Remote Work Foundations
National Geographic’s expertise in factual, science-based global storytelling, and our authentic, on-the-ground photojournalism and reporting, is highlighted in our coverage of COVID-19. Today, we are providing that content without charge. Through this public service, you’ll find everything from authoritative pieces about the origins of this zoonotic disease, which spread from animals to humans, to practical ways for families and children to cope with the daily challenges we are all facing because of it. You can view all these stories in a designated digital hub.
The speed with which the coronavirus pandemic has entered our lives is unnerving. Despite that, across National Geographic’s platforms — whether print, digital, social, audio, or television—our staff and contributors are working hard to provide an accurate framework that can help us understand the issues, showcase documentary photography about what is happening, and offer credible, actionable information that empowers our readers to make informed choices about how to protect themselves and their loved ones.
https://www.classcentral.com/collection/ivy-league-moocs
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/training/canine-cavaletti-at-home-exercises-for-your-dog/
https://artsandculture.google.com/
https://naturalhistory.si.edu/visit/virtual-tour
https://totallythebomb.com/heres-33-national-park-tours-you
https://games.euronews.com/category/puzzles
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/what-to-do-at-home-streaming-art-museums-concerts-coronavirus-trnd/index.html
https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/live
https://operavision.eu/en/library/%C3%B3peras
https://www.youtube.com/user/SeattleSymphony
Health
Encyclopedias and Genealogy
Student Research
and
Health
COVID-19 Related
COVID Symptom Checker research app, CDC
New York State on PAUSE, Essential Services
Unemployment Insurance, New York State Dept. Labor
Bookstore at the End of the World
WorkLife with Adam Grant Podcast (interviews)
The Splendid Table Podcast (food)
Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse, Museum at Fashion Institute of Technology
Crossword (diverse puzzles, many free), New York Times
LeVar Burton Reads Podcast (short fiction)
The Written Word
Stephen Fry Narrates Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Book 1, Audible Stories. Free, multilingual
https://stories.audible.com/
Art Books to Read while Social Distancing, Metropolitan Museum of Art blog
https://www.metmuseum.org/
Contemporary Poetry: Poem-a-Day
Explore Nature, Celebrate Spring
Be a Citizen Scientist. eBird, NestWatch, and Other Projects, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
https://www.birds.cornell.edu/
Spring Walk in the Magnolias, New York Botanical Garden, video
Nature by Design: Botanical Expressions, Cooper Hewitt, online exhibit
https://embed.culturalspot.
Passover Dessert, A Sweet and Savory Life blog
Dye Easter Eggs Naturally, Whole Foods Market, video
Creativity and Pastimes
Classes in Food, Fiber, Art at Bluprint, free through mid-April
Dorothea Lange: Words and Pictures, Museum of Modern Art
https://www.moma.org/calendar/
Coloring Pages
Pretty Prints, https://www.prettyprintsworks.
Coloring Nature, https://www.coloringnature.
How to Play Cards, Bicycle
Find the Right Journaling Style, Real Simple
Poetry for an Uncertain Time –
The Guardian 4/12/20 – Poem Constructed from Emails Received During Quarantine Goes Viral (contains links to poems)
Oprah 3/19/20 – And the People Stayed Home by Kitty O’Meara, 2020, and Interview
Academy of American Poets 2020 – Social Distancing by Juan Felipe Herrera, 2020
https://poets.org/poem/social-distancing
Bill Moyers 2020 – Poetry for a Pandemic
https://billmoyers.com/spotlight/poetry-for-the-pandemic/
The Atlantic 2017 – Readers’ Favorite Poems on Hard Times
https://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2017/04/your-favorite-poems-on-hard-times/523191/
Poetry Society of America 2020 – Reading in the Dark: Poets Reflect on the Poems They Return to in Difficult Times
https://poetrysociety.org/features/readinginthedark
Academy of American Poets 2016 – Poems for Times of Turmoil
https://poets.org/text/poems-times-turmoil
Academy of American Poets 1999 – Life Lines