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COVID 19 Safety, We All Play a Part

Learn healthy tips to protect against COVID-19 infection from students at the Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions, Houston Independent School District (HISD).

COVID-19 Teaching Resources

Find lessons and activities for grades K-12 on healthy behaviors and science related to the pandemic. Topics include COVID-19 prevention, microbes, infectious diseases, wellness, vaccines and the immune system. The resources are designed for face-to-face or virtual instruction and many of them integrate science with health, reading, mathematics, social studies or art.

Planning for Healthy Schools: A Guide to Operations during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Planning for Healthy Schools provides an overview of health guidelines and strategies to maintain healthy buildings and protect people. It also contains decision-making tools about when to stay home, what to do if someone is ill or tests positive for COVID-19 and provides links to resources.

What Causes Day and Night?

Use a hands-on activity to illustrate the 24-hour cycle of light and dark on Earth. It’s Activity 1 in the teacher guide, Sleep and Daily Rhythms.

STEM @Home Activities

Easy STEM-based science lessons for children and teens.

In these unprecedented times of school closures and Stay-at-Home notices, Baylor College of Medicine is offering a set of hands-on K-12 activities, grouped by grade level, that will enable parents and children to remain engaged in STEM learning until school operations return to normal. We call this collection STEM @Home. The lessons were selected specifically because they are easy to use at home, and provide high-quality STEM content without the need for specialized training, equipment or materials. We welcome you to investigate our STEM @Home activities, and to explore the entire BioEd Online website for accurate, free STEM educational materials.