Social Distancing Activities

If you’re looking for something fun to do while you’re at home, consider these fun social distancing activities you can do alone or with a friend!

Local “Social Distancing” Activities:

• Many local restaurants are offering free delivery, and some even offer “contact free” delivery.  If you are able, consider supporting your independent local restaurants by ordering delivery or take-out!
• Call, Facetime, Skype or Facebook Video Chat friends and family!
• If the weather permits, and if no one is sick, go for a walk in your neighborhood, and make it a “no touch” scavenger hunt
  • Find traffic safety signs, street signs, safe crosswalks
  • Find different shapes
  • Find different types of animals or plants
  • Find different colors of cars
• If you have a smart speaker (like Alexa), you can play games on that!

Museum Virtual Tours

• Vatican City and St. Peter’s Basilica:   http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/cappella-sistina/tour-virtuale.html
• National Air & Space Museum: https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/your-tour-through-national-air-and-space-museum
• Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udOrePHuP-Q
• The Louvre: https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne
• Acadia Museum: ://acadiamuseum.withgoogle.com/
• Several virtual tours: ://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours
• Boston Children’s Museum virtual tour:://www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org/museum-virtual-tour
• Ohio Craft Museum: ://my.matterport.com/show/?m=NTg9q4vdkCT&Play=1&ts=2&lp=1&st=3000
• National Air Force Museum: ://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/

Nature Virtual Tours

• Take a Virtual Tour of Anywhere on Google Streetview: https://www.google.com/streetview/

• San Diego Zoo: https://www.weareteachers.com/virtual-field-trip-to-the-san-diego-zoo/
• Volcanos:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAgBwBG5nVM
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5ogYZnFVsU
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_3DJufSyjo
• 10 Natural Phenomenon (weather): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bBKENJHZYc​
• Tour Yellowstone National Park: ://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/photosmultimedia/virtualtours.htm
• Explore the surface of Mars on the Curiosity Rover: https://accessmars.withgoogle.com/
• This Canadian site FarmFood 360 offers 11 Virtual Tours of farms from minks, pigs, and cows, to apples and eggs: https://www.farmfood360.ca/
• Great Wall of China: ://www.thechinaguide.com/destination/great-wall-of-china
• Everglades National Park (GoogleEarth): ://earth.google.com/web/@25.66078833,-80.76677088,6.97133415a,34.31584389d,60y,-66.72931818h,73.06319824t,0r/data=CjASLhIgMjE3MGE4ZjgyZWQ2MTFlOTlkNGQ0NWEzN2RiYmYzMTEiCmdjc19pdGluXzE

Live Cams

• Georgia Aquarium Webcams
  • Beluga Whale: ://www.georgiaaquarium.org/webcam/beluga-whale-webcam/
  • Jelly fish: ://www.georgiaaquarium.org/webcam/jelly-webcam/
  • Penguins: ://www.georgiaaquarium.org/webcam/african-penguin-cam/
  • Ocean Voyager: ://www.georgiaaquarium.org/webcam/ocean-voyager/
• Cincinnati Zoo daily live streaming: ://www.facebook.com/cincinnatizoo/
• African Wildlife Live Cams: ://explore.org/livecams/african-wildlife/african-watering-hole-animal-camera
• Puppies (live stream): ://explore.org/livecams/currently-live/service-puppy-cam
• Boston Central’s list of virtual tours and live cams: ://www.bostoncentral.com/virtual-tours-animal-web-cams
• Eagles: ://www.dnr.state.mn.us/features/webcams/eaglecam/index.html
• Kittens: ://explore.org/livecams/kitten-rescue/kitten-rescue-cam

Get Physical

• YouTube has great videos for activities and crafts:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaoV1PrYft4
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNC3ukSqGAU
• DJ Mel Facebook Live Dance Party: ://www.facebook.com/DJ-Mel-48330349120/
• 20 minute yoga podcasts:://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/20-min-yoga-sessions-from-yogadownload-com/id259744514
• Y360 (free for limited time): //www.youtube.com/channel/UCOGt_IpceP_xQhhCMCrut_A
• Chair Yoga:://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afhjrk3YS1g&feature=youtu.be
• QuarantTunes Virtual Dance Party:://twitter.com/BenSPLATT/status/1239629649929437186

Games

• Dr. Seuss: ://www.seussville.com/
• Draw A Stickman Adventures: ://www.drawastickman.com/
• Free online games: ://www.arkadium.com/free-online-games/
• More free online games: ://www.kiloo.com/en/kids-games/
• Even more free online games: ://thegamerstop.com/
• Bingo Baker: ://bingobaker.com/
• Crossword Labs: ://crosswordlabs.com/
• Jeopardy Labs: ://jeopardylabs.com/
• Testmoz: ://testmoz.com/
• WordSearch Labs: ://wordsearchlabs.com/
• The Word Search: ://thewordsearch.com/maker/edit/
• The Word Search: ://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/WordSearchSetupForm.asp

Music

• Seattle Symphony: https://www.youtube.com/seattlesymphony
• #TogetherAtHome (John Legend) concerns on Twitter: ://twitter.com/hashtag/TogetherAtHome?src=hashtag_click
• Berliner Philarmoniker: https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/home
• Keith Urban: https://www.instagram.com/p/B90JN2kBdsE/
• Yo-Yo Ma: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23songsofcomfort&src=typed_query
• Dropkick Murphys Streaming Up From Boston: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j06g0TE_Ao
• Stay at Home Fest: https://www.stayathomefest.com/

Classes/Learning

• Learn Card Tricks for Free: https://www.goodtricks.net/
• Online history classes for all ages preteen through  adults:   https://school.bighistoryproject.com/bhplive
• Biology  https://www.biologysimulations.com/
• Digital archive of history  https://www.bunkhistory.org/
• Variety of free classes https://www.coursera.org/
• Duolingo https://www.duolingo.com/?fbclid=IwAR2tdKW7x_30CY-ikzUtaCuQxB8p-BVejryrPSMCRiw3neP5Br9rKKI7jRw
• ASL online
  • https://www.lifeprint.com/
  • http://aslnook.com/
  • https://theaslapp.com/

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