Here is a list of things to do while on lockdown. Please feel free to add others in the comments! Virtual tours Arctic Travel Experts created 'virtual lights over Lapland' tour Roman fort Museums from around the world - Virtual, online tours Access to 500 Museums & Art Galleries - Free, online How to explore London's top museums at home How to explore London's top art galleries at home Future Learn - Explore the architecture and history of Rome, walking around a 3D digital model of the ancient city, with this free online course. Aquarium – Georgia aquarium allowing you to tour under the sea, live cams - otters, sea lions, pirana, jellyfish, etc. Virtual farm trips - American dairy association Virtual field trips - Created for children, but they look great for adults too! Edinburgh Zoo - Live streams: Panda Cam / Tiger Cam / Penguin Cam / Rock Hopper Penguin Cam / Koala Cam Chester Zoo - Virtual tours - Via Facebook Online learning Open Culture - 1,500 free courses from top Universities 450 Ivy League courses - you can take online FREE! Open Culture - learn 48 different languages online - FREE University of Alabama - Free online archaeology and Egyptology Uni courses (create an account to log on) Open Learn - Free, online courses, Open university BBC languages - Learn languages online free FrenchTeacher.Net - Free French study packs Sociology courses - Free online study Creative courses - Free online study A range of short, free online courses Cambridge University Press - ALL 700 textbooks are currently available FREE in HTML format Cambridge university - Higher education/Undergraduate courses and resources Royal institute - Christmas lectures. A series of lectures presenting scientific subjects to a general audience in an entertaining manner. 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French Portuguese German Italian Spanish Milan Presse - French magazines available to download Periodic videos - Science-related YouTube videos Infobase databases and video streaming collections - Username: JCS_Distance and Password: learning to access : Modern World History Ancient and Medieval History Science Online Bloom’s Literature World Religions iDEA - An international programme that helps you develop/demonstrate your digital, enterprise and employability skills for free U3A - Online courses for mature students Blocky games - Games to help beginners learn computer programming skills Scratch - Beginners computer programming games/projects T.K.S.S.T - Smart videos for curious minds of all ages Geography, nature, and history National Geographic Tutorful - Top Geography websites, YouTube videos, and resources Project Noah – Global site where you can view and share wildlife Seterra - Free world geography, online quizzes Online film festival - Resistance in the Rainforest Kent Wildlife association - Simple ideas you can do in the garden to help wildlife World games - Geography games Wild Science - Podcast The relationship between humans and animals - podcast UK parliament - Politics, history, citizenship, etc. Written for children and young people, but lots of very interesting information, including how laws are made. Historical association - Learn about 20th Century history 13.8 billion years of history, online - FREE Music *Check the location/time zones of live-streamed concerts to calculate the UK start time. Time Zone calculator Rotterdam Philharmonic musicians team up online to play Beethoven's 9th Concerts online - Various concerts held without audiences to stream online for people having to stay at home - list of live streaming concerts Free Opera - Dates confirmed until the end of March. Check the website via the link for future dates to be added Metropolitan Opera online, nightly streams Free classical orchestras - Live streaming performances Free Chamber music - Live streaming Berlin Philharmonic orchestra - Live streams and performance archive Announcements/lists - of worldwide performances being streamed Livestream concerts list - artists and bands Bands and artists - streaming performances Full-length concerts - watch online free Celebrities performing on social media Facebook Virtual Choir - Duet with a choir online Chris Martin (Coldplay) streaming from his home - YouTube Arts and culture J P Brewer - View classic paintings online Walter's Museum - houses the highest artistic achievements from nearly every corner of the world. View some of the past, present, and future exhibitions Rob Biddulph an artist posting draw-along videos via Twitter here Google Arts and culture - Learn something new every