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Showing 748 results for virtual field trips ...
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Wish you could be there in person? Experience the next best thing - the Virtual Field Trip. Virtually explore the fort's interior and exterior, watch the ranger videos, and more!
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Virtual Field Trip to Fort Vancouver
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Join us for a virtual field trip of Fort Vancouver! Students will watch videos, participate in activities, and read about the lives of kids who lived and worked at Fort Vancouver.
Petrified Forest National Park
Ask a Ranger Virtual Field Trip
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Is your classroom too far away to visit the park? Don't worry, you can still connect with a ranger! The Ask a Ranger program can be done for Grades K-12 & College. It is 30 minutes of video conference where students ask questions about park resources or conservation.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Sagamore Hill Virtual Field Trip
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Experience Theodore Roosevelt's home from your classroom! Students can explore family life and Roosevelt's legacy in this lesson using multimedia presentations and a 360-degree virtual tour of Sagamore Hill.
Lowell National Historical Park
Engineering a Better Future Virtual Field Trip
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Crushed fingers, broken legs, cuts and bruises … these were just some of the injuries suffered by 19th-century mill workers as they operated large, dangerous machines. Students will examine the Boott Cotton Mills’ looms and apply the engineering design process to identify safety problems and propose possible solutions. Using breakout groups and collaboration technology, students will design a safer loom by applying modern solutions to a historical problem.
Lowell National Historical Park
The Same, Only Different Virtual Field Trip
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
In this engaging program, students follow the correspondence between two 2nd-grade students from Lowell who become connected (as “digital pen-pals”) through a school project. As they share insights into their families, hobbies, and cultural traditions, the students realize that even though their lives may appear to be different, they have more in common than they initially thought. This program is designed for the 2nd grade.
Lowell National Historical Park
Immigration, Culture, and Community Virtual Field Trip
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Discover the stories of people who came from all over the world to Lowell and who now make up the city’s diverse community. By investigating primary sources, oral histories, and objects, students learn about the immigrant groups who arrived in the U.S. in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, including why they came, how they met the challenges of settling in a different environment, and how they contributed to their new community.
Cane River Creole National Historical Park
Virtual Field Trip: Life on Cane River
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Take a time machine back in history to see how kids used to live! Students will be able explore the past lives of children and the communities they lived in here on the Cane River! See what life was like though their toys, games, clothing, and more! Together, students and a Ranger will explore the Louisiana Creole Culture.
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
Andrew Johnson Homestead Virtual Field Trip
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Welcome to Andrew Johnson National Historic Site’s virtual field trip! When students visit the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site, they encounter hundreds of 19th-Century artifacts that once belonged to Andrew Johnson and his family. This program was designed for teachers and students who are unable to visit the site in person. We want to provide this virtual opportunity to see and learn about the home of the 17th President in Greeneville, Tennessee as you would on a field trip to the site.
Lowell National Historical Park
Waterpower: Powering a Revolution Virtual Field Trip
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Explore how Lowell's many integrated systems, including waterwheels and turbines, transformed the potential energy of the Merrimack River into kinetic energy that ran the machines. Through a series of investigations led by one of our educators, students generate hypotheses and analyze data to determine the most efficient ways to distribute energy to all the mills' machines.
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Virtual Field Trip: The Mount Washington Tavern
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
This virtual tour of the Mount Washington Tavern can be used along with the lessons in the teacher's guide"Traveling the National Road." The students will see pretend characters from the past, who talk about the different rooms in the tavern and what life was like during the hey-day of the National Road.
Petrified Forest National Park
Where in the World is Petrified Forest Virtual Field Trip
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Is your classroom too far away to visit the park? Don't worry, you can still connect with a ranger! The Where in the World is Petrified Forest program is for Grades 4-6. This program is an introduction to the environment that existed during the Late Triassic, Plate Tectonics, and Geography. It consists of 90 minutes of pre-program classroom activities with a 45 minute live video conference with a ranger.
Lowell National Historical Park
Citizens Respond to an Industrial Crisis Virtual Field Trip
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
What are the rights and responsibilities of citizens when it comes to addressing a problem in their community? What civic tools do they have at their disposal and how can they apply them to bring about a solution? Students will investigate an incident of environmental pollution that impacts the health of the community and develop a strategy to address the issue through civic actions. Explore this distance learning program designed for 8th grade students.
Lowell National Historical Park
The Human Impact on the Living Planet Virtual Field Trip
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Tracing the water cycle, from precipitation to surface water runoff, students investigate how humans’ impact the health of the environment. Through stories of everyday activities, students make predictions, conduct observations, and formulate conclusions as our staff conduct live experiments. After observing the test of a simple water filter, students propose changes to improve the design and discuss ways in which their community can reduce its impact on Earth’s resources.
Fort Stanwix National Monument
A Day in the Life: A Virtual Fort Stanwix Field Trip
- Type: Distance Learning ... Field Trips ... Student Activities ... Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Join park volunteer Louisa on this virtual field trip of the fort. Learn more about the reasons why the fort was built, what a soldier's job was, and how their families helped support them. For teachers, there are critical thinking questions throughout for your class. Pause the video and have a discussion about the challenges of 18th Century life.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Photo/Craig Blacklock
Moores Creek National Battlefield
Virtual Field Trip - Revolutionary War National Parks
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Take your students on a virtual field trips throughout national parks that tell the story of the American Revoultion.
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
3rd Grade Virtual Field Trip - Amazing Adaptations
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
A virtual trip to the Shoreline Trail introduces students to the animals and plants of Lake Mead National Recreation Area along with how their adaptations allow them to survive in the harsh conditions of the Mojave Desert.
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
5th Grade Virtual Field Trip - Exotic Invaders
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
A virtual trip to the Shoreline Trail introduces students to the food webs of Lake Mead National Recreation Area along with how invasive species are causing change.
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
4th Grade Virtual Field Trip - Growing Communities
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
A virtual trip to the Song Dog Native Plant Nursery introduces students to plants of Lake Mead National Recreation Area along with how their internal and external structures support their survival in the Mojave Desert.