.

The Library of Congress has recorded the authors who have spoken at the National Book Festival and made those recordings available. Students can choose an author, watch the recording and then respond to the recording in writing. Some possible prompts include:

How did your view of the author shift as you watched the webcast?

Think about whether you were more or less interested in reading the author's work after watching the webcast and explain what you think influenced that feeling.

Describe the similarities and differences between the author's voice and the narrator of works you've read by the author.

Poetry 180 is another terrific offering of the Library of Congress. Students can read info on how to read a poem out loud, choose a poem, and then record themselves reading it.

Ideas for Remote Math Learning:

Mindware gives free samples of its math Perplexor books. I love these all the time, but they're a great go-to. Bonus: the Pinterest board shares cool extreme dot-to-dots and other art activities as well.

Everyone knows about Khan Academy, but there are other free resources as well, including MathPlanet for math from pre-Algebra and up. It's a Swedish site, so they say "maths," but that's kind of cute, right?

Entire courses are available at Edx, and many are appropriate for secondary students (and advanced elementary students), even though they are college courses.

iPractice Math offers a beautiful user interface along with its free resources.

Ideas for Remote Science Learning:

The University of Colorado Boulder has math and science interactive simulations that are super fun. Well, if you're a nerd like me, which you probably are or you wouldn't be reading this.

Molecular Workbench hundreds of virtual labs in multiple science subjects. Requires download of (free) software.

Learn.Genetics has loads of activities and labs related to biology, genetics, and human health.

HHMI Biointeractive is another lab/simulation site. Lizard evolution molecular lab, anyone? They've got that and more.

McGraw-Hill offers online labs for free, no need to have the textbook.

The NOVA labs are super cool, and have educator guides, so you could flesh out what you want students to do.

Ideas for Remote Social Studies Learning:

The Smithsonian's History Explorer site is a favorite. Ideas for using this site include having students virtually curate their own museum. This project-based experience could include everything from creating selection criteria, making the selections, designing displays, and creating a catalog.

You could get an entire social studies education at the National Archives. Seriously, it's amazing what they offer. One of the most valuable parts in my opinion is the guide to teaching students to work with primary source documents.

Google Arts and Culture may be the most underused resource on the internet. The ideas are endless (I mean, seriously, warning: you'll get sucked in), but here are a few just off the top of my head.

The Time section allows you to view artifacts from pre-history to the present day. Students could be assigned a group of random dates (e.g., 2000 BCE, 500 CE, 1500 CE, 1900 CE). Have them choose one item from each date and compare and contrast them. What has changed? What is similar? What consistent themes do they notice? Have them look up a historical event from each time period and draw a connection between history and the art.

Have them choose one piece from Art Up Close, a selection of artworks you can zoom in on in incredible detail. As they zoom in, information about the painting appears. There are questions that students can respond to. Have them put together a presentation about the painting as if they were a curator giving a speech about it. Have them share the presentation.

Many museums offer virtual tours. You can find a list of a dozen of them in this article from Travel & Leisure.

Explore one of the online Getty Photo exhibits . Use the On This Day site to correlate a completely separate event that occurred on the same day the photo was taken. I've created a a complete ready-to-use activity for you that you can copy into Google Classroom or your Google Drive. It's ready to use, and I'm pretty proud of it actually. Did I mention you can get it here?

Ideas for Remote Learning in Multiple Content Areas:

TED Connections were one of my favorite things to do at Mensa. I took TED talks I thought would interest youth and created high-level thinking questions related to them. They also have a list of extension activities related to the talk. I highly recommend these. They're designed to be done by students alone, so they're perfect for distance learning. They cover many content areas, so no matter what you're hoping to share, there's probably something there for you.

The Mensa Foundation offers free lesson plans. I designed most of these lesson plans to be done by a student without a teacher, so they're perfect for remote learning. They cover multiple content areas and grade levels, but don't be limited by the grade level bands. Look at the different activities to see if they're a good fit.

