Virtual Field Trips

WEBSITE ↬ Virtual Field Trips

AUDIENCE ↬ teachers & students

CONTENT ↬ SS, Science, Geography, Ancient Civilization, Language & Expedition

GRADE LEVELS ↬ grades K-9

The past few years have taught us that we are not alone and that we can make connections around the world. It has also taught us we cannot always physically "go" to places - yet opportunities are readily available for us to virtually go.

This site provides one example of these kinds of adventures - and it packs a bigger punch than just the field trip. Each trip comes with activities that further support the trip and allows for a richer experience. The filtering ability also makes it super easy to discover which trips will support specific content.

*** This is a paid site - I know costs can be a struggle - but the cost for this site is more than reasonable.

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National Geographic: Learn at Home

WEBSITE #1 ↬ National Geographic: Learn at Home 

WEBSITE #2 ↬  National Geographic: Education

AUDIENCE ↬ teachers, parents, students

CONTENT ↬ any/all

GRADE LEVELS ↬ all grades

National Geographic is an amazing resource ... and it's not all strictly Science related content. (Can I say my heart skipped a beat when I saw the map resources they have???) 

I was browsing around their curated collections for the different grade levels and I was impressed with what I found. If you are a math teacher, might I suggest taking a look at the "Interpreting Data" collection? What about an ELA teacher - there is a Storytelling & Photography collection? Science teachers? So many good ones to check out - Infectious Disease, Earth Day, the Age of the Earth? History/SS teachers - yep, good stuff here for you, too - maps & finding out about explorers, might be 2 spots to start. And all of that from the Learn at Home page!

The 2nd link I've included is their Education page. Here you will find a great filtering system (type of activity, grade, and subject) to better guide you in finding something you'd like to use. There's even a decent number of professional learning activities, too!

And here's an even better piece to both of these sites ... you can click and navigate and get lost finding some pretty amazing "stuff". This is a site where being curious and willing to click around will prove beneficial and fun. You are sure to find some real treasures here.

The True Size Of ...

WEBSITE ↬ The True Size of ...
AUDIENCE ↬ teachers & students

CONTENT ↬ Geography for sure! But can tie into all content

GRADE LEVELS ↬ all grades; independent use would be more in grades 3+

I absolutely love history and geography! Love, love, love.

I heard about this website recently on a podcast and was intrigued. When you go to the site, you can watch a short video demonstrating how the site works. Then ... get to work selecting a continent, country, state or other geographic region.

The region will automatically be outlined and when you move it around the map, it's size will change. Now, it's not magic, but it's designed to help students (and many adults) realize, that the "True Size" is can trick your eye. Example, Greenland looks large on the map but because the earth is a sphere, move it close to Mexico, and you find it's not that much larger!

That, by itself, is pretty awesome, but it doesn't end there. When you select a region and click on it, and some pretty cool info pops up. Here's where you can leverage some math when comparing the total size. It even tells you what a comparable country would be!

Now where could this adventure lead you and your students? Once you find a comparable country, dive in and compare populations, geography, climate, culture, etc! Super cool!