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Good planning must precede field trips, real or virtual. Before considering virtual field trips, read a discussion on the topic, "Why Take Field Trips."

Education World has two articles that you should read before you write your own virtual field trip.

  1. Get Outta Class With Virtual Field Trips - links to field trips of all sorts, from museums to a farm, plus tips for creating your own virtual field trips
  2. Take a Museum Field Trip - Without Leaving Your Classroom! - When a field trip is out of the question, journey to a virtual museum! Join Education World as they visit science, art, and history museums around the world. This article is actually a virtual field trip itself.

North Carolina State University has a good discussion of four categories of virtual field trips that will present some ideas you might not have considered. You may wish to modify one of their suggestions and have your students produce a PowerPoint show to follow up their trip, rather than a HyperStudio stack.

SurfAquarium has a good set of Virtual Field Trip Guidelines, including a nice list of do's and don't's. One excellent suggestion of theirs is that the teacher should remember that they are taking the class outside the four walls of their classroom, albeit via cyberspace, and must provide just as much supervision and structure as they would on a traditional field trip.

The Indigenous Education and Training Alliance has way of looking at virtual field trips that is different from the common virtual tourist model. They assert that in order for the VFT to have a significant curriculum purpose, it is desirable to have a problem or investigation as the guiding framework of the VFT. This was of designing a VFT will have your students working at higher levels of Bloom's taxonomy.

Take a look at a permission form posted by field-trips.org. This permission form is a .pdf (portable document format) and will require Adobe Acrobat Reader. The purpose of the form is to notify the parent of the virtual excursions so that they might engage their child in a discussion of their online journey. If you think that this is a good idea, as I do, create your own permission form using MS Word.

After the field trip, look back at the experience using the evaluation form provided by Kathy Schrock.

Collections of Field Trips

  1. Agriculture in the Classroom - discover farming through six virtual field trips
  2. Blackwell's Best Virtual Field Trips - Vicki Blackwell provides a list of virtual field trips and museums
  3. CARE provides an index of thirteen virtual field trips of impoverished or strife torn countries.
  4. East Aurora District 131 - field trips posted by a school district near Chicago
  5. eFieldTrips - registration is required, there is no charge for registration - index of 20 eFieldTrips
  6. Factory Tours Online - a list of tours with suggestions on how to search for more
  7. HomeworkSpot Archive of Field Trips - A large range of topics, from a Chocolate Factory to the Louvre Museum
  8. Internet Field Trips from Scholastic - Scholastic provides an index, organizing their trips into five areas; Reading/Language Arts, Science, Math, Social Studies, and K-2.
  9. Kentucky Educational TV - Electronic field trips
  10. LDS Home schooling in California provides a large list of virtual field trips
  11. MiddleSchool.net has a large list of field trips and exhibits
  12. NASA Quest - they also include a page of instructions on how to participate.
  13. Online Field Trips - from Thinkport; all areas, Lang, Math. Economics and more
  14. OOPS (Our Overnight Planning System) provides a long list of virtual field trips. At the bottom of the page you will find four ideas for using virtual field trips. One that I liked was having students create virtual postcards using MS Word.
  15. Scavenger Hunts and Virtual Field Trips
  16. Science Museums and Exhibits - a Yahoo Directory
  17. Tech Trekers provides a long list of what they call virtual field trips. Some are not, and they insist on using all caps, but you may find some jewels here.
  19. Utah Education Network Virtual Field Trip Resources
    1. Teacher Created Field Trips - Trips created by Utah teachers
    2. Tutorials on how to create Virtual Field Trips
    3. Links to other field trips found on the web
  20. Virtually Hawaii - All of the images in the Virtual Field Trips have accompanying descriptive texts, and for many of the tours we have a short quiz that you can take to see how much you have learned about Hawaii.
  21. Virtual Exhibits (scroll past their welcome screen to see the listing)
  22. Virtual Field Trips from Teacher's Guide
  23. Virtual Field Trips and Field Studies - posted by the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
  24. Virtual Museums (scroll past their welcome screen to see the listing)
  25. Virtual Special Exhibits (scroll past their welcome screen to see the listing)

