Karyn Isleb, Head of Youth Services at our Manchester City Library has shared some resources shown below... Free Online Resources for Students and their Families: · Virtual Field Trips – Families can take local and global virtual field trips
National Zoo – has live animal cams including a Panda cam https://nationalzoo.si.edu/
San Diego Zoo & Safari Park – You can take a trip around the world with their live animal cams. https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/live-cams
Cincinnati Zoo – Every day beginning at 3:00 pm, they go live with a Talk about one of their animals. Fiona the Hippo was one of their special guests. https://www.facebook.com/cincinnatizoo/
Franklin Park/Stone Zoo – They have begun at 1:30 pm a Zoo to You program. They visit and talk about some of the animals at their zoos. https://www.facebook.com/franklinparkzoo/.
New England Aquarium - They are offering live visits and activities that families can do at home. https://www.neaq.org/visit/at-home-events-and-activities/
Boston Children’s Museum – You can take a virtual tour of the museum. They also have activities families can participate in. www.BeyondTheChalkboard.org
Shedd Aquarium – Chicago – They are offering tours of the aquarium. Your tour ‘guides’ are two penguins and a porcupine. There are also lots of behind the scenes footage as well. https://www.facebook.com/sheddaquarium/
National Parks - You can tour 31 National Parks all across the country with Google Earth. earth.google.com
Exploring Mars! – You can explore the surface on the Curiosity Rover. https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/home/
Discovery Education –
There are a lot of different tours you can take on different topics. https://www.discoveryeducation.com/community/virtual-field-trips/ · Books – Electronic Resources
TumbleBooks – They have given free access to their online five databases. Their databases offer a variety of audiobooks for all ages including adults. They are easy to use, and feature unlimited access from home. The books are available instantly. There are not check-outs, holds or download. Links and passwords are available at on our homepage. www.manchester.lib.nh.us.
· Free Educational Sites – There are so many out there for families to use. Here are some: PBS Learning Media – nj.pbslearningmedia.org National Geographic for Kids – kids.nationalgeographic.com Highlights Kids – highlightskids.com Learning A-Z – learninga-z.com Brainpop – brainpop.com Switcheroo Zoo - switcheroozoo.com Kids Discover – online.kidsdiscover.com Time for Kids – timeforkids.com ABCYA – abcya.com · Disneyland/DisneyWorld – They have begun offering virtual rides of some of their famous rides for families to enjoy. Check out their website for more information. |
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