Doing Science at Home

Ways to keep curious minds active and engaged

The Discovery is committed to serving our community by creating science inspiration even if you’re not here at the museum. We hope you enjoy this collection of fun, educational science learning resources! Keep checking back, as we’ll be adding new resources daily.

PBS Reno STEM Works

PBS Reno presents a collection of digital shorts that look into careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The videos are geared toward kids aged 9-15, but are also entertaining and informative for “kids” of all ages. Learn more…

Science Snacks

The experts at the Exploratorium in San Francisco have curated a great collection of activities that use inexpensive, easily-available materials, offer detailed instructions and images, and provide a clear explanation of what’s going on. Learn more…

Take Care Tahoe

Take Care Tahoe is a group of more than 50 organizations that love Lake Tahoe and want to see more people connect with this beautiful natural environment. This page is full of virtual resources to help people learn more about the Tahoe Region, and why it is so special. Learn more…

Backyard Geology

When you’re teaching your kids about the big wide world, why not start in your own backyard? Give them a shovel and turn them loose on the path to learning first-hand about our planet’s rocks and minerals through your own backyard geology. Learn more…

Watch the NASA/SpaceX Launch

Watch live as NASA and SpaceX partner to send the first astronauts into space from U.S. soil since 2011. The rescheduled launch is set for 12:22pm (PDT) on Saturday, May 30, 2020. Learn more…

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s #metkids

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York offers a highly interactive area of their website designed just for kids seeking inspiration. Be sure to check out the Map which lets kids learn more about many of the pieces you’d see on a museum visit! Learn more…

Mineral Monday with Garrett Barmore

Garrett Barmore, Curator of the W.M. Keck Museum at the University of Nevada is a rock star, literally! He hosts a weekly video series focused on earth sciences called “Mineral Monday.” Check it out! Learn more…

NatGeo@Home

The experts at National Geographic are offering a free daily collection of quizzes, videos, science experiments, and even at-home classroom resources. Learn more…

Instant Digital Library Card

In response to COVID-19, Washoe County Library System is introducing a new Instant Digital Library Card so that Washoe County residents can take advantage of the library’s digital collection while branches are closed. Learn more…

Google Virtual Museum Tours

Google Arts & Culture boasts virtual tours of more than 3,500 museums and historical sites. Explore the world of museums from the comfort of home! Learn more…

The Brain Scoop

Join Emily Graslie, Chief Curiosity Correspondent for the Field Museum in Chicago, for a YouTube series that explores the research being done at natural history museums around the world! Learn more…

Note: Some content may not be appropriate for younger learners.

Wide Open School

Built in a matter of days in response to the current health crisis, Wide Open School helps make learning from home an experience that inspires kids, supports teachers, relieves families, and restores community. Learn more…

howtosmile.org

Howtosmile is your go-to site to search almost 3,500 of the very best STEM activities on the web. Learn more…

It Snot Funny

Mr. O from the Children’s Museum of Houston explains, in a fun and easy-to-follow way, how infectious diseases spread and what we can do to protect ourselves. Learn more…

Wild Ocean

“Wild Ocean,” from Giant Screen Films highlights one of nature’s greatest migration spectacles, plunging viewers into an underwater feeding frenzy, an epic struggle for survival where whales, sharks, dolphins, seals, gannets and billions of fish collide with the most voracious sea predator, mankind. Available in English, Spanish and French

Dinosaurs Alive!

Giant Screen Films, renowned producers of large-format films, has made three of its films available to stream for free. “Dinosaurs Alive!” is a global adventure of science and discovery, reincarnating the earliest creatures fr the Triassic to the monsters of the Cretaceous – life-sized and life-like. Available in English, Spanish and French

Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs

Giant Screen Films, renowned producers of large-format films, has made three of its films available to stream for free. “Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs” follows researchers and explorers as they piece together the archaeological and genetic clues of Egyptian mummies. Available in English, Spanish and French