Individual Field Trips

  1. Alaska [and others] in Panorama - 360 degree images of several Rocky Mountain locations
  2. Albert Einstein: Image and Impact - a tour of Einstein's life
  3. All Along a River - a ThinkQuest site
  4. Ancient Egypt - this British Museum site also has interactive games
  5. Ancient Stones of Scotland - ranging from the earliest settlements (dating from about 3500 BC), through the stone circles and standing stones, to the defense towers called brochs, built about 2000 years ago
  6. Antarctica - produced by the Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica
  7. A. Pintura: Art Detective - Help solve the mystery of Grandfather's Painting
  8. Art Safari: An Adventure in Looking - There are no right or wrong answers to the questions. Learn by looking, and have fun!
  9. Around the World in Eighty Clicks - visit web cams all around the world
  10. At the Tomb of Tutankhamen - Virtual field trip posted by National Geographic.
  11. British Energy Nature Trail - an imaginary nature park to explore [uses 360 degree VR]
  12. The Cave of Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc - Located in the south of France, at Vallon-Pont-d'Arc (Ardèche), the Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc cave is a decorated prehistoric cave which remained intact after the sudden obstruction of its natural entrance right in the middle of the ice age.
  13. CIA - Virtual Tour of the CIA
  14. Desert Tortoise Natural Area Virtual Field Trip - The Desert Tortoise Natural Area (DTNA) in Kern County, California boasts a rich flora and fauna representative of the intricate Mojave desert biome. This field trip also includes an animal loop and a plant loop.
  15. Dinosaur tour at the Smithsonian - This virtual tour of the National Museum of Natural History's dinosaurs is just the first step in informing you about our dinosaurs at the Smithsonian
  16. Earthtrips - A virtual journey into Earth history - You may explore by time (period) or by space (locality).
  17. Easter Island - an interactive tour from NOVA
  18. Egypt in VR - A 3-D Exploration site of Ancient Egyptian monuments.
  19. Egypt Voyager - seven virtual tours
  20. Explore London - over 200 panoramas are available
  21. Galaxy Tour - A star-studded turn around the Milky Way and beyond
  22. Health for Kids provides a virtual tour of My Body.
    1. Yucky Kids has a tour of "Your Gross and Cool Body" for another view of the same topic.
  23. Historical Tour of the White House - Welcome to our online tour of the White House, the First Family's Home.
  24. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California. - 360 degree panoramic images
  25. Lascaux - a virtual tour of this important cave (home page of this cave)
  26. Lechuguilla Cave - Take a virtual tour of the Deepest Cave in the US.
  27. Louvre Museum - a virtual tour (This site will open in a new page. Close the page to get back to this list.)
  28. Mount St. Helens - some QTVR included with maps and still photos
  29. New York Underground - The city’s infrastructure starts just below street level, but it doesn’t stop there.
  30. New Zealand - Caution for users of their slide show: the show runs automatically, don't look for the controls.
  31. Nine Planets - A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System
  32. Nova Scotia - A Virtual Field Trip of the Landscape
  33. Oregon Trail
  34. Particle Adventure - An interactive tour of quarks, neutrinos, antimatter presented by the Particle Data Group of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  35. Plimoth Plantation - a virtual tour of the first permanent European settlement in southern New England
  36. Postcards from America - Hitch a ride in their virtual backseat and tour the 50 states in Harvey the RV.
  37. Robotics - The Tech Museum offers this tour of the world of robotics
  38. Salem Witch Museum
  39. Scrolls From the Dead Sea: The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship
  40. St. Michael's Abbey - As you take the virtual tour, look for red spots.
  41. Spotty's White House Tour - conducted by the President's English Springer Spaniel.
  42. Stonehenge
  43. Supreme Court Building - You may also observe that within some sections of the tour, the cursor may change to a button/hand when you pass over certain "hot spots." This is a signal to click your mouse, transporting you to another section or to a detailed still image.
  44. The Sun - a multimedia tour
  45. Theban Mapping Project - Investigate a database of information about each tomb, view a compilation of more than 2000 images, interact with models of each tomb, and measure, pan, and zoom over 250 detailed maps, elevations, and sections.
  46. The Tomb of Tutankhamun
  47. Underground Railroad - "With miles to go before I sleep." a historical field trip from Co-Nect
    1. National Geographic also has a tour of the Underground Railroad
  48. U.S. Capitol Virtual Tour - an interactive, user friendly, comprehensive and integrated multimedia tour of the U.S. Capitol
  49. Virtual Solar System by National Geographic - your chance to discover the wonders of our solar system in a spectacular 3-D environment. Take a fly-by tour of the sun and each planet in its orbit, observe close-up views of the planets, extraterrestrial weather patterns, and more.
  50. Yellowstone
    1. Bears of Yellowstone part 1 | part 2
    2. Fire Ecology part 1 | part 2
    3. History part 1 | part 2
    4. Influence of Art on Yellowstone part 1 | part 2
    5. Trumpeter Swans of Yellowstone low bandwidth version | high bandwidth version
    6. Wolves of Yellowstone part 1 | part 2

