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Schools worldwide have closed in response to COVID-19, leaving parents and caregivers scrambling to find daily activities for their children.

Today (April 3) Live Science updated our list of lessons, games, science experiments, live demonstrations and virtual tours, to help you find options that are educational, creative and entertaining during this uncertain period of self-isolation, social distancing and quarantine.

Some of today's highlights include immersive virtual dives at marine sanctuaries; making dinosaur shadow puppets; behind-the-scenes glimpses and digital content from Shakespeare's Globe Theater; and a live butterfly camera.
Related: The ultimate kids' guide to the new coronavirus
New today (April 3)

Visit with butterflies from Central, South and North America in the San Diego Zoo's Hidden Jungle greenhouse, through their butterfly cam livestream. You can also find instructions for starting your own butterfly garden.

New York City-based bookworms can use their New York Public Library (NYPL) cards to check out any of 300,000 e-books in the NYPL collection, via the library's SimplyE app, available for iOS and Android.

Make dinosaur shadow puppets with templates from the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County, and stage your own stories about these extinct giants.

Tour marine sanctuaries and ocean habitats with a collection of virtual dives from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Dive into colorful coral reefs, swim with seals, or explore a shipwreck, sanctuary views can be seen on a personal computer or a smartphone.

Theater-lovers can browse a range of classroom activities from the legendary Shakespeare's Globe theater. Weekly blogs and other resources introduce the cast and crew behind a new production of "Macbeth," created especially for young audiences.

San Francisco's Exploratorium offers activities to help kids understand the science behind viruses, how they affect the human body, and how we can protect ourselves against infection.

How do butterflies eat? What's the difference between frogs and toads? The Nature Museum in Chicago has videos and activities to acquaint kids with the natural world and to inspire their curiosity about the plants and animals in their own backyards.

Resources from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute introduce students to the impacts of climate change on marine habitats; explain the adaptations of animals that live in the deep sea; and present the challenges faced by ecosystems invaded by nonnative species, such as the so-called zombie shrimp.

Head of the class

Scholastic launched a Learn at Home website with daily lessons that combine videos, stories and prompts for drawing and writing activities. Grade levels include pre-K and kindergarten, grades 1 and 2, grades 3 to 5, and grades 6 and up.

Khan Academy, a free online learning resource offering lessons, exercises and quizzes, has daily schedules for organizing at-home learning for students ages 4 to 18 years. On weekdays, Khan Academy is also offering daily livestreams on , and to help parents and educators best utilize the website's tools and resources.

Crash Course is a YouTube channel offering engaging educational videos suitable for high school students. The channel features a wide range of subjects, from anatomy to world history.

ABCmouse.com is offering a free 30-day trial of its comprehensive early learning academy for children aged 2-8 and includes educational games and activities designed by teachers.

In response to school closures, dozens of companies that produce educational materials have made their resources available as free subscriptions; you can find links on the Kids Activities website. Links to free K-12 educational resources such as audiobooks, e-books, videos, multimedia materials and more are also available on the Open Culture website.

PBS KIDS and PBS LearningMedia are offering tools to help support learning at home, including educational videos and games from favorite series, and related skill-building offline activities.

Subscribe to Time Magazine's Time for Kids for elementary and middle school students, digital subscriptions are free for the duration of the school year. This is the first time that the magazine is fully accessible at home.

Virtual museums and field trips

More than 2,500 museums around the world have made their collections accessible online through Google Arts and Culture; you can also use Google to access virtual tours of national parks in the U.S.

The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City offers online learning materials for science fans of all ages. Their Ology science website provides games and activities for kids and covers a range of science topics, including archaeology, paleontology, astronomy and marine biology. AMNH courses on Khan Academy delve into subjects such as human evolution, earthquakes and volcanoes, the universe, and, of course, dinosaurs. You can also peek behind the scenes on the museum's YouTube channel, or take a tour of the universe in videos created for the Hayden Planetarium.

The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Air and Space Anywhere webpage provides virtual tours of the museum, and educational podcasts, games and activities about aircraft and spacecraft. And educators can turn to the museum's K-12 learning resources for STEM lessons, activities and videos on topics such as flight, planetary science, space, and engineering and technology.

All online programs and digital content at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum are now available for free.

Science learning

Every weekday at 10 a.m. PDT, the California Science Center is livestreaming "Stuck at Home Science," a new video series of science activities you can do at home.

Miami's Frost Science Museum's Frost Science@Home will give curious kids plenty to do, providing science activities and DIY science experiments.

Teen science fans will nerd out over Nova Labs at PBS, where they'll discover multimedia experiences that combine video, animation and games to delve into fascinating scientific topics, such as polar ecosystems, solar storms and renewable energy.

NASA isn't just sending missions into space; the agency has also launched Teachable Moments, connecting classrooms - and homes - with resources for investigating the latest discoveries about our universe. There are a range of activities and lessons that are suitable for grades K-12.

NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is another source of free online content. Educators share daily Facebook Live videos that pair with hands-on activities (instructions are available as free downloads) using materials that can be found at home. Topics include rocketry 101, tours of Space Shuttle Atlantis and the Astronaut Training Experience, and living in space and on Mars.

"Space Racers," an animated series for preschoolers about spacefaring cadets at the Stardust Space Academy, also offers science-based lessons, and space-related educational activities that families can explore together.

Ranger Rick, the children's magazine of the National Wildlife Federation, is making its website free to all visitors through the end of June. Free Ranger Rick Educator's Guides and Ranger Rick Jr. Parent Reading Guides are also available to parents and educators.

Beginning physics students will find plenty to discover in the Physics Classroom, and there are teacher toolkits for supplementing the site's online lessons with videos, animations, simulations and exercises.

Want to have a family Q&A with a scientist? Sign up at Skype a Scientist and get matched with an expert, for a live Skype chat with your family about real scientific research.

stemCONNECT uses video conferencing to bring together students and experts in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The site also has a free video library of Florida-based STEM experts talking about STEM application in a range of careers.

Explore simple plant science with this list of Live Science xperiments, or learn about non-Newtonian fluids by making colorful slime - regular or extra puffy - with glue and food coloring.

Creative and relaxing fun

Color Our Collections offers free PDF downloads of coloring pages created from art in the collections of 117 institutions, including The New York Academy of Medicine Library, Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, RISD Museum, the North Carolina Museum of Art, The Canadian Canoe Museum and The Royal Horticultural Society libraries.

Got a 3D printer? You can download digital 3D models from NASA and print miniature satellites, landing sites, asteroids, spacecraft, spacesuits and astronaut tools.

If you have a regular printer (and paper), you can print and build paper models of Rosetta and Philae, the space probe and lander that visited comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014. More paper models of satellites and observatories are available for download from the European Space Agency's website.

Artist and writer Mo Willems (author of "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!") is hosting daily Lunch Doodles video sessions every weekday at 1 p.m. EDT. Each daily episode is accompanied by a downloadable activity page.

What could be more soothing than watching jellyfish drifting serenely through the water? In "MeditOcean," the Monterey Bay Aquarium hosts a soothing 11-minute guided meditation video, featuring the undulating and graceful ballet of several aquarium jellyfish.

Children in grades 3 to 12 can learn to write their names in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, in this step-by-step guide from the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada.

A good story sounds even better when it's read in microgravity. Story Time from Space sends children's books to the International Space Station (ISS), where the books are read on video by astronauts as they orbit hundreds of miles above Earth.

Snap Circuits are educational kits that teach kids - and adults! - about engineering and how electronics work. To help teachers, parents and students, the company has made its how-to guides available to download for free.

Get moving with fitness instructor Joe Wicks! His new video series, P.E. with Joe, presents a daily 30-minute workout that kids can perform at home.

There are 10 live webcams at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, where you can peek at sharks, sea otters, penguins and more. The San Diego Zoo has 11 animal webcams, Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute has four animal webcams, and there are six webcams at the Houston Zoo.

And if you're feeling really adventurous, you can visit the surface of Mars in a spectacular high-resolution, 360-degree photo tour, created from images captured by the Curiosity rover.
OFFER: Save at least 53% with our latest magazine deal!

With impressive cutaway illustrations that show how things function, and mindblowing photography of the world's most inspiring spectacles, How It Works represents the pinnacle of engaging, factual fun for a mainstream audience keen to keep up with the latest tech and the most impressive phenomena on the planet and beyond. Written and presented in a style that makes even the most complex subjects interesting and easy to understand, How It Works is enjoyed by readers of all ages.
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Activities and online resources for homebound kids: A coronavirus guide

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Schools worldwide have closed in response to COVID-19, leaving parents and caregivers scrambling to find daily activities for their children. Today (April 3) Live Science updated our list of lessons, games, science experiments, live demonstrations and virtual tours, to help you find options that are educational, creative and entertaining during this uncertain period of self-isolation, social distancing and quarantine.

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Schools worldwide have closed in response to COVID-19, leaving parents and caregivers scrambling to find daily activities for their children.

Today (April 3) Live Science updated our list of lessons, games, science experiments, live demonstrations and virtual tours, to help you find options that are educational, creative and entertaining during this uncertain period of self-isolation, social distancing and quarantine.

Some of today's highlights include immersive virtual dives at marine sanctuaries; making dinosaur shadow puppets; behind-the-scenes glimpses and digital content from Shakespeare's Globe Theater; and a live butterfly camera.
Related: The ultimate kids' guide to the new coronavirus
New today (April 3)

Visit with butterflies from Central, South and North America in the San Diego Zoo's Hidden Jungle greenhouse, through their butterfly cam livestream. You can also find instructions for starting your own butterfly garden.

New York City-based bookworms can use their New York Public Library (NYPL) cards to check out any of 300,000 e-books in the NYPL collection, via the library's SimplyE app, available for iOS and Android.

