Fun & Functional: Free Resources

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Adventure and Travel

• Virtual Dives (from the National Marine Sanctuaries & NOAA) - Head off to see life under the sea from the comfort of your own device.
• Hike the Grand Canyon (via Google Earth) - Take a trip along the Bright Angel Trailhead
• Visit Yellowstone National Park via virtual tours  - While you cannot visit the first National Park in person - this might help for now.

Learn an Art

• If you need to learn how to paint in the happiest way possible - you need Bob Ross!  All his episodes of the Bob Ross' The Joy of Painting are online!

Nature Links

• Take a virtual tour of 9 beautiful botanical gardens (from The Spaces)

Revisit the World of Old Time Radio

• Here are some of the classic shows from the golden age of radio:
  • Gunsmoke (from Internet Archive) - 1952-1961
  • Dragnet (from Internet Archive) - 1949-1957
  • Suspense (from Internet Archive) - 1940-1962
  • Corey has a blog of Old Time Radio with links to episodes you can listen to from wherever you are. 

OpenLibrary (from the Internet Archive) - a place where anyone can create an account and check out books on just about any topic.

Internet Archive - speaking of which - this resource provides an amazing collection of books, video and audio files that you can enjoy from wherever you are.  

Michigan Electronic Library (MeL)   includes a wide variety of resources that are available to everyone in the State of Michigan.  You can authenticate by being in the state, with a library card or with a Michigan Drivers License.