Virtual Field Trips
Virtual field trips are a great way to give amazing experiences to our students without even leaving school. Check out the suggested sites below. Many have trip builders in which you can customize the trip each class takes.
Smithsonian Learning Lab Sign up for free using your Google Account and explore the possibilities!
Google Earth Tour Builder is an excellent tool to use with students in class to create virtual tours and explore places from all around the world. You can design a tour of any location you want, you can also enrich your tour with multimedia data such as photographs, video clips and text.
Tour Builder can be used in a variety of classroom projects. For instance, students can use it to create and narrate a story showcasing particular events and where they took place, places visited and many more. It can also be used for virtual field trips or for teaching history.
Visit Google Tour Gallery for more inspirational ideas on how to use Tour Builder with your students. -Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
Discovery Education Virtual Field Trips
Tour the National Archives, see how an egg farm works, explore NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, or hear from the President of the United States. Discovery Education Virtual Field Trips are fun, educational, and free!’ -Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
"Discover artworks, collections and stories from all around the world in a new way. Explore cultural treasures in extraordinary detail and easily share with your friends."-Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
‘AirPano is a not-for-profit project focused on high-resolution virtual tours from a bird's eye view. AirPano has already photographed over 300 most interesting locations on our planet and it is the largest resource for 360° aerial panoramas in the world.’-Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
‘Virtual Field Trips is a website that provides K-12 educators with high quality educational videos for social studies, geography, and science curriculums.’
-Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
