14 Great Virtual Field Trips

I have searched long and hard for the type of virtual tour that immerses you in the environment. They’re harder to find than you’d think. Lots of sites promise ‘virtual tours’ and deliver pictures. Somehow, that doesn’t cut it.

Finally, I have a list I can recommend. Some covers acres of land, some a single bone, but all are amazing. See what you think:

1. 360 Panorama of the world
2. 3D Toads and more–animals, skeletons, etc (some for fee)
3. British Houses of Parliament
4. Google Expeditions
5. Google World of Wonders
6. Oceans–via Google Streetview
7. Pompeii—via Google Earth
8. Sistine Chapel
9. Virtual Capitol
10. Virtual Cockroach
11. Virtual tour of America—via Biplane
12. Virtual tours
13. Virtual tour–undersea
14. The White House (go to the White House on Google Earth, then zoom in until you’ve exploded through the walls to the interior. There, you’ll find a self-conducted virtual tour.

For future reference, you’ll find this list under Great Websites–Virtual Tours.

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Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, contributor to NEA Today, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.