This document will constantly evolve with livestreams/webcasts (and schedules/calendars when applicable), virtual tours, and video recordings of previously executed programs. All times listed are in EST (GMT-4) and all content is subject to change/end based on the program/activity providers. Please feel free to email me if you find opportunities to share, and/or if you discover erroneous information in this document. Thanks and stay safe!

These opportunities were mostly from the spring and summer. To see new opportunities for the fall, please feel free to click here.

Calendar of Livestream and Interactive One-Time Events

August 2020

Options for ongoing daily (weekday) streaming programming:

Weekday livestream schedule of resources and opportunities (all times in EST and are subject to change/end based on the program providers):

• 9am: Parent/Child Little Gym FB (Tuesdays/Thursdays), Parent/Child Little Gym IG (Tuesdays/Thursdays)
• 10am: Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, Drawing with Michael Woodside (learn to draw Disney Characters)
• 11am: Penguin Kids (Instagram Live), Science Mom (until 1pm), Reading Lesson for grades 1-4 (Simply Skilled, Mon-Thu), Play to Learn Preschool, Meigs Point Nature Center- Woods Room (Tue-Fri), ZooAmerica
• 12pm: Author Lowey Bundy Sichol (every Wednesday… interactive), Author Tara Lazar, Author Peter H. Reynolds, Artist at Heart Paint Party, American Sign Language Storytime, BeeYouKids Yoga
• 1pm: Daily doodles with author/illustrator Mo Willems, Sing Along with Emily Arrow, Mark Kistler Art Class, Shelter-in-Place Superheroes (every April Thursday… interactive), Deb’s Virtual Art School
• 2pm: DRAW EVERY DAY with JJK, Author Oliver Jeffers, Make: art lessons, The Knowledge Society (older), Dan Gutman- currently reading Miss Blake is a Flake, Virtual Art School- Ages 3-100, YIA Cre8tes (2:08pm), Stars in the House (music, community, and education)
• 3pm: Cincinnati Zoo, Author Mac Barnett, Afternoon Adventures with Author Chris Field, Author Karen Cotton
• 4pm: Author Julie Falatko, Read-aloud of The Prairie Thief (middle grade novel)
• 5pm: Author Megan Lacera (reading writing, drawing, questions… 5:15pm), Taekwondo Ages 3-6, Taekwondo- Ages 7-11 (5:30pm),
• 6pm: Flux + Flow Beginner Ballet Barre (6:30pm Mon, Wed, Fri)
• 7pm: Bedtime Story with Dolly Parton (Thursdays)
• 7:30pm:  Flux + Flow Beginner Tap, Josh Gad (voice of Olaf)- #GadBookClub (different book every day, Texas Principals Read Aloud (different book every day), MetOpera (different show every day… consider parental supervision for some of the content),
• 8pm: Stars in the House (music, community, and education)

Look here for a calendar of events on specific dates and times. This calendar will have the “one time only” events; any repeated events are listed in the schedule above. Here is another calendar -- and another!! -- with activities listed by day and time. Some events are repeats of those listed in this document.

Livestreams/Webcasts:

A repeated event, interactive

• CILC has put together a schedule of interactive opportunities! (recordings can also be viewed here after the fact)
• Resources for AP students: including live reviews, live trivia, and study guides!
• SOOO many live wildlife cams!
• Wildlife/Zoo/Aquarium livestream cameras:

• California Academy of Sciences live webcams
• Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, weekdays at 10am EST
• Monterey Bay Aquarium live cams
• Panda Cam at Zoo Atlanta
• 6 Animal Cams at Houston Zoo
• Georgia Aquarium has Jellyfish, Beluga Whales, and more
• Smithsonian’s National Zoo 
• Reid Park Zoo Lion Cam in Tuscon, AZ (also giraffes, bears, lemurs, and elephants)
• San Diego Zoo: Live cameras and videos of your favorite animals!
• Cincinnati Zoo: Join us for a Home Safari Facebook Live each weekday at 3pm EDT where we will highlight one of our amazing animals and include an activity you can do from home.
• Atlantic White Shark Conservancy: Live shark storytime weekdays at 10am EST.
• Ouwehand Park Polar Bear Cubs Rhenen, Netherland
• See the Saturn 5 Rocket and more on this tour thanks to a real father/son outing
• California Academy of Sciences: live animal cams!
• Alaskan Wildlife Webcams:, Round Island walrus cam, Alaska Fish & Game's salmon cam, Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Pacific Loons cam in Anchorage (May to August nesting and rearing season only), Katmai National Park and Preserve bear cams (early June to October), Pratt Museum's Gull Island cam (May through August only), University of Alaska Fairbanks' sea ice cam in Barrow, U.S. Forest Service's fish/beaver cam at Mendenhall Glacier

• Author readlouds and other activities:

