You might notice something different on the first floor of the Columbia Public Library. We now have a screen streaming live activity in the natural world with accompanying resources!
Live nature webcams have become popular features in many classrooms and libraries across the country. The National Parks, Missouri Department of Conservation, various zoos and conservation groups set up and maintain live webcams to share these experiences, create educational opportunities and promote conservation.
Our screen (located behind New Books and adjacent to the Help Desk) is launching by supporting Summer Reading’s Unearth a Story™ theme by alternately streaming one of these three sites:
- Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico with related resources;
- Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii with related resources; and
- Dueling Dinos at North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences with related resources.
We hope that you’ll stop by this webcam streaming area to connect to the natural world and to see creatures and places that you might not experience in real life.
