Sara+Moore+-+Virtual+Field+Trips

A virtual field trip uses the Web to take students to places (into the past and around the world) they ordinarily wouldn’t be able to go to.
 * Virtual Field Trip **


 * **Innovative Teaching: The Best Virtual Field Trips Online**
 * http://surfaquarium.com/IT/vft.htm
 * Walter McKenzie has a nice collection of virtual field trips.


 * **The Franklin Institute Online Science Museum**
 * http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/virtual/
 * This site allows kids to access exhibits at the Franklin Institute at all times; it’s never closed!


 * **The Sun**
 * http://www.michielb.nl/sun/kaft.htm
 * This virtual trip takes you through picture of the sun. Throughout the 20 minute journey, you can experience solar flares, sun spots, magnetic fields and solar eclipses, and get an explanation about a lot of the science of the sun and the influence it has on the solar system.


 * **The Oregon Trail**
 * http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Allabout.html
 * Throughout their experience on the Oregon Trail students learn what life was like on the trail and the experiences they underwent on the trail. They are put into life-like situations and are faced with diseases, lack of food, interaction with Native Americans and many other hard-ships. It allows them to put into perspective what really happened in order for those people to make it out west.


 * **Earth Virtual Field Trip**
 * http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/earth.html
 * This site takes students on a trip around our Earth. They explore both the inner and outer surfaces of Earth and get to experience sites they’ve never seen before while also learning about our planet.


 * **Volcano World Virtual Field Trip**
 * http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/kids/vrtrips.html
 * This trip takes students to various volcanoes around the world. It shows them pictures and sites of the volcanoes and their surrounding areas.