Online Resources

News Articles and Information

How mrna vaccines from pfizer and moderna work, why they're a breakthrough, and why they need to be kept so cold 

What is a virus, how do they spread, and how do they make us sick? 

Understanding COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy

NY Times The Coronavirus Outbreak 

LabXchange Social Distancing: Health and Economic Outcomes

LabXchange Virus Infection and Hosts

Bioedonline Information for Educators on Novel Coronavirus

Government Agency COVID-19/Coronavirus Information

NIH SEPA

NIH 

CDC

EPA

NASA 

Earth Observing Dashboard (NASA, JAXA, ESA) 

Infographics and Visualizations

Coronavirus Interactive 3D Media Assets (BioDigital)

Virus Video Animations 

How Coronavirus Hijacks Your Cells 

Healthcare Infographics (Visual Capitalist) 

History of Deadliest Pandemics (Visual Capitalist) 

Lesson Plans and Activities

https://www.bioedonline.org/lessons-and-more/resource-collections/covid-19-pandemic/

https://www.bioedonline.org/lessons-and-more/teacher-guides/invisible-threats/

https://vaccinemakers.org/

Interactive Media with Lesson Plans

https://media.hhmi.org/biointeractive/click/virus-explorer/

https://www.biointeractive.org/classroom-resources/immunology-virtual-lab

https://rockedu.rockefeller.edu/resource/what-is-a-virus-anyway/

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/labs/lab/rna/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/learning/lesson-of-the-day-how-coronavirus-hijacks-your-cells.html

Videos, Podcasts, and Multimedia Resources

https://hudsonalpha.org/beyond-the-blog/

https://www.microbe.tv/viruswatch/

https://www.virology.ws/virology-101/

https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/virology-101/

https://www.microbe.tv/immune/

https://www.technologynetworks.com/immunology

Educational Games

Immune Defense

Solve the Outbreak (CDC)

https://eternagame.org/

UF IFAS Online Agriculture Education Resources

Streaming Science

iDigBio Education

UF Florida Sea Grant Training and Education

UF IFAS Project Learning Tree

Southeastern Forests Climate Change

UF School of Forest Resources & Conservation Forest Health Education

Common Sense Education

Exploratorium Education

HHMI BioInteractive

LabXChange

Nitty Gritty Science Virtual Labs

Northeastern University Center for STEM Education Web Resources

RockEDU Science Outreach

Smithsonian Learning Labs

National Center for Science Education Climate Change Lesson Plans

Earth Labs

National Oceanic Atmospheric Association Education

National Education Association Environmental Education Activities & Resources

National Environmental Education Foundation Education