Make dinosaur shadow puppets with templates from the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County, and stage your own stories about these extinct giants.

Tour marine sanctuaries and ocean habitats with a collection of virtual dives from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Dive into colorful coral reefs, swim with seals, or explore a shipwreck, sanctuary views can be seen on a personal computer or a smartphone.

Theater-lovers can browse a range of classroom activities from the legendary Shakespeare's Globe theater. Weekly blogs and other resources introduce the cast and crew behind a new production of "Macbeth," created especially for young audiences.

San Francisco's Exploratorium offers activities to help kids understand the science behind viruses, how they affect the human body, and how we can protect ourselves against infection.

How do butterflies eat? What's the difference between frogs and toads? The Nature Museum in Chicago has videos and activities to acquaint kids with the natural world and to inspire their curiosity about the plants and animals in their own backyards.

Resources from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute introduce students to the impacts of climate change on marine habitats; explain the adaptations of animals that live in the deep sea; and present the challenges faced by ecosystems invaded by nonnative species, such as the so-called zombie shrimp.

Head of the class

Scholastic launched a Learn at Home website with daily lessons that combine videos, stories and prompts for drawing and writing activities. Grade levels include pre-K and kindergarten, grades 1 and 2, grades 3 to 5, and grades 6 and up.

Khan Academy, a free online learning resource offering lessons, exercises and quizzes, has daily schedules for organizing at-home learning for students ages 4 to 18 years. On weekdays, Khan Academy is also offering daily livestreams on , and to help parents and educators best utilize the website's tools and resources.

Crash Course is a YouTube channel offering engaging educational videos suitable for high school students. The channel features a wide range of subjects, from anatomy to world history.

ABCmouse.com is offering a free 30-day trial of its comprehensive early learning academy for children aged 2-8 and includes educational games and activities designed by teachers.

In response to school closures, dozens of companies that produce educational materials have made their resources available as free subscriptions; you can find links on the Kids Activities website. Links to free K-12 educational resources such as audiobooks, e-books, videos, multimedia materials and more are also available on the Open Culture website.

PBS KIDS and PBS LearningMedia are offering tools to help support learning at home, including educational videos and games from favorite series, and related skill-building offline activities.

Subscribe to Time Magazine's Time for Kids for elementary and middle school students, digital subscriptions are free for the duration of the school year. This is the first time that the magazine is fully accessible at home.

Virtual museums and field trips

More than 2,500 museums around the world have made their collections accessible online through Google Arts and Culture; you can also use Google to access virtual tours of national parks in the U.S.

The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City offers online learning materials for science fans of all ages. Their Ology science website provides games and activities for kids and covers a range of science topics, including archaeology, paleontology, astronomy and marine biology. AMNH courses on Khan Academy delve into subjects such as human evolution, earthquakes and volcanoes, the universe, and, of course, dinosaurs. You can also peek behind the scenes on the museum's YouTube channel, or take a tour of the universe in videos created for the Hayden Planetarium.

The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Air and Space Anywhere webpage provides virtual tours of the museum, and educational podcasts, games and activities about aircraft and spacecraft. And educators can turn to the museum's K-12 learning resources for STEM lessons, activities and videos on topics such as flight, planetary science, space, and engineering and technology.

All online programs and digital content at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum are now available for free.

Science learning

Every weekday at 10 a.m. PDT, the California Science Center is livestreaming "Stuck at Home Science," a new video series of science activities you can do at home.

Miami's Frost Science Museum's Frost Science@Home will give curious kids plenty to do, providing science activities and DIY science experiments.

Teen science fans will nerd out over Nova Labs at PBS, where they'll discover multimedia experiences that combine video, animation and games to delve into fascinating scientific topics, such as polar ecosystems, solar storms and renewable energy.

NASA isn't just sending missions into space; the agency has also launched Teachable Moments, connecting classrooms - and homes - with resources for investigating the latest discoveries about our universe. There are a range of activities and lessons that are suitable for grades K-12.

NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is another source of free online content. Educators share daily Facebook Live videos that pair with hands-on activities (instructions are available as free downloads) using materials that can be found at home. Topics include rocketry 101, tours of Space Shuttle Atlantis and the Astronaut Training Experience, and living in space and on Mars.

"Space Racers," an animated series for preschoolers about spacefaring cadets at the Stardust Space Academy, also offers science-based lessons, and space-related educational activities that families can explore together.

Ranger Rick, the children's magazine of the National Wildlife Federation, is making its website free to all visitors through the end of June. Free Ranger Rick Educator's Guides and Ranger Rick Jr. Parent Reading Guides are also available to parents and educators.

Beginning physics students will find plenty to discover in the Physics Classroom, and there are teacher toolkits for supplementing the site's online lessons with videos, animations, simulations and exercises.

Want to have a family Q&A with a scientist? Sign up at Skype a Scientist and get matched with an expert, for a live Skype chat with your family about real scientific research.

stemCONNECT uses video conferencing to bring together students and experts in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The site also has a free video library of Florida-based STEM experts talking about STEM application in a range of careers.

Explore simple plant science with this list of Live Science xperiments, or learn about non-Newtonian fluids by making colorful slime - regular or extra puffy - with glue and food coloring.

Creative and relaxing fun

Color Our Collections offers free PDF downloads of coloring pages created from art in the collections of 117 institutions, including The New York Academy of Medicine Library, Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, RISD Museum, the North Carolina Museum of Art, The Canadian Canoe Museum and The Royal Horticultural Society libraries.

Got a 3D printer? You can download digital 3D models from NASA and print miniature satellites, landing sites, asteroids, spacecraft, spacesuits and astronaut tools.

If you have a regular printer (and paper), you can print and build paper models of Rosetta and Philae, the space probe and lander that visited comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014. More paper models of satellites and observatories are available for download from the European Space Agency's website.

Artist and writer Mo Willems (author of "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!") is hosting daily Lunch Doodles video sessions every weekday at 1 p.m. EDT. Each daily episode is accompanied by a downloadable activity page.

What could be more soothing than watching jellyfish drifting serenely through the water? In "MeditOcean," the Monterey Bay Aquarium hosts a soothing 11-minute guided meditation video, featuring the undulating and graceful ballet of several aquarium jellyfish.

Children in grades 3 to 12 can learn to write their names in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, in this step-by-step guide from the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada.

A good story sounds even better when it's read in microgravity. Story Time from Space sends children's books to the International Space Station (ISS), where the books are read on video by astronauts as they orbit hundreds of miles above Earth.

Snap Circuits are educational kits that teach kids - and adults! - about engineering and how electronics work. To help teachers, parents and students, the company has made its how-to guides available to download for free.

Get moving with fitness instructor Joe Wicks! His new video series, P.E. with Joe, presents a daily 30-minute workout that kids can perform at home.

There are 10 live webcams at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, where you can peek at sharks, sea otters, penguins and more. The San Diego Zoo has 11 animal webcams, Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute has four animal webcams, and there are six webcams at the Houston Zoo.

And if you're feeling really adventurous, you can visit the surface of Mars in a spectacular high-resolution, 360-degree photo tour, created from images captured by the Curiosity rover.
OFFER: Save at least 53% with our latest magazine deal!

With impressive cutaway illustrations that show how things function, and mindblowing photography of the world's most inspiring spectacles, How It Works represents the pinnacle of engaging, factual fun for a mainstream audience keen to keep up with the latest tech and the most impressive phenomena on the planet and beyond. Written and presented in a style that makes even the most complex subjects interesting and easy to understand, How It Works is enjoyed by readers of all ages.
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Activities and online resources for homebound kids: A coronavirus guide

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Queensland Symphony Orchestra Educational Resources 

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Queensland Symphony Orchestra supports our state's music teachers and community musicians with opportunities to learn from world class musicians, conductors and clinicians.

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Athlone Education Centre Weekly Challenge June 7th

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Athlone Education Centre Weekly Challenge June 7th

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Millions of free jigsaw puzzles created by a large community. Create, play, share jigsaw puzzles and compete with other users.

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Daughters of Charity Disability Support Service

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What is Social Distancing? A Narrated Guide for Children

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Dig it YouTube - Fun History Activities 

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The Virtual Tour of the Acropolis monuments is a web application that allows the exploration of the archaeological site in an interactive way.

The Virtual Tour of the Acropolis monuments consists of high-resolution gigapixel images and panoramas of the most prominent monuments - the Parthenon, the Propylaia, the Erechtheion and the Temple of Athena Nike - as well as detailed photographic displays of selected views from the outer surface of the ancient walls surrounding the hill. Each view is complemented with descriptive information about the monuments and selected areas of interest.

An orthophoto map of the site's area facilitates orientation and navigation of the visitor to each viewpoint. The images allow detailed zooming onto the architectural features of the monuments, which are otherwise difficult to experience during an onsite visit. Visitors can comprehend the location of the monuments in relation to its surroundings or even to realize a virtual "walk" through the site by selecting at will their own successive viewpoints.

CONTRIBUTORS

The application is an initiative of the Acropolis Restoration Service (YSMA) and comprises an upgrade from a previous version with a focus on extending the app's functionality to both stationary and portable devices. The decision to adopt "state of the art" technological solutions to "bring online" the entirety of the archaeological site is not merely a statement for the preservation work undertaken by the institution, but also a great contribution to the institution's mission to promote access to cultural heritage. Enhanced visual access may be used as a starting point for interested parties and potential visitors to get to know the monuments, but also as a scientific or educational tool to enable research in various disciplines.

The application has been created through the collaboration of the Documentation Office of YSMA with Culturplay that specializes in the provision of digital media solutions and interarctive tools for the cultural heritage domain.

