Want to explore our world? Here are 30+ great Virtual Field Trips for early learners to explore from your home. From zoos and landmarks to famous museums, you can explore the world with your child with over a month of virtual field trips! Show
The Ultimate Checklist of Virtual Field Trips for Kids
One thing that the recent global quarantine has made us all realize very clearly is that we’re all part of one earth. We all have many commonalities and many things that are unique to where we live. As we are at home, working from home and spending more time with the kids, I’d love to suggest we spend a little more time exploring this amazing planet that we’ve been gifted to during our lifetime. Google Earth is such an amazing tool to use with your child to encourage them to explore the world. You can be at home on your sofa or at our desk and be transported to anywhere on the earth(virtually). Where would you want to go? With your child start with where you live. Then go to their school and where you shop near you and then find where family and friends live. Next, explore some of their favorite spots you’ve vacationed and now it’s time to explore where you’ve never been. But where do you start? Let’s start by exploring some amazing popular travel destinations that also happen to have webcams for you to step inside and explore. Google’s Art and Culture is a great resource to kick start your global search too. Did you know that Google’s “World Wonders” project offers virtual tours of 132 famous sites? So many amazing virtual tours of museums for kids!! DOWNLOAD VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP LOG 30 Virtual Field Trips for KidsI’ve put together a collection of locations for virtual field trips that I believe as a teacher and a mom that are appropriate for the kid to watch online. I’d encourage you though to talk about these locations as a family. You can track your virtual tours with our Printable Virtual Field Trip Log! Perhaps start working on a travel bucket list together and a virtual travel bucket list. That way your child can make their own itinerary too. Where do you think your child wants to go to? Animal Virtual Tours for Kid
Here’s a list of all the zoos with webcams to explore. For a little movement, try this zoo themed yoga US History Virtual Tours
Grab our Washington DC Unit for Kids. Create your own Living History Museum at home after your virtual tour! US Landmarks Virtual Tours
US National Parks Virtual Tours
Find Your Virtual Park – Connect with national parks from a distance through digital opportunities and activities to do in your own home or neighborhood. Museum Virtual Tours
Coloring Pages From Over 100 Museums Virtual Tours Around the World
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Once you take a few winter virtual tours, explore these Winter Activities for Kids. Spring Virtual Field Trips for KidsExplore the best spring virtual field trips for kids. Explore moments in nature of spring flowers blooming and experience flower-covered trees, baby animals, and the animal life cycles of spring with this ultimate collection of spring virtual field trips for kids.
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DOWNLOAD VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP LOG DOWNLOAD OUR VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP LOG There are so many amazing resources to explore virtually to learn about our amazing planet and the treasures and history within it. One resource that I found to be the most amazing was Google Art and Culture resource. I high recommend exploring it as a family during this time. Virtual Tours for KidsTake this time to explore the world virtually and help us work together to protect and learn about these treasures around the world. What are the most popular field trips?Each of which offers its own excitement and learning opportunities.. #1 - Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (Washington DC). #2 - Audubon Aquarium of the Americas (New Orleans, LA). #3 - Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY). #4 - International Spy Museum (Washington DC). #5 - San Diego Zoo (San Diego, CA). What are the 6 components of virtual field trip?Virtual field trips may be comprised of images, animations, simulations, audio and video (Banister, Reinhart & Ross, 2010). They may also include live broadcasts from scientists or field-trip locations, webisodes and a variety of student interactive learning materials (Cassady, Kozlowski & Kornmann, 2008).
How do you do a virtual field trip?To participate in virtual field trips, educators and their students need internet access, a webcam (so the presenter can see the class), and a way to project an image on the whiteboard. Educators must also have a decent microphone and be aware that field trip content providers may be in a different time zone.
What are virtual reality field trips?Designed for ages 9-15 but customizable for all ages, virtual field trips allow students to travel the world and explore natural environments without leaving the classroom. Each virtual field trip contains a video, teacher guide, and student activities.
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