Most Internet Field Trips highlight several web sites which have been selected and evaluated by their authors. The selected sites all serve to help in the study of a specific curriculum theme or topic, in many  areas of study.  Internet Field Trips, including Scholastic Network Internet Field Trips are designed "primarily as a lesson planning tool for the teacher, but...also consider using them as guided research for students beginning to use the Internet independently."
 

ADVENTURE LEARNING FOUNDATION - http://questconnect.org/
This site takes students and teachers on real and virtual expeditions around the world. Through a collection of original pictures and journal excerpts, visitors can accompany travelers exploring the natural environment, culture, and peoples of different continents. Past expeditions include Alaska and Yukon, Baja California, American Southwest, and Southern Africa. Each expedition is accompanied by a mixture of information, links, and classroom activities.

ALLABOUT VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS - http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech071.shtml

A. PINTURA: ART DETECTIVE - http://www.eduweb.com/pintura/
This site combines art history and a detective mystery to present art as a body of knowledge. The Case of Grandpa's Painting is like a 1940's movie, and it entirely depends on the choices you make as the story unfolds. You'll learn lots and be surprised at how much you already know. A must see.

CAMPUS TOURS  - http://www.CampusTours.com
Campus Tours is for students who are planning ahead for college, or for people who just want to see what other places look like. Colleges are listed by U.S. state; links can lead to VR tours (Virtual Reality), streamed video, or a website.

"CONGRESS OF KIDS" -- http://www.congressforkids.net .
"Congress for Kids" links students of all ages to Internet-based, interactive activities that "teach" about Congress, the federal government, and civic duty.

DARK AGES FIELD TRIP - http://www.tramline.com/tours/ss/darkages/_tourlaunch1.htm
A tour of Medieval times.

D.C PAGES: VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE NATIONAL MALL - http://dcpages.com/Tourism/
Take a virtual 360 degree spin around ten monuments and museums of the National Mall, courtesy of D.C. Pages and the free Zoom viewer plug-in from MGI  (http://www.mgisoft.com/support/downloads/plugin.html). For tourists, each monument includes hours of operation and a phone number. For cyber-travelers, the Zoom viewer let you control the vantage point (zoom in, zoom out, spin, and stop) of each picture. Another worthwhile section of the D.C. Pages is History, which traces the city's roots to the Spanish explorers of the sixteenth century.  You'll find it by returning to the home page, and selecting History from the directory links.
EDUCATIONAL WEB ADVENTURES - http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/adventure.php
Explore the world of art, history and science.  Trips include "A Brush with Wildlife." become a justice of the peace in colonial Virginia, or immurse youself in  Africa's Ituri Forest.  Click on this site for adventures galore.

FBI KIDS PAGE - http://www.fbi.gov/kids/k5th/kidsk5th.htm and  http://www.fbi.gov/kids/6th12th/6th12th.htm
Two different sites for kids. The first site is for grades K-5 and is set up in a Field trip format. Pretty extensive overview of fingerprinting, DNA, jobs at the FBI considering the audience. Ends with a cross word puzzle review. The second site, for 6-12 students, follows various cases from through a variety of scenarios. Special Agent Challenge requires answering factual questions about the FBI. Working dogs describes jobs dogs play in bomb sniffing, etc. Games too.

FIELD TRIPS BY TAMMY PAYTON - http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/edu/wwwdo/gather4.htm
Take your students on a field trip in their own classroom. Gather information about areas of the world that wold be impossible for most of us to see. Visit zoos, Egypt, deserts, historical places and the people that lived there, oceans, and more!

FIELD TRIPS SITE - http://www.field-trips.org/trips.htm
Dozens of field trip sites from Kim Foley.  This site was chosen by the Educator's Network as the site of the week where there are trips about Baking Bread and Women's History, and stuff in between.

FIFTH GRADE VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS -  http://www.tpsd.org/mms/virtfield.htm

GOOD PRACTICES, VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS - http://www.uh.edu/~jbutler/anon/gpvirtual.html
Science

HISTORY MYSTERY - http://teacher.scholastic.com/histmyst/
Become a great investigator of history! Professor Carlotta Facts,challenges you to solve the History Mystery! If you figure out the mystery in fewer clues, you earn a higher title as an investigator. So choose a game and play!

