Yay! Here in Western Colorado, we’re ALLOWED OUT! (kinda sorta)
– – – – – – – – – – – – Coping with CoVid-19 VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS with Links
Stuck at home? You can still enjoy amazing sights and experiences.
Top 10 virtual tours: see museums and the world without leaving home
(Machu Picchu. Image credit: Lonely Planet)
- Machu Picchu, Andes Mountains, Peru
- The Louvre Museum, Paris
- The National Museum of Computing, Milton Keynes, UK
- Georgia Aquarium, Georgia, USA
- A 3-Minute Tour, Tokyo
- The British Museum, London
- The Vatican, Rome
- Musée d’Orsay, Paris
- Athens Acropolis, Athens
- Guggenheim, New York (we substituted this one)
Wildlife and Wild Wonders—Zoos, Aquariums, Parks
(Stingray, Scripps Aquarium. © Kathryn R. Burke)
- San Diego Zoo* has a website just for kids (of all ages!) with amazing videos, activities, and games. Enjoy the tour!
- Yellowstone National Park 9 webcams take you on tour of park.
- Animas Cameras – Live Cams (Here are a few, most zoos have them)
San Diego Zoo – scroll down to access live cams of different wildlife
Monteray Bay Aquarium
Panda Cam at Zoo, Atlanta
Houston Zoo (Our favorite is the giraffes. – take a turn for your own view.)
Birch Aquarium, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Georgia Aquarium – Jellyfish, Beluga Whales, More
Discovery and Educational Programs
(Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Bi-plane. Courtesy image, website)
- Apollo. Space Program. UTube.
- MARS Exploration program from NASA. Fascinating Videos and views
- Discovery Education Virtual Field Trips, Allow viewers to travel to amazing places and give them remarkable experiences, without ever leaving home. Each no-cost Virtual Field Trip comes with a companion guide packed with standards-aligned, hands-on learning activities!
- Great Wall of China. Virtual Tour.
- Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Anywhere. Podcasts and virtual programs. Anytime, anywhere you can enjoy a variety of online programs, stories, videos, activities, virtual tours, and resources from us here at Air and Space. [Read more]
*Editor’s Note: I raised my kids in San Diego, and the zoo was our favorite place! (KB)
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