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-The actual Reader’s Digest Version of Christmas facts. A good read!
Lawn Care Tips
Get Active
The Mayo Clinic and the CDC recommend getting in at least 30 minutes of physical activity every day! Please check with your doctor before beginning any physical activities.
Activities for Kids
Activities for Teens
- Find a Job Online!
- Chrome Music Lab -start experimenting with rhythm, chords, sound waves, and more. (You will need Chrome.)
- Cool Meditations for Teens
- NPR – Make a Podcast at Home!
- Stellarium: Explore the galaxy
- Virtual College Tours – visit the campus of your choice.
- Explore America’s National Parks
- Meditate with Jelly Fish – Monterey Bay Aquarium
- Learn to Draw! Live Art Classes
- Varsity Tutors Virtual Camp – free Virtual Camps and Classes on Art, Computer Science, English, Languages, Math, Science, and Social Studies.
- Crash Course – Have fun and learn with author John Green
- The Tribe – Peer-to-Peer support group for teens
- NOAA Education at Home – learn about the ocean and atmosphere, hurricanes, coastal ecosystems, weather, and much more.
- Jr. NBA at Home – interactive content series providing basketball skills and drills featuring NBA and WNBA players
- Dangers of Texting and Driving
- Facts About Teen Drunk Driving
- Teen Driving Crash Risks and Prevention
Adulting 101
Senior Activities
- Check out our Oak Ridge Senior Center!
- Silver Sneakers
- Silver and Fit
- Home Workouts for Seniors
- Front Porch: Join other seniors for a 30-minute phone call to talk, listen, discuss interests, & simply socialize.
- Full Length Andrew Lloyd Webber Musicals every Friday
- Watch a Film with Friends: With Watch2gether, movie nights can continue as you watch videos online with friends in real time.
- Brain Games – Keep your brain active
- Scrabble Word Finder
- Card games, puzzles, reading books, and playing games on your phone are great ways to have fun and keep you mentally engaged.
- Stay Connected. Keep in touch with your family, friends, and social groups. Call someone at least once a week to check in on them and let them know that you are alright. If you are tech-savvy, connect with them on FaceTime, Zoom, Skype, or Facebook.
¡Actividades en español!
Exercise Your Mind
Try these resources to keep your mind sharp:
Language Lessons
- Open Culture Up to 48 different languages to learn!
- Free Spanish Lessons – Online beginner Spanish lessons with audio
- Duolingo – takes a game-like approach to learning and promises it’ll be free forever.
- Learn A Language.com – a simple learning experience created by the U.S. Institute of Languages
- Busuu – One of the more popular platforms that allows you to learn languages from others.
Learning for Kids
Get Creative!
Having a hobby helps declutter the mind, destress, and increase your physical health.
Music
“I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning.”
― Plato
- Music Theory Lessons
- Free Online Music Lessons
- Learn How to Play the Piano
- 14 Piano Lessons for Beginners
- Apps to Help You Master the Piano
- Guitar365! Lessons
- Your First Guitar Lesson
- Guitar Lessons from James Taylor
- Beginner Acoustic Guitar Lesson
- Learn How to Play the Guitar
- Absolutely Free Guitar Lessons – Justin Guitar
- Learn the Bass – Free interactive lessons
- Ukelele Beginner Lessons – Andy Guitar
- Your First Ukelele Lesson
- 12 Ukelele Lessons by Lance Allen
- Beginner Banjo Lessons
- Step by Step Harmonica Lessons
- Your Very First Drum Lesson
- How to Play the Drums
- Watch a Concert Recording: Radiohead at Lollapalooza in 2016 or Billie Eilish at Music Midtown in 2019, The Eagles Live Concert in 1979, ACDC Live at Oakland Coliseum in 1979, Led Zepplin live at L’Olympia Paris, France in 1969, Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway – Crooked Tree Live at the Station Inn, George Jones, Live in Austing Texas in 1993, or NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series, where acts play shorter sets at NPR Music’s headquarters in Washington, Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, Virtual Birdland, Adventura, Bud Light Seltzers Session, Norah Jones Mini-Concert From Home, Jorma Kaukonen, Quarantine Concert No.5, Post Malone, Nirvana Tribute, James Taylor – Full Concert ‘BBC In Concert‘ (London, 11-16-1970), The Beatles Rooftop Concert, January 30th, 1969. and so much more on YouTube and etc.
Games & Crafts!
Explore the World and Our Own Backyard
- Oak Ridge Stories each month in the OR Recreation & Parks RECGuide!
- Take a Virtual visit through ORNL facilities!
- A Virtual Fieldtrip to the Manhattan Project
- Here are some virtual rollercoasters at Dollywood! Check it out!
- Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies Penguin Cam
- Virtual walk the Knoxville Zoo
- Knoxville Botanical Gardens and Arboretum
- Explore Ijams Nature Center
- Explore the American Museum of Science and Energy (AMSE)
- Explore the Tennessee Aquarium Chattanooga
- Virtual Museum Tours
- Museum of Natural History
- Google Virtual Tours
- Animal Cams – from EarthCam
- Tour the Vatican
- The National Aquarium
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Live Cams
- San Diego Zoo Live Cams
- Mount Everest
- Travel the World With Google Earth
- Watch the International Space Station Live Stream
- Explore Our Solar System With NASA’s Eyes
- Ride It’s a Small World at Disney
- Ride a Roller Coaster at SeaWorld
- Visit The Galileo Museum
- National Constitution Center Virtual Tours
- The Lincoln Memorial
- The Acropolis
- Visit Dubai Virtually!
- A Virtual Rainforest
- A Virtual Planetarium!
- NASA Space Center in Houston
- View the October 14th, 2023 Solar Eclipse with NASA
- View the April 8th 2024 Solar Eclipse highlights with NASA – (no more until 2044!)
- Take a Museum Tour: the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, Louvre in Paris, Google Arts and Culture, Guggenheim Museum in New York, Mus’ee d’Orsay, Paris, Pergamon Museum, Berlin, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Museu de Arte de São Paulo, National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City
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