Remember how excited you were when the teacher announced that you were going on a field trip? Recreate the excitement with a virtual field trip! Virtual field trips build digital literacy, cultural competencies, and global citizenship. And, they're a fun way to lean. Best part...no permission slips required!
Learn best practices, examine recent research, explore existing modules, and create interactive lesson plans.
Note: This site focuses on resources for interactive virtual field trips and live web cams, not video tours. Feel free to add applicable resources.
Resources for Educators
Connecticut Science Center: A variety of STEM virtual fields trips.
Discovery Education: Each no-cost Virtual Field Trip comes with a companion guide packed with standards-aligned, hands-on learning activities!
Farm 360: 360 degree farm tours.
Field Trip Zoom: FieldTripZoom was established to foster increased, live interaction between our educational content partners, educators and students with the goal of making live video-based experiential learning or “virtual field trips” a common, consistent part of your curriculum.
Nature Conservancy: Use interactive, hands-on modules to build lesson plans on nature, stewardship, and conservancy.
Museums
Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, VA, United States (check out live web cams)
Holocaust Museum , Washington, D.C., United States
Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, United States
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States
Smithsonian Natural History, Washington, D.C., United States
Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Space
Boeing FutureU Virtual Field Trips: Use virtual experiences and hands-on, standards-aligned STEM lessons to guide students as they explore key concepts in aerospace and engineering.
Interactive Mars Virtual Tour (I love this one!)
NASA for Educators: Explore the Kennedy Space Center, Space, Mars and the Moon.
Research on Virtual Field Trips
Delacruz, S. (2019). Building Digital Literacy Bridges: Connecting Cultures and Promoting Global Citizenship in Elementary Classrooms through School-Based Virtual Field Trips. TechTrends 63, 428–439. https://doi-org.libproxy.boisestate.edu/10.1007/s11528-018-0350-1
Mead, C., Buxner, S., Bruce, G., Taylor, W., Semken, S., & Anbar, A. D. (2019). Immersive, interactive virtual field trips promote science learning. Journal of Geoscience Education, 67(2), 131-142. doi:http://dx.doi.org.libproxy.boisestate.edu/10.1080/10899995.2019.1565285
Niederauer, M. (2017). Virtual field trips emerge as a key workforce development tool. Manufacturing Engineering, 158(6), 94-95. Retrieved from http://libproxy.boisestate.edu/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.libproxy.boisestate.edu/docview/2116606809?accountid=9649