Resources for Students

On this page, you will find amazing, ready-to-use resources to support learning from home!  Choose from a variety of offerings, sponsored by a variety of organizations excited to connect with students, families, and teachers! 

tutoring

Tutoring for preK - Grade 12 Students

Maine colleges have set up tutoring programs for students in preK - grade 12.  College students will work virtually or in person (distance dependent) with your child on a wide range of school topics or help them manage virtual learning.  Check out the current offerings and read about the programs to find the right fit for you and your child!

UMaine Black Bear Tutors

Recurring

Daily

Black Bear Tutors

University of Maine students work with K-12 students for 2-10 hours a week on a variety of academic subjects. Tutors do not need to be Education...
Day of the Week:
  • Sunday
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday
  • Saturday
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School
12:00 PM
Fridays

Friday Lunch and Learn Series

The Friday Lunch and Learn series covers a variety of topics that are presented by the experts in that field. Visit the webpage to register for a...
Day of the Week:
  • Friday
Time:
12:00 PM
  • High School
3:00 PM
Tuesdays

OUT Maine Queer Futures

Tuesdays, 3:00 – 4:00 pm. on ZOOM Ages 16-22 FREE! The future is unwritten, and sometimes that is terrifying. But dealing with an uncertain future as...
Day of the Week:
  • Tuesday
Time:
3:00 PM
  • High School
3:30 PM
Thursdays

OUT Maine Teen Group (Queeries)

Thursdays 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm on ZOOM Ages 13-17 FREE! Join the Queeries and build an affirming community while playing games, doing projects, and...
Day of the Week:
  • Thursday
Time:
3:30 PM
  • High School
3:30 PM
Wednesdays

OUT Maine Youth Support Group (Fruit Loops)

Wednesdays 3:30- 4:30pm on ZOOM Ages 9-12 FREE! Although the pandemic is putting some of our most beloved youth programming on hold, that won’t stop...
Day of the Week:
  • Wednesday
Time:
3:30 PM
  • Grades 5-8
10:30 AM
Saturdays

Play Me a Story: Living Room Series!

Play Me a Story takes place in person at Portland Stage’s Theater for Kids on Saturday mornings from 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM. Doors open at 10:00, 10:30...
Day of the Week:
  • Saturday
Time:
10:30 AM
  • PreK-Grade 4
8:30 PM
Fridays

Universe Explorers of Maine Astronomy Club

Weekly Online star Parties – Fridays at 8:30 pm Versant Power Astronomy Center has joined the International Planetarium Society network to start an...
Day of the Week:
  • Friday
Time:
8:30 PM
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School
3:00 PM
Tuesdays

Virtual Crafternoon

Crafternoon might not be happening in the Library, but you can still participate from home! Join Mrs. Liz at 3PM on the Waterville Public Library's...
Day of the Week:
  • Tuesday
Time:
3:00 PM
  • Grades 5-8
  • PreK-Grade 4
2:00 PM
Weekdays

Virtual Story Time

Join Mrs. Liz virtually on Facebook Live for a chapter of a story! A portion of a book will be read every weekday at 2pm, and you can join us through...
Day of the Week:
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday
Time:
2:00 PM
  • Grades 5-8
  • PreK-Grade 4

Once

Apr 29

Rainbow Ball Weekend

Camp Wavus, Jefferson, ME April 29 – May 1, 2022 Grades 8 – 12 $50 registration fee, scholarships available. Looking for a reason to dust off your...
Date:
Apr 29
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Anytime

"No-Look" Contour Drawing

“No-Look” contour drawing is the perfect all-ages activity to relax, have fun, and take your mind off the crisis for a few. Contour drawing uses one...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

100 Years to the Vote

Women’s Long Road: 100 Years to the Vote explores the women’s suffrage movement in Maine. The introduction and a series of three lesson plans...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

A Blue Savanna Scavenger Hunt

Dahlov Ipcar’s Blue Savanna is full of animals! Each of these creatures is doing something; some are running, some are jumping, and some are making...
  • PreK-Grade 4

Acadia Maps!

