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Virtual Field Trips

My family is always looking for fun field trips to supplement all of the wonderful products we have found here at The Curriculum Choice. Living in a large metropolis, we are blessed to have many historical sites and factories that offer educational and fun field trips to homeschooling families. These opportunities are great, and we take advantage of them often. However, sometimes our studies take us to visit places that are not so close to home.706186_10200204763748788_2118841968_o

One option is to travel, and we have been blessed to visit a few out of town points of interest, but the budget does not always allow for such trips. I have found a way for my boys to take field trips to places all over the world! With technology today, many historical and cultural centers have begun offering virtual tours, or as we call them—virtual field trips.

There are literally thousands of places to visit from the comfort of your home! And the best part is—they’re free!

These are just a few of our favorites:

Take a tour of a potato chip factory

Visit an underground volcano

Take a 360⁰ tour of the Strasburg Railroad

Visit a virtual piano museum featuring instruments from the Smithsonian Collection at the National Museum of American History

See how Vermont Teddy Bears are made

You can even tour Buckingham Palace!

 You can find virtual field trips in many places on the internet. There are many ideas and suggestions posted on Pinterest. If you have a particular place in mind, check out their website, as many museums, historical sites, government facilities, etc. offer virtual tours. Many businesses have added virtual tours of their facilities as a marketing tool. This is a great way to learn about the manufacturing processes of some of your favorite products. As with most online tools, be sure to preview the content to be sure you are comfortable with the content of each of these websites.77489_10204067506554944_2578866515856916236_o

Don’t let virtual field trips replace local field trips. Obviously, the hands-on benefit of an onsite field trip is an amazing learning opportunity for your children, so I encourage you to take local field trips when possible. Virtual field trips are a great tool for learning but could never take the place of an onsite field trip.

Do you have a favorite virtual field trip? Please share it in the comments; we are always looking for places to visit!

Heidi Stearns (17 Posts)

All-around frugal mom, always looking for ways to be a better steward with the things God has blessed us with. My home school program is made up of mostly free programs and resources. Our homeschool style is very eclectic... traditional textbook to classical to unschooling, you will find a little bit of everything on our bookshelves.


Filed Under: Age, Elementary, Geography, High School, History, History & Geography, Middle School, Online, Preschool, Science, Science & Technology, Technology Tagged With: online learning, Virtual Field Trip, written by Heidi S.

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  1. Annie Kate says

    January 25, 2016 at 9:31 am

    Brilliant idea! Thanks!

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    • Heidi says

      January 25, 2016 at 2:27 pm

      You’re welcome! I hope you have fun exploring the world from the comfort of your home!

      Reply
  2. Ann says

    January 25, 2016 at 10:18 am

    Thank you SO MUCH. For the links and ideas! Sometimes we don’t have the time to find them on the Internet. So I appreciate your doing this! Also, it is almost impossible to go on trips with the cost of things. We haven’t had a vacation in years. That’s just the way it is! Thank goodness for the virtual and people like you to help inform us! God bless you!

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    • Heidi says

      January 31, 2016 at 10:58 pm

      So glad you enjoyed the post! There are so many others out there that are simple to find. Literally, a whole world to explore from the comfort of your home.

      Reply

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