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hvparent.com n Hudson Valley Parent 29 Find a complete list of virtual fun for families at hvparent.com/HVP-virtual-events-and-activities can't make the live presentation, all videos and activities will be posted. See dolphins in their watery habitat at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. ARTS AND MUSIC Get creative with bestselling chil- dren's author Mo Willems and explore ways of writing and making together, weekdays at 1 p.m. Children's author/illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka is hosting free webcasts every weekday at 2 pm to off er a daily art lesson. The National Gallery of Art's NGAkids Art Zone app off ers eight interactive activities inspired by works in the collection of the National Gallery of Art for kids ages 9 through 11. There's also a sketchbook for freehand drawing and a personal exhibition space to save with and dis- play art created with the program. PERFORMANCE Broadway Theatre Project (BTP) is a summer musical theatre intensive led by Broadway's biggest stars of the present and past. This is a FREE opportunity for all young musical theatre students to receive feedback on video recordings of their perfor- mances. Upload your video and a panel of BTP faculty and guest artists will schedule an online video confer- ence with you to discuss constructive feedback. SCIENCE AND STUDY Chat with marine biologists from Oceans Initiative about killer whales/orcas, dolphins, salmon, or any other topic every Monday and Thursday 11am PST. We have a great team of biologists at Oceans Initiative who are all working on interesting projects. We'll be live on Facebook and Instagram. No ticket or registration necessary. Expand Your kids Virtual Fun Experience Learn about the Money Museum's spectacular rarities, explore a wide range of historical subjects and ex- pand your collecting knowledge and interests. These virtual exhibits allow you to view high resolution images and detailed information about fasci- nating numismatic objects. 40 Science Websites for Teachers and Parents from Bored Teachers makes it a fun and easy subject area for kids to dive into while at home. Parents don't need chemistry or biol- ogy degrees to help their kids learn science. Here's a list of online science resources to help kids learn and have fun while at home – divided by age groups! TRAVEL AND SIGHTSEEING Take virtual tours all over planet Earth with 360 Cities! This site allows you to enter a location and see 360° videos that will captivate and inspire kids of all ages. Free online course about Ancient Rome from Future Learn immers- es you in 3D models of all kinds of Roman architecture and shares stories of aspects of life in Rome from entertainment to worship. Take the Anne Frank House Virtual Tour and step inside the secret annex where Anne Frank hid with her family for more than two years during WWII and where she wrote her diary. Video helps round out the story. ANIMALS Smithsonian's National Zoo in D.C. has four diff erent web cams. You might have to view each one to see which animals are moving around, including naked mole rats, lions, giant panda, and elephants. There are currently nine African ele- phants living at the San Diego Zoo. This video has some movement, unlike most of the other stationary cameras, as it follows elephants around their enclosure to play, eat and sleep. Remember April the Giraff e and her baby Tajiri who was born in 2017? Now you can watch them all day. They live at the Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, N.Y. Maryland Zoo in Baltimore has separate feeds for penguins, lions, giraff es, flamingo and the goat corral. Monterey Bay Aquarium off ers live cams set up throughout the aquar- ium including a sea otter cam, coral reef cam, penguin cam and kelp forest cam. The Center for Wildlife is hosting Morning Meeting with Wildlife Am- bassadors on Facebook Live, daily at 10 a.m. through March 31. Conserve Wildlife presents an osprey video in Long Beach Island, New Jersey, which is located high on a pole overlooking a nest. A small herd of bison live in the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie in northeast Illinois. This bison web- cam shows the herd as they graze and wander the prairie. The Cincinnati Zoo is closed for now, but kids can join its Home Safari Facebook Lives weekdays at 3pm for an animal highlight and a home-based activity. For those that

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