A collection of online learning and fun aimed at educators to share with their members
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, we’ve been sharing ideas to help families keep children engaged and entertained while at home. It’s been a fantastic way to discover the wildlife that’s right on your doorstep too.
Our series of lockdown blogs includes a range of simple, nature-based activities that you can enjoy together at home, in your garden, or in your local wood. Visit our blog to get inspired.
Explore our National Geographic Kids Primary Resources.
Find engaging and curriculum-led teaching ideas and accompanying resource sheets aligned with the National Curriculum and the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence. Our resources are pupil-focused and interdisciplinary, supporting core subjects like English, Maths and Science as well as the wider curriculum with resources for Geography, History, Art and Culture – which includes SMSC (spiritual, moral, social and cultural) development, such as British values.
We’ve provided teacher support to show which areas of the curriculum each individual primary resource covers. The primary resources themselves are written in the tone of National Geographic Kids magazine and are sure to engage your children by making learning fun and accessible.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS MAGAZINE
THE MAGAZINE – for kids who love learning about our weird and wonderful world!
Stay Connected Service
Youth Online has developed ‘Stay Connected’, a service that can help young people stay in touch with youth workers, to have a chat or ask for support.
The service allows young people to complete the online form and an EA Youth Service youth worker gets in touch, by text, WhatsApp, video or voice call.
The service runs Monday to Friday from 11-2 pm and 3-7 pm for any young person aged 9 – 25 years old. To find out more click here.
Arts Council NI
As more and more artists and arts organisations from Northern Ireland go digital to connect with audiences staying at home, the Arts Council has rounded up just some of these fantastic things to do online! To find out more click here.
Google Art Project
o help its users discover and view important artworks online in high resolution and detail, Google partnered with more than 1200 cultural institutions from around the world to archive and document priceless pieces of art and to provide virtual tours of museums using Google Street View technology. The Google Art Project features fine art from the White House, the Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar, and even São Paulo street art from Brazil. Here’s a complete list of museums you can visit virtually.
Activity Village
Activity Village has always been about enjoying children and family and keeping kids busy in fun, productive ways. With over 27,500 pages of crafts, printables, educational activities and games viewed by visitors from all over the world. Activity Village pulled together some of their favourite activities which they are making them free for everyone to download during the COVID-19 outbreak. To find out more click here. Nature & Wildlife
Dublin Zoo webcams
The Cincinnati Zoo: Daily Home Safari on its Facebook Live Feed.
Atlanta Zoo: The Georgia zoo keeps a ‘Panda Cam’ live-stream on its website.
Georgia Aquarium: Sea-dwellers like African penguins and Beluga Whales are the stars of this aquarium’s live cam.
Houston Zoo: There are plenty of different animals you can check in on with this zoo’s live cam, but we highly recommend watching the playful elephants.
The Shedd Aquarium: This Chicago aquarium shares some pretty adorable behind-the-scenes footage of their residents on Facebook.
San Diego Zoo: With what may be the most live cam options, this zoo lets you switch between koalas, polar bears, and tigers in one sitting.
Monterey Bay Aquarium: It can be Shark Week every week thanks to live online footage of Monterey Bay’s Habitat exhibit.
National Aquarium: Walkthrough tropical waters to the icy tundra in this floor-by-floor tour of the famous, Baltimore-based aquarium.
National Geographic
The National Geographic Young Explorers is a magazine designed specifically for pre-school and young students. Click here to find out more.
NASA
NASA offers free virtual tours of the Langley Research Center in Virginia, as well as of Ohio’s Glenn Research Center. The Space Center Houston also has an app that provides virtual tours, augmented reality experiences, and videos and audio stories about space exploration. Also, NASA has developed an initiative covers a wide range of topics including weather, climate, atmosphere, water, energy, plants, and animals, that you can visit here.
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