Resource Index
Resources to support education at home, covering a range of topics. Please see the above menu, for more categorised lists.
Academic Earth
Free online college courses from the world’s top universities. Learn here.
Adventures in Chemistry
From the American Chemical Society, adventures in chemistry is a way for children to access more chemistry related learning.
Website here.
More resources here
Art Contests for Kids
Contests can be a way to help build confidence. Challenge here.
Audible Stories (Amazon)
For as long as schools are closed (April 2020 - Covid-19) all stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet. Explore the collection. Hear them here.
Baldwin’s Library of Historical Children’s Literature
Online collection of children’s books from bygone eras. Read here.
BBC Learning
A huge range of resources, many interactive and on a wide range of subjects. Particularly good for learning languages. BBC Bitesize is updated regularly in term time, however some parts of the main site no longer are. No TV licence required except for content on BBC iPlayer.
Main site here.
Languages here.
Bitesize here.
Bitesize typing.
Big History Project
Aimed at Secondary age. Multi disciplinary activities. Link here.
Blockly
Learn computer programming skills - fun and free. Blockly here.
Blue Peter Badges
Earn up to 8 different physical badges that give discounts at a number of attractions with this long running BBC TV show. Link here.
British Council
Resources for English language learning. Link here.
Cbeebies Fun Exercise
Easy ways to get you and your kids moving. Including: work out with Andy, balloon ball, dancing, yoga and more. Move here.
Cbeebies Radio
Listening activities for the younger ones. Listen here.
Cells Alive!
Explore, study and play all about cells, microbes and the immune system. Link here.
CGP
Free online tests, tips and games for Primary, 11+ and GCSE Link here.
Chemistry Online Interactive
Activities that cover the following chapters: periodic table, atomic energy, chemical bonding, chemical reactions, chemical dynamics and solutions. Bond away.
CIMT (Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching)
Providing materials to support learning in maths from Primary through to A level. Link here.
Code Camp
Learn to code by completing coding challenges and building projects. You’ll also earn verified certifications along the way. Free. Code here.
Code Monster
Code Monster teaches kids and adults a little about Javascript programming! It’s easy to play. Follow the instructions and do what Code Monster says. If you get stuck, just skip to the next lesson. You can always come back to it later! Code here.
Code.org
A nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to computer science in schools and increasing participation by women and underrepresented youth. Code here.
Compound Interest
Compound Interest is a site that aims to take a closer look at the chemical compounds we come across on a day-to-day basis, explaining them with easy-to-understand graphics. Investigate here.
Cool Math 4 Kids
Online maths games for young children. American based. Link here.
CorbettMaths
Free video explanations and worksheets from a respected UK mathematics teacher.
Link here.
Primary link here.
Crash Course
You Tube videos on many subjects: anatomy, mythology, computer science, film, studies, biology, physics, economics, astronomy, world history, literature, philosophy to name a few.
Main website here
Crash Course - Youtube Channel
Crash Course Kids - Youtube Channel
Crest Awards
Science awards you can complete from home. Challenge here.
Using CREST a home during Coronavirus. Link here.
DK Find Out
Activities and quizzes. Link here.
Drama Games for Kids
A comprehensive resource of drama games for kids and teaching drama tips. Act here.
Drama Resources
More drama resources to investigate. Act here.
Drawspace
Online drawing lessons. Draw here.
Ducksters Education Site
Fun educational website with easy to read history, geography, biography and more. Learn here.
Duolingo
Learn languages for free. Web or app. Link here
Einstein for Everyone
University course on special relativity, general relativity and quantum theory. Run at University of Pittsburgh by John D. Norton and Gal Ben Porath. Link here.
Encounter Edu
STEM Live lessons on global topics on various sciences like marine biology, coding and more. Also available are teacher resources, multimedia and STEAM activities to do. Educators will need to sign up in order to ask questions in advance or to ask in chat during live sessions. Encounter here.
English Chess Federation
A one-stop resource for chess players, chess organisers and interested parties alike. Join membership, find a club and you can event attempt the Certificate of Excellence award scheme.
Play here.
Certificate of Excellence.
Famous People
Famous Explorers.
Famous Female Mathematicians.
Famous Mathematicians.
Famous Philosophers.
Fold It
A crowdsourcing computer game enabling you to contribute to important scientific research. Fold it here
Fossils UK
What is a fossil? A fossil is an organism, creature, plant or burrow that lived millions of years ago. Fossils have the same density as rocks and weigh roughly the same. Fossils are preserved in rock or clay. Dig here.
Fun Brain
Offers hundreds of games, books, comics, and videos that develop skills in math, reading, problem-solving and literacy. American system of grades Pre-K through 8. Play here.
