Educational & Engaging

ART ACTIVITIES

Beyond stick figures: free art resources compiled by Creative Bloq
Author-illustrator Jarrett Lerner created a lot of cool activities
Menlo Park Art: Mrs. Nordensvan's Art Class Website has tutorials to help kids learn to draw a variety of things
Discovering Portugal Through Art: Easy Projects for Kids thanks to student teacher Ana who is from Portugal
Guide to Painting Watercolor Flowers thanks to Cora L. and Victoria Boyd of Centerline Arts Group

STEM: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS

Fun experiments on A Resource Guide for Science Nerds - shout-out to Bre K. (and her mom, Jillian) for sharing
STEM experiments using balloons - also thanks to Bre K.
Find out how simple machines are used in cars - again thanks to Bre K.
All about astronaut Neil Armstrong - another link sent by Bre K.
Guide to Fun Experimental Science Projects - shout-out to Kristie L. in Miss Martin's STEM Club for this recommendation
Free STEM Activities and Resources for Kids - shout-out to Megan in Mrs. Stagle's New Hampshire Stem Club for Girls
A Kid’s Guide to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning - shout-out to Ms. Evelyn Williams's student, Amelia, at Hampton Public Library
A bird in hand or on screen - Audubon for Kids
NASA for kids - NASA Kids Club
The best high school level biology resources from Howard Hughes Medicine Institute - Biointeractive
You want physics? I'll give you physics - activities related to my book Queen of Physics on the Educator Resources page
Raising nature-aware kids - How to help kids pay attention to nature written by Cynthia Argentine
Science experiments in bottles on the BottleStore site - shout-out to Maureen at Colorado Student Success
Rosie Riveters STEM Confidence - Rosie Reads page for Queen of Physics

MISCELLANEOUS - HISTORY, LANGUAGE ARTS, ETC.

Back in my (homeschooling) day: From Twitter and Beyond - a clearinghouse of sites for cool & educational topics
Resources and giveaways from the KidLit For Growing Minds newsletter
Notable19 lives on: lesson plans and fun things from my debut group
Authors & More: Mixed-Up Files listing
Love gardening (or something resembling it)? National Gardening Association has printables, etc., for kids
Want to help kids broaden their horizons? Check out the Diverse Book Finder site
Author Beth Anderson's Especially for Educators: Back Matter Bounty for the Classroom series - Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3
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