Children's University online learning resources
Online resources that can be claimed in Children's University passports
Please find a list of online resources below which can be claimed for in your Children's University passports.
With each activity, you may need to fill out a reflection sheet, which can be found on the Children's University website.
Once completed, please keep a record of it and then add one of the following codes to your online passport, or paper passport (please stick to our 1 hour, per week, per activity guideline).
0.5 hours: red 1973 1 hour: blue 8622
Animals
- Live streams of San Diego Zoo (A reflection sheet will need to be completed to attain a stamp)
- National Marine Aquarium live stream of their marine life and live feeding sessions (A reflection sheet will need to be completed to attain a stamp)
- Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens are going live everyday with different animals and areas of their zoo and gardens
- Live streams of Melbourne Zoo (A reflection sheet will need to be completed to attain a stamp)
- National Zoo educational activities
- Join Steve Backshall for live sessions on Facebook (A reflection sheet will need to be completed to attain a stamp)
- Learn more about different animals
- Live shark Cam in Atlantic Ocean (A reflection sheet will need to be completed to attain a stamp)
- Conservation ideas for kids at Knowsley Safari
Architecture
- Designing a Dream House for your Favourite Character with Daisy and Rhys, second-year Architecture students at the University of Plymouth.
Art and music
- Watch Wind in the Willows the Musical online for £5.99 (A reflection sheet will need to be completed to attain a stamp)
- National Theatre Performances (A reflection sheet will need to be completed to attain a stamp)
- Watch dance performances for free online (A reflection sheet will need to be completed to attain a stamp)
- Free 7 day trial of streaming Broadway musicals (A reflection sheet will need to be completed to attain a stamp)
- Make your own music online
- Play a musical instrument virtually
- A range of different musical online activities and live streams/group sessions
- Live music with Myleene Klass
- Tate Kids
- Free art printables
- Famous artists craft for kids
- Drawing lesson on YouTube (A reflection sheet will need to be completed to attain a stamp)
- Face Drawing lessons (A reflection sheet will need to be completed to attain a stamp)
- Stars & Catz free online music activities
- Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems
- Doctor Mozart music theory
- A Child's Introduction to Jazz Music with Cannonball Adderley (1961)
- Creative things to do with kids during lockdown | UAL (arts.ac.uk)
- Duncan William is offering his free magic course to children aged between 7 and 15 years old.
- Get a 14 day free trial of free guitar, bass and ukulele lessons
- Call and response songs (A reflection sheet will need to be completed to attain a stamp)
Cooking
Children's University Online
- Online activities
- Videos for curious minds of all ages (A reflection sheet will need to be completed to attain a stamp)
- Online resources for various topics
- Kent Children's University online learning resources
- Essex Children's University online learning resources
- Daily lessons and online learning content from BBC Bitesize
- Kent School Games
- Khan Academy
- UCL learning links
- The Children's University of Manchester
- Wide Open School
- Crash Course Videos
Educational TV shows
- TV shows to teach the kids - Virgin media
Games
- Brain training games
- Various educational games
- Crosswords, word search, suduko and other challenges for children
- Online jigsaw for kids with a range of images to choose from
- Memory games for faces
- Wordle game
Geography
- NASA Climate Kids resources and activities
- Ben Fogle will be live at 16:00 most days to discuss adventure in the wilderness
- Google Earth educational resources (A reflection sheet will need to be completed to attain a stamp)
- Test your geography skills – this quiz will drop you somewhere with Google maps and you have to guess where you are based on landmarks
- Forestry Commission England online resources
- National Geographic Young Explorers
-
Flags workshop
History and culture
- Histories of the Unexpected podcast epi sodes
- View an archive of historical photos from places around the world
- Online history lessons with Dan Snow
- Online history project
- Explore the history of the world through time with The British Museum
- Learn about the cultures of different countries around the world
- Explore a Roman fort (A reflection sheet will need to be completed to attain a stamp)
- American Museum of Natural History videos
- World History for Us All
Language
Literacy
- Explore the stories of Dr Seuss
- Cornwall Libraries
- Devon Libraries
- Help with story writing skills
- Learn more about grammar
- David Walliams resource packs
- Free EBooks
- Puffin Schools
- Oxford Owl free ebooks
- Scholastic resources
- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
- William Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (A reflection sheet will need to be completed to attain a stamp)
- New York Public Library resources
Maths
- Maths activities, games and quizzes
- Age group tailored maths activities
- Learn to co de with Code Academy
- Different sessions, focusing on different topics for mathematics
- Maths games
- Learn to code with Scratch
- Coding for 4-10 year olds with Kodable
- Maths games with education.com
- Maths games and worksheets for KS2
- Maths with Carole Vorderman
- Introduction To Excel
- Maths games and calculators
Online volunteering
Science
- Science for Kids, online activities, facts and experiments
- Psychological activities – description and example of the Stroop Effect
- A range of facts, games and resources related to science
- Science experiments you can do at home
- Learn about ocean science, ecosystems and conservation
- Science podcasts
- Science classes with Maddie Moate
- At home science challenges
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Functions of the brain activity and quiz (PowerPoint) - Online engineering activities – the James Dyson Foundation
- David Attenborough's Our Planet (a reflection sheet will need to be completed to attain a stamp)
- Robotics and STEM education materials from The University of Southern California
- Mystery Science
- Create and use flashcards for learning
- Cognitive and IQ Tests
- Met Office Virtual Science Camp
Space
- Access Mars
- Astronauts read stories from space
- Nasa Images and Videos to explore what they do (A reflection sheet will need to be completed to attain a stamp)
- The European Space Agency online learning tools
Sport and movement
- PE lessons with Joe Wicks (The Body Coach)
- Learn to dance
- Online resources for keeping active – kids workouts
- Online yoga for children with Cosmic Kids Yoga
- Live dance classes with Strictly Come Dancing's Oti Mabusse
- Body Beats Tutorial on YouTube (A reflection sheet will need to be completed to attain a stamp)
Virtual tours
- Virtual tours of historic sites, galleries and museums (A reflection sheet will need to be completed to attain a stamp)
- Virtual tours of museums and art galleries (A reflection sheet will need to be completed to attain a stamp)
- The Louvre (A reflection sheet will need to be completed to attain a stamp)
- Virtual tour of the University of Plymouth (A reflection sheet will need to be completed to attain a stamp)
- Virtual fieldtrips (A reflection sheet will need to be completed to attain a stamp)
- USA National Parks tours on Google Earth (A reflection sheet will need to be completed to attain a stamp)
- Landmarks across the world, google map tours (A reflection sheet will need to be completed to attain a stamp)
- Virtual Tour Lists of 101 places you can go on a virtual tour (A reflection sheet will need to be completed to attain a stamp)
- See Cinque Terre Coast, Italy by drone (A reflection sheet will need to be completed to attain a stamp)
- Rome: A Virtual Tour of the Ancient City (A reflection sheet will need to be completed to attain a stamp)
Contact Devon and Cornwall Children's University
Devon enquiries
Children's University, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA.
8:30–17:00