The following people worked for this application:
YSMA - Project supervision, Content management: E. Lempidaki, I. Alexopoulos, M. Katsianis, K. Koutsadelis, D. Mavromati, E.Petropoulou

Culturplay - Project production

Design, Programming, Image Processing: A. Giannakidis

Panoramic Photography: G. Gerogiannis

Technology Consultant: A. Skorjanc

Programming: Y. Stergiou, G. Giakoumidakis, G. Papadakis

Typography: A. Mouriadou, E. Bountouraki

Production Support: L. Mantzourani

PRODUCTION DETAILS

The production of panoramic photomosaics at resolutions of several gigapixels was realised between 2010 and 2014 by employing established practices of digital image acquisition and processing.

In order to achieve the best possible mapping of natural lighting on the monuments together with the display of shaded details, High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging techniques were used for capturing and combining different exposure levels of the same theme.

Starting from the RAW photos all the way up to the combined and color-corrected finalised panoramas, all intermediate outputs were maintained in order to be able to reproduce and control the entire manufacturing process for future reference.

The krpano viewer and revelant tools are used for the display of the panoramic images within the application. Techniques to minimize the optical deformation of the monuments were applied during the construction of the photomosaics and are also used for their rendering within the application.

Particular emphasis was also placed on the typographic formatting of all textual information included, especially with respect to its effective adaptation to different screen sizes. Moreover, a series of interface controls were developed to facilitate user navigation tasks on touch screens.

The contents of the application are stored in a Content Delivery Network that significantly accelerates data serving to end-users.

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The Virtual Tour of the Acropolis monuments is a web application that allows the exploration of the archaeological site in an interactive way. The Virtual Tour of the Acropolis monuments consists of high-resolution gigapixel images and panoramas of the most prominent monuments - the Parthenon, the Propylaia, the Erechtheion and the Temple of Athena Nike - as well as detailed photographic displays of selected views from the outer surface of the ancient walls surrounding the hill.

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Virtual Tour - Forbidden City, Beijing, China

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Virtual Tour - Forbidden City, Beijing, China

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Virtually explore The Forbidden City in a fully immersive 360-degree experience.

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Virtual Tour - Terra Cotta Warriors, China

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Virtual Tour - Terra Cotta Warriors, China

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Virtual Tours of Various Football Stadia

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Virtual Tours of Various Football Stadia

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Virtual Tour of The Hermitage St Petersburg, Russia

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Virtual Tour of The Hermitage St Petersburg, Russia

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Athlone Education Centre Weekly Challenge May 17th

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Athlone Education Centre Weekly Challenge May 17th

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Athlone Education Centre Weekly Challenge May 24th

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National Gallery of Ireland - Virtual Tour

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Explore the wonders of the National Gallery of Ireland's collection, and take a leisurely stroll around our beautiful galleries from the comfort of your own home in the first in a series of virtual tours.
Our physical buildings may be temporarily closed, but you can transport yourself behind our walls by taking a virtual tour of our rooms, where you are free to navigate and explore the works on display at your own pace. NOTE: You can also view this tour in VR, if you have Google Cardboard or Samsung VR. Just click the VR icon in the lower right corner when you are in the rooms.

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Virtual Tour of the National Gallery of Ireland

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For more than 200 years, the White House has been more than just the home of the Presidents and their families. Throughout the world, it is recognized as the symbol of the President, of the President's administration, and of the United States. The White House is the only private residence of a head of state that is open to the public, free of charge.

Our first president, George Washington, selected the site for the White House in 1791. The cornerstone was laid in 1792 and a competition design submitted by Irish-born architect James Hoban was chosen. After eight years of construction, President John Adams and his wife, Abigail, moved into the unfinished house in 1800. During the War of 1812, the British set fire to the President's House in 1814. James Hoban was appointed to rebuild the house, and President James Monroe moved into the building in 1817. During Monroe's administration, the South Portico was constructed in 1824, and Andrew Jackson oversaw the addition of the North Portico in 1829. During the late 19th century, various proposals were made to significantly expand the President's House or to build an entirely new house for the president, but these plans were never realized.

In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt began a major renovation of the White House, including the relocation of the president's offices from the Second Floor of the Residence to the newly constructed temporary Executive Office Building (now known as the West Wing). The Roosevelt renovation was planned and carried out by the famous New York architectural firm McKim, Mead and White. Roosevelt's successor, President William Howard Taft, had the Oval Office constructed within an enlarged office wing.

Less than fifty years after the Roosevelt renovation, the White House was showing signs of serious structural weakness. President Harry S. Truman began a renovation of the building in which everything but the outer walls were dismantled. The reconstruction was overseen by architect Lorenzo Winslow, and the Truman family moved back into the White House in 1952.

Every president since John Adams has occupied the White House, and the history of this building extends far beyond the construction of its walls. From the Ground Floor Corridor rooms, transformed from their early use as service areas, to the State Floor rooms, where countless leaders and dignitaries have been entertained, the White House is both the home of the President of the United States his family and a museum of American history. The White House is a place where history continues to unfold.

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The White House, Washington D.C., United States - Google Arts & Culture

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Topkapı Palace - Harem Section Virtual Tour Project

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Church of Chora, Istanbul's Byzantine Marvel

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Chora Museum

Naos Mosaics

The main dome of the Chora church is the Naos. It has a size of 10.5 m x 15 m., it is supported by four columns, surrounded by six-teen long windows and is well illuminated by natural light. The main room's floor and walls are covered with marbl eup to the cornice level,one is also decorated with Theodoros Metochite's monograms. Inside the apse is the mihrab made in the Ottoman period, indicating the direction of Mecca. The Naos includes the Death of the Virgin (Greek: "Η Κοίμηση της Θεοτόκου"), the Virgin the Hodegetria (Greek, Oδηγήτρια, One who shows the way), and Jesus Christ holding the Book of Gospels, open to Matthew.

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Church of Chora, Istanbul's Byzantine Marvel

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Marrakesh is an intoxicating city known for its souks, spices, snake charmers and hidden palaces. Offering a taste of Africa within easy reach of Europe, it certainly lives up to the hype. Just check out our 360° Best of Marrakesh Virtual Tour. Planning a trip to Marrakesh?

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Ephesus - 3D Virtual Tour

Ephesus virtual tours can be started by clicking the preview window or by downloading the stand-alone versions. Just drag the mouse to the direction you want to look. Use the scroll wheel to zoom at the details. Press F9 to get a list of the 3D sites you downloaded (residing in the same directory). To install the listed sites as a screensaver press F5. Our advise is to install all the sites, including Ephesus, as a screensaver. When the screensaver starts, a random site is chosen and shown around automatically (this gives the impression of looking at a documentary in HD quality). To see the usage of other keys press F1. Press Ecs to exit.

Panorama shootings for Ephesus were done in the year 2018. Shooting equipment was Sony a6000 (double) digital camera, 7.5 mm fisheye lens, remote control, panoramic tripod head and a tripod. For Ephesus 48+ pictures were taken. The pictures that are taken for different angles are later combined using a computer to form a full 360 degree panoramic view, surrounding the viewer both horizontally and vertically.

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Ephesus virtual tours can be started by clicking the preview window or by downloading the stand-alone versions. Just drag the mouse to the direction you want to look. Use the scroll wheel to zoom at the details. Press F9 to get a list of the 3D sites you downloaded (residing in the same directory).

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Explore the architecture and history of Rome, walking around a 3D digital model of the ancient city, with this free online course.

Rome: A Virtual Tour of the Ancient City

Explore ancient Rome through a unique, historically accurate 3D model.

Take a guided tour around ancient Rome with expert Dr Matthew Nicholls, using his detailed and award-winning 3D digital model of the city. Explore Rome's architecture and how it was used - how did Romans worship their gods and meet their political masters? How was drinking water supplied to the city's million inhabitants? Moving seamlessly between footage of contemporary Rome and the digital model (including interactive elements), you'll explore these questions and much more.

Use this insight to inform your own encounters with the eternal city and the study of ancient history more generally.

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What topics will you&nbspcover?
Week one: Ancient Rome location and infrastructure

Geographical and historical overview

Introduction to the digital model

Roman building materials and techniques

The importance of aqueducts and sewers

Using coins to illustrate ancient architecture

Week two: Political architecture in Ancient Rome

The Imperial Fora

The function and development of the Forum

Types of monumental architecture

Using poetry as evidence to investigate the past

Week three: Religious architecture in Ancient Rome

Overview of Roman religion

The architecture of the Capitoline Hill

Developments in Imperial temple architecture

Worshipping the gods

Week four: Life and death in Ancient Rome

Overview of Roman housing

Food supply in the ancient city

How the Romans liked to be remembered

Using inscriptions as evidence to investigate the past

Week five: Bread and circuses (entertainment architecture) in Ancient Rome

The importance of entertainment for Rome's rulers

The architecture and function of theatres and circuses

Roman baths and bathing

Using evidence to understand the Colosseum

What will you&nbspachieve?

By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

Explore different categories of building within the city, and the functions they housed

Investigate a range of evidence including archaeological remains, coins, literary texts, and inscriptions to learn how we can understand and interpret the ancient past

Discuss the way the rulers of Rome used architecture to adorn the city and keep it functioning

Experience digital modelling as a way of presenting the ancient past, exploring models on screen and in videos and discussing what they can show us

Who is the course&nbspfor?

This course is open to anyone with an interest in discovering more about ancient Rome. You might be: planning a visit to the Italian capital; an avid watcher of documentaries on Roman history; or considering studying archaeology, classics or history at university.

What do people say about this course?

Diving in those marvellous virtual tours was something new for me and also very informative. Thank you very much.

