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Virtual Field Trips​: No Permission Slip Required! Where Are We Going? Link to Virtual Field Trip Virtual Field Trips​: No permission slip required! Where are we going? Link to Virtual Field Trip: Feeling adventurous? Hop on https://www.popsugar.com/family/videos-virtual-disney-rides-47314693 one of these Disney World https://www.romper.com/p/while-disney-world-disneyland-are-closed-take-your-kids-on-vi Rides - Best part? There’s no rtual-rides-22622893 line! Take a walk through one of ● Magic Kingdom: Disney’s Parks ○ https://www.google.com/maps/@28.418732,-81.5813006,3a,75y,356.41h,83.6 3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svlXS5W-lSh3-0p7hbptVCA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 ● Hollywood Studios: ○ https://www.google.com/maps/@28.3593933,-81.5605846,2a,75y,271.42h,11 0.06t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sUgglNL_jmY4_TpXJrU2O2w!2e0!7i13312!8i66 56 ● Epcot ○ https://www.google.com/maps/@28.3691793,-81.5526231,2a,75y,193.61h,94. 41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sqPrUJV08Zb-JowNGR5tx0w!2e0!7i13312!8i665 6 Hidden Worlds of the https://artsandculture.withgoogle.com/en-us/national-parks-service National Parks (pretty cool) Monterey Bay Aquarium https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams Blarney Castle https://www.virtualvisittours.com/blarney-castle/ Famous World Landmarks https://artsandculture.google.com/search/streetview?project=streetviews Museum of Natural History https://naturalhistory.si.edu/visit/virtual-tour/current-exhibits San Diego Zoo https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/live-cams Royal Botanic Gardens https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1084/ Cliffs of Moher https://www.cliffsofmoher.ie/virtual-visit-tour/ The Met https://operawire.com/metropolitan-opera-to-offer-up-nightly-met-opera-streams/?fbclid= IwAR2ogosC-zB5lhexN0b6zbZqw80h0mEcL5cOlazovGrKp5UIlv-25szlOAQ https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/the-metropolitan-museum-of-art Space Center in Houston https://spacecenter.org/app/ Farm Tours https://www.farmfood360.ca/ Guggenheim https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/solomon-r-guggenheim-museum?hl=en New York Public Library https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/you-can-now-download-over-300-000-books-fro m-the-nypl-for-free-031820 Broadway https://www.unilad.co.uk/film-and-tv/you-can-watch-broadway-musicals-for-free-online-fo r-a-limited-time-only/ Georgia Aquarium Webcams https://www.georgiaaquarium.org/webcam/ocean-voyager/ (really cool) ● Live Cameras of the best live Reid Park Zoo ​Lion Cam​ – Arizona ​ ● cams from zoos, aquariums, Australia Zoo ​YouTube Videos​ – Australia ● Aquarium of the Pacific’s ​Seven Web Cams​ – California and other animal sanctuaries ● San Diego Zoo’s ​10 Live Cams​ – California around the world! ● Monterey Bay Aquarium’s ​10 Live Cams​ – California ● Zoo Atlanta ​Panda Cam​ – Georgia ● Georgia Aquarium’s ​Eight Web Cams​ – Georgia ● Department of Natural Resources ​EagleCam Live Stream​ – Minnesota ● Ouwehand Park ​Polar Bear Cubs Cam​ – Netherlands ● The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden​ live-stream (happening on their Facebook page each weekday at 2 p.m. CST) – Ohio ● Wild Earth Wild Safari ​live streams​ (happening twice a day during sunrise and sunset) – South Africa ● Dollywood Bald Eagle ​Nest Cams​ – Tennessee ● Houston Audubon​ Bird Cams – Texas ● Houston Zoo’s ​Six Web Cams​ – Texas ● Smithsonian’s National Zoo ​Web Cams ​– Washington, DC ● Farm Sanctuary ​Pasture Cams​ – Wisconsin ● Beluga Webcam: https://www.georgiaaquarium.org/webcam/beluga-whale-webcam/ ● Jellyfish:​ ​https://www.georgiaaquarium.org/webcam/jelly-webcam/ ● Coral reef: ​https://www.georgiaaquarium.org/webcam/indo-pacific-barrier-reef/ Smithsonian’s National Zoo https://nationalzoo.si.edu/visit/self-guided-zoo-tour-english and Conservation Biology Tour The Louvre Museum https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne San Diego Zoo https://kids.sandiegozoo.org/videos Monterey Bay Aquarium https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams Waikiki Aquarium https://www.waikikiaquarium.org/ Hawaii’s Lava Tube https://artsandculture.withgoogle.com/en-us/national-parks-service/hawaii-volcanoes/nahu ku-lava-tube-tour The Great Wall of China https://www.thechinaguide.com/destination/great-wall-of-china The Van Gogh Museum https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/van-gogh-museum?hl=en The Vatican Museum http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/tour-virtuali-elenco. html Operas from around the https://operavision.eu/en/library/%C3%B3peras world! 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