Science museums across the country have moved many programs online. You can tune into live webcams, view past videos or tune in live and ask questions of scientists.
Astronomy and Aerospace
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- Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 am:Morehead Planetarium educators provide tips and tools to explore the sky from home using tips and tools with discussion of upcoming celestial happenings and other astronomy-related topics. Aimed at grades 5 and under on Tuesdays, teens and adults on Thursdays
- Tuesday April 21, 9 pm: The North Carolina Arboretum will be watching for Lyrid meteors in an online Zoom event.
- Thursday April 23, 7 pm: The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences takes a look at Venus and what it might show us about what ancient (and future) Earth might look like.
- Thursday, April 23: The National Air and Space Museum in Washington hosts Astronaut Randy Bresnik for a chat about the Artemis program. Past programs have covered photography, science fiction, animals in aviation and space and discussions of resources just for teachers.
- Virtually tour Space Center Houston
- Virtual tour the National Museum of the United States Air Force
- The Intrepid Air and Space Museum in New York offers online science programs for classrooms and families weekdays (requires registration).
Animals
- Weekdays, 11am: The Carolina Raptor Center takes you behind the scenes via Facebook Live. Previous topics (all available on their Facebook page) include food prep, x-rays, enrichment, and meeting some of the birds at the center.
- Wednesday, April 22: The North Carolina Zoo celebrates the 50 th Earth Day with a behind the scenes look at caring for animals in one of the world's largest zoo
- Thursday, April 23, 3-4 pm: The NC Arboretum Society provides an online class into bird watching apps.
- most days, 4pm: The Greensboro Children's museum offers programs
- Tuesday, April 28, 2 pm: The NC Arboretum Society takes a closer look at backyard bird watching
- Thursdays at 1 pm: The North Carolina Zoo's Zoo Classroom offers programs on the athleticism of animals and the lifecycle from tadpole to frog.
- Friday, April 24: Researchers at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences' Astronomy and Astrophysics Lab talk about the contributions the Hubble Space Telescope have made on its 30 th anniversary.
- weekdays at 3 pm: The Cincinnati Zoo features a different animal in their "Home Safari" sessions
- Visit the penguins, pandas, polar bears, koalas and more via live webcams at the San Diego Zoo, watch hippos, pandas, and elephants on live webcams from the Memphis zoo, visit jelly fish, otters and more via live webcams at the Monterey Aquarium, or watch for the whale shark to pass by the live webcam at the Georgia Aquarium
Earth Sciences
- Wednesdays, 10 am: The Cape Fear Botanical Garden offers at-home tours of the gardens along with learning programs.
- Thursday, April 30, 3 pm: The NC Arboretum Society provides an introduction to nature journaling
Coronavirus
- Tuesday, April 21 at 7pm: The Levine Museum of the New South will be discussing the disproportionate effect of the coronavirus on communities of color and the history that shapes it with
- Each Thursday, 9am: NCSU Institute for Emerging Issues discusses how North Carolina is responding to the coronavirus
Chemistry
- Thursdays at 4 pm: NC State offers 20 minute seminars on the Fermentology and the culture, history and science behind the foods you have at home from breads to cheese to beer.
General Science & Engineering
- Tuesdays, 7 pm: The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences hosts Virtual Science.
- weekdays, 11 am: The Greensboro Science Center hosts "Science on the Spot"
- Saturday, April 25, 2pm: High Point University alumna Casey Garr shares how she integrates science into her art.
- Weekdays at 2 pm: Marbles Kids Museum shares a new video aimed at younger scientists sharing educational play ideas for home.
- Weekdays: Discovery Place in Charlotte shares a new at home science activity.
- Weekdays: Kaledium in Winston-Salem shares a new science demonstration
- Weekdays: The California Science Center offers live video streams, many include activities to do along with the scientists.
- Learn more about video and audio production from the Recording Academy's Grammy Museum.
- You can tour the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History online