Virtual+Field+Trips

**__Arts__** [|Pottery Museum] - Take your class through a Virtual tour of the pottery Museum. [|Monet] - This guides you through a boigraphy of his life. [|Metropolitan Museum of Art] - You can take a virtual tour of the museum, you choose what you what to view. [|Carnegie Hall] - This is great for music class [|Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum]
 * Virtual Field Trips **

[|Lord of the Rings Virtual Field Trip] - Upper Elementary/Middle School [|Language Arts Virtual Field trips] - links you to language arts field trips for all grade levels [|Scholastic Virtual Field Trips for Language Arts] - For all grade levels and topics [|Salem Witch Museum]
 * __ELA__**

[|Baking Bread~ A Virtual Field Trip for your math class] - This Virtual Field Trip teaching 4-6 grade students measuring concepts. [|Max's Math Adventures] - A great collection of Virtual field trips for your K-2 grade classroom. [|Scholastic Math Field Trips] - This web site offers great Virtual Math Field Trips covering all areas and grade levels [|Scholastic Math Field Trips for K-2] - This web site offers Virtual Math Field Trips for grades K-2 [|Scholastic Math Field Trips] - This web site offers great Virtual Math Field Trips covering all areas and grade levels [|Scholastic Math Field Trips for K-2] - This web site offers Virtual Math Field Trips for grades K-2
 * __Math__**

http://www.uh.edu/~jbutler/anon/quick.html -- 360 tours of areas [|Virtual Field Trips-Zoos, Museums] - This will guide you to virtual tours of parks, musuems, and cities on live webcams all over the world [|Scholastic's Endangered Ecosystems] **--** //-- Here is an example of a virtual field trip that contains a teacher's guides, video and text. Choose one of the ecosystems and have fun exploring!// [|Particle Adventure] - An interactive tour of quarks, neutrinos, antimatter presented by the Particle Data Group of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [|Monterey Bay Aquarium Web Cams]//--Choose one that you would like to look at. You may have to install some software to get it to work.// [|SEA WORLD] - This site allow you to visit Saeworld photo's, vidios, virtual tours of every species at seaworld. [|Aquifer~ A Virtual Field Trip for your science class] - This virtual field trip teaches 5-8 grade students about Aquifer [|Endangered Species~ A Virtual Field Trip for your science class] - This virtual field trip teaches 5-8 grade students about endangered species. [|Insects~ A Virtual Field Trip for your science class] - This virtual field trip teaches 1-3 graders about insects [|Deserts~ A Virtual Field Trip for your science class] - This virtual field trip teaches 5+ grades about deserts [|Dinosaurs~ A Virtual Field Trip for your science class] - This virtual field trip teaches grades 1-3 about dinosaurs [|Volcanos~ A Virtual Field Trip] - This virtual field trip teaches grades 2-5 about volcanos [|Desert Tortoise Natural Area Virtual Field Trip] - The Desert Tortoise Natural Area (DTNA) in Kern County, California boasts a rich flora and fauna representative of the intricate Mojave desert biome. This field trip also includes an [|animal loop] and a [|plant loop]. [|Dinosaur tour] at the Smithsonian - This virtual tour of the National Museum of Natural History's dinosaurs is just the first step in informing you about our dinosaurs at the Smithsonian [|Earthtrips] - A virtual journey into Earth history - You may explore by time (period) or by space (locality). [|Easter Island] - an interactive tour from NOVA [|Galaxy Tour] - A star-studded turn around the Milky Way and beyond Health for Kids provides a virtual tour of [|My Body]. Yucky Kids has a tour of "[|Your Gross and Cool Body]" for another view of the same topic.
 * __Science__**

