Just for Teens At-Home Activities
Find something that sparks your creativity or stretches your mind!
Stay Active (Mind & Body)
- The Code Studio is always open! Learn computer coding basics or build your own game. No account is needed, but you can create one to save your progress.
- Nerdy Nummies: Bake along with YouTube star Rosanna Pansino as she creates elaborate desserts like Super Mario truffles, Spiderman candy apples, and rainbow cakes.
- Stay active with P.E. with Joe, a YouTube series with daily updates and home workouts for everyone to help you get, stronger, healthier and happier.
- Khan Academy offers expert-created and always-free content for every level (pre-K to college). You can practice at your own pace, take one course, explore eight courses, and choose your path to learning!
- Zooniverse allows you to volunteer online! Join the world’s largest and most popular platform for people-powered research. Sign up and volunteer to help classify wildlife, transcribe historical texts, identify celestial bodies, and more!
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Art & Stories
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Visit "How to Draw Tutorials" for the last steps and more ideas!
Print free coloring pages to brighten your room!
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Digital Escape Rooms
These Digital Escape Rooms were crafted by the finest library minds to challenge you.
Can you escape?
Can you escape?
- Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Digital Escape Room
- Marvel's Avengers Virtual Escape Room
- “Six of Crows” Ketterdam Heist Digital Escape Room
- Harry Potter: Magic Final Exam Digital Escape Room
- Ancient Egypt Tomb Challenge
- Escape like an Egyptian
- Space Explorer Training - Digital Escape Room
- Escape Your Boring Break
- Escape the Sphinx!
- Greek Mythology Escape Room
- The Minotaur's Labyrinth Escape Room
- The Hunger Games Digital Escape Room
- Oh the Horror: Classic Tales Escape Room
- Escape the Art Gallery
Podcasts
- 99 Percent Invisible:* How design impacts our lives, from sports bras to store logos.
- Mouthful:* Young adults tackle complex topics, including eating disorders, stop-and-frisk, and gender identity in these dramatic monologues.
- Radio Rookies:* Stories created by teens that may inspire listeners to make their own.
- Radiolab:* Think a geeky This American Life with lots of sound effects as host Jad Abumrad explores scientific, musical, and other topics. Hip and approachable.
- Re: Sound:* Curated by the folks behind Chicago’s Third Coast Audio Festival, this podcast has audio documentaries and features.
- Storycorps:* The storytellers span all generations, allowing teen listeners to tune into other points of view.
- Stuff You Missed In History Class: As its title suggests, this podcast delves into lesser known historical facts and figures. From the greatest to the strangest, the hosts explore interesting tidbits from the past.
- What's Good Games: Your source for video game news, analysis, commentary and funny stuff for the nerd-inclined. With over 30 years of video game industry experience between the three hosts, the conversation is sure to be passionate but never takes itself too seriously.
- Youth Radio:* Journalistic stories produced by young people from the Bay Area for teens all across the country.
*Recommended by School Library Journal's "Prime Time for Podcasts."