Resources
Vaccines & Viruses
Elementary Students
How Lou Got the Flu
American Museum of Natural History explains how infections are transmitted.
Facts About Coronavirus
Information from National Geographic Kids.
What is a Virus?
Science Kids video explains viruses.
All About Coronavirus: A video for Kids and their Families
Explanatory video from University of Michigan School of Public Health.
Older Students & Adults
How Many Lives Do Vaccines Save?
Biomedical Science Journal for Teens article from January 2021.
How the Covid-19 Vaccine Works
Information from the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
Why Vaccines Work
COVID-19 can infect kids — and risks sickening some severely
Science News article from August 2021.
Whatever Happened to Polio
Interactive from Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
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Our Annual Event Celebration
Please save the date for our annual celebration, when student journalists will share what they endured, learned, and accomplished during COVID-19. This virtual event will be held at 5:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 26.
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Educational Videos
Paul Offit, M.D., is the director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He is a pediatrician specializing in infectious diseases and an expert on vaccines, immunology, and virology. He is the co-inventor of a rotavirus vaccine that has been credited with saving hundreds of lives every day.
Douglas H. Wheelock has been a NASA astronaut since 1998. He has spent more than 178 days in space, including the STS-120 shuttle mission in 2007 and Expeditions 24 and 25 to the International Space Station in 2010. He is a West Point graduate and a retired U.S. Army colonel. He earned an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech University.
Angela Duckworth, Ph.D., is a 2013 MacArthur Fellow and University of Pennsylvania psychology professor. She is also the founder and CEO of Character Lab, which is a nonprofit organization with the mission of advancing scientific insights to help children thrive. She is the author of “Grit: The Power and Passion of Perseverance.”
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Resources
Knowledge is power. Our curated list of resources, broken up into suggested age range, can help children better understand the COVID-19 pandemic and other relevant health topics, and can help adults better explain what’s happening. Learn how germs travel, the importance of handwashing, facts about vaccines, and much more.