Nature Videos and Web Cams

Here are some more cool nature videos and web cams!

Kansas City Zoo: Penguins

Inside a Beaver Lodge

Live Stream the Northern Lights

The National Aquarium

Monterey Bay Aquarium

The Monterey Bay Aquarium is a wonderful place to visit in person. Since we can't do that right now, here's how you can go there virtually:

Tune in To a Web Cam 
(you can watch the penguins and the otters!)

Animals A to Z
Learn about the different animals at the Aquarium

Habitats
Explore animals' ocean homes

Earth Day - April 22

April 22 is Earth Day!
Here are some fun ways to celebrate:

National Geographic for Kids: Earth Day

National Parks Service: Games and  Challenges

National Parks Service Park Cams

Live Virtual Bee Hive Tour on Instagram! Apr 21 and 23 at 1pm

Virtually Experience the Inside of a Live Bee Hive!

Watch Planet Bee educators suit up and open a honey bee hive from the comfort of your own home!  They explain the inner workings of the colony, explain why bees are important for the environment, and give tips and techniques about beekeeping. Local students will give an entertaining Q&A at the end. This all-ages broadcast is the perfect way to celebrate the natural world during Earth Week! 

Earth Week Hive Dive Lives

April 21 at 1 p.m. PST - aimed towards a younger audience

April 23 at 1 p.m. PST - for all ages

How to Watch

🐝Follow @planet_bee on Instagram🐝

At 1 p.m. PST, go to @planet_bee and click on the top left circle (our logo) to view the Instagram Live broadcast!

It's National Library Week!

Even though we can't actually go to the library right now, your family can help you visit the library online. Here are some great places:

Kensington School Library - go to the Follet Destiny Library
Select Kensington and login

Contra Costa Library - if you have a library card, you can check out e-books

Berkeley Public Library - if you have a library card, you can check out e-books

Digital Public Library of America

New York Public Library

Story Time

This is one of my family's very favorite books! We read it so many times we wore it out. Now you can hear Grover read it:

Grover Reads The Monster at the End of This Book

And here are astronauts reading science books from space (warning: this one has lots of ads. Be sure to have your kids click on the pictures of the astronauts)

Astronauts reading from Space

Jackie Robinson Day

Jackie Robinson broke the MLB color barrier when he made his MLB debut on April 15, 1947. He's always a favorite pick when we do biographies in the computer lab.

Here are some sites to help you learn about him:

Jackie Robinson Museum: Jackie Robinson Day

MLB Community: Jackie Robinson Day