Free Resources from Authors/Illustrators

• Jarrett J. Krosoczka- Author of Lunch Lady Series, Jedi Academy, etc. is offering free drawing lessons weekdays at 2pm for the next couple of weeks! If you can't catch him live, episodes will be recorded. Check it out here: www.youtube.com/studiojjk

• Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems through The Kennedy Center . Live at 1pm, but episodes are also archived.

• Kids Ask Authors-Podcast and website by Grace Lin. Students can share questions, book reviews, poems with guest authors each week. Also, check out her Youtube channel for drawing lessons and reading aloud from her books.

• Author Kate Messner- Shares resources, video clips, and read alouds from authors/illustrators. This is a growing list so check back often.

• Author Mac Barnett will be reading aloud one of his picture books every day on Instagram Live @macbarnett

• Author Oliver Jeffers will read aloud every day on Instagram Live @oliverjeffers

• Author's Everywhere Youtube Channel by middle grade author Susan Tan- authors sharing writing craft, writing workshops, read alouds, drawing workshops, etc.

Virtual Field Trips

Zoos and Aquariums

• The San Diego Zoo: Watch penguins, tigers, koalas, and giraffes. The zoo also has a website just for kids with videos, stories, activities, and games.

• Monterey Bay Aquarium: Feel like you’re swimming with the sharks, birdwatch in the aviary, get mesmerized by the jellycam, and spy what’s going on in the open sea.

• Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden: Every weekday at 3 PM ET, the zoo hosts a Home Safari Facebook Live event featuring different animals. Archived videos and related safari activities can be found on the zoo’s website.

• Georgia Aquarium Ocean Voyager: Wait for the whale shark!

• Panda Cam Zoo Atlanta: Pandas are a lot of fun to watch. This live stream lets kids peek in on Ya Lun and Xi Lun, the only panda twins in the U.S.

Museums and Cultural Sites

• National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian)

• 10 Museums from Around the World

• Machu Picchu (Peru)

• Buckingham Palace (England)

• Pyramids of Egypt

• Taj Mahal (India)

Planets and the Night Sky

• Take a trip to Mars! (explore the surface of Mars on the Curiosity Rover)

• NASA: Earth’s Moon (explore the landing sites and geography of the Moon)

• Stellarium (stargaze from your own location any night of the year – check out the constellations and “night mode”)

Collections

• Google Arts and Culture (explore art museums from around the world … and so much more)

• Wide Open School Field Trips (tour an M&M’s factory, find out how toilet paper is made, gawk at dinosaurs and much more)

• Nature Conservancy: Nature Lab Field Trips

• National Geographic Explorer Classroom

• Discovery Education Virtual Field Trips

• National Park Foundation Virtual Visits