Explore the maps of Acadia National Park. Be surer to scroll down to use the esri Interactive map of Acadia for Kids.
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8

Acadia National Park Ranger Minutes

Learn more about Acadia national park from our park Rangers (wildlife, park programs, hiking safety, where fees go, leave no trace). The Ranger...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8

Acadia National Park Ranger Pro Tips

Planning a visit to Acadia this summer? Give yourself a solid six-minute headstart with this highlight reel from a series of Ranger Pro Tips videos.
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Acadia National Park Virtual and In-Person Presentations for Elemtary School

Grades 3-5: Carriage Road Explorers Draw, design, and move along as we explore the stories of those who helped build and maintain the historic...
  • PreK-Grade 4

Acadia National Park Virtual and In-Person Presentations for Middle School

Grades 6-8: Between the Tides What happens to marine animals when the tide goes out? Learn about the challenges that these animals face at low tide...
  • Grades 5-8

All About Soil! 3 Easy Activities

In this video, you will learn how to make a soil shake experiment to understand what your soil is made of, do a drawing activity to find out where...
  • PreK-Grade 4

All Ages Haiku Inspired by Claude Monet

Use your senses to examine Monet's The Seine at Vétheuil and come up with a list of descriptive words. Then, use these words to create a haiku poem...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Amazing Animal Senses

In this archived video, Kyle Wonser introduces students to Varia, a 15-year old barred owl and talks about how her sharp senses help owls like her...
  • Grades 5-8
  • PreK-Grade 4

Beautiful Blackbird Children's Book Festival (June 11th - August 31st, 2020)

The Beautiful Blackbird Children's Books Festival was designed as a virtual experience to celebrate Black illustrators and children’s book authors. We...
Day of the Week:
  • Friday
  • PreK-Grade 4

Bicentennial Primary Source Sets

The Maine State Museum’s Bicentennial packets allow students to explore Maine history through local primary sources. The topics are designed for...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Black Bear Tutors

Black Bear Tutors is collaborating with local schools and aftercare programs to offer virtual tutors for K-12 students during the ongoing COVID-19...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Chewonki@Home Resource Page

Chewonki@Home Resource Page is a huge set of anytime, nature-based videos, lessons and activities on topics such as stars, owls, nature journals...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Citizen Science and Advocacy Micro-Badge

This micro-badge is a pilot supporting the development of AMC’s badge series for outdoor leadership, outdoor skills, and conservation actions. As a...
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Claim Your Future GAME!

Claim Your Future is a free interactive game and is designed to encourage students to explore career options with an eye toward future earning...
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Cobscook TREE Evening Story Hour

Cobscook TREE is hosting a story hour each evening at 7:00 p.m. A different educator will be reading each night. The link will also bring you to...
Day of the Week:
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday
Time:
7:00 PM
  • PreK-Grade 4

Collaborative Drawing, Inspired by Opera Buffa

To collaborate means to work together on an activity, especially to produce or create something, like an artwork. Carrie Moyer and Sheila Pepe talk...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

College of the Atlanting Tutoring

Schedule sessions with College of the Atlantic students College of the Atlantic undergraduate Remote Learning Assistants are offering online tutoring...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Constellation Charades Videos

This is a series of videos called Constellation Charades for grades 4-8 and Constellation Mysteries for grades 1-3. Each video leads students through...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8

Decision Making in Times of Injustice

An educational playlist to teach students about the Holocaust, what led to the Holocaust, what made it possible, and reflect on the choices we all...
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Defining Maine

Explore Maine woods and waters through an interactive digital map and journal from Joseph Treat and John Neptune’s 1820 journey to survey the new...
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Design A Shrine Art Activity

Most of us have something—a person, an idea, a practice, or an object—that we consider to be sacred or special. With this special activity with PMA...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

EcoMaine's Recycled Paper-Making Activity

Join EcoMaine in learning about how to use everyday household items to make paper! Click on their logo to find other interesting tips and videos about...
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Ecosystems Exploration at Jordan Homestead Preserve

