We all love a great website, one that engages us, makes us wonder, teaches us, inspires us or entertains us. Well, here’s a collection of websites that will do just that. This is an attempt to compile the most noteworthy virtual field trips, organized by topic or subject:
Explore Past and Upcoming Field Trips
- Bring the world to your “homeschool” with Google Connected Classrooms
Forests, Zoos & National Parks
- Tour any the Sequoia National Park, The Grand Canyon, the Great Smoky Mountains, and Yellowstone through Nature Valley Trail View
- UPM Forest
- Estuary Education
- Cameron Park Zoo
- The Virtual Zoo (nice for young kids)
- Galapagos Islands
Curiosity Mars Rover
Landmarks & Culture
- The White House
- The US Capitol
- The Lascaux Cave
- The Sistine Chapel
- Machu Picchu
- Pompeii via Google Earth
- Great Wall of China
- Christ the Redeemer
- Taj Mahal
- The Roman Colosseum
- Chichén Itzá
- Tons of the “World’s Wonders” (too many to list) via Google Cultural Institute
- Panoramic views of numerous sites around the World
Science
History
Museums – Virtual Field Trip Apps
- Metropolitan Museum of Art – MOMA
- Canadian Museum of Civilization
- Guggenheim
- Musée Du Louvre
- American Museum of Natural History
- The National Gallery of London
- Smithsonian
- Google’s Virtual Field Trip app
Other Lists & Compilations
- 10 Virtual Field Trips for Young Children
- http://teacherworld.com/virtualfieldtriplinks.html
- http://www.pinterest.com/kgullett/virtual-field-trips/
If you know of any other virtual field trips worth adding to this list, please share!
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