During this time of COVID-19, our Greater Austin STEM Ecosystem has shared free STEM resources for educators, parents and families, students and more. Check out the free online and at home resources from a number of our community organizations listed below in grade/age order.
- Ages 2 – 8: https://www.pbs.org/parents – PBS activities, videos, tips and more designed for parents and home
- Ages 2 – 8: https://www.pbs.org/parents/family-night – PBS KIDS Family Night every Friday from 7 to 9 pm, and repeating on Saturday and Sunday evenings
- Grades PreK – 12: https://austinpbs.org/athome Austin PBS at Home free educational programming
Grades PreK – 6: https://thinkeryaustin.org/thinkery-at-home/ – Thinkery At Home videos, STEAM activities and design challenges, story time
Grades K – 5: https://www.madsciencepromo.com/athomeexperiments – Mad Science of Austin At Home Experiments coloring sheets, STEM activities, fun science quizzes
Grades K – 8: https://www.sciencemill.org/explorer-zone – Science Mill Explorer Zone videos, virtual tours, games
Grades 4 – 8: https://girlstart.org/stem-at-home/ – Girlstart STEM at Home hands-on STEM activities, engineering challenges, virtual Starry Nights and more
Additional curated lists of free STEM resources can be found from these local organizations:
https://revisioned.com/covid19-educational-resources-for-everyone/ – Nationwide and state resources, special needs resources, apps, lesson plans and more
- Family and Student Resources: https://www.txgcp.org/digital-stem-resources – STEM activities and lessons by subject and grade, videos, virtual tours and field trips, live zoo and aquarium webcams, online classes, cyber safety and more
- Educator Resources: https://www.txgcp.org/digital-educator-stem-resources – Virtual teaching tools and resources, STEM curriculum, professional development and more