ECOSYSTEM EXPLORATION AT JORDAN HOMESTEAD PRESERVE Explore and compare a wet and dry ecosystem at this Frenchman Bay Conservancy preserve in Ellsworth...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8

Elementary Connections: Spring Birds

What common birds can be found in your area? How can you tune in to who is around and what their songs might mean? What can you notice birds doing...
  • Grades 5-8
  • PreK-Grade 4

Enjoy Winter in Maine: Free and Discounted Activities for Outing Clubs, Families and Friends

Check out our maps of opportunities and special options for Outing clubs and Families/friend groups!
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Entomology Exploration

ENTOMOLOGY EXPLORATION Did you know the ratio of insects to humans on Earth is estimated to be 200 million to one? Watch this video to learn how...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8

Every Day Conservation, Make it a Habit Micro-Badge

This micro-badge is a pilot supporting the development of AMC’s badge series for outdoor leadership, outdoor skills, and conservation actions. As a...
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Exploration Kits For Families

Harpswell Heritage Land Trust is offering exploration kits to give families the tools, ideas and inspiration to create lasting outdoor memories! We...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8

FAME College Access Team: Recorded Resources

FAME’s YouTube channel offers a variety of videos on different topics that all help you find out how to plan and pay for college. Topics include: -...
  • High School

Finding Katahdin: An Online Exploration of Maine's Past

Finding Katahdin Online is a comprehensive resource for teaching Maine Studies that includes primary sources, lesson plans, and other activities. This...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Food and Garden Lessons

This playlist will go over gardening basics and how to get your very own family garden started at home or how to improve the garden that you already...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Food Chain Feature: Consumers

Head out for an evening paddle to see what evidence of consumers we can find. Video created by Hazel Stark of Maine Outdoor School for Mountain View...
  • Grades 5-8

Food Chain Feature: Decomposers

What are decomposers and why are they important? Get ready to dive into the world of decomposition and the food chain. Bonus points if you notice what...
  • Grades 5-8

Food Chain Feature: Producers

What are producers and what is their role in the food chain? Get ready to learn about them and meet the producers hard at work in your own backyard in...
  • Grades 5-8

For Equity Resources from Maine Environmental Education Association

Equity and inclusion resources for personal growth and action.
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School
  • Teachers
  • Other Educators

Found Object Sculpture Activity

Found Object Sculptures can help you relax, have fun, and get creative away from school and work. Louise Nevelson used wooden objects that she found...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Games to Play at Home: 1, 2, 3 Game

Learn the 1,2,3 Game with Education Director Hannah Cordes as part of our Games to Play at Home Series! This game can be played with two people or as...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Games to Play at Home: Hacky Sack Challenge

Learn how to do the Hack Sack Challenge with Education Director Hannah Cordes! This is a great teamwork activity to play with as many people as you...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Games to Play at Home: Storyteller Interrupter

Learn how to play Storyteller Interrupter from Education Director Hannah Cordes as part of Portland Stage's Games to Play at Home Series. This is a...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School
  • Whole Family

Games to Play at Home: The Clapping Game

Learn how to play the clapping game from Education Director Hannah Cordes! This is a fun activity to play with the whole family and can be modified...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Growing Micro-Greens from Home

Learn how to use every-day household objects to grow and taste-test a variety of different kinds of Micro Greens!
  • Grades 5-8
  • PreK-Grade 4

Harpswell Heritage Land Trust: 50 Outdoor Activity Ideas

Find simple, fun, creative and enriching activity ideas to engage children with the outdoors. Solve nature riddles and read interesting articles about...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Whole Family

Hey Bud! A Lesson about Buds

Have some buds, something to draw on, and something to draw with handy and you'll have a chance to learn about and observe the buds in your own...
  • PreK-Grade 4

History Live! Northeast

Follow this link for free educational videos for 5-12th grade viewers! We are working with a network of re-enactors and historians to offer distance...
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Intertidal Exploration with Maine Outdoor School

A virtual hike along with ideas about how to safely explore and learn from the intertidal zone.
  • Grades 5-8
  • PreK-Grade 4

