Hello Everyone,
Our Unlock the Teacher team has been very busy writing but we are always on the lookout for great educational resources to share. Below is a list of A-M-A-Z-I-N-G online virtual tours that parent or teacher can utilize as a curriculum resource or for some learning fun! Please check them out and let us know which tour your child(ren) or students liked best. When we all come together and share best practices, it is our students, our future who benefit.
May we continue to seek knowledge in all things~
Denise
A Hotlist of Virtual Field TripsAn Internet Hotlist on Virtual Field Tripscreated by Group Project
Introduction | Math | Science | The Arts | Social Studies | Language Arts
Introduction
Need to spice up that old lesson?…..check out these great virtual field trips…
The Internet Resources
- Virtual Field Trips-Zoos, Museums – This will guide you to virtual tours of parks, museums, and cities on live webcams all over the world
- Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History – Each floor and exhibit is a virtual tour.
- SEA WORLD – This site allow you to visit Seaworld photo’s, videos, virtual tours of every species at seaworld.
- Pottery Museum – Take your class through a Virtual tour of the pottery Museum.
- Monet – This guides you through a biography of his life.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art – You can take a virtual tour of the museum, you choose what you what to view.
- The White House – Take a tour of the White House. Art, architecture, Furnishings, See rooms like the oval office.
- visit a farm with your class – Visit a Farm
- Carnegie Hall – This is great for music class
- 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
- The United 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?
Math
- 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
Science
- 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
Language Arts
- 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