A very interesting, engaging course. Thank you, Matthew! I hope to find many of these sites when I am in Rome for the first time in October. As for the "eternal" question of which emporer had the biggest impact, my initial thought was Augustus and I'm even more sure of my answer having completed the course. He not only built many great structures but set the standard that others followed in building and growing this great city.

Who will you learn&nbspwith?

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Explore the architecture and history of Rome, walking around a 3D digital model of the ancient city, with this free online course. Rome: A Virtual Tour of the Ancient City Take a guided tour around ancient Rome with expert Dr Matthew Nicholls, using his detailed and award-winning 3D digital model of the city.

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Take a look around and explore the Secret Annex where Anne Frank was in hiding for more than two years during World War II, and where she wrote her diary.

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We begin our story about Varanasi with the historical and cultural information about the city. After that there are personal impressions of AirPano photographers Dmitry Moiseenko and Stas Sedov, who went to India for shooting this virtual tour.

The ancient city of Varanasi is one of the most interesting landmarks of India, and it is probably the most unique. The fame of Varanasi is based not only on its architecture but also on its history and its important role in Hinduism.

The city is as important for Hindu people as the Vatican is for Catholics or Mecca is for Muslims. According to the legends, the God Shiva founded the city of Varanasi about 5 thousand years ago. In Hindu cosmology, the city is considered the, "center of Earth", and most religious activity here occurs around stair structures called ghats.

Hindu people consider ghats a "celestial road." Ghats can also be found in other cities along the sacred rivers of India. However, only in Varanasi, along the left bank of the Ganges River can one find ghats, which are the most well-known in Hinduism. Ghats serve not only as a ritual lustration, but they also are used for ritual burials followed by the cremation of a body.

There are a total of 84 ghats in Varanasi. Over ten thousand people perform the ritual of lustration in the waters of the Ganges on their steps every day. A real ritual sacrifice is performed on Dashashwamedh Ghat every night; and the ritual Hindu pyre burns on Manikarnika Ghat for many centuries. Hindu people from all over the country come to the city for the holy experience, and numerous tourists watch the breathtaking and bright (literally) ceremonies in awe.

Other landmarks of Varanasi are the 23,000 or so Hindu temples. However, the temples were built not too long ago to replace ancient temples that have been vandalized and destroyed during various war conflicts of the past.

The most famous Hindu ritual structure of the city is Kashi Vishwanath Temple, (The Golden Temple) located in Godolia city district. In 1835 the roof of the temple was plated with 820 kilos of pure gold. Built in the 18th century, the Goddess Durga Temple is also a famous landmark of Varanasi. The only wooden temple in Varanasi built in Nepalese style (after the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu) is located on Lalita Ghat, which is protected by the royal family of Nepal. The fine wood used for the temple was brought to India directly from Nepal.

There are Christian churches and Muslim mosques in the city. And, the city is of great importance for Buddhist believers: it is said that Gautama Buddha gave his first teaching after becoming an Enlightened One in Sarnath, the suburb of Varanasi. Today, Sarnath, with its numerous Buddhist temples and monasteries, is a place of pilgrimage for Buddhists from around the world.

Interestingly, the religious architectural monuments are not the only landmarks of Varanasi. The famous baranasi silk, one of the best quality silks in the entire India, was invented here. It is characterized by its fine whimsical patterns made of gold and silver threads. Baranasi saris are in great demand, and this is why numerous manufacturing plants operate in the city and its suburbs. Tens of thousands of people are employed at the silk-making plants.

And, if I may add, Varanasi is also an important center for education in India, which makes it rise above the common opinion. This is truly a unique mixture of ancient and modern times, rituals and progress, and death and life. We hope that we managed to capture the amazing atmosphere through our photo panoramas.

Dmitry Moiseenko's story:

There are a few cities in the world that possess a strange aura. To me, all of them-for some reason-are located in Asia. They are places that take you "on a trip", rewiring your brain and canceling all of your Western habits and values. These places are like another planet where everything is unacceptable yet stunning at the same time, and where people look like us, but they seem to be from another galaxy. I am not saying that it is good or bad; I am just sharing a fact from my own experience.

I first experienced this feeling in Katmandu, and then the second time I was "hit" in Angkor, and the Indian city of Varanasi became the third place that affected me in the same manner. These are places worth returning to. I went to Katmandu 5 times, to Angkor-3 times, and I went to Varanasi only twice, which means that the story has just begun.

It is hard to describe the charm of the city in words. Everything is designed to make a white man feel uncomfortable and scared. This is indeed the City of the Dead, and not only because of the constant fires at the waterfront (24 hours a day they burn dead bodies brought here from all over India). Half-rotten remains of farm animals and human bodies, which for some specific reason were denied "a cleansing fire", float down the river, adding to the overall grim picture.

However, this is not the main point. The point is that people come here to die. Stone steps, multiple temples, and ritual cremation places called ghats, stretch for 5 kilometers along the shoreline. For many people it has become a waiting place. It is a place where they wait for their death, which in some cases may take years or even decades... Hindu people believe that if a person dies in Varanasi and is cremated on the shores of the Ganges River, the cycle of rebirths stops, and his soul reaches the state of bliss and never returns to the material world. The city is charged with the energy of death and its expectation, but there is no negativity evident.

(A quick note for this paragraph: I changed "stretched" to "stretch" because you wrote "come", which means that it is in the present tense. I am going to then try to keep the entire format of this part of the article in present tense.)

Instead, the air is filled with the expectation of happiness. This is a living city: there are over one million citizens, temples and hotels, and narrow streets, which one takes to squeeze down to the riverside while stepping over cow droppings and dodging motorcyclists... In Varanasi, everyone seems to know everything, but, of course, my "guide" spends a good hour taking my luggage and me eventually to a wrong place... The fumes of sewage, hashish, and incense haunt me in the labyrinth of streets, but it all disappears the moment I step out onto the riverbank. There is something like smog, or smoke, or fog hanging above the river. Voices and prayers pierce the air; someone is performing Pūjā, the purifying fire ritual; hermits are meditating over ashes; and someone is doing laundry and brushing his teeth in the Ganges water. Cows leisurely walk on the stone steps, and boats full of locals move up and down the river, going about their important (but completely mysterious to me) business... In the evening, the ghats are illuminated by spotlights and ritual fires. The music is loud, someone is dancing, and the stone steps are ten times more crowded than during the day... Maybe they don't sleep at all? As for me, I am falling asleep to the sound of sitars and shrill chanting...

It is sunrise - I walk out to the roof of the guesthouse. The burgundy disk of the sun is barely seen through the haze. Above the empty opposite bank of the river, not a single structure is evident, only sand is visible. I am looking down at our bank-there is life. A glance into the far distance-there is the desert and death. Only the thin line of the great river separates the two instances...

Stas Sedov's story:

So far, to me, India is the most interesting country out of all of the countries that I have visited during my time with AirPano. When I tell my friends about India, they almost always ask me about the smell. In general, I wouldn't say that things are that horrible in India. There are rather sophisticated places in Delhi, for example. However, the city of Varanasi stands apart from the rest of the country. In my personal uneducated opinion, the smell of Varanasi probably amounts to the smell of India times two.

It is hard to put it in words, but let me try anyway: imagine an old congested town with practically no sewage system, where all waste flows into the river in open ditches. Cows and goats roam the streets freely. Local people are also not too shy to answer the "call of nature" right then and there. And, all this "incense" is liberally seasoned with a sweet smell of cremated bodies.

Europeans are strongly advised to not bathe in the Ganges. I have heard enough educational stories about what one can "catch" in the local waters, and so the idea to take a dip didn't even occur to me. There was something else that puzzled me: literally, after just a few hours in the city, I stopped smelling the feces that was flowing into the river. I have no idea what happened, though. Perhaps it was the fresh wind blowing from the opposite, empty, riverbank, or, perhaps my brain experienced a sensory overload and simply shut off my receptors. One way or another, the foul smell absolutely didn't bother me while Dima Moiseyenko and I photographed Varanasi for several days.

There was only one unpleasant moment: the boatman, who was taking us down the river during our photo sessions, telling us a story of his life and chewing khat (a plant with drug qualities that Indian people traditionally chew for hours), at one point spat khat overboard and scooped some water up to rinse his mouth. Literally, just a few minutes prior, I had seen yet another ritual bundle with the remains of some animal in the water. I almost threw up right there...

Apart from bathing in the Ganges, there is another very important aspect of the city life: the ritual burning of dead bodies in the crematories located on the riverbank. The British had tried to eradicate this tradition after colonizing India, but they didn't succeed. Naturally, we had to try and shoot one of the functional crematories from the air.

I have to say that although tourists are allowed to watch the cremation ceremony, taking pictures is prohibited. However, we managed to persuade the crematory workers to let us do so. Truth to be told, our boatman did not like the idea, and so after his brief "oar duel" with Dima, he bid us farewell. And, so, our aerial photo shoot had to be done from the shore.

25 July 2014

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Welcome to Rajasthan - Official Website of Department of Tourism, Government of Rajasthan

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Rajasthan Tourism website is state government's official portal for providing information on tourist destinations, tours and travels to Rajasthan, India. Travel Broucher available.

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The National Park Service app

Features

The NPS App was created by National Park Service staff-people who know national parks-to help you make the most of your visit. The NPS App takes authoritative information from park rangers and combines it with a great suite of features. Here's a quick look at some of those features.

Interactive Maps: Each park has a detailed map that includes points of interest, along with roads, trails, and other information to plan your trip.

Park Tours: What is there to see? Self-guided tours take you to interesting places in the park. Discover popular destinations as well as places off the beaten track. It's like having a ranger by your side to guide your trip, giving you suggestions for places to go, directions to get there, and things to do once you arrive.