While you're at MensaforKids, you can also find lots of educational online practice games. Most kids struggle with ratios, so take the opportunity to have even older students practice that, if nothing else.

The BBC has a whole learning center that is amazing. It's using UK standards, but shockingly, we all teach pretty much the same stuff.

Fall in love with the Smithsonian's Learning Lab. I could write an ode to this resource, truly. Learners need to set up a free account, but once they've done that, oh, friends, it's fabulous. It describes itself as a "free, interactive platform for discovering millions of authentic digital resources, creating content with online tools, and sharing in the Smithsonian's expansive community of knowledge and learning." Your tax dollars at work, friends.

PBS has an entire site for the Ken Burns collection. There are documentaries, documents, and media libraries. It's searchable by grade and content area and standards. So wonderful.

Non-internet activities for learning at home

What's interesting is that the most effective learning experiences at home are just being mindful of daily life and seeing the learning in everyday experiences. I really learned this when I was homeschooling while we lived in Germany.

Here's what I mean:

Cooking:

Have children cook with you. Cooking is science and math and language arts and social studies. They can:

Figure out how to double a recipe.

Identify what kind of food it is (culture).

Think about the process that is cooking the food. How much heat did it take? How long? Play around with the temperature and time - what happens if you cook it longer at a lower temperature?

Have them rewrite the recipe to make it easier to follow.

Have them record themselves making the recipe with you as if you were a cooking show.

Let them go through cookbooks and choose some recipes to try.

Have them create a month's menus and corresponding shopping list.

Home Management:

Make your own cleaners.

Test the bacteria in your house. Here's a great article on a few ways to do that. Then test with different cleaners for practical science!

Try to find the most efficient ways to clean. Can you find a faster way to change the sheets? Can you test different dishwashing liquids? Can you try different ways of cleaning baseboards (foam paint brush, dust cloth, dryer sheet) and compare which works best?

Do a big organizing project on the garage or attic or closet, taking time to take measurements.

Create a photo catalog of the entire house. Have them take photos of everything in every room. It sounds crazy, but it really gives you a feel for how much there is.

Have them create a catalog of all of their toys, including a photo. Note how long they've had it, how often they play with it, why they think it's fun, how it benefits them, etc.

If they're old enough, have them engage with household finance. Our kids were very involved in our family finances, and teaching them about how much of the household budget goes to different areas is helpful. Have them create a budget and even do pie charts of where the money goes. Caveat: If the family is in financial crisis, don't do this.

Games:

Board games are the bomb. They build relationships, teach important social skills, and, if you pick the right (?) game, can last for hours (days that feel like years...).

Consider playing War, but not letting the child take the hand unless they can tell you by how much they won. Here are the rules for War.

Learn a new card game.

Learn how to play a game that is complicated that you don't normally have time to play.

Play two games simultaneously.

Complete puzzles together. Try different methods (Edge first? Sections first?). Time yourself completing a puzzle, then take it apart and time the solving again. How much faster were you? Why do you think you were faster? Repeat. Compare the rate at which your speed is increasing. Are you getting faster at the same rate, or is it slowing down/speeding up?

Reading:

You thought I'd pick this first, didn't you? It's the best and easiest of all at-home analog activities.

In addition to straight up reading, consider having kids:

Organize the home's books

Create a reading plan for someone in the family

Write book reviews (see my how-to's for that)

Try a completely different genre

Re-read a favorite from much earlier

Read to you while you do something that doesn't require thinking

Outside

If you're blessed with a yard or garden, the possibilities are endless.

Do a quick search of "backyard science activities with kids" and I'll see you again in five years.

Kids can obviously help to maintain the yard, but they can also:

Create a catalog of the plants growing, taking pictures of what they look like, recording how old the plant is (may require a guess), taking note of any signs of disease or misplacement.

Draw a plan of the yard to scale. If you have a copy of your home's survey, that's even better because they can trace it.

Photograph the yard from interesting angles, getting really close up, and have people guess which plant it was.

Wrapping Up:

Learning from home can be rewarding and fun and offers a depth that is hard to beat. Hopefully these resources for remote learning will be helpful to you.

