Through virtual field trips, your children can visit other states, countries across the globe, and even other planets.
From museums to zoos to famous wonders of the world, with these virtual field trips for kids, students can explore the world right from their living room couch!
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Looking for some FREE Virtual Field trip ideas? This list breaks down, by category, over 100 different FREE virtual field trips!
A selection of the best virtual tours and virtual field trips in Ireland to see the beauty of the Emerald Isle without leaving your house. Perfect for armchair travelers and travel planning!…
Virtual tours, virtual visits, and virtual experiences are extraordinary and the perfect substitute when the real thing is temporarily out of reach. Kids Can Explore the World With These Virtual Field Trips to Virtually Anywhere on this Planet.
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Virtual tours, virtual visits, and virtual experiences are extraordinary and the perfect substitute when the real thing is temporarily out of reach. Kids Can Explore the World With These Virtual Field Trips to Virtually Anywhere on this Planet.
Through virtual field trips, your children can visit other states, countries across the globe, and even other planets.
In this virtual field trip, students will explore the top 5 most visited National Parks using Google Earth and the National Parks websites. Everything is google compatible for distance learning!
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Discover ways to take your kids on virtual field trips on-line, exploring the world from your classroom or home with your tablets or computers!
Stuck inside? Go on a virtual field trip to the San Diego Zoo, a farm, the tundra, the Great Wall of China, the Lourve, and even Mars!
Spring field trips can be a great addition to your homeschool. They get everyone out of the house, provide valuable educational activities, and help beat the homeschool blahs. Spring can be a hard time of year to homeschool. Sometimes it feels like we are limping to the finish line at the end of the school year. Field trips can help.
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I love field trips and especially ones that are money-saving, and virtual field trips fit both categories. Fun field trips from the comfort of your...
Looking for ways to keep young minds busy? Travel the world virtually! Online museum tours, virtual field trips for kids, zoo webcams & more!
From museums to zoos to famous wonders of the world, with these virtual field trips for kids, students can explore the world right from their living room couch!
Looking for ways to keep young minds busy? Travel the world virtually! Online museum tours, virtual field trips for kids, zoo webcams & more!
Today, we're going to take a trip to 5 different Canadian virtual field trips that you and your children can join in from the comfort of your own home.
We are learning how to use virtual tours+ for homeschooling, so I wanted to share some (okay a ton!) that we found and loved. There are so many virtual tours out there… please share your favorites so we can add them to this post! TABLE OF CONTENTS National Parks History & Museum Wildlife & Science […]
From museums to zoos to famous wonders of the world, with these virtual field trips for kids, students can explore the world right from their living room couch!
Join in a Paris France Virtual Field Trip - A Virtual Tour of the city of light - a fun and educational visit to Paris
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Adventurers, curious minds & kids stuck at home: don't miss my virtual field trips to Washington DC, zoos, aquariums, safaris, Dia de los Muertos & more!
Amusement Parks Universal Studios Orlando Resort Legoland Florida SeaWorld Orlando Walt Disney World Aquariums Aquarium of the Pacific Monterey Bay Aquarium National Aquarium Farms Farm 360 (11 different farm tours) Historic Sites Acoma Sky City in
Explore zoos, aquariums, museums and destinations around the world without leaving home. Here are 20 virtual field trips you can take with your kids.
360 videos were made for THIS! Here are 15 fun, interactive virtual tours of wildlife. Get up close to wild animals on safaris, in our oceans, and more.
Take a virtual trip across Canada with The Canadian Adventure - a fantastic way to learn about our country from the comfort of home.
Take your students through a virtual field trip through South America!This includes 39 editable PowerPoint Slides that allow students to explore the culture, people, wildlife, and geography of Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Peru.The virtual field trip includes lots of photos, fun facts, embedded vide...
From museums to zoos to famous wonders of the world, with these virtual field trips for kids, students can explore the world right from their living room couch!
An extensive list of 130+ South America unit study ideas. This list includes books, videos, virtual field trips, recipe ideas, hands on ideas, and more.
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Looking for ways to keep young minds busy? Travel the world virtually! Online museum tours, virtual field trips for kids, zoo webcams & more!
Video picture books for the music classroom will hook your students and transport them to a magical musical world. Best of all, it's free.
Check out these new wonders of the world virtual reality videos so anyone can spin around, look up and down, and view a "new" wonder of the world.
21 Indoor Activities For Kids To Battle Boredom + 17 Awesome Virtual Field Trips! These awesome ideas are fun, free, and can be done with your kids without ever having to leave your home!
The next best thing when you can't get to your favorite National Parks in person is to take in one of these 48 National Park Virtual Tours!
A list of 18 virtual field trip ideas for kindergarten and first-grade students. This collection of ideas consists of videos and interactive virtual tours.
