Washington, D. C.
See the Sights
See the Sights
Take a street view tour of the Washington Monument.
Enjoy a walking tour of many D.C. monuments.
Check out the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial.
Visit Museums and the Zoo:
- Watch the animals with the webcams at the National Zoo.
- Fly by the Udvar-Hazy Annex
- Virtually tour the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.
Did you know?
Did you know?
- George Washington never lived in DC. The White House was completed a year after he died and the second U.S. President, John Adams, was the first to live there.
- The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world with more than 162 million objects in its collection. This number is constantly growing with approximately 12,000 items added to the collections daily.
- The cherry blossom trees that line the Tidal Basin and have beautiful pink blooms every spring were a gift from the mayor of Tokyo in 1912.
- Washington, DC is a very international city, home to more than 175 embassies and international cultural centers. Fifteen percent of DC residents speak a language other than English.
Fun things you can do at home
Fun things you can do at home
Build the Washington Monument Obelisk
Digitally design your own plane after watching the "How Things Fly" video from the Air and Space museum.
Think you might want to work in a zoo? Explore the "Secret World of Zoo Jobs" from the National Zoo!
Books can put you right in the action!
Books can put you right in the action!
Take a trip to Washington, D.C. with these ebooks and audiobooks, available in Sora.
Use the arrows on the picture to see them all.
Not sure how to check them out? Go here for video instructions!
Connect to the Greenville County Public Library for even more options with their free ecard!
Many of the links we used above are borrowed from Bryson Middle School - many thanks for the help!