Amenities: It's the little-and sometimes not so little-things that can make or break a park visit. Learn where you can find and access transportation, food, restrooms, shopping, and more.

Accessibility: The app offers a fully accessible experience with tools to benefit visitors with accessibility needs, such as audio descriptions of exhibits along trails and roads and in visitor centers.

Offline Use: No internet access? No problem! You can download content from entire parks for offline use. It's especially handy if you're exploring remote areas in parks or concerned about data limits.

Share Your Visit: Tell your friends and family about the fun things you did by creating and sharing virtual postcards with scenes from the park.

Things to Do: What do you want to do in a park-hike? Take a bus tour or scenic drive? Visit a museum? Join a ranger program? Become a junior ranger? Discover all the fun, entertaining, and educational activities parks have to offer.

News, Alerts & Events: What's happening? Get news and events for all parks-or selected parks of your choosing.

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Virtual Tours and Ranger Programs - Grand Canyon National Park (U.S. National Park Service)

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Peterhof Palace and Gardens, St Petersburg, Russia

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Nowadays Peterhof is a world-famous complex consisting of various palaces and gardens, and it's considered to be one of the most important sights in St. Petersburg and Russia. Before the 18th century its territory was occupied by only a few Finnish villages. It wasn't until year 1705 that the word "Peterhof" appeared in the first travel journal of Peter the Great (Peterhof is Dutch for "Peter's yard"). The tsar saw this area as a good place to construct a landing for travelling to and from Kotlin island.

By 1714 Peter the Great had the idea to build a luxurious country residence, as luxurious as French Versailles. The complex of magnificent buildings was meant to glorify the power of Russia, and its recent victory over Sweden for an outlet to the Baltic Sea.

To turn this idea into reality the construction was started in the nearby village of Strelna, but later it turned out that the terrain in Peterhof would allow to build higher fountains due to its numerous underground springs, so construction was moved there. The best architects of Europe were invited to participate in the construction process. However, old drawings made by the tsar, his decrees, and notes on the documents suggest that the general concept design of entire complex, and, sometimes, design of individual architectural elements and fountains belonged to Peter the Great himself. The grand opening of the residence took place in 1723: by that time they planned out the Lower Gardens, dug the Sea Channel and launched some fountains; they also placed statues, vases, and busts on cascades, terraces, and alleys. Even then the beauty of "Peter's yard" astonished visitors, but a new round of construction started by the Empress Anna Ivanovna, successor of Peter the Great, that made Peterhof one of the largest palace-park ensembles in the world.

Modern Peterhof includes several palaces and park complexes that were under construction for almost two centuries. The Lower Gardens, Upper Gardens, and English Park were built in the 18th century; the Alexandria Park, Kolonistsky Park, Meadow Park, Alexander Park, Sergievka Park, and Lower Dacha were built in the 19th century. Peterhof is often compared to Versailles (the tsar's project was realized as intended), but many critics believe that it's a wrong comparison. European palaces and parks are more continental, whereas Peterhof was born from the romance of sea and it perfectly blends into surrounding picturesque waters.

One of the most famous landmarks of Peterhof is Samson Fountain, the central fountain with 21 meter high water jets. According to the original plan, there was supposed to be a statue of Hercules defeating the Hydra of Lerna in the center of the Grand Cascade fountains, but it was replaced by a statue of Samson tearing the lion's mouth.

A fountain monument was erected in 1735 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the historic victory of the Russian army over the Swedes at the Battle of Poltava on June 27th, 1709 (the day of St. Sampson the Hospitable). It explains why Hercules was replaced by Samson: the lion is associated with Sweden, because it's depicted on the arms of Sweden.

The fountain was badly damaged during the World War II, and the original statue was lost. The Samson that we can see now in Peterhof is a copy that was carefully re-designed using archival drawings and photographs.

There were other Peterhof sights that were damaged during the war: the Upper Gardens, the Lower Gardens and fountain water pipeline system. The restoration work started in 1944 continues to this day. But it's hard to notice: the complex of palaces and gardens has been restored almost completely, which you can see for yourself through our panoramas.

Photo by Stanislav Sedov and Dmitry Moiseenko

25 October 2013

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"It's beautiful,and owesome.... congratulations to all your team thank you"

Pls let me know the format of the 360 degree view!!! Is it make on 3D Max?

***** ... ONCE AGAIN I would like to express my GRATITUDE to each and every one of those who have made possible this EXCELLENT WORK!!!!
~.~ On behalf of my FRIENDS and also my own:
T H O U S A N D ... T H A N K S !!! ~.~

Ines T. B.
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¡¡FANTASTICO!!, ¡¡EXTRAORDINARIO!! No hay palabras
para expresar tanta belleza.
Hacéis un trabajo maravilloso. MUCHAS GRACIAS.

Greate shots.
how much is the height of the "Above the grand cascade " panorama?

Wonderful!
Thank You!
You let us see the beautiful places we can not travel to, free, for no cost. Thanks many times, especially because its being free, for otherwise I couldn't see it from inside Iran!

Thank you, Reza! We are glad if you will visit our site again!

Stunning, it's nice to see the rest of the world.

Thanks to you guys we can also see the world

Extraordinarily beautiful, congratulations to all overviews of your impressive work!
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Straordinariamente bella, complimenti anche per tutte le panoramiche del vostro imponente lavoro!

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With a first-person perspective, panoramas, and an interactive historical journey, we have brought together the very best virtual tours of the Iron Lady to offer our readers an extraordinary immersive experience.

A full, virtual reality tour of the Eiffel Tower

On the occasion of the Eiffel Tower's 130th anniversary, TV5 Monde created a 360° virtual reality tour that reveals every aspect of the Tower in 3 minutes, featuring sunrise from the Champ-de-Mars and a panoramic ascent to the top, both inside and out. See the Eiffel Tower as if you were there, and much more! TV5 Monde takes you beyond the summit and behind the scenes to discover an unrivaled view of the French capital.

Panoramic views from the Eiffel Tower on the mobile tour guide

Our new mobile tour guide has the best panoramic views from the Eiffel Tower, both day and night. So even if you're not at the Eiffel Tower, don't wait to discover it! The guide let's you admire Paris as if you were on the 2nd floor, or at the Tower's summit.

Use the arrows on the edges of your screen to navigate from the esplanade to the summit in the Tower's mobile guide. You can choose "panorama" mode for views from the 2nd floor and the summit. Scan the horizon to the right or left, activate night mode, and zoom in to see Notre-Dame cathedral, Place de la Concorde, the Hôtel des Invalides, and many other Parisian monuments.

Don't miss this comprehensive, high-definition experience that is sure to amaze you!

Tip: click on the icon at the bottom of your screen and easily identify the points of interest visible from the different floors of the Eiffel Tower. They are accompanied by a brief description to learn more about what surrounds you!

The Eiffel Tower explained by Google Arts and Culture

Google Arts and Culture is a free service that allows you to visit museums and monuments online, making art and culture more accessible than ever! In partnership with Google Arts and Culture, the Eiffel Tower offers interactive historical journeys to discover the hidden secrets of this world-renowned monument steeped in history.

The different exhibits on various themes will transport you to the heart of Paris in the 1900s, with breathtaking images that showcase the know-how of the time.

Explore the monument

After enjoying the panoramic views from the Tower and the historical exhibits, complete your virtual tour directly on our website, under the Discover and Monument tabs, that allow you to explore all there is to know about the Tower.
- The "xplore" section presents the particularities of the gardens and each floor of the Tower.
- The "he Tower" section tells the complete history of the Eiffel Tower, in all its aspects, from its birth to its elevators, lighting, scientific research, and much more.

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Take a virtual trip to the heart of this emblematic Parisian monument and see the Eiffel Tower like you've never seen it before.

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Pyramids Temples of Egypt reconstructions of pyramids and temples

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Pyramids Temples of Egypt computer-generated reconstructions of what the pyramids and temples might have looked like when they were first built.

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Mission Operations - 360-Degree Virtual Tour

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Take a 360-degree, virtual tour of the Hubble Space Telescope's home for mission operations, the Space Telescope Operations Control Center (STOCC) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Begin in the lobby to learn about the orbiting spacecraft. Visit the Mission Operations Room, where the flight operators command and monitor Hubble.

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Online tours - Enjoy the Louvre at home!

1. Back to Home

2. See all breadcrumbs

3. Online tours

Virtual tours

From afar. Travelling Materials and Objects

Through materials and objects, this exhibition describes exchanges between distant worlds - exchanges often far more ancient than the explorations of the 16th century. From deepest antiquity, carnelian, lapis lazuli, ebony and ivory circulated along trade routes...

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Take a virtual tour of the Giant's Causeway

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Discover the Giant's Causeway in County Antrim, Northern Ireland on a virtual tour with the National Trust.

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Blarney Castle is situated in Blarney Village which is 8 km northwest from Cork city in the South of Ireland. See the map below for more details.

Directions from Cork Airport

From Airport follow signs for City Centre

From City Centre follow signs for Limerick (N20)

Travel for 7 km; exit left (signposted Blarney)

Arrive at Blarney

Directions from Shannon

By Car: Follow the road to Limerick. Then follow signs for Mallow and take the turn off before Cork City to Blarney.

By Bus: There is a direct bus from Shannon Airport to Cork City, check out www.buseireann.ie for information on bus timetables.

There are no direct routes via train from Shannon to Cork.

Directions from Dublin

By Car: It takes 3-4 hours to get from Dublin to Cork. Take the N8 motorway and follow the signs south for Cork, then on to Blarney.