Apple Learning Interchange - List of virtual field trips

  1. Where the River Meets the Sea - Exploring Life in the Chesapeake Bay with Smithsonian Scientists - Explore where the salt water from the oceans and the fresh water from the rivers meet and mix.
  2. Science in Action - "Science in Action for Conservation" looks at two Field Museum sites that demonstrate how scientists and communities work together to conserve biodiversity.
  3. This Old Habitat - This expedition explores several ecosystems around the Chicago region to see the habitats present, the interconnections between the plants and animals.
  4. An Interactive Journey to an Aquarium - In this project, students go on a field trip to an aquarium and create an iMovie project and/or an iPhoto photo book about their day.
  5. Over the Line - The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence - Join with staff at the world famous Whitney Museum of Art in New York City to experience the works of renowned African-American artist, Jacob Lawrence.
  6. Untold Stories, Baseball and the Multicultural Experience - Many students are familiar with the legendary feats of Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Mickey Mantle, but what about the accomplishments of baseball stars, such as Minnie Minoso, Sam Jethroe and Masanori Murakami?
  7. Queen Anne's Revenge - a coordinated and long-term research project, which conducted underwater archaeological investigations at the site of Blackbeard's Flagship
  8. Virtual Earth - Students will learn what a system is and how to apply the concept of systems to learn more about how the Earth functions.
  9. The Underwater World of Space - Join Space Center Houston and NASA as we experience the underwater adventures of training for space walks, also known as Extravehicular Activities or EVAs.
  10. Comparing East and West Coast Estuaries - Students at Turtleback Elementary in San Diego, California were able to compare their own local geological, biological, and physical artifacts and compare them with those in North Carolina.
  11. 4H Children’s Garden Kids’ Tour - The 4-H Children's Garden is a popular spot for school field trips and visitors during the garden’s growing season, late May to late August.
  12. Principles of Flight - Travel through air and time to learn the history and science of flight.
  13. African Voices - African Voices celebrates Africa as a historic and living entity with contemporary and future relevance. Voices demonstrates how African cultures have spread worldwide, becoming a part of the very fabric of American life.
  14. The Wright Start - The invention of the airplane by Wilbur and Orville Wright is one of the great stories in American history.
  15. Problem Solving: The "Wright" Math - students will learn about the evolution of flight
  16. A Day in the Life of the ISS - Visit Space Center Houston to learn about the International Space Center.
  17. The Case of the Wacky Water Cycle - There is also a unique online Problem-Based Learning (PBL) activity for each episode that students can work on independently, in groups, or as a class.
  18. The Case of the Challenging Flight - In The Case of the Challenging Flight, the tree house detectives are onto a new case as they try to win the Egg-tra-ordinary Plane Contest.
  19. KokoTV - Welcome to KokoTV. Yes, Koko is that famous “talking” gorilla you’ve probably read about in school or seen in a Nature documentary.
  20. Recording the Flame: Woodfired Pottery - Woodfire pottery presents an elusive artistic style, unfamiliar to the American public as well as the public of the western world.

Geology Field Trips

  1. Anza-Borrego Desert (Southern California) - displays geologic features that have accumulated over the past half billion years or so
  2. Big Bend National Park - presented by Texas A & M University, Department of Geology
  3. Coastal Erosion Field Trip
  4. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area - a state park located in central Texas.
  5. Galapagos Geology on the Web - The intention of this web site is to provide information on the Galapagos Islands to both scientists and non-scientists alike.
  6. A Geologist's Lifetime Field List - a list of essential or desirable locations for geologists or travelers to visit, containing many of the interesting geological wonders of the world
  7. Geology of North Cascades National Park - Three separate field trips take you (1) along the scenic North Cascade Highway (State Route 20), (2) up the Baker Lake road, and (3) along the Mount Baker Highway (State Route 542).
  8. Geology Link - virtual field trips from Houghton Mifflin
  9. Grand Canyon Explorer - The geology of the Grand Canyon
  10. Indian Peaks, Colorado, Front Range, U.S.A.
  11. It's Hayward's Fault - a Walking Tour of the Hayward Fault
  12. Monterey Bay - Choose a Field Trip and learn about the geology of the Monterey Bay Area
  13. Natural Bridges State Park: Coastal Geology
  14. Quick Time Virtual Field Trips - posted by the University of Houston
  15. Reefs of the Gulf - a submarine grand tour
  16. Slot Canyons of the American Southwest
  17. Southern Iceland - virtual field trip
  18. Texas Hill Country - a Virtual Field Trip
  19. Virtual and On-line Geologic Field Trip Guides - a large number of virtual field trips from the University of Texas at Austin
  20. Virtual Field Geology - Geologic tours of Southern California
  21. Virtual World Of Geology - organized by location or geologic feature
  22. West Bay (Bridport Harbor): Geology of the Dorset Coast
Virtual field trips using non-traditional "vehicles"


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