If you've got ideas, I'd love to hear them!

If you found this article helpful and want to stay in the loop with ideas, I'd love to have you join the thousands of like-minded people who get my emails with ideas and freebies and general goodness. You can sign up here.

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The fact is, most of us are going to be spending a lot of time at home. And while nothing can replicate the swell of a live orchestra or the quiet murmur of an art gallery on a Saturday morning, there are countless cultural experiences at your fingertips to make your time indoors more artful and imaginative.

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The National Theater brings theater to screens
As part of The National Theater at Home, full-length productions will be uploaded its YouTube channel every Thursday (7pm BST/2pm EST). 'One Man, Two Guvnors', written by Richard Bean and starring James Cordon premiered April 2 and will be free to stream for a week. It is to be followed by 'Jane Eyre' on April 9.
Alvin Ailey launches 'All Access'
The Alvin Ailey Dance Theater has launched #AileyAllAccess in celebration of the theater's anniversary, and has made a range of digital content, including dance tutorials and performances, available for viewing. In addition to this, a full-length recording of Ailey's acclaimed piece 'Revelations' is now available to watch for free on YouTube.
Alexander McQueen launches 'McQueen Creators'
Finding creative new ways to engage with their audience, the brand's newly launched McQueen Creators initiative sets artistic tasks for fans online. This week the McQueen team asked people to sketch, paint or draw the Autumn-Winter 2019 Rose dress and upload their art to Instagram (hashtagging #McQueenCreators) for a chance to be featured on their feed.
Curator-led tours of Tate's exhibit's
The Tate is to launch free online film tours of Andy Warhol (April 6) and Aubrey Beardsley (April 13) exhibitions on their YouTube channel. The virtual tours are to showcase over 100 artworks from Warhol and will be led by Director of Tate's Collection of International Art, Gregor Muir.
Guggenheim Bilbao virtual tour
Google Arts and Culture has collated a number of virtual art tours and museum exhibits from around the world. Their exploration of the Guggenheim Bilbao is a must-see and features cinematographic photos and videos captured by freerunners. Guided tours of masterpieces from the collection is also available.

Art galleries
National Gallery of Art: Washington, D.C. Uffizi Gallery: Florence, Italy
Take a virtual walk through Florence's artistic gem before stopping to admire some of the museum's most famous inhabitants. Our suggestion: Sandro Botticelli's "Birth of Venus," of course. But also, in the tour, don't forget to drag the screen and look up at the beautiful frescoes on the ceiling, painted by Alessandro Allori.
Johannesburg Art Gallery: Johannesburg
Browse more than 500 works from Africa's largest art gallery. Our suggestion: The museum houses plenty of works form Dutch and other European artists, but it also offers an array of works from South African artists. For a more historical angle, browse their online exhibit about the role of photography and resistance in the era of Apartheid.
National Portrait Gallery: Washington, D.C. National Gallery Victoria: Victoria, Melbourne
After a 6-year digitization project, more than 75,000 works from the gallery's collection are available online. Also on offer are free curator-led virtual exhibition tours, which are added to regularly. This weekend visit 'KAWS: Companionship in the Age of Loneliness' (from Saturday March 21), and 'Keith Haring | Jean-Michel Basquiat: Crossing Lines' (as of Saturday March 28).
Rijksmuseum: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Get up close with some of the world's most loved artworks, including Rembrandt's "The Night Watch" and Vermeer's "The Milkmaid" via a new online platform, Rijksmuseum Masterpieces Up Close, which allows visitors to browse artworks from the Amsterdam museum, accompanied by videos, audio clips and 360º images.

The Rijksmuseum also has a platform called the Rijksstudio, which allows participants to download artwork images to create masterpieces of their own. There are more than 700,000 high-resolution images to choose from.

