The Growing Virtual Field Trip List
By Liz Ruff
Disclaimer: I have not watched/taken all of these virtual field trips; they’re just a result of some online searching. So, as always, please preview the ones you’d like to use before sharing with students. Enjoy!
Sharing: I’ve been receiving an overwhelming number of requests to edit or copy this document. I don’t have the bandwidth to approve them, and this is a document that’s frequently updated, so I will be leaving the sharing settings as-is. If you’d like to share this with others, you can use this link in an email, post, document, etc.: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jJi9U_PlfnBkFdgLF2k_xrSpDb71glKsfMdk9xN485U/edit?usp=sharing
Thanks for your understanding!
Updates:
16 new field trips added 3/21
3 new field trips added 3/22
5 new field trips added 4/3
9 new field trips added, Met field trip options expanded 4/12
Collaborators: Thanks to the folks below for suggesting additions to this list:
Trip | Exhibit | |
The San Diego Zoo & Safari Park | ||
The Monterey Bay Aquarium | Aviary Cam (7 AM - 7 PM Pacific) | |
Coral Reef Cam (9:30 AM - 5:30 PM Pacific) | ||
Jelly Cam (7 AM - 6 PM Pacific) | ||
Kelp Forest Cam (7AM - 7 PM Pacific) | ||
Moon Jelly Cam (7 AM - 7 PM Pacific) | ||
Open Sea Cam (7 AM - 7 PM Pacific) | ||
Penguin Cam (7 AM - 5 PM Pacific) | ||
Sea Otter Cam (7 AM - 7 PM Pacific) | ||
Shark Cam (7 AM - 7 PM Pacific) | ||
From 2:30p-3p Mon-Fri, Monterey Bay Aquarium Facebook will be live for afternoon exploration: “Drop in on a daily live stream with our remote social media team. They’ll be exploring animals, their marine habitats and answering your marine biology questions about whatever other paw-some topics might come up.” - Thanks, Tuss! | ||
The Houston Zoo | Giraffe Cam (7 AM - 7 PM Central) | |
Gorilla Habitat Cam (7 AM - 7 PM Central) | ||
Elephant Cam (7 AM - 7 PM Central) - Elephants may only be visible from 10:30-4 | ||
Chimpanzee Cam (7 AM - 7 PM Central) | ||
Rhino Cam (7 AM - 7 PM) | ||
Leafcutter Ant Cam (7 AM - 7 PM) | ||
Zoo Atlanta | ||
The Georgia Aquarium | Ocean Voyager Cam | |
The Louvre, Paris, France (Requires Flash) | ||
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC | ||
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
Yellowstone National Park | ||
Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska | The Hidden Worlds of the National Parks: Park Ranger Virtual Google Tour (Headphones recommended) | |
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | The Hidden Worlds of the National Parks: Park Ranger Virtual Google Tour (Headphones recommended) | |
Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico | The Hidden Worlds of the National Parks: Park Ranger Virtual Google Tour (Headphones recommended) | |
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah | The Hidden Worlds of the National Parks: Park Ranger Virtual Google Tour (Headphones recommended) | |
Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida | The Hidden Worlds of the National Parks: Park Ranger Virtual Google Tour (Headphones recommended) | |
Air Pano 360 Photo Tours | ||
Flamingos in Lake Bogoria, Kenya | ||
Air Pano 360 Video Tours | ||
The Vatican Museum | ||
The Sydney Opera House | ||
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea | The 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Korean Modern Masters: Yoo Youngkuk 1916-2002 | |
The Met, New York, NY | 360 Project - Video Views of The Great Hall, The Met Cloisters, the Temple of Dendur, The Met Breuer, The Charles Englehard Court, and the Arms and Armor Galleries | |
View over 200,000 works in Google Arts and Culture | ||
Vermeer exhibits - Google Arts and Culture: “Young Woman with Water Pitcher” | ||
Costume Institute exhibits - Google Arts and Culture: Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons Roger Vivier for Christian Dior | ||
Pieter Bruegel’s “The Harvesters” - Google Arts and Culture Exhibit | ||
“Making the Met” - Google Arts and Culture Exhibit | ||
The Art of Music Through Time - Google Arts and Culture Exhibit | ||
“Twenty-Seven Poems from the Flowers of Evil” by Charles Baudelaire and Auguste Rodin - Google Arts and Culture Exhibit | ||
Souvenir Album of the Petit Trianon - Google Arts and Culture Exhibit | ||
The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Google Arts and Culture tour | ||
Google Arts and Culture | ||
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA | ||
The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC | ||
Discovery Education | ||
Reid Park Zoo, Tucson, AZ | ||
Explore.org Live Cams | ||
Decorah Eagles, Iowa, USA | ||
West End Bald Eagle Cam, Catalina Island, CA | ||
British Museum | ||
The Nature Conservancy | The Secret Life of Corals: A Dominican Republic Adventure Video (Grades 3-12) | |
View from a Canoe: Exploring a Coastal Temperate Rainforest Video (Grades 3-8) | ||
Journey of Water: From Colombia’s Páramo to the Kitchen Sink Video (Grades 3-8) | ||
Coastal Peru: The Amazing Biodiversity of a Coastal Ecosystem Video (Grades 3-8) | ||
Powering the Planet: Renewable Energy Video (grades 3-8) | ||
Borneo: The Symphony of the Rainforest Video (grades 3-8) | ||
China’s Great Forests: What the Giant Panda and the Earth’s Climate Share Video (grades 3-8) | ||
The Coral Reefs of Palau: Nature’s Amazing Underwater Cities Video (grades 3-8) | ||
Wild Biomes: From America;’s Rainforest to America’s Desert Video (grades 3-8) | ||
Gardens as Models for Natural Systems Video (grades 3-12) | ||