__**Social Studies**__ [|CIA] - Virtual Tour of the CIA [|The Civil War] - A Virtual Field Trip for your Social Studies class [|Countries of the World] - A lesson for Social Studies. [|Early American Colonies] - A trip back to early America [|TheUnited States National Symbols] - The pieces that make up America [|Native American Dwellings] [|The Great Depression and WWII] - A living history of our grandparents [|Colonial Life] - How did early Americans live? [|Smithsonian National Museum of Natual History] - Each floor and exhibit is a virtual tour. [|Freedom in America (example BSU Field Trip)] //--// [|Traditions of the Sun (less involved]//) -////--Choose one of the virtual panoramas and experiment. This type of virtual experience may require more background information and linking of some other sites in order to get the full benefit. [|Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia]// [|Oregon Trail] [|Particle Adventure] - An interactive tour of quarks, neutrinos, antimatter presented by the Particle Data Group of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [|Plimoth Plantation] - a virtual tour of the first permanent European settlement in southern New England [|Postcards from America] - Hitch a ride in their virtual backseat and tour the 50 states in Harvey the RV. //National Register of Historic Places --// [|[[http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/onlineitin-trav.htm --] //site contains lists of itineraries that have been compiled for different historic events and locations. Choose a couple and work your way through them to get a feel for the format being used on this site.// [|The White House] - Take a tour of the White House. Art, Architechture, Furnishings, See rooms like the oval office. [|visist a farm with your class] - Visit a Farm [|**Social Studies Virtual Tours**] -links to virtual field trips [|Agriculture in the Classroom] - discover farming through six virtual field trips [|Blackwell's Best Virtual Field Trips] - Vicki Blackwell provides a list of virtual field trips and museums [|CARE] provides an index of thirteen virtual field trips of impoverished or strife torn countries. [|Egypt in VR] - A 3-D Exploration site of Ancient Egyptian monuments. [|Egypt Voyager] - seven virtual tours [|**Explore London**] **- over 200 panoramas are available** [|**Scrolls From the Dead Sea**]**: The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship** [|**St. Michael's Abbey**] **- As you take the virtual tour, look for red spots.** [|**Spotty's White House Tour**] **- conducted by the President's English Springer Spaniel.** [|**Stonehenge**] [|**Supreme Court Building**] **- You may also observe that within some sections of the tour, the cursor may change to a button/hand when you pass over certain "hot spots." This is a signal to click your mouse, transporting you to another section or to a detailed still image** [|**Theban Mapping Project**] **- Investigate a database of information about each tomb, view a compilation of more than 2000 images, interact with models of each tomb, and measure, pan, and zoom over 250 detailed maps, elevations, and sections.** [|**The Tomb of Tutankhamun**] [|**Underground Railroad**] **- "With miles to go before I sleep." a historical field trip from Co-Nect** [|**National Geographic**] **also has a tour of the Underground Railroad** [|**U.S. Capitol Virtual Tour**] **- an interactive, user friendly, comprehensive and integrated multimedia tour of the U.S. Capitol**

