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Like many of you, an extremely loud alarm went off on my phone at 8:00am this morning reminding me that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we were mandated to shelter in place. Of course, realistically we are a couple weeks into this journey, so I’ve had some time to figure out how to avoid the obvious cleaning, cooking and working tasks. With the help of some of our board members, here is a list of some fun content ranging from music, to museum tours, to games…all to help you pass the time. Just click on the bullet point and the link will take you to the platform.

And please continue to shelter in place and practice all the things officials have told us to. We want you and your families to stay safe and healthy. Stay strong, we’ve got this!

Music

• The Metropolitan Opera
• The Grand Ole Opry LIVE – Saturday’s at 8:00pm ET
• Redneck Riviera Nashville LIVE music – from artists homes (you can also Venmo tips)
• Keith Urban – ½ hour set
• Hunter Hayes – tour rehearsal from Nashville
• Diplo – spinning live sets from his home
• Rolling Stone In My Room – John Fogerty
• Rolling Stone In My Room – Nicole Atkins
• Luke Combs – ½ hour set
• NPR – List of LIVE virtual concerts
• Billboard – LIVE streams and virtual concerts (continually updating)

Workouts

• Yoga Works LIVE
• 305 Fitness Dance Cardio
• Planet Fitness LIVE stream daily at 7pm ET
• Orange Theory At-Home Workout
• CorePower Yoga library of classes
• Les Mills library of classes

Online Classes

• Class Central
• Coursera
• edX
• General Assembly
• Yale
• Photoshop Training Channel
• Alison – free courses in Google platforms
• HowStuffWorks

Miscellaneous

• National Parks Service
• Wiener Staatsoper Opera – watch LIVE, click the link for dates, times, and lineup
• Mindless Minute Trivia
• Sporcle – wide-range of quizzes
• Explore National Parks from your couch
• Living Room Pub Quizzes.

For the Kids

Virtual Field Trips – Zoos

• Brookfield Zoo’s “Bring the Zoo To You” broadcast, each weekday at 11:00am
• Panda Cam at Zoo Atlanta
• San Diego Zoo
• Georgia Aquarium’s Ocean Voyager webcam
• Cincinnati Zoo Home Safari each weekday at 3:00pm ET
• Red Panda Cam at Oklahoma City Zoo
• Monterey Bay Aquarium LIVE streams
• org – an array of LIVE cams to watch a variety of animals
• Houston Zoo – a variety of LIVE webcams
• Wild Earth – hosts twice daily LIVE safaris
• National Aquarium

Virtual Field Trips – Museums and Art Galleries

• 12 Famous Museums
• Google Arts and Culture
• Virtual Museum: Chicago’s Adler Planetarium
• Virtual Museum: Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium
• Virtual Museum: Chicago’s Field Museum
• Virtual Museum: The Art Institute of Chicago
• Virtual Museum: DuSable Museum of African American History
• Virtual Museum: National Museum of Mexican Art
• Virtual Museum: IIT Institute of Design
• Oriental Institute Museum of University of Chicago
• Studs Terkel Radio Archive
• Boston Children’s Museum
• Star Atlas
• MetKids
• ArtThink

Online Classes

• Oxford Owl – Free e-books and math games and activities for ages 3-11
• BrainPop Junior – Learning tools for STEM, social studies, reading/writing, health and arts for grades K-3
• The Space Foundation Discovery Center – STEM lesson plans for ages PreK-20
• Mystery Science – Science lessons for grades K-5
• National Geographic Kids Science Labs – science experiments, videos and articles
• National Ocean Service (NOAA) Kids – science activities and resources for kids and educators
• Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems – Kennedy Center Education Artist-in-Residence Mo Willems explore ways of writing and making with kids of all ages
• BrainPop
• Bill Nye the Science Guy – Educational videos covering life, physical and planetary sciences
• org – writing and grammar activities for K-12
• Arbol ABC – bilingual Spanish games

We’ll continue to update and add to this list as we discover more great content.

Latest update: Thursday, March 26, 2020