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VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS
VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS
American Jazz Museum - Available through the enormous collection at Google Arts and Culture, the American Jazz Museum centers on the neighborhood of 18th and Vine in Kansas City, MO, the center of black culture during the eras of reconstruction and segregation. The virtual field trip walks you through the history of jazz in Kansas City with objects of interest including original maps of the area, jazz programs, Bettye Abel’s stunning cloche hat, and even Bill Clinton’s saxophone. The collection also features an immersive 360-degree tour of the museum proper.
Exploring By the Seat of Your Pants - This site offers a variety of field trips live via YouTube Live, and students can ask questions of featured speakers via the comment bar. Sign up in advance to be a featured classroom and learn about all types of exploration professionals, from astrophysicists to shipwreck explorers.
The Louvre - A perpetual leader in virtual tours, the Louvre Online allows students to navigate the various galleries. By clicking on the magnifying glass and then the question mark, visitors can take a look at anything from Renaissance art to ancient Egyptian artifacts and also explore the history of the remarkable building.
MARS - Google has put together a great interactive 360- degree experience to explore Mars. Don’t skip the opening, and click on the “Learn” markers to find out details about our mission to the red planet via the Mars Rover and what mankind has learned.
National Parks Foundation - The National Park Service offers field trips to several national parks in a variety of formats. Videos, guided tours, 360 videos, 3-D models, and live webcams are all freely available.
The Nature Conservancy - The Nature Conservancy offers free virtual field trips through a variety of landscapes. Closely tied to curricular standards, these field trips use academic language when touring sites including coastal temperate rainforest, coral reefs, and West Virginia wind farms. Teacher guides that include graphic organizers, rubrics, and extension materials for a variety of standards and grades are also available.
NOVA - In addition to fantastic educational programming, PBS offers free virtual field trips a few times per month via their Facebook page. Polar scientists, forest rangers, and paleontologists hop online to talk about their work and answer questions live.
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OTHER SITES AND ACTIVITIES
OTHER SITES AND ACTIVITIES
New York Public Library Summer At the Library! - Check this link for Summer Activities, Reading Programs and more!
New York Public Library Summer At the Library! - Check this link for Summer Activities, Reading Programs and more!
FOR OUR NONFICTION/WANT-TO-BE-ON-TOP-OF-THE-ISSUES READERS!
FOR OUR NONFICTION/WANT-TO-BE-ON-TOP-OF-THE-ISSUES READERS!
New York Times Summer Reading Contest - The publishers of the New York Times wants to encourage teens to read newspapers. This contest give students a chance to connect real-word events with the students' own writing. There is a weekly possibility of having your work in the New York Times, one of the world's most renowned newspapers! Click on the link above to learn more.
New York Times Summer Reading Contest - The publishers of the New York Times wants to encourage teens to read newspapers. This contest give students a chance to connect real-word events with the students' own writing. There is a weekly possibility of having your work in the New York Times, one of the world's most renowned newspapers! Click on the link above to learn more.
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