• Peter Reynolds: Daily live readalouds of the books he has written, weekdays at 12pm EST
• Tara Lazar: readalouds weekdays at 12pm EST
• Lowey Bundy Sichol (every Wednesday at 12pm EST… interactive)
• Daily doodles with author/illustrator Mo Willems: Mo Willems invites YOU into his studio every day for his LUNCH DOODLE. Learners worldwide can draw, doodle and explore new ways of writing by visiting Mo’s studio virtually once a day for the next few weeks. Grab some paper and pencils, pens, or crayons and join Mo to explore ways of writing and making together. Viewers can see each weekday’s new video at 1:00 p.m. EST.
• Sing Along with Emily Arrow: weekdays at 1pm EST
• Oliver Jeffers: readalouds of his stories weekdays at 2pm EST
• DRAW EVERY DAY with JJK @StudioJJK: Every weekday at 2pm EST for at least the next few weeks, author and illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka will host free webcasts.
• Mac Barnett: readalouds weekdays at 3pm EST
• Chris Field: “Afternoon Adventures” weekdays at 3pm EST
• Karen Cotton: Carol and Santa, live readaloud weekdays at 3pm EST
• Julie Falatko: readalouds weekdays at 4pm EST
• Megan Lacera: reading, writing, drawing, questions… livestream weekdays at 5:15pm EST
• Lynda Mullaly Hunt: live readaloud date/time TBD
• Debbie Ridpath Ohi: Flipgrid with author Q&A, interactive

• Discovery Education Virtual Field Trips: topics include Polar Bears and the Tundra, Social Emotional Skills, STEM, manufacturing, and more

Video Recordings

• Recordings of CILC’s interactive opportunities!
• Shelter-in-Place Superheroes by Banyan Global Learning
• Patrick Stewart reads #ASonnetADay via Twitter!
• NYSDLC’s Career Connections video library
• California Academy of Sciences: take a look at the live programming that they have conducted over the years!
• Streamable Learning recorded programming
• Cosmic Kids Yoga: movement and mindfulness
• Readalouds:

• Readalouds: Some favorite children’s books, read aloud by celebrities.
• Stories for kids: elementary and middle, rhyming and non-rhyming, stories in Spanish
• Readalouds: by Palermo Elementary (MACS) teachers
• Readalouds: various stories
• Storytime from Space: listen to stories, read by astronauts in space!
• Author Todd Parr: readalouds on his YouTube channel
• Author Grace Lin: Listen to Grace read, and draw with her too!
• Jerry Pallotta: readalouds on his YouTube channel
• Author Amy Ludwig VanDerwater: notebook videos- a new video every day!

• Broadway plays: Find some of your favorite broadway plays and watch them from home.
• Zoos/Aquaria/Wildlife:

• Atlantic White Shark Conservancy: Recordings of daily Shark Story Time!
• Alaskan Wildlife video clips
• Cincinnati Zoo: All videos will be posted on our website and to our YouTube channel shortly after the Facebook Live ends.  
• Seattle Aquarium Virtual Tour
• Texas Wildlife Association (these videos come with worksheets, and there are also Critter Connections publications available, with a worksheet to track comprehension!):

• Adaptable Armadillos
• ASI: Animal Skull Investigations
• Aquifers and Spring Ecosystems
• Bats-A-Billion
• Food Chain Fun
• Complete Metamorphosis
• Frog Life Cycle
• Incomplete Metamorphosis
• Let's Talk Turkey
• The Magic of Monarchs
• Prairie Dogs (Grassland Ecosystem)
• Wetland Ecosystems

• Science experiments: Daily free science experiments and cooking videos
• Author Peter Reynolds: Recordings of the readalouds of the books he has written!
• Higher-level math videos: Online video series with detailed solutions to more than a thousand publicly-released College Board SAT Math, Subject Test Math Level 1, and Subject Test Math Level 2 problems.
• Fluency and Fitness: Math and ELA, over 900 videos addressing over 350 skills. Best for grades 4-8.
• Movement and mindfulness: videos created by child development experts.
• Academic videos: 7,000 free videos in 13 subject areas.
• Carmen Sandiego: videos, stories, and lessons for all subject areas
• Pro-Football Hall of Fame video series… 15 minute videos to address the following topics:

• Careers in the NFL
• Movement and Motion
• Pro Football HOF Mission, Vision, Values
• Walter Payton Man of the Year Award
• African-American Trailblazers
• The Story of Pro Football

• Math videos: Math Videos with lessons, real life uses of math, celebrities
• Entertaining & educational videos: all levels and subjects
• Videos from around the world: grades 3-12
• Videos and passages to answer questions: Short videos and readings that answer various burning questions for students. There are vocabulary challenges and comprehension questions.
• Daily doodles with author/illustrator Mo Willems: Recordings of author/illustrator Mo Willems’ daily doodles!
• Drawing with Michael Woodside (learn to draw Disney Characters)
• Deb’s Virtual Art School
• Farm videos:

• American Dairy Association North East’s YouTube Channel
• Virtual Field Trips to Ohio Pig Farms
• Virtual Field Trips to Ohio Beef Farms
• Virtual Field Trips to Ohio Soybean Farms
• Virtual Field Trips to Pennsylvania Beef Farms
• Virtual Field Trips to New York Beef Farms
• Virtual Farm Tours to North East Dairies
• Virtual Farm Tours to Michigan Dairies
• Virtual Farm Tours to Indiana Dairies
• Virtual Farm Tour to a South Dakota Dairy
• Tour from Dutch Hollow Farm (kids ages 4-9)
• Tour from Will-O-Crest Farm (kids ages 10-13)
• Tour from JoBo Holsteins Farm (high school)