K-12 Classroom Resources: Environmental Literacy Program

Classroom resources are developed by or in close cooperation with teachers, and are chosen with an eye towards classroom relevance as well as to...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Learn at Home Activities for Grades 3-5

From science to financial literacy, we encourage you to take advantage of these activity books, guides, and other resources to help children (Grades 3...
  • Grades 5-8
  • PreK-Grade 4

Learn at Home Activities for Grades 9-12

From science to financial literacy, we encourage you to take advantage of these activity books, guides, and other resources to help children (Grades 9...
  • High School

Learn at Home Activities for Grades pk-2

From art to science, we encourage you to take advantage of these activity books, guides, and other resources to help children (Grades PreK-2) remain...
  • PreK-Grade 4

Learn to Juggle with these Tutorials!

Ever wanted to learn how to juggle? Portland Stage's Education Intern, Madi, shares her two super secret tips! Don't have juggling balls at home? That...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Let's Find Out How to Spring Into Maine (Lesson 1)

Observation is one of the first skills needed in the scientific method of learning. This lesson trains us to observe and collect data about our world...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Let's Find Out How to Spring Into Maine (Lesson 2)

Exploration at the rocky shore is just plain fun and educational, too. This lesson trains us to observe and learn about our marine habitat. We live in...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Longfellow & the Forging Of American Identity

The curricular resources you will find on this page were developed by thirty teachers from Maine and Massachusetts who participated in an intensive...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Maine 4-H Virtual Teen Science Cafes

University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is offering “virtual” science cafés! Come hang out for a bit, chat with a Join us each Tuesday where you...
Day of the Week:
  • Tuesday
Time:
4:00 PM
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Maine State Museum Virtual Scavenger Hunts

Join us for a museum adventure! Grades 3-Adulta
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Make a Mini-Monument Art Activity

Amy Johnson, Associate Educator for Interpretation at the PMA, walks you through how to make a mini-monument. Monuments are sculptures that help us...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8

Make Your Own Self Portrait

Learn how to stage self-portraits at home and how artists have long used self-portraits as various forms of self-expression. Think about how you want...
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Malaga Island, Fragmented Lives

These lesson plans encourage skill-building in critical thinking and source evaluation and explore the complex history of Malaga Island. Designed for...
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Milbridge-area Tree-ID and Hikes

Learn how to identify white pine, balsam fir, spruces, and birch trees and hear about some hikes near Milbridge, ME where you can observe them all up...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Whole Family

Miniature Ecosystems - Freshwater Rock Pools and Climate Change

Chris Nadeau is a climate change biologist who studies puddles. Puddles of freshwater, known as freshwater rock pools, are an amazing scientific tool...

Movement for Art

Explore Carrie Moyer’s Intergalactic Emoji Factory using movement as a way to connect with the lines and expressive paint layers in this artwork...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8

Music & Storytelling

Join the Youth Services staff as they sing songs, recite rhymes, and tell stories that are often featured in our weekly storytimes. These videos...
Day of the Week:
  • Tuesday
Time:
10:30 AM
  • PreK-Grade 4

Nature at Home!

Maine Project Learning Tree has developed a selection of short demonstration videos of simple PLT activities families can do in their backyards...
  • Grades 5-8

Nature Nugget #1: Seasonal Observation

Join Meg, The Ecology School's Director of Educational Partnerships, as she guides us on an exploration of the life sprouting in our own backyards in...
  • Grades 5-8
  • PreK-Grade 4

Nature Scavenger Hunt - Late Spring

There are so many wonderful things to see in nature, but sometimes even our best-trained eyes can miss something. Try this scavenger hunt and see how...
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School
  • PreK-Grade 4

Ocean Topics Virtual Lectures

AIO offers hands-on, field programs to students 10-18 years of age. We’ll be adding videos each week. Subscribe to our channel and get notices when a...
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Ocean Topics Virtual Lectures

We offer a virtual lecture series about Ocean topics!
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School
  • PreK-Grade 4

Onine Astronomy Resources

While you are home and looking for one more thing to help with homeschooling or to entertain yourself or the family, we’ve put together a list of some...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School
  • Teachers
  • Other Educators

