Virtual Field Trips give teachers the opportunity to take give their students experiences and take them places they have never seen and could never see, if not for technology and virtual field trips. The are several benefits for taking virtual field trips, such as: no permission slips, no need for transportation, no need for chaperones, or need for students to pay. There are many types of virtual software that is accessible to teachers, in my classroom I would love to use Google Earth or Discovery Education. I would love to use this as an opportunity to take my students to the Siberian Tundra in Russia when going over ecosystems and introducing a new ecosystem every day of the week. After touring these virtual field trips, I would place students into groups of three and assign them specific ecosystems and have them create a travel website describing the setting, plants, animals, and temperatures. Virtual field trips are so helpful in the classroom and give students a break from every day pencil -to-paper work. Some of the great advantages of virtual trips are that they can integrate into every curriculum, they can correlate to any standard, and the opportunity to travel and explore is endless.
Websites:
Discovery Kids
Google Earth
National Geographic
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