Deserts and Grasslands of Africa Video (grades 3-8) | ||
National Geographic | ||
The National Zoo, Washington, DC | ||
Maryland Zoo | ||
Memphis Zoo | ||
Kansas City Zoo | ||
Chattanooga Zoo | ||
Dublin Zoo, Ireland | ||
Edinburgh Zoo, UK | ||
Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, WA | ||
Pittsburgh Zoo, PA | ||
Oakland Zoo, CA | ||
Utica Zoo, NY | ||
Trevor Zoo, Millbrook, NY (The only zoo at a high school) | ||
Elmwood Park Zoo, Norristown, PA | ||
Alaska Zoo | ||
Indianapolis Zoo | ||
Calgary Zoo, Canada | Giant Panda Cam (9 AM - 6PM local time) | |
Seattle Aquarium | Otter Cams (9 AM - 6 PM PST) | |
Harbor Seal Cams (9 AM - 6 PM PST) | ||
The Audubon Society - Thanks, Ken! | Rowe Sanctuary Crane Camera, Nebraska, USA | |
Osprey Nest Cam, Hog Island, ME Osprey Boat House Cam, Hog Island, ME Osprey Nest Branch View, Hog Island, ME | ||
Audubon Mural Project, New York, NY | ||
Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, CA | Penguin Habitat Above Water Cam | |
Blue Cavern (Kelp Forest) | ||
Aquarium Lecture Archive (42 pages worth…) | ||
Whales: Voices in the Sea Interactive Online Exhibit | ||
African Wildlife Foundation | ||
National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC | ||
Forensic Mysteries Featured Collection | ||
Fossil Leaves Featured Collection | ||
Milwaukee County Zoo | “Channels”: Polar Bear, Outdoor Jaguar, Jaguars Indoor, Lake Wisconsin, African Lions/Hyenas, Amur Tigers, Humboldt Penguins | |
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo | ||
Greater Cleveland Aquarium | Ohio Lakes and Rivers Gallery Video Tour | |
Asia and Indonesia Gallery Video Tour | ||
Tropical Forest Gallery Video Tour | ||
Industry and Habitat Gallery Video Tour | ||
Giant Pacific Octopus Gallery Video Tour | ||
Coastal Boardwalk Gallery Video Tour | ||
Tropical Reef Gallery Video Tour | ||
Shark Gallery Video Tour | ||
Great Lakes Science Center, Cleveland, OH | Curiosity Corner Live (Daily science experiments posted streamed 2x/day and then available online) | |
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, OH | Your Tour - Choose from Staff Picks, Play it Loud, and Women Who Rock | |
Stonehenge, UK | ||
New Orleans, LA | A variety of 360 degree virtual tours of places in New Orleans including | |
United States Botanical Garden, Washington, DC | ||
Paris, France | ||
London, UK | ||
Rome, Italy | ||
The Getty, Los Angeles, CA | ||
Michelangelo, Mind of a Master Exhibit Audio Tour | ||
South African National Biodiversity Institute | Virtual Tour of the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa | |
Royal Botanic Gardens, London, UK | Kew Gardens Youtube Channel with a variety of videos of the Kew Gardens and Wakehurst | |
The Claude Monet Foundation, Giverny, France | ||
Foundation Claude Monet Giverny Vimeo Channel with videos of rooms and gardens | ||
Waddeston Manor, UK | ||
Oxford University, UK | ||
Louis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, VA | ||
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami, FL | ||
California State Parks | PORTS online home learning lessons (presented most days, schedule on website) | |
La Purisima Mission, Lompoc, CA Virtual Tour | ||
Año Nuevo State Park Virtual Tour | ||
Año Nuevo Island Virtual Tour | ||
Chumash Painted Cave tour | ||
Angel’s Island State Park - Immigration Station Tour | ||
The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM | View 31 works from the collections in Google Arts and Culture | |
National Women’s History Museum, Alexandria, VA | 29 online exhibits from the museum | |
NWHM@Home has a weekly theme with daily virtual content and electronic field trip presentations on Mondays and Fridays. | ||
Katherine Johnson and the Mathematics of the Space Race recorded electronic field trip program | ||
The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA | “Photos from the Civil Rights Movement” - Google Arts and Culture Exhibit | |
The Detroit Institute of Art | 200+ item collection - Google Arts and Culture | |
“Ordinary People, Extraordinary Artists” Works by Degas, Renoir, and Friends - Google Arts and Culture Exhibit | ||
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera - Google Arts and Culture: “Self Portrait on the Border Between Mexico and the United States” | ||
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA | 500+ item collection - Google Arts and Culture | |
Bauhaus Works - Google Arts and Culture | ||
Fashion Highlights - Google Arts and Culture: | ||
African-American Art - Google Arts and Culture: “Cocktails” by Archibald John Motley Jr. “John, 1st Baron Byron” by Kehinde Wiley | ||
Conservation in Action - Google Arts and Culture | ||
“Two Women” by Frida Kahlo - Google Arts and Culture Exhibit | ||
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC | ||
Degas at the Opera - Virtual Tour | ||
Raphael and His Circle - Virtual Tour | ||
NGA Images - Featured Images | ||
Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies - audio and video lecture collection | ||
Salvador Dali Museum, Catalonia, Spain | ||
NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH | Virtual Tour Page -tours of research hangar, supersonic wind tunnel, low speed wind tunnel, Simulated Lunar Operations Laboratory, Zero-G, Ballistics Impact Lab, Electronic Propulsion and Power Lab, Icing Research Tunnel, Space Environments Complex, and Propulsion Systems Laboratory | |
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA | ||