Virtual Field Trips

With my First and Second students as part of our Digital Citizenship Unit (from Common Sense Media) we are practicing being safe on the Internet.  One way we've done this is with Virtual Field Trips.

The lesson objective was to...

• discover that the Internet can be used to visit place that are far-away and help us to learn new thing
• explain rules for traveling safely on the Internet.

With the First Graders we took a Virtual Field Trip to the San Diego Zoo.  During this Field Trip each student worked on their own computer but as a group we explored several part of the website, we "stayed together" as we moved from one activity to another.  We enjoyed looking at different animals, watched some videos and about some of the animals, colored pictures of animals and played some animal games.

Grade 1 students color pictures of animals.

Touchscreens made the games more fun!

Grade 1 Students at the Nha Be Campus try out some games.

The Second Grades took a Virtual Field Trip to The MoMA.

Here is a short list of some other places you can take students on Virtual Field Trip to:

The White House

Smithsonian 

Vermont Teddy Bear Factory

Jelly Belly Factory

Mizuno Baseball Glove Factory

Little House on the Prairie

Plimouth Plantation

Yellowstone

Ellis Island