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Some ideas for activities

Lancaster City Museum has found some interesting stay-at-home history, arts & culture alternatives, such as:

Virtual tours of world famous museums https://www.buzzfeed.com/andyneuenschwander/13-museums-you-can-visit-online

Free online history lessons suitable for kids, and adults, courtesy of the Liverpool War Museum  https://liverpoolwarmuseum.co.uk/visiting/isolation-lessons

An Ultimate Lancashire Quiz from Visit Lancashire https://www.visitlancashire.com/blog/read/2020/03/the-ultimate-lancashire-quiz

Online access to the nation’s art collection: https://artuk.org

Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. Art UK is the online home for every public collection in the UK. Featuring over 200,000 oil paintings by some 38,000 artists.

Some other ideas:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-52096529 Lots of places to visit  online from all over the world

https://schoolgardening.rhs.org.uk/Resources/Activity/Saucer-veg – if you got some fresh carrots or celery, try regrowing them

The RSPB: https://www.rspb.org.uk/fun-and-learning/for-kids/games-and-activities/online-games-for-kids/

and you can also identify birds too and find out what birds have been visiting the RSPB reserves. Note the reserves are closed until further notice.

How to identify butterflies and bees

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2019/05/types-of-bee-in-the-uk/

https://butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/identify-a-butterfly

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