**Updated 15/04/2020 – Homeschooling is going ok. So much available it is easy to overwhelm. But it is important to balance everyone’s needs.
So here is my updated list of some of the free (and paid) online resources I have found.
Visit and Look around the ISS – Free YouTube Video – Highly Recommend for anyone who loves space – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvTmdIhYnes
Another one for Space Lovers – What did the Hubble Telescope See on Your Birthday? – Free – https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/what-did-hubble-see-on-your-birthday
Free online STEM resources from BAE Systems – Free – https://www.stem.org.uk/resources/collection/4259/bae-systems
STEM Mania from Griffith University – Free but you need to register – https://stem.griffith.edu.au/
Make a frog house – Free Guide – https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2020/04/a-guide-to-making-a-frog-hotel-with-frog-expert-jodi-rowley/
Virgin Australia and the Starlight Foundation Colouring Book – Free – https://starlight.org.au/colour-your-world
RAF Cosford – Some great aviation makes – Free – https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford/schools-and-colleges/family-worksheets.aspx
Taronga Zoo – Ask an Expert – Free – https://taronga.org.au/education/digital-programs-online-resources/ask-an-expert-webcasts
Discovery Space – Airbus – Free – https://www.airbus.com/company/sustainability/airbus-foundation/discovery-space.html
LEGO Building Challenge – Free – https://www.legoland.com/llcbuildingchallenge/
Australian Reptile Park – Free Livestream via Faceook – https://www.facebook.com/AustralianReptilePark
Twinkl – Educational Resources – Paid – https://www.twinkl.com.au/
Young Minds Very Hungry Caterpillar Worksheets – Free & Paid – http://ymiclassroom.com/lesson-plans/vhc/
Women in Aviation/Aerospace Australia – Aviation Resources – Free – https://www.aviationaerospace.org.au/pages/women-in-aaa/no-other-career-can-take-you-higher
NASA for Kids – Free – https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/
ISS for Kids – Free – https://www.esa.int/Education
Matific – Free Trial – https://www.matific.com/au/en-au/home/complimentary-teacher/#
Story time from Space – Free – https://storytimefromspace.com/
Scholastic – Free – https://www.scholastic.com/parents/books-and-reading/raise-a-reader-blog/5-literacy-games-to-play-your-child.html
Reading Rockets – Free – https://www.readingrockets.org/article/six-games-reading
Reading Eggs – Free Trial – https://readingeggs.com.au/
Sparks Science – Free – https://www.science-sparks.com/early-years-science-themed-activities/
Vooks – Storybooks Brought to Life – Free Trial – https://watch.vooks.com/
Adapted Mind – Free Trial – https://www.adaptedmind.com
Mooks – University of Adelaide – https://csermoocs.adelaide.edu.au/
Orbit – By She Maps – Pay what you can – https://education.shemaps.com/liveinorbit
Schools Cyber Security Challenge – Free – https://aca.edu.au/projects/cyber-challenges/
FreeCodeCamp – Free – https://www.freecodecamp.org/
CSFirst – Coding for Kids from Google – Free – https://csfirst.withgoogle.com/s/en/home
Sandiego Zoo – Loads of resources for learning – Free – https://kids.sandiegozoo.org/
Yellowstone National Park – Take a virtual tour – https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/photosmultimedia/virtualtours.htm
Explore the Surface of Mars – With Google – https://accessmars.withgoogle.com/
Tour the Great Wall of China – Free – https://www.thechinaguide.com/destination/great-wall-of-china
Funbrain – Free – https://www.funbrain.com/
National Geographic Kids – Primary Resources – Free – https://www.natgeokids.com/au/teacher-category/primary-resources/
Storytime Online – Free – https://www.storylineonline.net/library/
ABCYA – Free – https://www.abcya.com/
Phonetics and Printables – Free – https://dogonalogbooks.com/printables/
Australian Homeschooling Links – Free – http://www.aussieeducator.org.au/resources/archived/homeschoolingresources.html
BBC Bitesize – Free – https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
Autism Hub & Reading Centre – Free – https://ahrc.eq.edu.au/
Nomster Chef – Free – https://www.nomsterchef.com/nomster-recipe-library
Wicked Wildlife – Free You Tube Channel – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWasdfCg-HlxOq4NUOshFFg
Space Colouring with Lisa Harvey Smith – Free – https://lisaharveysmith.com/
Nessy, virtual school – Free Trial – https://www.nessy.com/us/virtualschool/
Stories with an Astronaught – Free on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/astro_christina/
Indigenous Art – Free Colouring – Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/ABCIndigenous/posts/2873438519417213
Bluey cut out – Free – https://www.bluey.tv/make/3d-bluey-and-bingo-paper-tube-figures/
Heaps of links for more stuff available – http://www.amazingeducationalresources.com/
