Hi! It’s Friday, July 9, 2010 and time for a Virtual Field Trip at ClickSchooling!
Recommended Website:
Field Trip Earth
Age Range: 10 and up (Younger children and non-readers may enjoy aspects of this site with adult guidance.)
ClickScholar Cie recommended this website that offers free virtual field trips to wildlife conservation projects taking place worldwide.
Some of the field trips are live, allowing students to interact with researchers in the field. Others are archived past projects. All of them include interviews with field researchers and wildlife experts, stunning slideshows, and suggestions for classroom activities on how to further learning (some of which can be tweaked for the homeschool environment).
When you get to the site you’ll see a map of the Earth. Use the airplane cursor to virtually fly to destinations that include:
*Field Trips – These are the current projects that researchers are doing. In the U.S., head to the American Southwest to see Mexican Wolves or “fly” to the East Coast to learn about Atlantic Sea Turtles. Visit the carnivores of Sri Lanka in India, or learn about the recovery program that saved the Przewalski Horse in China. Visit the African elephants or join a Whale Shark expedition.
*Field Reports – These are the archived projects that are no longer active. Learn about Brown Bears in Alaska, search for wild chinchillas in Chile, survey wildlife in Nigerian forests, and swim with fur seals in New Zealand.
Visitors to this site will learn all about the science of conservation, the geography of the world, and a lot about zoology as they investigate endangered species and their habitats.
When you’re through taking the field trips be sure to use the menu to explore all of the fascinating research and information on this site. Bookmark it, one visit won’t be enough.
