Take College-Level Courses for Free at Home

I recently saw that Sophia, an online learning platform, is offering free access to more than 30 of its college-level courses through July 31, 2020.

These classes are mostly entry-level things like English Composition, American History and Introduction to Psychology, but you’ll also find College Algebra, Human Biology, Art History and more.

It looks like you choose a class and then you have 60 days from enrollment to complete the course. You can just take them for fun or when you pass the class you can have it transferred to your college for credit (they have 27 partner network institutions for which credit transfer is guaranteed, and credits have been successfully transferred to more than 300 other institutions).

This is a great way to knock out some of those core requirements for free or just keep learning while you are home. I’m a little tempted by the art history classes even though I have no plans to go back to school.

[Photo: Sophia.org.]

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Shark Week generally happens in July, but any time is a good time to learn more about sharks.

First, start with some fun whale facts like these from Kids Craft Room. Here I learned about the dwarf lantern shark, which is the smallest shark and only grows to about 6-8 inches (about 15-20 cm) long. It also emits light. How cool is that?

Natural Beach Living has some great printable shark information guides, where kids can learn about different kinds of sharks, match the facts to the pictures, or print out doubles and do a shark memory game.

Living Life an Learning has some great shark activity pages including the parts of a shark, types of sharks, a crossword puzzle and more. Also check out their parts of a shark and word scramble download, and a life cycle worksheet.

Learn about how sharks float with this great activity from JDaniel4’s Mom.

Need more facts about sharks? This fact pact from The WOLFe PACK on Teacher Pay Teachers includes fact sheets, a printable flip book, informational text, vocabulary, comprehension questions and more.

Living Montessori Now has a great collection of shark themed activities with a Montessori inspired twist. You’ll find a shark roll and cover, shark phonics and lots more shark activities Deb has collected from all over the Internet.

Remember the “Sharknado” movie? A Few Shortcuts turned the combination of sharks and tornadoes into a fun science activity. You’ll need a bottle connector for this project but otherwise should have everything you need on hand. Use their template to make your sharks out of aluminum foil. So fun!

You can also do some shark themed coloring with these coloring pages from Encouraging Moms at Home. Or make a cool 3D shark with this template from korkotak. And there are tons of different shark crafts collected in this post from Kids Activities Blog.

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