Tate Modern has an online-only performance available to watch by Congolese dance artist and choreographer Faustin Linyekula. "My Body, My Archive" centers around social and political tensions in the performer's home country.
African American History and Culture: Washington, D.C.
If you've ever wanted to visit an extremely popular museum but couldn't seem to nab tickets, a virtual tour is the next best thing! This one gives you just a taste of what the museum has to offer, and where in the museum each feature is located.
Victoria and Albert Museum: London
Ever wanted to don a big 18th-century hairpiece? Here's your opportunity, with the V&A's Design a wig activity.
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History: Washington, D.C. Russia's State Hermitage Museum: St. Petersburg, Russia
Got five hours to kill? Enjoy this extensive video tour of the largest museum in Russia, complete with 45 galleries and 588 artistic masterpieces.

From the Mikhail Bulgakov Museum in Russia to the National Palace of Sintra in Portugal, Google Arts & Culture provides around 500 panoramic tours of some of the most famous heritage sites and museums.

For example, explore landmark exhibition "Faces of Frida," curated by Google Arts & Culture in collaboration with 33 museums and organizations. The free digital exhibition offers a glimpse into the pioneering artist's life and legacy, with artworks from multiple collections around the world.

Art experiences
Kusama's Infinity mirrors
If you missed one of the hottest traveling museum exhibits of the past few years, ooh and ahh at a brisk room-by-room rundown of the hypnotic, multi-faceted work of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama.
Van Gogh's Starry Night at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City
These close-up looks at famous paintings are so intense, you may think a docent will start yelling at you. Few paintings are suited to such a treatment than the bold, textured lines of The Starry Night.

Explore the stories behind street art across the world with audio-guided tours and online exhibitions, offered by the Google Cultural Institute.
Banksy Murals around the world
Go on an artistic treasure hunt -- without the hunt part. With something like street art, it's much more interesting to see the work it its full context, than just through a close-up.

Classical concerts

The Vancouver Symphony live streamed its final performance from their BeethovenFest, and it's available for your viewing -- and listening -- pleasure any time.

With a special limited-time code, you can enjoy a treasury of online performances from one of the best orchestras in the world. Our suggestion: You can't go wrong with anything from the trifecta of national B's: Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. But Gustav Mahler's second symphony, The Resurrection Symphony, seems apt in these trying time.

Operas, plays and ballets
Royal Opera House: London
If you can't be in Vienna, you can at least treat yourself to full streams of some of the Vienna State Opera's latest performances. A reminder, for people who don't like opera: These works are almost always as much a treat for the eyes as much as the ears.
Metropolitan Opera: New York City
Arts lovers, if appointment viewing is more your thing, the Met is putting on nightly opera streams. But you better not be late! They're only available until 3:30 p.m. ET the next day. And there's something to be said for such ephemerality.
The Social Distancing Festival
Want more live streamed arts? A theater artist has created The Social Distancing Festival, which gathers live streams and videos of all different types of performances in one place, on one calendar.

Did you know you can stream broadway shows through Amazon, iTunes, YouTube and other streaming services? You can also check out BroadwayHD, a special streaming service that brings you the greatest from the Great White Way. It's $8.99 a month, but there's a one-month free trial.

Cultural sites
The White House: Washington, D.C.
Hang out in the Oval Office? Don't mind if we do! By the way, the online exhibit sections of Google Arts & Culture's offerings are like having your own personal tour guide. Our suggestion: The Virtual Tour of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building will get you acquainted with stunning spaces you've only ever seen on TV.
Palace of Versailles: Versailles, France
Explore one of France's national treasures and all of the Baroque art, architecture and finery within. Our suggestion: Go outside of the palace interior for an early birds-eye-view of the grounds, to get your bearings.
The Prambanan Temple: Yogyakarta, Indonesia
There's so much to behold in this iconic, intricate Hindu temple complex. Good thing you're in no rush! Step up to the spires with the arrow marks, and drag your cursor to get a good look at the carvings.
The Sistine Chapel: Vatican City
Zoos and aquariums

Every day while school is out, the Cincinnati Zoo ( home of the famous Fiona the hippo), will be hosting a Home Safari on their Facebook Live Feed at 3 p.m. ET. They'll have up-close animal experiences, plus activities to do at home.
The Shedd Aquarium: Chicago, Illinois
The Shedd Aquarium has already captured hearts with the antics of its resident penguins, which have been filmed roaming the now-empty halls of the aquarium, looking at all of the other exhibits. But animal lovers will want to follow their Facebook page, too: They're sharing all kinds of behind-the-scenes videos and fun virtual experiences.