http://www.tramline.com/trips.htm -- mostly science and ss tours [|**Tours**] - a collection of virtual field trips classified by subject [|Reading/Language Arts], [|Science], [|Math], [|Social Studies], and [|K-2]. [|Kentucky Educational TV] - Electronic field trips [|LDS Home schooling in California] provides a large list of virtual field trips [|Online Field Trips] - from Thinkport; all areas, Lang, Math. Economics and more [|OOPS] (Our Overnight Planning System) provides a long list of virtual field trips. At the bottom of the page you will find four ideas for using virtual field trips. One that I liked was having students create virtual postcards using MS Word. [|Scavenger Hunts and Virtual Field Trips] [|Science Museums and Exhibits] - a Yahoo Directory [|Tech Trekers] provides a long list of what they call virtual field trips. Some are not, and they insist on using all caps, but you may find some jewels here. [|Scavenger Hunts and Virtual Field Trips]
 * __General:__**
 * Middleschool.net** -- [-- Virtual Tours and Exhibits specifically selected for middle schools. The offerings are very diverse and wide-ranging.**Teacher Tap** - [[http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic35.htm some articles and several dozen example field trips.**Homework Spot** -- http://www.homeworkspot.com/fieldtrip/ --  //Many of these are social studies, but there are severalscience-related electronic field trips such as volcanoes**Global School Net** -- [[http://www.globalschoolhouse.org/expeditions/ -- Be//   //sure to scroll down to the bottom of the page to see all of the appropriate links.**ThinkPort** -- http://www.thinkport.org/Classroom/trips.tp --// Maryland's virtual field trip website contains links to different kinds of electronic field trips. There are some virtual field trips related to health, math, Edgar Allen Poe, Environmental Mysteries and much more.//**Sue LeBeau's Virtual Field Trips** -- [[http://www.suelebeau.com/cybertrips.htm --// list of virtual field trips with a very easy to use graphical menu. Topics are sorted by subject area.[[http://teacher.scholastic.com/fieldtrp/index.htm|Internet Field Trips] from Scholastic - Scholastic provides an index, organizing their trips into five areas;
 * Apple Learning Interchange - List of virtual field trips**
 * 1) [|Where the River Meets the Sea] - Exploring Life in the Chesapeake Bay with Smithsonian Scientists - Explore where the salt water from the oceans and the fresh water from the rivers meet and mix.
 * 2) [|Science in Action] - "Science in Action for Conservation" looks at two Field Museum sites that demonstrate how scientists and communities work together to conserve biodiversity.
 * 3) [|This Old Habitat] - This expedition explores several ecosystems around the Chicago region to see the habitats present, the interconnections between the plants and animals.
 * 4) [|An Interactive Journey to an Aquarium] - In this project, students go on a field trip to an aquarium and create an iMovie project and/or an iPhoto photo book about their day.
 * 5) [|Over the Line - The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence] - Join with staff at the world famous Whitney Museum of Art in New York City to experience the works of renowned African-American artist, Jacob Lawrence.
 * 6) [|Untold Stories, Baseball and the Multicultural Experience] - Many students are familiar with the legendary feats of Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Mickey Mantle, but what about the accomplishments of baseball stars, such as Minnie Minoso, Sam Jethroe and Masanori Murakami?
 * 7) [|Queen Anne's Revenge] - a coordinated and long-term research project, which conducted underwater archaeological investigations at the site of Blackbeard's Flagship
 * 8) [|Virtual Earth] - Students will learn what a system is and how to apply the concept of systems to learn more about how the Earth functions.
 * 9) [|The Underwater World of Space] - Join Space Center Houston and NASA as we experience the underwater adventures of training for space walks, also known as Extravehicular Activities or EVAs.
 * 10) [|Comparing East and West Coast Estuaries] - Students at Turtleback Elementary in San Diego, California were able to compare their own local geological, biological, and physical artifacts and compare them with those in North Carolina.
 * 11) [|4H Children’s Garden Kids’ Tour] - The 4-H Children's Garden is a popular spot for school field trips and visitors during the garden’s growing season, late May to late August.
 * 12) [|Principles of Flight] - Travel through air and time to learn the history and science of flight.
 * 13) [|African Voices]- African Voices celebrates Africa as a historic and living entity with contemporary and future relevance. Voices demonstrates how African cultures have spread worldwide, becoming a part of the very fabric of American life.
 * 14) [|The Wright Start] - The invention of the airplane by Wilbur and Orville Wright is one of the great stories in American history.
 * 15) [|Problem Solving: The "Wright" Math] - students will learn about the evolution of flight
 * 16) [|A Day in the Life of the ISS] - Visit Space Center Houston to learn about the International Space Center.
 * 17) [|The Case of the Wacky Water Cycle] - There is also a unique online Problem-Based Learning (PBL) activity for each episode that students can work on independently, in groups, or as a class.
 * 18) [|The Case of the Challenging Flight] - In The Case of the Challenging Flight, the tree house detectives are onto a new case as they try to win the Egg-tra-ordinary Plane Contest.
 * 19) [|KokoTV] - Welcome to KokoTV. Yes, Koko is that famous “talking” gorilla you’ve probably read about in school or seen in a Nature documentary.
 * 20) [|Recording the Flame: Woodfired Pottery] - Woodfire pottery presents an elusive artistic style, unfamiliar to the American public as well as the public of the western world.

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