Rural Exceptional Student Talent Opportunities, Resources, & Experiences
VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS
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Located in Cody, Wyoming, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West offers a wide variety of free, interactive virtual field trips that allow teachers to bring the history, culture, art, and natural history of the American West into their classrooms. (Cost: FREE)
The Center for Interactive Learning (CILC) is a nonprofit organization that connects educators and learners to live, interactive virtual experiences by partnering with renowned museums, zoos, science centers, and experts worldwide. Through free membership, CILC offers access to over 2,300 virtual field trips that connect teachers and students to live, interactive, virtual visits that inspire learning across various subjects and grade levels. (Cost: ranges from FREE to $300, depending on the program selected)
Located in Nashville, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum offers a unique variety of educational programs, both synchronous (live) virtual field trips and asynchronous (pre-recorded) video programs, focused on Fine Arts/Music, Social Studies/History, English Language Arts, STEAM, and SEL. Our favorites are "Songwriting 101" and "Words & Music," both lead by professional songwriters who end their programs by adding melodies to students' original lyrics and performing their songs. Check it out! For more information, email schools@countrymusichalloffame.org. (Cost: pre-recorded - FREE, live virtual field trips: $125 and up)
The Durham Mueum in Omaha offers award-winning digital learning programs (Museum Live! and Virtual Field Trips) for unique learning opportunities for all ages. Taught by museum educators, these engaging and interactive classes follow national and state social studies standards and feature artifacts, photographs, and a live look at the museum's exhibitions and displays. The Durham also hosts a photo archive collection of over 1 million images spanning from the 1860's to the early 2000's. Teachers are also invited to schedule free on-site field trips for their students (COST: FREE)
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