Science, Nature
Photo by Greg Rakozy on Unsplash
Earth Sky: Earth, Space, Human World, Tonight
What Tree is That? Tree identification using an illustrated, step-by-step process, from the Arbor Day Foundation
Geography & History
Photo by Adam Nieścioruk on Unsplash
Atlas Obscura - The definitive guide to the world's hidden wonders
Map Crunch: Random Street View - Take a random trip around the world! While the location is spelled out in the upper left, you can also see the location on the globe by clicking Options - Map.
How to Virtually Travel from your Living Room - From dogsled rides in Alaska to the mountains and lakes of Glacier National Park, from Frank Lloyd Wright buildings to virtual wine tastings, Smithsonian Magazine brings you Virtual Travel.
Animals
Photo by Dean David on Unsplash
Ocearch: Powered by SeaWorld, this site provides real-time locations of hundreds of tagged sharks, dolphins, turtles, whales, seals, and alligators. From the map you can click on an individual animal and discover its size, weight, life stage, story, and the paths it has taken since it was tagged. Ocearch is a data-centric and science-first organization built to help scientists collect previously unattainable data in the ocean.
WhatBird.com Identify birds seen in New York State by shape, color, and size.
Special Thanks
This site was inspired by University at Buffalo's Virtual Stress Relief Guide (licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
) and we are grateful to Bryan Sajecki and Molly Maloney for allowing us to borrow and modify it. Check out their site for even more stress relief ideas!
Grateful acknowledgement is also given to the student workers who have contributed new sites and ideas to keep this guide evolving.
This Take a Break Guide is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.