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN GEOLOGY LINK - http://college.hmco.com/geology/resources/geologylink/index.html

INSITE ELECTRONIC FIELD TRIP SERIES - http://www.bsu.edu/eft
Insite Electronic Field Trips are a dynamic combination of live, interactive broadcasts and online curriculum meeting national teaching standards developed by teachers and content experts. Electronic Field Trips feature partnerships with many national institutions that provide students in K-12 classrooms extraordinary learning opportunities they would not otherwise be able to experience. The learning experiences span the disciplines: science, mathematics, history, government and literature. In operation for over 8 years, view archived streams of some of past EFTs  at http://ali.apple.com/ali_sites/ali/exhibits/1000754/  All contents copyright Teachers College / Ball State University, Insite Distance Learning from Ball State University

INTERNET SCAVENGER HUNTS -  http://homepage.mac.com/cohora/ext/internethunts.html
Internet hunts, puzzles and projects - some are pdf files and others are on-line activities.  There are great handouts with the links embedded.

NANOWORLD IMAGE GALLERY - http://www.uq.edu.au/nanoworld/images_1.html
Great picture site of small things, with a mystery page.

SECRETS OF EASTER ISLAND - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/easter
This is the story of a team of archaeologists and a 75-person crew who sought to unravel a central mystery of Easter Island: how hundreds of giant stone statues that dominate the island's coast were moved and erected. For one month, the team struggled to raise a 10-ton moai, using only the tools and materials available to the ancient Easter Islanders.

SURFAQUARIUM VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS - http://surfaquarium.com/IT/vft.htm

TAKE A FIELD TRIP -http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/fieldtrips2.cgi
Hundreds of field trips from Utah.
TEACHER CREATED RESOURCES BY CORE AREA - http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/fieldtrips2.htm
Great!

TOWER OF LONDON FIELD TRIP - http://www.vickiblackwell.com/vft.html
Founded nearly a millennium ago and expanded upon over the centuries since, the Tower of London has protected, housed, imprisoned and been for many the last sight they saw on Earth.

VIRTUAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL - http://www.vh.org/pediatric/patient/pediatrics/kidstalk/index.html
Kids talk to kids doing anything for the first time.

VIRTUAL CLASSROOM FIELD TRIPS - http://www.uen.org/tours/html/links.html

VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP LINKS - http://home.rochester.rr.com/inwoods/weblinks-virtualfieldtrips.htm

VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS AROUND THE U.S.
http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Geology/webdogs/vftrips/vftrips.htm

VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS - http://www.classtech2000.com/techined/virtualfieldtrip.htm
VIRTUAL FROG DISSECTION KIT -  http://www-itg.lbl.gov/vfrog
Allows interactive dissection of a frog, part of the "Whole Frog Project", can make movies, take tests, get statistics.

VIRTUAL JOURNEY INTO THE UNIVERSE - http://library.thinkquest.org/28327
Fasten your seatbelt and tour our solar system.  Start in the cockpit and choose your destination (from 10), from the Sun to Pluto and Neptune.  When you arrive, you can read the features or explore the interactive component (a game or animation)  Fun!

VIRTUAL OCEAN - http://www.euronet.nl/users/janpar/virtual/ocean.html
This is art of the website "An Introduction to Microscopy."  These pages show what sea creatures can look like in larval form, as well as microscopic algae, sea squirts, and other smaller, often overlooked sea dwellers.  Included on the main page is a link to "The Smallest Page on the Web." which highlights microscopic life in fresh water.
 

VIRTUAL REALITY AND OTHER EXPERIMENTS - http://www.uh.edu/~jbutler/anon/quick.html

VIRTUAL TOURS AND FIELD TRIPS - http://sesd.sk.ca/teacherresource/virtualtour/virtualtours.htm

VIRTUAL WORLDS - http://bized.ac.uk/virtual/home.htm
Presented by Biz/Ed, this is an opportunity for applying business studies using all the major business functions, including production, accounts and marketing. There's a Virtual Learning Arcade, a developing country simulation, a factory and a Virtual Economy.
A WALK THROUGH HISTORY - http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/walk/games_index.shtml
From the BBC, students can walk through a Roman street, a Tudor Street, a Victorian Street, a Viking house and a 1950s living room, then click on the things that don't belong there.

YOUR OPINION COUNTS - http://students.resa.net/stoutcomputerclass/cpReferenceChart.htm
Students get the opportunity to rate possible homework sites. Great way to introduce these sites to your students.
 
 

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