Virtual Field Trips

A virtual field trip allows people to visit a real or fictional place through computer-based audio, video, text, and/or photographs. For instance, you might visit another country or explore a volcano. Using microscopic photographs, you could take a trip inside a leaf. Using satellite photographs, it's possible to fly over the earth or into outer space. Using "stock" photographs, you could visualize the setting of a book or explore a historical setting.

Help students create their own virtual field trips.

1. Start by showing students an example.
2. Create a PowerPoint Sidekick with guiding questions.
3. Provide students with the empty template to modify.
4. Ask students to create their own project from scratch.

Right-click and download the PowerPoint documents below.

Go to Virtual Adventures to learn more about integrating virtual field trips into your classroom.

Go to Digital and Virtual Field Trips from Teacher Tap and Virtual Field Trips from Flightplans to see lots of examples of online virtual field trips.

Create your own PowerPoint Sidekick.

 

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