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Take a Virtual Field Trip - Google Arts and Culture
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): adaptations (16), africa (147), amazon (11), animals (295), archeology (28), architecture (75), aviation (40), california (16), central america (20), chemicals (41), climate change (94), colors (64), coral (11), dinosaurs (43), earth (184), earthquakes (45), ecosystems (81), endangered species (27), evolution (89), first ladies (4), flight (34), fossils (41), france (41), insects (68), inventors and inventions (80), italy (30), machines (15), magnetism (38), martin luther king (45), medieval (33), mexico (31), migration (45), molecules (44), moon (72), peru (5), presidents (135), railroads (14), rainforests (18), respiration (10), romans (52), shakespeare (99), south africa (13), van gogh (8), virtual field trips (120), volcanoes (54), women (146), world war 1 (77)
In the Classroom
Be sure to take advantage of the guide included on this site on how to take a virtual field trip. In addition, the guide offers suggestions and lesson plans for making the most of virtual field trips. Use any of the included field trips as an engaging introduction to many different topics. For example, several different field trips take viewers under the oceans and use these excrsions to introduce a unit on ocean animals, climate change, or oceans worldwide. Use Figjam, reviewed here for students to share notes, questions, and information learned throughout the activity. Instead of assigning a typical research project, ask students to create a virtual field trip using Google My Maps, reviewed here. Learn the basics of creating with Google My Maps by viewing the archive of a November 2021 OK2Ask virtual workshop, reviewed here.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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