Do you have the travel bug but can't board a flight? Visit 10 popular sites via this virtual field trip to London & make it home for dinner!
Check out these new wonders of the world virtual reality videos so anyone can spin around, look up and down, and view a "new" wonder of the world.
When teaching about places outside our hometowns, many of us dream of being able to show our students these locations in real life. Cost, travel time and the work it would take to plan a field trip to China, for example, are completely out of the question...unless you're ready to use the magic of the internet! I'm about to show you how to make virtual field trips for your students that will enhance your curriculum and amaze your students. Google Earth is a free program you can download here. Each device your students use needs to have the program downloaded to it. Google Earth has a wide variety of layers that enable you to access pictures, information about earthquakes, NASA and much more. My favorite option is 360Cities and I'm excited to show you how you can use it in your classroom! 360Cities is a feature that has 360 degree photographs that put you and your students right into the action. Students can turn the photographs in all directions and truly explore the wide world outside their classroom right from their own computer screens! Ok. Roll up your sleeves and let's start creating your first virtual field trip! P.S. There's directions for the less tech-savvy teacher at the bottom. This is an activity that any teacher can do! I'm going to jump in and assume that you've already downloaded the program. Once you're set up and ready to go, look on the left hand side of the screen and find the "Layers" window. Go to the "Gallery" option and make sure that 360Cities is selected. I usually deselect all the other options because I like a nice clean interface. On that note, I also deselect the "Global Awareness" layer and the "More" layer so that I can focus on finding the 360Cities locations. Feel free to explore these sections, though, and click on various layers to see what you can find! Identify the locations you would like to have your students visit. I've chosen famous landmarks because I want to introduce my students to the process of using Google Earth during our first couple weeks of school in a really engaging way. Then make a list of the specific locations you want your students to visit. Here's my list: 1. The Great Wall of China 2. Pyramids of Giza 3. Mount Rushmore 4. Taj Mahal 5. Machu Picchu Right click in the "Places" window on the left side of your screen. Click "Add" and "Folder". Name your folder ______ Virtual Field Trip. Now it's time to find the first location on your list. In the search bar at the top left of your screen, type in your first location. Click "search". Google Earth will automatically take you to your destination. Next, scout around for a good 360Cities icon. I usually find them in most of the places I have on my lists. Once in a while I strike out. In that case, I have to adapt and find a new location! :) In this case, though, I found the perfect option at the Great Wall of China. There's nothing inappropriate in the picture and it has great image quality! (Please note: I've never found anything inappropriate in any of the 360 images, however I never leave anything to chance. I always preview the pictures before I send my students to any locations around the globe.) Back on the map, click the "Add Placemark" option and a pin will be added to the map. Drag and drop it onto the 360Cities icon and give it a name. Finally, make sure your new pin is inside your Virtual Field Trip folder. Simply drag the destination onto the Virtual Field Trip folder so that it falls underneath as a subfolder. You did it! Now repeat the process to add other destinations to your virtual field trip. Once you have your folder filled with all your destinations, it's time to export the file and put it somewhere all your students can access it. Right click on your virtual field trip folder in the "Places" window and click the option "Save Place As...". Save the .kmz file into a folder on your computer. Our last task is to make the virtual field trip easy for our students to access. There are a few ways you can accomplish this task: 1. Post the .kmz file to your class website 2. Share it through a school-based program like Google Classroom or One Drive. 3. Save it to a flash drive (This works if you're only using one or two other computers in your classroom for stations or centers. It's not advised if each of your students have their own computer! The task would be quite time consuming.) Students will need to save the file onto their computers to use it in Google Earth. Then all they have to do is go to Google Earth, click "File" and "Open", find the file and voila! They are off on a fun and educational adventure. If the directions above make you a little nervous, there's another option just for you! :) You'll still need to locate particular locations on Google Earth as well as relevant 360Cities locations. Instead of dropping a pin, however, you'll hover over the 360Cities icon and find the latitude and longitude of the icon. The coordinates you'll need are located at the bottom of your screen. Write down the coordinates exactly as you'd like your students to type them into the search bar to get to their location. In this case, the coordinates should be typed: 40 25 57.96 N, 116 33 48.63 E You can post your list of coordinates on the board or on a piece of paper for student reference. Students will type the coordinates exactly as you have written them. You're all set! I would LOVE to hear how you plan to use Google Earth in your own classroom as I'm always on the lookout for new ideas to bring to my own students. Leave a comment below to share your ideas! :)
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Virtual field trips are a great option for times we are stuck inside or live too far away to actually visit. Field trips can help connect students with a variety of subjects and a virtual
Discover ways to take your kids on virtual field trips on-line, exploring the world from your classroom or home with your tablets or computers!