Virtual Tours

• Famous Landmarks:

• Yellowstone National Park (northwest USA, N. America)
• Ellis Island (New York, USA, N. America)
• The Great Wall of China (China, Asia)
• Taj Mahal (Agra, India, Asia)
• Roman Colosseum (Rome, Italy, Europe)
• Victoria Falls (Zambia/Zimbabwe, Africa)
• Sahara Desert (Algeria, Africa)
• Great Pyramids (Egypt, Africa)

• Mars: Explore the surface of Mars on the Curiosity Rover
• Farm tours (SO many different kinds of farms!)
• Everyday Earth: Interactive video earth science based curriculum supplement.
• Zoos/Aquaria:

• National Aquarium Virtual Tour
• Seattle Aquarium Virtual Tour
• Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk
• National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland
• National Aquarium in Washington, DC

• Tour England through this 360 video.
• Take a live look at Colonial Williamsburg 

• Museums:

• The Louvre: Travel to Paris, France to see amazing works of art.
• Boston Children’s Museum: Walk through the Boston Children’s Museum thanks to Google Maps! This virtual tour allows kids to explore 3 floors of fun.
• British Museum: This iconic museum located in the heart of London allows virtual visitors to tour the Great Court and discover the ancient Rosetta Stone and Egyptian mummies, as well as hundreds of artifacts.
• Guggenheim Museum, New York: Google’s Street View feature lets visitors tour the Guggenheim’s famous spiral staircase without ever leaving home. From there, you can discover incredible works of art from the Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary eras.
• National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.: This famous American art museum features two online exhibits through Google. The first is an exhibit of American fashion from 1740 to 1895, including many renderings of clothes from the colonial and Revolutionary eras. The second is a collection of works from Dutch Baroque painter Johannes Vermeer.
• Musée d’Orsay, Paris: You can virtually walk through this popular gallery that houses dozens of famous works from French artists who worked and lived between 1848 and 1914. Get a peek at artworks from Monet, Cézanne, and Gauguin, among others.
• National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul: One of Korea’s popular museums can be accessed from anywhere around the world. Google’s virtual tour takes you through six floors of Contemporary art from Korea and all over the globe.
• Pergamon Museum, Berlin: As one of Germany’s largest museums, Pergamon has a lot to offer – even if you can’t physically be there. This historical museum is home to plenty of ancient artifacts including the Ishtar Gate of Babylon and, of course, the Pergamon Altar.
• Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: Explore the masterworks from the Dutch Golden Age, including works from Vermeer and Rembrandt. Google offers a Street View tour of this iconic museum, so you can feel as if you’re actually wandering its halls.
• Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam: Anyone who is a fan of this tragic, ingenious painter can see his works up close (or, almost up close) by virtually visiting this museum – the largest collection of artworks by Vincent van Gogh, including over 200 paintings, 500 drawings, and over 750 personal letters.
• The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles: European artworks from as far back as the 8th Century can be found in this California art museum. Take a Street View tour to discover a huge collection of paintings, drawings, sculptures, manuscripts, and photographs.
• Uffizi Gallery, Florence: This less well-known gallery houses the art collection of one of Florence, Italy’s most famous families, the de'Medicis. The building was designed by Giorgio Vasari in 1560 specifically for Cosimo I de'Medici, but anyone can wander its halls from anywhere in the world.
• MASP, São Paulo: The Museu de Arte de São Paulo is a non-profit and Brazil’s first modern museum. Artworks placed on clear perspex frames make it seem like the artwork is hovering in midair. Take a virtual tour to experience the wondrous display for yourself.
• National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City: Built in 1964, this museum is dedicated to the archaeology and history of Mexico’s pre-Hispanic heritage. There are 23 exhibit rooms filled with ancient artifacts, including some from the Mayan civilization.
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
• There are also thousands of museum Street Views on Google. Google Arts & Culture also has an online experience for exploring famous historic and cultural heritage sites.

Education Companies Offering Free Subscriptions Due to COVID Closures:

http://www.amazingeducationalresources.com/ (crowd-sourced; be sure to do your own research)

Trending Hashtags:

• #QuarantRead​ - Laurie Halse Anderson has shared out this hashtag, something you can share with your older students to have them share out their reading while they are home
• #OperationStorytime​ - a hashtag created by Romper (posts can be searched on social media or on their ​website​ to find daily postings of celebs/authors/illustrators performing children’s books)
• #kidlitquarantine​ - being used to share all kinds of resources, videos, live sessions, etc. on social media
• #kidlit
• #keepreading

Questions? Suggestions?

I am all ears! Thank you and be safe. Wash your hands!

Kristin Edwards

Distance Learning Specialist

Center for Instruction, Technology & Innovation

kedwards@citiboces.org

Twitter/Insta: @CiTiKristin

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