Online Music Lessons

We help students of all ages develop a love of music in a creative and fun atmosphere. We understand that people learn differently, and are...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Outdoor Learning Resources from Maine Environmental Education Association

Check out all of the MEEA Outdoor Learning Resources for Families and Educators!
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School
  • Teachers
  • Other Educators

Outdoor Observation Challenges

Join Hazel Stark from Maine Outdoor School as she teaches you how to test your observation skills and memory at Frances B. Wood Preserve in Gouldsboro...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Pandemic Primary Source Set

Investigate pandemics through local historical images, documents, and artifacts. Designed for Grades 3-12. Created by a collaboration between the...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Plant Identification

Learn the basics of plant identification and identify some common Maine plants!
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Planting at Home Part 1

How do plants grow? Today, we will be exploring how plants grow by starting plants at home--either with seeds or with kitchen scraps. Through close...
  • PreK-Grade 4

Play Theater Bingo!

To get BINGO, complete 5 of the activities arranged in a line – horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. To start, choose an activity from the grid...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Pocket Nature Journals

Pocket Nature Journal Printable from the Western Foothills Land Trust, Greater Lovell Land Trust, and Loon Echo Land Trust
  • Grades 5-8
  • PreK-Grade 4

Portland Public Library Read Aloud

If you’re looking for something a little longer than our Music & Storytelling programs, join us for Read Alouds, where members of the Youth Services...
Day of the Week:
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday
Time:
6:00 PM
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8

Preschool Music Enrichment Videos

These 20-minute videos are full of new and familiar songs and engaging content for preschool-aged children. Practice important pre-academic skills...
  • PreK-Grade 4

Project Learning Tree: Activities for Families

Family Activities suitable for children ages 3 – 15, some activities work better for younger children, others are more suited for older children. The...
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School
  • PreK-Grade 4

Quarantine Corner

Our Trust in Education program is offering weekly nature activities for kids grades K-5 to do from home in our Quarantine Corner! We launch each week...
  • Grades 5-8
  • PreK-Grade 4

Racism Is A Virus Too

This is a recorded webinar and additional resources about racism, which includes the treatment of brown and black people as well as xenophobia...
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Read Aloud: The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

Join LPL Teen Librarian Harper as he reads aloud from The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. If you would like to follow along at home or read ahead...
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School
  • PreK-Grade 4

Reading and & Illustration with Chris Van Dusen

Chris Van Dusen, Maine Author and Illustrator, has archived videos of story time and illustration tutorials on his Youtube channel. These can be...
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School
  • PreK-Grade 4

Second Century Science in Acadia National Park

Learn all about the science behind the scenery of Acadia National Park. This is a collection of nine videos.
  • High School

Seed Germination with FoodCorps and Friends

What is seed germination? In this video, we find out what germination means and what it looks like by growing a seed, feeling the change from seed to...
  • PreK-Grade 4

Senses Activity with Winslow Homer's "Weatherbeaten"

In this special all-ages activity, use your five senses (see, hear, smell, taste, and touch) to imagine what it would feel like to walk into Winslow...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8

Set Model Building Tutorial

Ever wanted to learn how to make a set model for a play? A set model is a miniature version of the set that is used by designers and directors to...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Shapes in Space Art Activity

Cut out paper shapes to create a piece of art. Inspired by Fernand Leger’s Untitled
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8

Signs of Spring Bingo

Spring is upon us! From budding lilacs, to flowering maple trees, to returning birds, the natural world is full of motion and life. Can you find...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8

Sing Along | Learn The Banana Song!

