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      Zoos And Aquariums

      • San Diego Zoo
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      • Farm Food Virtual Tours
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      • Experience Polar Bears Discovery Education
      • Smithsonian National Zoo
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      • Polar Bear Live Cams, Netherlands
      • Explore Animal Live Cams Around The World
      • National Aquarium

       

      Museums

      • Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
      • National History Museum, London, United Kingdom
      • Sam Rohn Museum of Natural History

      Art Museums

      Google Arts & Culture has a vast collection of virtual museum tours. Here are a few as well as others:

      • Van Gogh Museum
      • Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
      • J. Paul Getty Center, Los Angeles
      • Louvre, Paris, France
      • The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
      • National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
      • National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seol, South Korea
      • British Museum, London
      • Musee d’Orsay, Paris
      • MoMa The Museum of Modern Art, New York
      • Pergamon Museum, Berlin
      • LACMA Los Angele County Museum of Art
      • Vatican Museum, Vatican City
      • Guggenheim Museum, New York
      • Rembrandt and Portraiture in Amsterdam, 1590-1670
      • Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.

      Historical Places

      • National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City
      • Egyptian Antiquities, Louvre, Paris, France
      • Ancient Civilizations
      • The Great Wall of China
      • Blarney Castle, Ireland
      • Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
      • Pompeii, Italy
      • Ellis Island, New York

      Other Fun Places

      • NASA Langley Research Center
      • NASA Glenn Virtual Tours
      • National Museum of the United States Air Force
      • Mars
      • Disneyland, California
      • Boston Children’s Museum
      • STEM Aerospace Virtual Field Trip With Boeing and Discovery Education

      Geographic Locations

      Most of these require Google Earth (free) to view. You can view it on a website or download the Apple or Android app. Students cannot access Google Earth with their school accounts or Chromebooks. If you do not have a device other than the school-issued Chromebook, please use https://poly.google.com/ 

      National Parks

      • Big Bend National Park
      • Channel Islands National Park
      • Death Valley National Park
      • Dry Tortugas National Park
      • Everglades National Park
      • Glacier National Park
      • Grand Canyon National Park
      • Mesa Verde National Park
      • Redwood National Park
      • Rocky Mountain National Park
      • Sequoia National Park
      • Virgin Islands National Park
      • Yellowstone National Park
      • Yosemite National Park

      Exciting Places Around The World

      Google Earth has what feels like millions of cool places to explore. Visit Google Earth here for all the locations, but here are a few to get you started.

      • Los Angeles, CA
      • Washington, DC
      • Hawaii
      • Japan
      • Literary Locations
      • Animals of the World
      • Natural Wonders of the World
      • Mars on Earth
      • Volcanos
      • Earth At Night
      • Singapore
      • Calgary
      • Chicago
      • Taj Mahal, India
      • Bobsled Tracks
      • Havana, Cuba
      • Nha Trang
      • Pattaya
      • Canun, Mexico
      • Caves Around The World
      • New York City
      • And A Million More Places!

       

      Additional: 

      • https://www.waterford.org/resources/3-great-virtual-field-trips-for-early-learners/
      • https://www.weareteachers.com/science-virtual-field-trips/

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