Public Transport: Trains leave for Cork on a regular basis. Check www.irishrail.ie for further information on timetables. Or phone Kent Train Station, Cork; Telephone + 353 21 456 766 www.buseireann.ie for bus timetables Aircoach: a bus leaves Dublin airport eight times a day directly for Cork, it is the cheapest way but can take anywhere from 5-7 hours depending on traffic. See www.aircoach.ie for more information.

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Virtual Tour View of The Cliffs of Moher, Co Clare

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Virtual Tour View of The Cliffs of Moher, Co Clare

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Explore some of the great treasures on display in the Medieval Museum galleries.

Begin your virtual tour in the Gift Shop / Reception and then travel underground to visit the 13th century Choristers' Hall and the 15th century Mayor's Wine Vault.

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Places to See | Co. Galway, Ireland

Kylemore Abbey & Victorian Walled Garden is one of Ireland's most romantic castles, set in the stunning surrounds of Connemara. It has one of the prime examples of the parks and gardens in Ireland.

Thousands of people come to visit this attraction in Co. Galway every year to see the magnificent fairy tale castle and Abbey. They also come to experience not only the natural beauty of Kylemore but to experience the aura of peace and tranquillity and a sense of spirituality.

As a fully operation example of the churches and monasteries of Ireland, The Benedictine Nuns remain in residence at Kylemore and as Directors of the Kylemore Trust, they are very much part of the fabric of today's Kylemore, indeed its spiritual heart.

Open all year with woodland walks, Ireland's largest Victorian Walled Garden, shop and restaurant.

Address: Kylemore Abbey, Kylemore, Connemara, Co Galway Ireland

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Places to See | Co. Galway, Ireland Kylemore Abbey & Victorian Walled Garden is one of Ireland's most romantic castles, set in the stunning surrounds of Connemara. It has one of the prime examples of the parks and gardens in Ireland. Thousands of people come to visit this attraction in Co.

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Places to See | Co. Wexford, Ireland

The oldest intact operational lighthouse in the world apparently.

Lighthouses have a magic and mysticism of their own, none more so than the 13th Century Hook Lighthouse in County Wexford. Hook Lighthouse can be found at the tip of the Hook Peninsula in County Wexford in Ireland. The current structure has stood for almost 800 years!

The headland is known in Irish as Rinn Dubháin, St. Dubhán's Head. However, the similar-sounding Irish word 'duán' means a fish hook, hence the English name. It is known locally as "the tower of Hook."

Hook Lighthouse offers guided tours of the lighthouse tower all year round and is one of the top places to see in Wexford.

The first custodians to the light were a small group of monks whose small monastery was situated on the peninsula. The monks who lived at this monastery would have lit warning fires and beacons all through the years to warn sailors of the dangerous rocks on the peninsula. The monks left the tower and were replaced by the first lighthouse keepers in the mid 1600's. In March 1996, The Hook Lighthouse was converted to automatic operation and the last light-keepers who had climbed the stairs and tended the light were permanently withdrawn from the station. The lighthouse is now remotely controlled from Dun Laoghaire by the Commissioners of Irish Lights.

In 2001 the light was opened to the public as a tourist attraction after the old keepers houses were turned into a visitor centre. In June 2011 the structure was placed first by Lonely Planet in its list of "Top 10 Flashiest Lighthouses"; the guide described Hook as "The great granddaddy of lighthouses".

Whales and dolphins can be observed from the shoreline around Hook Head with a good pair of binoculars. Humpback whales and Fin whales usually visit The Hook area in the winter months to feed on the huge shoals of herring.

Guided Tours of the Lighthouse available all year but may be restricted during dangerous weather conditions.
Opening Times
June/July/August 9.30am to 6pm
May/September 9.30am to 5.30pm
Rest of year 9.30am to 5pm

Access to the Lighthouse is by guided tour only.
June/July/August - Every half hour from 10am to 5.30pm
Rest of Year - Every hour on the hour from 11am to 5pm

Address: Hook Lighthouse, Hook Head, Churchtown, Fethard-On-Sea, New Ross, County Wexford Ireland

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Places to See | Co. Wexford, Ireland The oldest intact operational lighthouse in the world apparently. Lighthouses have a magic and mysticism of their own, none more so than the 13th Century Hook Lighthouse in County Wexford. Hook Lighthouse can be found at the tip of the Hook Peninsula in County Wexford in Ireland.

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Places to See | Dublin, Ireland Built in honour of Ireland's patron saint, Saint Patrick's Cathedral stands adjacent to the famous well where tradition has it Saint Patrick baptised converts on his visit to Dublin. It is also known as The National Cathedral and Collegiate Church of Saint Patrick, Dublin.

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Virtual Tours - Yellowstone National Park (U.S. National Park Service)

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From behind London Zoo's gates we're bringing the Zoo to you!

Remember to come back often - we're regularly updating this page so there's always something new to enjoy.

Webcams and live streams

Animal antics

Zookeeper videos

Behind-the-scenes updates

From the comfort of your own dens, burrows and nests you'll get the best of London Zoo. Discover London's virtual zoo today!

Snacks for London's lemurs

Discover the fascinating comet moth, native to the Madagascan rainforest.

Up close with squirrel monkeys

Everyone likes a cheeky monkey! We're sure you'll fall in love with our troop of chatty black-capped squirrel monkeys.

Meet our baby sloth

Elio, one of our sloths, just had his first birthday and he's simply adorable.

Insider tips from Penguin Beach

Meet the team at Penguin Beach and find out how to tell each of our flippered friends apart.

'Live' with London Zoo's Giraffes

Discover everything you ever wanted to know about giraffes, and see behind the scenes in our zoo kitchen as giraffe 'afternoon tea' is prepared. A special recording from Summer 2019 with zookeeper Jess.

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The East Baths area of the Roman Baths, adjacent to the famous Great Bath, includes displays immersing visitors in the sights and sounds of the Roman bath house. Projections, soundscapes and CGI reconstructions show the Roman Baths at the height of their popularity as a working, living and leisure space.

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Studyladder, an online learning resource for primary and elementary students and their teachers. Lessons, activities, games, worksheets and videos in English, Literacy, Mathematics and Science.

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Used by over 70,000 teachers & 1 million students at home and school. Studyladder is an online english literacy & mathematics learning tool. Kids activity games, worksheets and lesson plans for Primary and Junior High School students in United States.

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Full units of work are designed to develop skills in a specific text type for years 1⁠-⁠6

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Last updated: 15 May 2020 at 11.55am

To protect yourself and others from coronavirus (COVID-19), think about how the virus is spread.

Coronavirus is spread in sneeze or cough droplets. To infect you, it has to get from an infected person's nose or mouth into your eyes, nose or mouth. This can be direct or indirect (on hands, objects, surfaces).

Keep this in mind. It will help you remember all the things you need to do to protect yourself and others from the virus.

Stay at home

Everyone needs to stay at home to help slow the spread of coronavirus.

You should only leave your home to:

shop for essential food and household goods

attend medical appointments, collect medicine or other health products

care for children, older people or other vulnerable people - this excludes social family visits

exercise outdoors - within 5 kilometres of your home and only with people from your household - keeping 2 metres between you and other people

travel to work if you provide an essential service - be sure to practice social distancing

visit a very sick relative in care - compassionate visits will be decided on a case-by-case basis

Do not ignore or delay seeking medical treatment for abnormal signs or symptoms that you may be experiencing. Get medical help if you need it.

Social distancing

Social distancing is important to help slow the spread of coronavirus. It does this by minimising contact between potentially infected individuals and healthy individuals.

You should:

keep a space of 2 metres (6.5 feet) between you and other people

avoid communal sleeping areas

avoid any crowded places

not shake hands or make close contact with other people, if possible

There is very little risk if you are just passing someone. But try to keep a distance of 2 metres as much as possible.

Social distancing at work

Follow social distancing advice everywhere outside the home. If you are an essential worker still going to work, this includes your workplace.

Contact the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) by emailing wcu@hsa.ie or phoning 1890 289 389 if you are:

worried about how your workplace is responding to social distancing or other measures

an employer and want advice on coronavirus prevention measures in the workplace

If you are going back to your work place, read information about returning to work safely.

There is separate advice about:

Good hygiene and hand washing

Good hygiene and washing your hands properly and often will help to stop the spread of coronavirus. Follow this advice as strictly as possible and encourage others to do this too.

When you should wash your hands

You should wash your hands:

after coughing or sneezing

before and after eating

before and after preparing food

if you were in contact with someone who has a fever or respiratory symptoms (cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing)

before and after being on public transport, if you must use it

before and after being in a crowd (especially an indoor crowd)

when you arrive and leave buildings including your home or anyone else's home

if you have handled animals or animal waste

before having a cigarette or vaping

if your hands are dirty

after toilet use

Keep your hands in good condition. Moisturise them often. Any basic product that is not perfumed or coloured is OK.
Read advice on how to wash your hands properly.
Compassionate visits

You may be able to visit a very sick relative if they are in a:

Talk to the healthcare staff caring for them. They will decide if it is safe for you to visit.

If you can visit

If you are allowed to visit:

follow any instructions you are given by healthcare staff

wash your hands properly before entering and leaving

follow social distancing rules when you visit - respect other patients, visitors and staff

If you cannot visit

It can be distressing if you can't visit your loved one. These restrictions are only in place to keep you, your loved one and healthcare staff safe. They will be lifted as soon as it is safe to do so.

Read about minding your mental health during the coronavirus pandemic.

Read about hospital service disruptions and visiting restrictions.

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Athlone Education Centre Weekly Challenge May 11th

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Music is for everyone. Play with simple experiments that let anyone, of any age, explore how music works.

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Disclaimer: This post may contain affiliate links. For more info please see my disclosure policy.