day! British Museum - Free videos BBC Radio 4 - The History of the world - podcasts 50 things that made modern economy - Podcasts Marquee TV - streaming arts and culture Teaching history - 100 objects from museums across the UK with resources, information and teaching ideas to inspire your students’ interest in history Exploration of the day - Artistic website connecting people from around the world Drama Online - Online theatrical performances Black history - Telling the story of the black British experience Literature online Mindful poetry moments Kindle Unlimited - 2 months free access Gutenburg - Download free books, e.g. Shakespear, Edgar Allen Poe, Frankenstein, etc. Listening books.org - For people with Parkinson's Disease, visual impairment, fibromyalgia, ME/CFS, mental health difficulty or learning difficulty such as Dyslexia, which impacts the ability to read or hold a book Solomon Kingsnorth - Books in PDF, Word and audiobook format - Alice in Wonderland / Wind in the Willows / The Railway Children / The Jungle Book / Peter Pan / Black Beauty Read great literature online - Free Ebooks, poetry, classic literature Read Free Literature - also includes study guides 50,000 free ebooks - arranged by genre Open Library Access - Free Audible - Free for this period - Available in 6 languages Learn a new skill or develop a current one! Teach yourself to draw - Advice / Where to start? / Drawing tricks! / Sketching-basics / How to get the proportions right - faces / How to draw faces Free, 3 months lessons online - Guitar, Fender, Base, Ukulele Learn to touch-type - Free access
Teach yourself to sing - 14-day free trial
 Music lessons with Myleen Klass - YouTube / Instagram
 Teach yourself to dance - Tap dance / Salsa dance / Dance Physique (dance fitness) / Take dance classes with Oti Mabuse - Facebook
 Tai-Chi - the moves and the method - BrightEducation
 Craft projects - Sew, Knit, Crotchet, quilt, and fun for the family too!
How to grow food at home from food scraps - DIY and crafts
 Improve your memory - Click the link and scroll down for a few free videos in this series
 Miscellaneous & entertainment NASA's complete media library - now available online Expeditions App - Free virtual Reality Augmentation app for all ages, to take virtual trips around the world to hundreds of destinations. Podcasts - Free to download Geopolitics - podcast Musicals, shows, and movies 10 best Broadway shows to watch online free 76 free Musicals and theatre productions streaming online Wind in The Willows - How to stream the West End performance free National Theatre - Streaming shows on YouTube every Thursday Open culture - 1,150 Free movies to watch online Jamie Oliver - helps the nation with easy recipes, cooking tips, and ingenious hacks whilst many of us are staying at home. Jamie: Keep Cooking and Carry On starts Monday at 5:30pm on Channel 4 James Dyson foundation - Challenge cards - how many can you complete? Fun, accessible, activity and game Apps for people with disabilities Board Game arena - Play board games online free Roll20 - Build your own game - or play games with others online Latest free stuff - UK site (if you are outside of the UK, google 'latest free stuff' and add your location) Holiday Pirates - Updated Coronavirus information on travel Sign up to ChatterPack's FREE monthly SEND newsletter here Anxiety/Mental health/loneliness How to reduce high anxiety now: Thinking about past pleasant memories may help some people with immediate stress (article) Free, daily meditation sessions online WHO guidance to support mental health during this time MIND coronavirus and your wellbeing 9 ways to stay positive during this period Blog from Anna Mathur, Psychotherapist - dealing with Coronavirus anxiety Sensory stuck at home - support group on Facebook for adults Telephone befriending service for the elderly Living life to the full - Free online course to change your life for the better Mindfulness and meditation Autistic Health and Wellbeing - a space for autistic people to share the things that they have found helpful and healing 5 Ways to wellbeing Self-Help Resources for those with mental health conditions Bereavement counseling Prayer resources *Check the location/time zones of live-streamed masses to calculate the UK start time. Time Zone calculator
 Jehovah's Witnesses - Online readings, videos, bible
 Spiritualism - English version
 Spiritualism - Spanish version
 Catholic Mass - streamed online
 Masses from around the world - streamed online
 God stories today - telling the stories of ordinary people - YouTube