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Virtual Field Trips: A Sampling

The Virtual Field Trip is a field trip that students and teachers take via the Internet.  A great benefit of this activity is that it utilizes technology tools to help students visualize and understand subject matter through exploration and active learning. It's also a great way to "travel" without leaving your classroom! Look for sites with QuickTime VR, which allows you to view panoramic views of your virtual field trip location.

Visit our recommended links, which may inspire you to create your own virtual field trip. You can also find thousands of Virtual Field Trips by doing a Google search online.

Big Bend National Park Virtual Field Trip
http://maroon.com/bigbend/intro/index.html

Virtual Tours of England
http://vrgb.co.uk/

New York City Panoramic Virtual Tours
http://360cities.net/area/new-york-city

Virtual Yosemite
http://virtualparks.org/scenes/ZmElU2JafI_AWgXfJsssXbQ.html

Explore the Taj Mahal
http://taj-mahal.net/indexHome.htm

A Virtual Geological Field Trip to Iceland
http://ismennt.is/vefir/earth/mhcur/cvft.htm

A Virtual Tour of the Louvre Museum
http://louvre.fr/llv/musee/visite_virtuelle.jsp?bmLocale=en

Virtual Antarctica
http://aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=1965

Field Trip Trail Heads
http://field-trips.org/trips.htm

Library of Congress Historical Photo Panoramas
http://multimedialibrary.com/QTVR_Section/QTVR_LOC/loc.asp

NOVA's Great Pyramid Online Adventure
http://pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/khufuenter.html

U.S. Capitol Virtual Tour
http://senate.gov/vtour/index.html

QuickTime VR of China & Japan
http://kiku.com/qtvr/index.html

Niagara Falls Virtual Tour
http://niagaraparks.com/about/virtual-tour.html

Virtual Jerusalem Tour
http://3disrael.com/jerusalem/

Eiffel Tower Panoramic View
http://panoramas.dk/fullscreen/fullscreen32.html

Volcano Virtual Field Trips
http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/fieldtrips

Grand Canyon Explorer
http://kaibab.org

Creating Your Own Travel Web Pages

Travel Web Pages are a way to document any actual field trips you may take with your students. By writing journals, taking photos, and attaching relevant links and artifacts, students create a dynamic record of their trip to revisit over and over again. Create your own travel page; examples and directions at the Virtual Tourist Web Site: http://virtualtourist.com.