Category Archives: Boredom Busters

Virtual Voyage with the Virginia Zoo

Virtual Voyage with the Virginia Zoo

Escape from the ordinary and awaken your wild side by joining the Virginia Zoo for Virtual Voyages! Go behind the scenes, tour the Zoo, and cure your curiosity (or boredom!) with the zoo animals, Keepers and Education staff. For more Virtual Voyages follow The Virginia Zoo on Facebook. SUPPORT THE ZOO EMERGENCY OPERATING FUND As…more »

Download Free Educational Activity Sheets From the Virginia Zoo

Download Free Educational Activity Sheets From the Virginia Zoo

DOWNLOADABLE AND PRINTABLE Check out these free, fun and educational activity sheets from the Virginia Zoo. Created for children ages 6 and older, but great for families and even adults! Endangered Species Animals, Enrichment and Environment Giraffes Orangutans Frogs and Bogs Tigers Virtual Voyage in Nature  more »

Virtual Classroom with the Virginia Zoo

Virtual Classroom with the Virginia Zoo

The Virginia Zoo’s YouTube brings the Zoo right to your living room! Meet and hear the Zoo Keepers talk about the animals they have the privilege of working with every day.more »

Take a Virtual Tour of America’s Largest Home, The Biltmore House.

Take a Virtual Tour of America’s Largest Home, The Biltmore House.

America’s Largest Home, Biltmore House in Asheville, North Carolina offers a virtual tour. A typical self-guided house visit lasts about 1.5-2 hours and spans three floors plus the basement of the luxurious family home of George and Edith Vanderbilt.  With this 1-2 minute long virtual tour you get to see the highlights. According to the…more »

Live Nation Launches “Live From Home” Concerts

Live Nation Launches “Live From Home” Concerts

Just because we are keeping our distance, doesn’t mean the music has to stop. Introducing “Live From Home.” Live Nation’s all new virtual hub, updated daily with live streams, exclusive artist content, new music and more, keeping you connected to your favorite artists like Metallica every Monday. Go live now at livenation.com/livefromhomemore »

Nikon’s Online Photography Classes Are Free Through April

Nikon’s Online Photography Classes Are Free Through April

Nikon is offering their Nikon School Online for free for the entire month of April. The class topics include landscape photography, macro photography, photographing kids and pets, portraiture, and music videos, as well as focused tutorials for Nikon equipment. Classes range from 15 minutes to over an hour. Nikon School Online says: “Make the most of this…more »