Want to have something fun going on in the background while you're working? Your favorite zoo probably has live cams so you can check in on all the animals. The San Diego Zoo is a great start.
The Georgia Aquarium: Atlanta
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The White House

Every student should have a chance to visit the White House. Get even more up close to this magnificent building than in-person tourists with a virtual tour of the White House. See a 360-degree view of more than a dozen rooms (that are not on the official tour).

The Pyramids

You can take a trip to Egypt without even needing a passport. There are many ways to tour the pyramids of Egypt online. All give you the chance to teach students about Egypt's rich and interesting history.

Buckingham Palace

Hop across the pond to take a panoramic virtual tour of Buckingham Palace. From the grand staircase to the art room, the visuals are give you a great perspective of the grandeur of the majestic residence.

Mount Rushmore

If you can't load up the school bus or the family car to see Mount Rushmore in person, take them on a 360-degree panoramic tour of Mount Rushmore. This famous U.S. landmark is one every student should learn about and see for themselves from a historical perspective and a geographical one as well.

The Liberty Bell

As children learn the concept of patriotism, representation of it is the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. when you send them on a virtual field trip to the Liberty Bell. Look at photos, learn facts and see a 360-degree panoramic view of the Liberty Bell from all angles.

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Over 30 million visitors walk through the doors of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History each year. If you and your students can't be one of them, take a virtual field trip through the halls to see this beautiful museum and some of its massive exhibits.

Empire State Building

Climb this enormous New York skyscraper -- virtually. The virtual tour of the Empire State Building takes you right to the top, the 102nd story, for a spectacular panoramic view.

Teaching the kids French? Oui! Let's go to France. The Louvre is world famous for its architecture and the invaluable art it houses in more than 650,000 square feet of space. Tour the Louvre's many corridors. Navigate this site's many virtual tours of the Louvre to explore the museum's exhibition rooms and galleries.

Leaning Tower of Pisa

Pisa, Italy, is the home of the Torre Pendente Di Pisa, better known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa. This wonder is 185 feet of historical lessons while defying gravity. Tour the Leaning Tower of Pisa with a 360-degree panoramic view of the tower and many other historically-rich Italian buildings.

The Grand Ole Opry

If you don't live in Nashville or the surrounding areas, you may not even think about what a great learning experience a trip to the Grand Ole Opry can be for kids. Visit the Grand Ole Opry online to learn about the home of country music, its history and contribution to the music scene.

Zoos Around the Country

Learn about wildlife all over the country with virtual field trips that put students directly into the exhibits with the animals. Watch the Panda Cam at the San Diego Zoo, the Penguin Cam at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, the Giraffe Cam at the Houston Zoo, the Beaver Cam at the Minnesota Zoo or hit your favorite search engine to find a zoo cam of many other animals to observe from your computer.

The Great Wall of China

If you can't walk The Great Wall of China with your students, explore it online. The Great Wall of China virtual tour shows you a 360-degree view as if you were standing on the wall yourself.

The Grand Canyon

The next three virtual field trips are perfect tie-ins to when you're learning about Mother Nature. View one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. Tour the 277 miles of the Grand Canyon through the National Park Service's website.

Mount St. Helens

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15 Virtual Field Trip Ideas for Kids of All Ages

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Virtual field trips instantly connect students with learning opportunities they may not get to experience otherwise. And it can all happen from the comfort of a computer. You can take kids on a unique adventure to Mount Rushmore or the Louvre in just a few clicks with these top virtual field trips for kids of all ages.

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Let's link up... and share ideas!

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From Mindy!