Use your voices, bodies, and imaginations to sing and dance to this follow-along video of The Banana Song! Portland Stage's Education Intern, Isabella...
  • PreK-Grade 4

Spring Flower Scavenger Hunt

Learn how to identify 2 common flowers you can find in May in Maine: bluets and wild strawberries.
  • PreK-Grade 4

Start a Phenology Journal

Create your own journal to track the changes in the world around you throughout the seasons and learn how living things adapt to the season’s...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Story Time: “Seeking the Wolf Tree”

Great for 5th grade students Seeking the Wolf Tree is a story for upper elementary students about an adventure two students take through the Hubbard...
  • Grades 5-8

Summer Forest Exploration in Robinson Woods Preserve

Summer is a great time to get out and explore! In this video, CELT Education Coordinator Philip Mathieu shares some quick things to look for in your...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • Whole Family

Survival of the Fittest

What does "survival of the fittest" mean and is it happening in your own backyard? Learn about the concept and try an outdoor activity that...
  • Grades 5-8

Teen Text Support Line

Are you feeling down, anxious, scared? Send us a text! (207)515-TEXT
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

The Learning Space on Maine Public Television

Maine Public, the Maine Department of Education, and Educate Maine have joined forces to create original, educational programming for students in...
  • PreK-Grade 4

The Life Cycle of Flowering Plants

Ready for a nature challenge? Learn about the life cycle of flowering plants and see if you can find an example of 4 life cycle stages.
  • PreK-Grade 4

The Nature Conservancy: Nature Lab

Nature Lab gives teachers, students, and families everything they need to start exploring and understanding nature around the globe alongside The...
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School
  • PreK-Grade 4

Traveling Through Maine 200 Years Ago

Take your family on an adventure through Maine with this interactive 1820 map and journal. Grades 6-adult
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

unEarth: a virtual Installation by Ian Trask

As human-induced climate change continues to evolve, the associated impacts on the Earth’s ecosystems are unfolding before our eyes in real-time. To...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Vernal Pool Virtual Tour in Cape Elizabeth, ME

What is a vernal pool? What animals can we find there? Why are vernal pools important ecosystems? Education volunteers Erika Rhile and Lisa Gent from...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Virtual Astronomy Experiences

Versant Power Astronomy Center has innovated new ways to help you and your class explore the universe via distance learning. We are eager to work with...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Virtual Learning Hub

Lessons, videos, and activities designed for virtual distance learning and ideal for students who are working independently and outside the classroom.
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Virtual Presentation with Author/Illustrator Kevin Hawkes

Bring Kevin Hawkes to your classroom. Pre-recorded presentation, live zoom Q&A and snail mail class pen pal options all available. Let us match the...
  • PreK-Grade 4

Virtual Programming from Maine Outdoor School

View all of the virtual activities from the Maine Outdoor School! Learn about phenology, entomology, canoeing basics and more. All of the activities...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

VIRTUAL: Read-to-a-pet

Angus, Jake, and Roo would love to read with you! Sign up for a 15-minute slot and share stories with Sara’s pets – you can read anything you like...
  • PreK-Grade 4

Visit the Colby Museum at Home

The Colby Museum is closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but not to worry, they're bringing the Museum to you. Whether you're looking for talks by...
  • PreK-Grade 4
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

WaterViz - Water Cycle Data Visualization Tool

Curriculum and lessons provided for High School or advanced middle school students! WaterViz is a multidisciplinary data visualization and...
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Weekly Activities and Lessons

Nature walks, outdoor studies, mini-investigation that focus on a different science topic or question each week.
  • Grades 5-8
  • PreK-Grade 4

Window Views Art Activity

Several artists in the PMA’s collection depict windows in their artworks as a symbol of openness, hope, and to bring together two different...
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Word Stack Sculpture with Books Art Activity

Justin Richel creates sculptures by stacking objects on top of each other to build tall, playful columns that tell a story. In this activity, we will...
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Words of Comfort Art Activity

Robert Indiana used words as a central theme in his artwork to express the power of language. For this activity, we will choose a single word as the...
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

Writing Activities inspired by Jeffrey Gibson's PEOPLE LIKE US

Brightly colored and statuesque, PEOPLE LIKE US, the ornate sculpture by artist Jeffrey Gibson, commands our attention—it is thought-provoking...
  • Grades 5-8
  • High School

YOGA: Strengthening and Mindfulness with Shiela

This video is led by Sheila Caldwell, co-owner of Ananda Yoga and Wellness. The studio was created to provide a safe space for our community to learn...
  • High School