1. Virtual Field Trips

2. What are virtual field trips? Virtual field trips are computer-generated environments that offer media-rich interactions with a particular location, such as laboratories, museums, parks, zoos, even other countries. The components of a virtual field trip include content background information, images/animations, QuickTime movies and VR, sound/music, video, online forums, additional links, educational materials, and more. The experience enables students to make learning connections that extend the content into a context. Virtual field trips are often free, but some do require subscription rates for multiple trips. But the best part is interaction!

3. Ways to Incorporate Virtual Field Trips  an instructional tool when a site visit is out of the question  a focus activity prior to a class taking an actual field trip  a reporting and reflecting follow-up activity for students after they have been on a field trip  a presentation tool for you to share your own travels

4. Take a Trip  http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tour s/ http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tour s/  SURWEB--State of Utah Resources Web http://www.surweb.org/http://www.surweb.org/  Easter Island--Interactive tour sponsored by PBS and NOVA. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/n ova/easter/textindex.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/n ova/easter/textindex.html  Internet Education Projects: Virtual Tours--Over 300 tours including museums, US Government, and countries around the world.  http://www.virtualfreesites.com/to urs.html http://www.virtualfreesites.com/to urs.html  Culture Quest--Worldwide tours of cultures. http://www.ipl.org/youth/cquest/ http://www.ipl.org/youth/cquest/  The Nine Planets--Tour of the solar system. http://www.nineplanets.org/ http://www.nineplanets.org/  The Whitehouse--Visit the home of the President of the United States. http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/tour/ http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/tour/  Virtual Cape Cod http://www.virtualcapecod.com/Towns.asp http://www.virtualcapecod.com/Towns.asp  Temple of Liberty Building the Capitol for a New Nation http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/us.capitol/s0.ht ml http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/us.capitol/s0.ht ml  Tramline Field Tripshttp://www.field- trips.org/trips.htmhttp://www.field- trips.org/trips.htm

5. Create a Trip  Plan  Create  Edit  Revise  Evaluate