MIDDLE SCHOOL

VIRTUAL TOURS 

• Virtual tour of American National Parks 

• Virtual tour of the deYoung Art Museum in San Francisco 

• Virtual tour of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

• Virtual tour of the Louvre museum in Paris, France

• Virtual tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

• Virtual tour of the Great Wall of China

• Virtual tour of Mars from pictures from NASA's Curiosity rover 

• Virtual "field trips" to zoos, dairies, symphonies, and operas 

FUN & GAMES

• Virtual rides on Disney attractions 

• Virtual "Dungeons & Dragons" trial adventure from Wizards of the Coast 

• Mobile and console games, including Alto's Adventure and The Sims 4, available for free or on sale 

• Jeopardy!

• PBSKids (lower)

WELLNESS

• Stop Breathe Think (Lower-Middle-Upper)

• Free Meditation from Ten-Percent Happier (Upper)

• The Daily Big 3

• Yoga with Adriene (Middle-Upper)

• The Yoga Solution (Middle-Upper)

• Go Noodle (Mindfulness & Movement) (Lower)

• Commune Free Yoga and Meditation (Lower-Middle-Upper)

ARTS, FILM & STORIES

• Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems (Lower-Middle)

• Keep Kids Smart with ART, art lesson plans run through the Boca Raton Museum (Lower-Middle)

• Daily cartooning lessons from MazeToon's Joe Wos (Lower-Middle-Upper) 

• A downloadable coloring book from illustrator Liz Climo (PDF) (Lower-Middle)

• Kanopy, a movie streaming service available with a library card

• Quarantine Art Club, a daily drawing challenge from illustrator Carson Ellis (Du Iz Tak?)  (Middle-Upper)

• Drawing and comic-creating prompts from Jarrett Lerner (Lower-Middle-Upper)

• Printable coloring pages from Latinx artists from Veoleo (Lower-Middle-Upper)

• Printable coloring pages featuring Latinx trailblazers from Con Todo Press

• Audible Stories, an extensive streaming library of children's and young adult audiobooks (Lower-Middle-Upper)

• Camp Galileo (Lower School)

• The Toymaker Paper Crafts to Make at home

• Storyline Online Actors Read Aloud Storybooks (Lower School)

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

• Amazing Educational Resources, a HUGE spreadsheet of tools/programs /services that usually cost money but are being offered for free, with info by subject and grade level (Lower-Middle-Upper)

• Scholastic Learn at Home: 20 days of education activities (Lower-Middle & 9th)

• Learn@Home, educational YouTube channels curated by age group (all ages)

• Tinkergarten has a week's worth of outdoor education DIY activities (Lower)

• Newsicle: News for Kids , a daily news trivia game

• Complexly, a series of video series on educational topics ranging from literature to biochemistry (YouTube)

• Story Pirates University, writing video lessons from the Story Pirates podcast team  (YouTube)

• Khan Academy (Middle-Upper)

• Mystery Science (Lower-Middle)

• Brain POP Jr. (Lower)

• Brain POP (Middle-Upper)

• Podcast Directory (Lower School)

• Reading Literacy Apps (IDA approved) (Lower School)

• Minecraft: Education Edition

• Free Rice (Lower-Middle-Upper)

• Write and illustrate a story about someone having a funny adventure when they stay home sick.
   
• Write and illustrate a story that shows how people avoid catching Coronavirus.
   
• Draw yourself doing your favorite thing, in your favorite place, with your favorite people! Write a story about your drawing.

• How is the Coronavirus Outbreak affecting your life?
   
• How can we help one another during the Coronavirus outbreak?
   
• What are some unexpected positives that have come out of the coronavirus experience? Have you seen or been a part of ‘acts of kindness’ in your community
   
• Write a funny or exciting adventure story about what happens when school is closed
   
• What are you excited or worried about?
   
• Write a letter to yourself 10 years in the future. What do you want to tell your future self?
   
• What is the government doing to keep you safe?
   
• What is your school doing to keep you safe?
   
• What is your family doing to keep you safe?

• What media am I consuming?
   
• When am I consuming it?
   
• How much am I consuming?
   
• How does it make me feel?