Having a background as a music teacher, I often get the asked what resources are available for homeschoolers to grow in their music studies. As such, today I'd like to share with you an Ultimate List of Online Music Education Games available for FREE to public and homeschoolers alike to have fun while learning more about music. Whether playing via iPad, SmartBoard, or laptop, each resource provides supportive games and activities to reinforce music concepts at home. For your browsing convenience, these online music education games are organized into the following categories: aural training, composers, composition, instruments, notation, symbols/vocabulary and variety.

Note: Links updated 12/8/2021 to remove all outdated games that formerly used Flash Player.

Aural Training

Composers

Composition

Musical Instruments

Notation

Symbols and Vocabulary

Music Education Games Covering Multiple Categories

These websites could not be limited to one particular musical focus but have several online music education games covering a wide-variety of musical instruments and elements.

Music Theory.Net-lessons, tools, and customizable exercises for note, key, interval, choral, and keyboard note recognition both on the staff and aurally

Music Learning Community-games to reinforce notation, symbols, intervals, and more

Quia Music Review-Jeopardy-like game to review music elements, notation, instruments, rhythm and more

Creative Kids Education Foundation Projects-learn about opera, composers, musical styles and more with different projects

eMusic Theory Practice-exercises to practice note names, piano keys, string instrument fingerings, rhythms, intervals, chords, scales, and more

Music Tech Teacher-over 130 elementary quizzes, puzzles, and games on music notes, rhythms, instruments, composers, and more

Teoria-Music theory and aural training tutorials and exercises

Looking for free online education games for another subject area? Check out the other posts in the One Humongous List of Free Online Education Games Series for a complete roundup.

** Did I leave out one of your favorite online music education games? Feel free to let me know in the comments and I'll be glad to add it to the links above for others! In order for online games/activities to be included in the above list they must be FREE, ONLINE, INTERACTIVE, and EDUCATIONAL. Thanks for your help in making this an even more ULTIMATE musical resource.

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The Ultimate List of Online Music Education Games - Cornerstone Confessions

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Disclaimer: This post may contain affiliate links. For more info please see my disclosure policy. Having a background as a music teacher, I often get the asked what resources are available for homeschoolers to grow in their music studies.

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Special Interest Divisions focus on issues, trends and research in 18 specific areas, and providing members with with professional development, resources to improve practice and leadership opportunities.

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Now you can enjoy Lynley Dodd's classic story with our online, interactive book.

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy became an instant favourite when it was published in 1983, and children today still love following Hairy's adventures.

From his friends Bottomley Potts and Schnitzel von Krumm to his big enemy Scarface Claw, there are plenty of characters to meet and enjoy.

With fun rhymes and brilliant illustrations, this is one for the whole family to savour, so get reading below! You can also watch a video with signing.

Our storybooks and games are free to use, however some older devices aren't able to support them. You can also watch our Storytime playlist on YouTube read by the likes of Ore Oduba, Adam Buxton, Fearne Cotton and many more.

BookTrust HomeTime

Looking for something fun as a family? Enjoy storytime with our free online books and videos, play games, win prizes, test your knowledge in our book-themed quizzes, or even learn how to draw some of your favourite characters.
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Scan this on mobiles and tablets to quickly open this web page.

Coins game is a money game which introduces children to coinage in British, Australian, American and Euro currencies. The currency defaults to British, but can be changed by clicking on the flags. The game is designed for 4-10 year olds.

It has three game modes. The first activity, Sorting, helps children to recognise the different coins. The second, Ordering, involves arranging the coins from lowest to highest values. Thirdly, the Counting game has eight different ability levels where children count the amounts of money on a piggy bank. It can help to improve children's accuracy in counting money and it is useful for classroom money activities as a better alternative than plastic money. All three activities lend themselves well to use on an interactive whiteboard.

AGE

4-10 Years

SUBJECTS

Maths Money

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If you're looking for home learning ideas and activities, explore our enormous list of challenges! They cover a wide range of subjects and can all be tried without much preparation or equipment.

English

Think of some questions that you could use in an interview with a family member. What would you like to ask them? Write down their answers or (with their permission) record them using a mobile device.

Write a letter to a friend or family member. What would you like to tell them about?

Read your favourite book to your toys. Make sure they're listening nicely!

Write a postcard to your favourite author.

Practise your phonics skills by playing 'I Spy'.

Make up a story with other people. Each person is only allowed to say one sentence before moving on to the next person.

Create a menu for today's meal.

Choose a toy, a household object or something in your food cupboard and make an advert to encourage people to buy it!

Write a set of instructions to teach people how to play a simple game.

Write a news report about something that has happened to you recently.

Write a book review of the book you are reading. What is it about? Who would you recommend it to?

Make some "top ten" lists. What are your top ten book characters, or books made into films, for example?

Make a stop motion animation that tells a story. We like Stop Motion Studio on the App Store, but others are available to download too.

Create a comic strip that shows what you did yesterday, or what you would love to do tomorrow.

Read the dictionary (or another book in your home) and make a note of some words that you have not seen before. What do they mean?

Write a letter to your teacher. What would you like to tell them?

Choose characters from different books and imagine that they came together in a new story. Imagine what they might do together.

Think of an alternative ending to one of your favourite books.

Maths

Look around your home for different shapes. Can you use tallies to count how many of each shape you can find?

Go on a pattern hunt. Can you find any patterns on your floor / walls or on objects around your home?

Choose some of your toys and measure them with a ruler or tape measure. Can you order them according to their size?

Choose some household objects or toys and make a shop. Add prices and invite a customer (or a cuddly toy) to buy items. How much will they spend? How much change will they receive?

Choose a multiplication table that you're not sure about and learn it off by heart. Practise, practise, practise!

Design a board game that uses a number track. You can make it as simple or as complex as you like!

Play 'noughts and crosses' (or 'tic tac toe'). Try adding more spaces to the board. How does that change the game?

Look at the TV guide and make up some problems using the information on it, e.g. What program is on channel 3 at 9.30 am? If Paw Patrol starts at 10.05 am and ends at 10.12 am, how long does it last for?

Start a number pattern (e.g. doubling, adding five) and continue it as long as possible. How far can you go?

Make a Maths quiz to test a member of your family. Don't forget to work out the answers so that you can check their work!

Science

Investigate which objects float in a bowl or sink filled with water. Check with an adult before you test the objects in the water!

Draw pictures of a healthy meal and an unhealthy meal.

Design an imaginary creature. Where does it live? What does it eat? How is it adapted to living in its environment? Could you make a food chain that includes your creature?

Use yoghurt pots and string to make a telephone.

Write a set of instructions to show people how to look after a plant.

Place ice cubes in bowls in different places (for example by a window, in the fridge, in a cupboard). Which one will melt the fastest?

Set up a simple Science experiment. Science Bob has some great suggestions.

Blow some bubbles. Can you blow small bubbles? Could you make a giant bubble?

Write some secret messages using invisible ink (you only need lemon juice for this activity).

Choose your favourite animal and find out more about them using books or information online. Can you present the information in different ways (e.g. a poster, a written report or a video)?

Geography

Make a poster to teach people about different things that they can do to protect the environment.

Draw a map showing a route from your home to a favourite place.

Draw a picture to show the weather outside. Repeat this activity each day to show how the weather changes.

Draw a bird's eye view of a building you know well. Make sure you include all the doors and windows!

Have a look at some of the items of food in your cupboard or clothes in your wardrobe. Check the labels and find out which countries they have come from. Which has travelled the furthest to get to you?

Make a map of your bedroom, showing where everything is.

Make a simple rain gauge by cutting the top off a plastic bottle, and marking the side in centimetres. Stand it outside and record how much rain it collects.

Hide a small toy in a secret place and create a 'treasure map' to help somebody else find it.

Travel around the world by going on a virtual field trip. This page has some great links to explore!

History

Create a timeline showing the main events in your life, from the day you were born to today.

Choose a famous person from the past and write a diary from their point of view.

Find some fascinating facts about your favourite period from history and make a poster to share them.

Think of some questions that you could ask a member of your family about their own life. What memories do they have? What are the key events in their life?

Art

Look in the mirror and draw a self-portrait.

Create a portrait of a different person or a pet. You can use a picture of them if they won't sit still for long enough.

Draw or paint a landscape picture (showing the view out of your window).

Produce a 'still life' picture that shows a bowl of fruit, a collection of your favourite toys or some other objects.

Think about your favourite book and design a new cover for it.

Design a superhero. What special powers will they have and how might they help people?

Create some pictures of animals using fingerprint painting!

Use objects from nature to create a picture. Could you take a photo of your work?

Find some rocks and paint them!

Play 'Pictionary'. Draw a picture that represents your favourite book or movie (without using any words) and ask somebody else to guess what you are drawing.

Draw a picture without taking your pencil off the page.

Draw a new illustration for a book. Will you keep it in the same style, or try something else?

Make a doodle drawing. Doodle a random shape onto a page, then turn it into an animal or object.

Make your own card game. This could be a simple game of 'Snap', 'Matching Pairs' or a 'Top Trumps' style game.

DT

Use construction materials to make a model of a famous building (e.g. the Eiffel Tower, the Colosseum or an Egyptian pyramid.).

Use folded paper or card to make a bridge that spans a gap. How much weight will it be able to hold?

Use junk materials to build a car that could transport a small toy from one place to another.

Make some shadow puppets and use them to tell a story.

Use craft items or construction toys to make a vehicle that can travel along the floor or down a slope. Challenge a friend to a race!

Build a den and have a picnic or read a story inside it!

Design some clothes for your favourite toy. Could you sew together a costume for them?

Design a home for your favourite movie or book character.

Invent a machine that would improve your life in some way.

Music

Practise singing some nursery rhymes.

Learn the lyrics to your favourite song. Could you perform it to your family when you have learned them all?

Use household objects to make some musical instruments. Could you make a song using them?