Futurelearn
Free to access 100s of courses, only pay to upgrade if you need a certificate in your name (own account from age 13+ but younger learners can use a parent account). Link here.
Galaxy Zoo
Volunteer to help explore galaxies near and far. Categorise here.
Go Noodle
Get kids moving so they can be their best. Noodle here.
History of Maths
Follow the long journey from antiquity, from the time of ancient Greek and Arab philosophers. Join us as we trace the spectacular evolution of mathematics through the centuries. Link here.
Hour of Code
Teaching how to code with a variety of themed games. Code here.
Check out their Minecraft Hour of Code Tutorials. Code here.
How Stuff Works
From science and engineering to innovation and nature. How here.
iDEA Awards
Digital enterprise award scheme you can complete online. Investigate here.
Instructables: Engineering STEM Projects
Easy and fun collection of STEM projects and lessons for elementary and middle school. Made for teachers, science fairs, and weekend activities. Make here.
International Children’s Digital Library
A collection of books that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world. Read here.
Jakub Marian
Czech linguist, data scientist, graphic designer, and musician who creates educational materials for students. Has produced more than 700+ articles and 7 books on variety of subjects. Look here.
Japangle
A quirky series of videos introducing Japanese culture. Link here.
K12 Math Worksheets
Printable worksheets aligned with US Common Core mathematics, but can be used by all. Link here.
Khan Academy
Especially good for maths and computing for all ages but other subjects at Secondary level. Note this uses the U.S. grade system but it’s mostly common material. Learn here.
Lapbooking
Showing a variety of ways to create a project lapbook. Make it.
LibriVox
Free public domain audio books read by volunteers from around the world. Listen here.
Math Aids
Free math worksheets which are randomly and dynamically generated by their math worksheet generators.Link here.
Mind: Coronavirus and your wellbeing
Information and support on helping you take care of your health and your mental wellbeing. Wellbeing here.
MinuteEarth
A Youtube Channel all about science and stories about the planet. Watch here.
Mystery Science
Free science lessons. Investigate here.
NaNoWriMo
A nonprofit organization that provides tools, structure, community, and encouragement to help people find their voices, achieve creative goals, and build new worlds — on and off the page.Write here.
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Videos produced by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. View here.
NASA Stem Engagement
Stem resources for educators. Link here.
National Geographic Kids
Activities and quizzes for younger kids. Link here.
Nature Detectives
A lot of these can be done in a garden, or if you can get to a remote forest location! Adventure here.
New Pages Young Writers Guide
Where young writers can find print and online literary magazines to read, places to publish their own works, and legitimate contests. Write here.
New York Philharmonic Kidzone
A variety of music related games to play. Play here.
NGAkids Art Zone
Featuring a variety of art-making tools that encourage exploration and creativity, these computer-based activities are suitable for all ages. Paint here.
Numberphile
Love numbers? Here is a site all about numbers. Number here.
Oak National Academy
Aimed at supporting schools, but accessible to all, this site provides free video lessons and resources from UK teachers, with no login required.
Info link here.
Classroom link here.
Open Yale Courses
Free and open access to a selection of introductory courses. Learn here.
Open Educational Resources
Archive of educational resources and lectures from universities. Link here.
Openlearn
Free taster courses aimed at those considering Open University but everyone can access it. Adult level, but some e.g. nature and environment courses could well be of interest to young people. Link here.
OpenLearn Media
Guide to TV and radio programmes co-produced by The OU and the BBC. Check here.
Download or order posters and booklets from your favourite OU/BBC programmes. Link here.
Oxford Owl for Home
Lots of free reading resources for Primary age. Read here.
Papersnake
Papersnake is easy and free access to download a variety of paper: isometric, graph, logarithmic, manuscript, dot, square and more. Print here.
Paw Print Badges
Free challenge packs and other downloads. Many activities can be completed indoors. Badges cost but are optional. Challenge here.
PhET Interative Simulations
Simulations covering general chemistry and quantum chemistry. From the University of Colorado Boulder. Link here.
Photography Contests for Kids
Allowing children the chance to express themselves through photography. Click here.
Prodigy Maths
Is in U.S. grades, but good for UK Primary age. Calculate here.
Project Gutenberg
Access to 33,000 free ebooks to read on PC, iPad, Kindle, Sony Reader, iPhone, Android or other portable device. Choose between ePub, Kindle, HTML and simple text formats. Read here.
Radio Garden
A non-profit Dutch radio and digital research project developed from 2013 to 2016, by the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (under the supervision of Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg’s Goal Föllmer), by the Transnational Radio Knowledge Platform and five other European universities. Listen here.
Red Ted Art
Easy arts and crafts for little ones. Craft here.
