Educational/Recreational Resources

ABC Mouse: School may be closed, but that’s no excuse for letting learning fall by the wayside! Use the following promo code at one of ABC Mouse’s sites to gain free access for your child to start learning with fun games and activities online.

With coupon:  SCHOOL7771

ABCya provides over 400 fun and educational games for grades PreK through 6. Games are categorized by grade and subject, and cover topics such as multiplication, parts of speech, typing, pattern recognition, and more.

Access Mars: The real surface of Mars recorded by NASA’s Curiosity rover.

AudioBookCloud: All ages audiobook database

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: As the nation’s health protection agency, CDC saves lives and protects people from health, safety, and security threats.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Worksheet: In this challenging time, you may be facing difficult decisions about which bills to pay first. The Prioritizing bills tool from our Your Money, Your Goals financial empowerment toolkit can help you consider the impact of your choices when money is tight. 

Coolmath Games is a brain-training site, for everyone, where logic & thinking & math meets fun & games. 

Coronavirus in PA: Here’s a look at the number of coronavirus cases in Pennsylvania and the latest news about the COVID-19 outbreak.

Disney Jr.: Play games with your favourite Disney Junior characters like Doc McStuffins, Miles from Tomorrowland, Henry Hugglemonster and many more.

DPLA connects people to the riches held within America’s libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions. All of the materials found through DPLA—photographs, books, maps, news footage, oral histories, personal letters, museum objects, artwork, government documents, and so much more—are free and immediately available in digital format. 

Exploratorium: Science experiments and activities abound in this comprehensive resource.

FunBrain: Who ever thought learning math could be so much fun? Test your math skills with these fun and interesting games.

Future Learn: Join millions of people learning on FutureLearn. Find online courses and degrees from leading universities or organisations and start learning online today.

Highlights Kids: The place for children of all ages to play games and discover new jokes, surveys, answers to science questions, and fun crafts and recipes from Highlights.

Welcome to History for Kids the free online history network. We hope you enjoy and have fun exploring our history. The website is packed with articles, worksheets and even a quiz on each section.

You will find cool games, videos, worksheets on many historical events that will help you understand those that have gone before us.

HowStuffWorks is a commercial edutainment website providing support, information, and reviews with videos and illustrations.

Khan Academy Kids provides a free, fun educational program for children ages two to six. With original interactive activities, books, animated videos, and creative lessons to captivate children’s attention.

The Kidz Page: Hundreds of free kids games, puzzles, activities, coloring pages, clip art & more for children, families, parents, and teachers.

Learning Games for Kids: These online learning games and songs for kids are fun, teach important skills for preschool and elementary school kids and they’re free.

The Met: During this extraordinary and difficult time, the Met hopes to brighten the lives of our audience members even while our stage is dark. 

Nat Geo Kids makes it fun to explore your world with weird, wild, and wacky videos! Videos featuring awesome animals, cool science, funny pets, and more, are.

Nick Jr.: Play preschool learning games and watch episodes and videos that feature Nick Jr. shows

The Old Farmer’s Almanac for Kids: A children’s version of the Old Farmer’s Almanac. Contains facts about weather, star gazing, history and more.

PBS KIDS content helps preschool and school aged children in each of the four key areas of childhood development – cognitive, social, emotional and physical.

PBS Kids Parents offers a variety of parenting resources and tips on raising children, planning birthday parties, and kids activities.

Potter County Education Council: We are a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting area residents in their pursuit of higher education. The Potter County Education Council acts as a liaison between an individual’s needs and the area’s educational resources. We work closely with Potter County business and industry to create a strong economic base for our communities by providing a skilled and qualified employee base.

RBdigital: Built by Recorded Books, RBdigital is a state-of-the-art platform and app providing access to the broadest array of digital content services, including audiobooks, eBooks, magazines, newspapers, comics, entertainment, education, health and wellness, and more. RBdigital is the only mobile app that delivers 15+ different types of content all from one source―making it simple to discover and access great content.

RomanceBookCloud: A huge collection of steamy Romance novels for the older crowd!

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San Diego Zoo: This website is AudioEye enabled and is being optimized for accessibility.

Sesame Street: Play educational games, watch videos, and create art with Elmo, Cookie Monster, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird, and more of your favorite Sesame Street muppets!

On the Starfall website, children have fun while learning in an environment of collaboration, wonderment, and play. It is a place where any child can learn reading and mathematics through exploration.

Teen Book Cloud: Grade 7-12 ebook database

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Tumble Book Library: K-6 children’s ebook database

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Tumble Math: K-6 children’s math ebook database

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Virtual Yosemite presents a groundbreaking interactive (VR) tour of one of America’s most spectacular destinations – Yosemite National Park in California.

Yellowstone: Ready to explore Yellowstone? You don’t have to wait for your trip out here. You can start exploring now by virtually touring some of the main attractions around the park. Included with each tour is additional information about visiting in person.

 

Find information on Zoo Atlanta: interactive maps, education programs, animal photos and descriptions, calendar of events, tickets and more.