Listen to a piece of classical music and draw whatever it makes you think of. What do you imagine while you listen to it?

Choose one of your favourite books and make up a simple melody that could be used as part of an animated version of the book.

PE

Create a simple exercise routine for younger children. Write, draw or perform the sequences of movements.

Learn the dance moves for different songs and then perform them. Some of our favourites are Superman (by Black Lace), Macarena (by Los del Río) and Baby Shark.

Try some yoga exercises using Cosmic Kids Yoga videos.

Make a training circuit around the house or garden. At each station, complete a different exercise for 30 seconds, for example; bunny hops, star jumps, lunges, stepping on and off a step. Then move on to the next.

Practise jumping from a standing start in a hallway or in the garden. Put something down to mark where you land. Can you jump past it next time?

More

Write thank you notes to people who help you. Surprise them by leaving the notes where they might be discovered.

Offer to help with some household chores.

Tell somebody why you love them.

Try learning a language. There are lots of free apps, Youtube videos and online resources (e.g. French-Games.net)

Make a poster that shows all of the people and things that make you smile.

Think of some jokes and perform a comedy routine to your family.

Help to make a meal. Remember to wash your hands first!

Play 'Charades'. Act like an animal, a book or a movie and ask people to guess what you are pretending to be.

Close your eyes and listen carefully. Think about the different sounds that you can hear.

Create a quiz about your favourite topic and test other people's knowledge of it!

Record a video that teaches people how to wash their hands properly.

Play the alphabet game. Choose a few categories (for example, an animal, a country, a fruit) and go through the alphabet, thinking of an example that begins with every letter. Some of the letters are quite tricky!

Play the yes/no game with someone else. Take it in turns to ask each other questions. The person being asked is out if they answer "yes" or "no". How creative can you make your answers?

Play "Would you rather?" Give each player a choice of two options (for example, "Would you rather go for a walk in the snow, or on the beach? ". They have to choose one and say why. The ideas can be as silly as you like!

What hopes and dreams do you have for the future? Draw a picture to show what you hope life will be like in 10, 20 or even 50 years!

Be bored! Sometimes, our best ideas come to us when we are feeling bored!

We hope that this list of ideas has given you some inspiration for your learning at home!
If this collection is useful to you, why not join Teaching Packs today and download all of our resource packs too!

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Parent Information Centre

To help both parents and teachers deal with this unprecedented situation, Prim-Ed Publishing has launched a 'Parent Information Centre'. FREE learn-at-home packs can be accessed here for all classes, with direct links to relevant products for parents and blogs with great teaching tips!

FREE LEARN-AT-HOME PACKS

Extracted from our bestselling teaching resources, download our learn-at-home packs today! Need to continue with learning? Browse through our relevant learn-at-home resources below!

LEARN-AT-HOME RESOURCES

Each of the subject areas below showcase hand-picked resources that can be easily used by parents at home. Browse from a large range that includes daily practice of English and maths to encourage routine and progression, cross-curricular activities that are easy to pick up, and even home projects that can be done using readily available materials.

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Helpful Tips from INTO for Home Learning

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INTO has collected some practical tips and tricks for our members on home-based learning, during the current school closure.
Free writing
Many pupils will be familiar with the concept of "free writing" and may have a special notebook or journal in which they write freely about any topic of choice, and in any genre. This is a simple idea that can be continued in the home setting. Children have the autonomy to decide what they wish to write about and there are a variety of different styles that they can practice:

Diary writing (personal accounts)

Recount writing (a report of an event)

Fiction (short stories)

Instructional writing (e.g. rules of a game *the children can even come up with a new idea and create their own game!)

Poetry (Limericks, acrostic poems etc.)

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https://www.mystorybook.com/ Letter writing
Post from a pen-pal and the anticipation of awaiting the arrival of a response may be lost in our global world where social media has taken over the art of writing, but this may be the time to resurrect that magic!

Another interesting idea is to chart the journey of a letter from the writer to the recipient.

Children can also design their own stamp or begin a collection of stamps and look out for special commemorative stamps that were commissioned by An Post to celebrate a particular occasion.
Lists
If parents are venturing out to shop and stock up on groceries, children can help by writing the list of what is needed. Depending on the age of the child, elements of mathematics could be incorporated here estimating prices and weights etc. Children could also work out which option is better value (e.g. two individual boxes containing 80 teabags or one box with 160 etc.)
Book review
We all know that a grá for reading is one of the most important gifts that we can pass on to our children. Use this opportunity to read a wide selection of books. Children can then write a review, give their personal opinion, talk about their favourite character and give a star rating. They may have a chance to present this in front of an audience in their own home (i.e. immediate family - maintain social distance!)
https://pdst.ie/sites/default/files/Time_to_Read_Int_04_0.pdf Caint agus cómhrá
Bí ag caint as Gaeilge chomh minic as is féidir!

Try to incorporate Irish into daily activities. As well as cartoons on TG4, children can play games such as "I spy" (Feicim le mo shúilín) as Gaeilge and perhaps put labels (lipéid) on items around the house. There are some useful websites online to support the learning of Irish (mar shampla Duo Lingo agus Seomra Ranga).
Cooking and baking (weight and time)

How many / how much of an ingredient is needed?

If a recipe is to serve 2 but the meal is for four people, we must double the amount.

If the dish takes 45 minutes to cook, what time will it be ready at?

Make an analogue clock.

Convert time on an analogue clock to digital time.

Shape Hunt
A "shape hunt" in the home / garden (shape and space strand in primary maths curriculum). Children identify and classify as many items as possible.
Time (schedules)
Children can look at a tv guide from a newspaper and work out duration of programmes.
Distance
Children can incorporate distance into football / hurling drills. How far do they think (estimate) they can throw a ball? Use a measuring tape to obtain an accurate answer.
Project work
Children can work on a longer-term project based on a theme of their choice.

A scrap book is ideal, and children can cut and paste articles, pictures, diagrams and pieces of writing.

Other children may prefer to use their IT skills and create a PowerPoint presentation.
Interviewing
Children can devise a list of questions for a member of their family / wider family circle. For example, with grandparents / aunties / uncles they could explore aspects of the past (school life / pastimes / festivals and traditions around Easter etc.). This can link nicely with the "Then and Now" strand of the History curriculum.

If possible, where children can communicate with grandparents via phone / facetime / skype this is a good way of keeping contact during this period where circumstances dictate that they must not visit older relatives.
Creative arts
Most homes will have a "bits-and-bobs" box or a bosca somewhere with nets, buttons, lids, wrapping paper etc. Now is a good time to use those recyclables and create a piece of artwork. Children should be encouraged to be original, be creative - and don't forget to take a picture!
Outdoors / physical activity
There are endless opportunities for physical activity. Even if children are playing on their own or in very small groups, there are many fun ways of keeping active:

Local GAA clubs and county teams have been posting videos on their social media outlets with some of their star players demonstrating drills that children can follow.
Nature walks
This is one for parents and children. It is so important to remember to get active and get outdoors to open spaces.

Incorporate science, geography, oral language, drama and music into a walk whether it's in a nearby park, along a beach or in the countryside.
Back to basics - other enjoyable, but educational activities

Board games

Card games

Lego

Jenga

Jigsaws

Flying a kite

Memory games (e.g. stop the clock with one letter of the alphabet and come up with words beginning with a specific letter under certain headings such as boy name; girl name; country / city; food; item of clothing; activity; kitchen utensil etc.)

Recreate "Countdown" television programme with word puzzles and maths problems.

Painting

Online resource bank for primary school level Scoilnet.ie
A very useful online forum with a wide array of resources (emphasis on free tools). Resources are organised into theme pages and the website is easy to navigate.

Created by teachers, ideal for home education, it has lots of appealing games, stories, worksheets etc. It is offering a free month's subscription (enter offer code: IRLTWINKLHELPS).

A collection of resources as Gaeilge - cláir, físeáin, cluichí, tomhais agus srl.
Ask about Ireland
A treasure trove of resources with an Irish interest, focusing on our national culture.

A collection of tools, apps, ideas and sites to support Irish Primary pupils working at home, compiled by Ciara Reilly primary-school teacher and lecturer in education with Marino Institute.
MúinteoirLOI
Another resource created by primary school teacher Tom O'Connor which is ideal for anyone who has a house full of League of Ireland fans this morning. Free themed lessons focused on Irish soccer clubs.

Movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts.

Learn to programme interactive games, stories and animations.
Khan Academy
Non-profit site with provides free video tutorials in maths and reading.

Subscription-based learning experience that provides curriculum-aligned maths and English content from junior infants up to sixth year.
National Geographic Kids
Learn about science, geography and history.
Nasa Kids' Club
Child-friendly resource where kids can learn about science and space.
I am an Artist
A visual arts initiative comprising 30 short TV programmes (each 6 minutes in length), an interactive website with slideshows, lessons, weblinks and interactive games, providing a stimulating collection of curriculum-mapped resources.

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Tips and Tricks - Home Learning - Irish National Teachers' Organisation

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INTO has collected some practical tips and tricks for our members on home-based learning, during the current school closure. Free writing Many pupils will be familiar with the concept of "free writing" and may have a special notebook or journal in which they write freely about any topic of choice, and in any genre.

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Cool Math Games - Free Online Games for Learning and Fun

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Coolmath Games is a brain-training site for everyone, where logic & thinking & math meets fun & games. These games have no violence, no empty action, just a lot of challenges that will make you forget you're getting a mental workout!

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Snappy Maths - Free worksheets and interactive mathematics resources for primary/elementary education.

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Free maths worksheets and interactive online activities for Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 (elementary) teachers and pupils.

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Free coloring pages for you to print - Monday Mandala

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