Scholastic Learn at Home
American based, day-to-day activities for children. Link here.
Science Bob
A variety of walk through experiments to learn and recreate at home. Experiment here.
Science Journal for Kids
Hundreds of scientific articles. Written for kids. Approved by scientists. Read here.
Science Kids
The aim of Science Kids is to provide educational resources for teachers and parents that help make science fun and engaging for kids, taking important concepts and putting them into a form that kids can not only understand but also enjoy. Learn here.
Scientific American
Fun science activities, which parents and children (6-12) can do together with household items in just a half hour or less.Experiment here.
Scratch
Creative computer programming. Program here.
ScratchJr
ScratchJr is an introductory programming language that enables young children (ages 5-7) to create their own interactive stories and games. Code here.
Seneca
For those revising at GCSE or A level. Tons of free revision content. Paid access to higher level material. Revise here.
Siyavula
Downloadable open textbooks which are openly licenced for use in Maths and Sciences. Link here.
Sport England
Lots of fun and creative ideas on how to get active at home, with exclusive offers and workouts from content providers such as Les Mills on Demand, Joe Wicks (The Body Coach) and FiiT. Work out.
Storybird
Write and present your stories or take part in over 700 writing challenges. Write here.
Storyline Online
Storyline Online, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Watch here.
Ted Ed
All sorts of engaging educational videos. Watch here.
Teen Ink
Writing by teens for teens. Read here.
The Artful Parent
Good, free art activities linked to from this Facebook page. Craft here.
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
Free to read online, high quality up-to-date copy of Feynman’s legendary lectures.
Link here.
Watch videos here.
The Homeschool Scientist
Find experiment ideas, curriculum choices, science resources, expert advice and more! Experiment here.
The Ig Nobel Prize
For achievements that first make people LAUGH then make them THINK. Intrigue here.
The Imagination Tree
Creative art and craft activities for the very youngest. Craft here.
The Kids Should See This
Wide range of cool educational videos. See this.
The Nobel Prize
Official website of the Nobel Prize. Link here.
The Paleontology Portal
A US resource for anyone interested in paleontology, from the professional in the lab to the interested amateur scouting for fossils to the student in any classroom. Dig here.
The Royal Institution
Involve with science, mathematics and engineering, and keep up with the Christmas lectures.
ExpeRimental.
Family site.
Christmas lectures
The Royal Society Publishing
Searching for journals? Search here.
The Virtual Fossil Museum
Fossils across geological time presented in multiple contexts of geological history, the tree of life, paleobiology and evolution. The Virtual Fossil Museum is an educational resource providing an ever-growing extensive collection of fossil images. Excavate here.
Theatre Folk Resources
From monologues, two person scenes, playwriting to group scenes, directing and playwriting. Act here.
Thunderbolt Kids
Learning adventures in natural sciences and technology. Link here.
Tinkercad
All kinds of making. Make here.
Toy Theater
Educational online games. Play here.
Typing Training
Learn to practice typing using various types of tutorials and keyboard layouts. Free typing lessons for beginners and advanced. Type here.
Understanding Evolution
A non-commercial, education website, teaching the science and history of evolutionary biology. Teaching what evolution is, how it works, how it factors into your life, how research in evolutionary biology is performed, and how ideas in this area have changed over time. Evolve here.
Video Interviews with Top Children’s Authors and Illustrators
Watch Reading Rockets’ exclusive video interviews with top children’s book authors and illustrators. Watch here.
Visnos Visual Numbers
Visual mathematics, interactive teaching resources. Math here.
Visuwords
Visual dictionary, thesaurus and interactive lexicon. Visualise here.
Wellbeing with Save the children
Wellbeing and relaxation exercise for children. Calm here.
Wikibooks
Open content textbook collection. Read here.
Wikiversity
Wikimedia Foundation project devoted to learning resources, learning projects, and research for use in all levels, types, and styles of education from pre-school to university, including professional training and informal learning. Link here.
WolframAlpha
From maths, science & technology, society & culture to everyday life, this is a unique and fun engine to peruse.
Main website.
Famous Math Problems.
World Atlas
This site aims to provide informative content surrounding the realm of geography that is both factually accurate and enjoyable to read. Explore here.
World Geography Games
World Geography Games offers you challenging and entertaining quiz games to improve your geographical knowledge. Link here.
World Monument Fund
A non-profit organisation founded to preserve cultural heritage worldwide. Discover more.
Writing Contests for Kids
This round-up of writing contests for kids and opportunities might just help give young writers their first chance at publication. Write here.
Young Minds
Supporting and empowering young minds, whatever the challenges. Link here.
Zooniverse
People powered communal projects. Join here.
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