Yang Guang is a very special boy with a sweet nature. He loves eating bamboo and gets through 20 kilograms every day. His favourite treat is honey and he also enjoys having a midnight snack to get him through the night.
Watch the live panda cam
10 books that will take you on real-life adventures
TRAVELING DOESN’T ALWAYS have to be about changing your location. As French poet and author Anatole France wrote, “Traveling is changing your opinions and your prejudices.” Especially in this time of COVID-19 shutdowns, it might seem like travel has come to a halt. But books prove that the revelations that happen on journeys aren’t dependent on boarding passes. Read a book, learn about the world, keep traveling
In the first installment of our series “Around the World in 80 Books,” we feature 10 adventure tales that we can dive into—even from our armchairs.
Find the list on National Geographical magazine
Catch up on the stuff you missed in history class
Stuff You Missed in History Class is a twice-weekly podcast with new episodes every Monday and Wednesday, with a behind-the-scenes minisode on Fridays and a classic from the archive on Saturdays!
Join Holly and Tracy as they bring you the greatest and strangest Stuff You Missed In History Class in this podcast by iHeartRadio.
Expand your vocabulary – learn a new word every day
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the definitive record of the English language, featuring 600,000 words, 3 million quotations, and over 1,000 years of English.
If you are on Twitter, you can follow their twitter account @OED for a new word every day – here’s today’s (April 10th’s) new word
OED Word of the Day: armisonous, adj. That produces or is accompanied by the sound of arms or armour.https://t.co/KQSiwmrwKM
— The OED (@OED) April 10, 2020
Or you can subscribe by email here
Experience a virtual tour of The Louvre
The Louvre, or the Louvre Museum, is the world’s largest art museum and a historic monument in Paris, France. A central landmark of the city, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the city’s 1st arrondissement.
Here is a Virtual Tour of The Louvre on YouVisit
Find out how to sew a medical face mask
Watch the video …
Then you can download the free pattern as a PDF here.
Learn Japanese
With more and more countries going into lockdown and enforcing self-isolation due to the coronavirus, this might be a good chance for you to learn Japanese at home.
Whether your study abroad plans are currently on hold, or you’re interested in learning Japanese but haven’t made plans to study in Japan yet, you can use this time to get your learning started.
Go to: Go! Go! Nihon
Join in a Virtual Choir
Do you like to sing? Have you been part of a choir and missing singing as a group? Consider joining the virtual choir.
Here’s an Introduction to the Virtual Choir.
You can sign up on their website.
Learn How to Read a Topography Map
Do you remember how to read a map? Have you always wanted to read a map but never got around to it? Losing questions in Trivial Pursuit related to mapping and topography? Now’s the time to learn.
Start here with this great basic resource on How to Read a Map
Or this article to get started.
Or start with this article on How to Read a Topographical Map.
