Virtual Field Trips
Expand the walls of the classroom and broaden students' perspectives. Take a virtual field trip to experience and connect with the world!
Google Maps & Google Maps Treks
Google Earth in Chrome (+ Voyager feature)
Discovery Education (search for "Virtual Field Trips")
Virtual Passport & Travel Journal: Google Slides Template
Teachers: Elevate the experience by pairing it with quality questions, performance tasks, and/or global penpals.
The Question Formulation Technique (QFT)
a six-step process to help students generate questions and drive their learning through inquiry
Search and Research: Resources to Help Googlers be Effective Online Researchers
There are about 7-8 billion Google searches each day. That sums to 2-3 trillion searches annually. No wonder most students equate "research" with "Google search."
Use the 5 Clue Challenge (short videos with research questions leading to a mystery animal, place, etc) to practice good research techniques!
EXPLORATION
"Beautiful, Free Math"
Desmos offers so much more than their interactive graphing calculator. Teachers can find or create classroom activities to help students experience math for deeper understanding.
Free Science & Math Simulations for STEM
The University of Colorado, Boulder offers PHET Interactive Simulations for science and math in various areas and grade-levels.
Recommended: Grades 3-12
Zooniverse: Discover, Teach, and Learn
Take part in real cutting-edge research in subjects from across the sciences and humanities. Join a global community of volunteers of all ages and backgrounds who contribute to online citizen science projects for free every day.
Note: Under 16 years old requires parental consent.