Pre-K & K-12 Educational Tools

Organizations
Check out this Chicago area nonprofit organization - Project Exploration

Preschool and Kindergarten
Free online resources: 
[Note, not all the activities found on each website are necessarily suitable for your young one. Use your best judgement based on your own child]

Get inspired to build and design with;
PBS Kids Design Squad
Watch crazy Rube Goldberg contraptions

Get inspired to experiment:
20 Science experiments for preschoolers
Lots of ideas here at Education.com, 
and also Jumpstart.com
PBS Parents

Play!
Science games at PBS Kids

Learn about the world around you:
Learn about...just about everything at Science Kids
Learn about Ecology at Switch Zoo
Learn about animals with the Wild Krats
NASA Kids Club
National Geographic Kids Club

School Age Kids 
Here's a great place to get inspired for school-age kids!

Free online resources:
Get inspired to build and design with;
PBS Kids Design Squad
Watch crazy Rube Goldberg contraptions

Get inspired to experiment:
Sylvia's Super Awesome Maker Show


Learn about the world around you:
Learn about...just about everything at Science Kids
NASA Kids Club
National Geographic Kids Club
Learn about the immune system with this short video
Learn about the scale of the universe!

...more coming soon!

Interested in motivating girls to love and live in STEM [science, technology, engineering, and math]?

Empower girls to be proud of who they are. See this advertisement by Always for ideas.

Check out this cool initiative to produce dolls that reflec