Virtual field trips are a great way to expose kids to new places all from the comfort of home. So, what better time than during a pandemic to provide this Guide summarizing all the virtual tours which are available to help keep the kiddos entertained, while also learning new things.
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Online Tours - Museums
Visit the museum's exhibition rooms and galleries:
Louvre: https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne
The National Gallery of Art: https://artsandculture.google.com/explore?hl=en
Metropolitan Museum of Art: https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/the-metropolitan-museum-of-art
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam: https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/van-gogh-museum?hl=en
Uffizi Gallery, Florence Italy: https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/uffizi-gallery?hl=en
The Field Museum: Go behind the scenes with The Brain Scoop, our educational YouTube channel. https://www.fieldmuseum.org/blog/the-brain-scoop
Adler Planetarium: https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/learn/kids-and-fam/lets-do-science/
| Online Tours - Zoos |
San Diego Zoo: https://kids.sandiegozoo.org/videos
Zoo Atlanta: https://adventuresinfamilyhood.com/getaway-atlanta-kids.html Panda Cam https://youtu.be/_6wbfVWVk8Q
Smithsonian’s National Zoo:https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams
Reid Park Zoo Lion Cam in Tuscon, AZ: http://reidparkzoo.org/cameras/lion-cam/
Ouwehand Park Polar Bear Cubs Rhenen, Netherland: https://explore.org/livecams/polar-bears/polar-bear-ouwehand-twin-cubs-cam-2
Home Safari Facebook Live - Cincinnati Zoo: While the Cincinnati Zoo is closed and kids are home from school, let us help make your children’s hiatus from school fun and educational. Join us for a Home Safari Facebook Live each weekday at 3pm EDT where we will highlight one of our amazing animals and include an activity you can do from home. http://cincinnatizoo.org/home-safari-resources/?fbclid=IwAR2mLcYEYOU0-C_19w6Ts4rtN77hnBmMXAHZyGvQd70ahd09XuLzCmkHeSs
| Online Tours - Great Cities |
City of Pompei: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7489468,14.4848331,3a,75y,217.27h,79.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s1e-bu_kis-dL1BnVGZhDdw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
The Great Wall of China:https://www.thechinaguide.com/destination/great-wall-of-china
Yellowstone National Park: https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/photosmultimedia/virtualtours.htm
Tour England through this 360 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NakltvfbYk0&feature=youtu.be
Colonial Williamsburg:https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/webcams/
Ellis Island: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/webcast.htm
| Online Tours - Aquariums |
Monterey Bay Aquarium: https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals-and-exhibits/live-web-cams
Georgia Aquarium: https://www.georgiaaquarium.org/webcam/ocean-voyager/
National Aquarium: http://samuraivirtualtours.com/example/nadc/index.html
Seattle Aquarium: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY8__n13tKM&feature=youtu.be
Shedd Aquarium: https://www.sheddaquarium.org/experiences
| Others |
Boston Children’s Museum: Walk through the Boston Children’s Museum thanks to Google Maps!
This virtual tour allows kids to explore 3 floors of fun. https://www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org/museum-virtual-tour
Explore the surface of Mars: Explore the surface of Mars on the Curiosity Rover. They are updating from WEBVR to WEBXR now, but 360 Mode offers a digital view! https://accessmars.withgoogle.com/
Virtual Farms Tour: This Canadian site FarmFood 360 https://www.farmfood360.ca/ offers 11 Virtual Tours of farms from minks, pigs, and cows, to apples and eggs.
Virtual Tour - U.S. Space and Rocket Museum in Huntsville, AL: See the Saturn 5 Rocket on YouTube and more on this tour thanks to a real father/son outing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qe5RqyMNhc
Storytime in Space: Your kids now can watch astronauts reading stories from Space: https://storytimefromspace.com/
Source: www.google.com
(Giving credit where credit is due ... most of this information was provided by Marcela Naste, Publisher for Macaroni Kid Schaumburg - Hoffman Estates. Be sure to keep checking back, because updates will be made when new information becomes available.)
