Family Activities to maintain good relationships and good mental health for everyone.

NASA is offering a slew of STEM activities for grades K- 4. Activities range from building foam rockets to solving space station emoji puzzles. Parents can also download coloring sheets and books for younger kids.

https://www.nasa.gov/stem-at-home-for-students-k-4.html

Discovery Education offers free virtual field trips complete with companion guides and hands-on learning activities. For example, kids can explore Polar Bears And The Tundra or take a look behind the scenes of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas

https://www.discoveryeducation.com/learn/tundra-connections/

Take a trip to Mars. Explore the surface of Mars on the Curiosity Rover. The site is in the middle of an update, but the 360 mode offers a great digital view.

https://accessmars.withgoogle.com/

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden Every weekday at 3 PM EDT, the Cincinnati Zoo will host a Home Safari Facebook Live that features a different animal each day. For those who don't have social media, the zoo will post the safaris on both their website and YouTube.

https://www.facebook.com/cincinnatizoo/

Panda Cam Zoo Atlanta Pandas are always fun to watch, quarantine or not, and Zoo Atlanta offers this live stream of the only panda twins in the United States, Ya Lun and Xi Lun.

https://zooatlanta.org/panda-cam/

Monterey Bay Aquarium offers ten live cams where viewers can sneak a peek at the sharks, do a little birdwatching in the aviary, and they can even check the goings-on in the open sea.

https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals-and-exhibits/live-web-cams

The San Diego Zoo has ten live cams to choose from, including penguins, tigers, koalas and giraffes. The zoo also has a website exclusively for kids that's loaded with videos, stories, activities and games.

https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/live-cams

The Smithsonian Museum offers virtual tours of their current and permanent exhibits, and viewers can even take a look at a few of the past exhibits. Users can easily navigate between adjoining rooms of the museum and click on the camera icons for a closer look.

https://www.nasa.gov/stem-at-home-for-students-k-4.html

Disney World Virtual Rides

https://www.romper.com/p/while-disney-world-disneyland-are-closed-take-your-kids-on-virtual-rides-22622893?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=owned&utm_campaign=romper&utm_content=1584384902&utm_term=share&fbclid=IwAR0mQE_gB0mPnzD3gOcquwSUklfKB2XmeEvPLUAHSBckPA3QHWh9SZOri14

National Park Tours

https://totallythebomb.com/heres-33-national-park-tours-you-can-take-virtually-from-the-comfort-of-your-home?fbclid=IwAR0ZWQ0SIdBjSAZPNjhNG8asfjcuFAqdNv-IJqhT0wbHminZ5sPTkZh8YUM

Backyard Scavenger Hunts

https://parade.com/1023648/jessicasager/scavenger-hunt-ideas-for-kids/

Other Resources for families.

PACT for Families Collaborative

https://www.pactforfamilies.org/

NAMI Minnesota Support Groups

https://namimn.org/support/nami-minnesota-support-groups/