Denise+Cafora+-+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.


 * **Smithsonian National Zoological Park Virtual Field Trip**
 * http://nationalzoo.si.edu/
 * During this VFT students may explore numerous animals and their habitats, learn interesting facts, and view live cams of many of the animals found at the zoo. Numerous live cams are also available on this site so students can view the animal in action. This could be used at a preview to a “real” trip to the zoo or to find factual information for research projects.


 * **The Franklin Institute Virtual Field Trip**
 * http://www.fi.edu/learn/heart/index.html
 * This virtual field trip would be appropriate for all elementary through middle school students. Students can explore the development, structure, and systems of the heart as well as learn how to keep the heart healthy. Enrichment activities are also available on this VFT (activities that students can do independently and in small groups while exploring the site)


 * **Agriculture in the Classroom Virtual Field Trip**
 * http://agday.org/tc/tc-farmlife.html
 * This site provides a virtual field trip of a farm where students can learn about farm families and their children as they share real life experiences about farm and ranch life in the United States. Appropriate for the lower and intermediate elementary levels.


 * **4-H Virtual Farm**
 * http://ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/virtualfarm/main.html
 * Students visit a 4-H Virtual Farm and discover why farming is a part of their life even if they had never lived on a farm, seen crops grow in a field or touched a farm animal. Appropriate for 1-3 grade. Students can visit and explore various types of farms including horse farms, fish farms, farms that raise poultry or beef, and grain.


 * **Garden Virtual Tour**
 * http://4hgarden.msu.edu/kidstour/tour.html
 * This site allows students to view a virtual tour of a garden while learning interesting facts about plants as well as learning about the life cycles of plants(how and what they need to grow).