Math and Science Virtual Field Trips

Go on a Virtual Field Trip and learn about math and science!

Resources in this category:

Elephants of Cameroon: Field Trip Earth
http://www.fieldtripearth.org/div_index.xml?id=3

Field Trip Earth is monitoring the elephants of Cameroon to help protect them. They are collaring the elephants so they can be tracked. Audio files, photos, a journal, and articles about the elephants and the project are available.

Field Museum of Natural History
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/

The Field Museum of Natural History is a wonderful site for kids, parents, and teachers. It has lots of pictures, information and activities. Don't miss the "Life Over Time" exhibit!

A Hurricane Hunter's Photo Album
http://home.att.net/~typhoon1/index.html

"A photo album and virtual tour with many pictures of typhoons and hurricanes taken from an airplane by an ex-Hurricane Hunter."

Jefferson Lab: Student Zone
http://education.jlab.org/indexpages/index.php

If you need information about, or just want to explore math and the physical sciences, this is the place for you! At this site from the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, you can learn "All About Atoms," take the Jefferson Lab virtual tour, find a glossary of science terms, and much more. You can also test your math and science skills by playing online games.

Journey North
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/current.html

Journey North tracks the springtime migration of many different species by connecting students across North America with the Internet. Students "share their own field observations with classrooms across the Hemisphere. In addition, students are linked with scientists who provide their expertise directly to the classroom. Several migrations are tracked by satellites, providing live coverage of individual animals as they migrate." Teacher discussion areas are also included.

Monterey Bay Aquarium
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/

Includes information about the aquarium itself as well as conservation information, webcams and podcasts, and fun activities for young people about the ocean and its residents.

Museum of Unnatural Mystery
http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/unmuseum.htm

Would you like to know more about UFO's, dinosaurs, Stonehenge, and other puzzling subjects? Visit this virtual museum for information about odd and not-so-odd topics such as the seven wonders of the ancient world, lost worlds, and weird explorations. You can even get some ideas for science experiments by visiting the mad scientist's laboratory.

Odyssey Magazine- Adventures in Science
http://www.odysseymagazine.com/

Read articles all about science topics, visit a virtual classroom to see images of animals, people, weather and space and more on this site.

Paper University
http://www.tappi.org/paperu/

"Paper University (Paper U) is an educational website forstudents, teachers and everyone wanting to learn more about paper,papermaking, recycling, trees, forestry, careers, field trips, art &science activities using paper, history of paper, and much more!"

Science Museum of Minnesota
http://www.smm.org/

An online version of the sciene museum includes information for teachers, including organizing a field trip and scheduling demonstrations from museum presenters at your school. Also includes online projects.

Shanghai Zoological Park
http://www.shanghaizoo.cn/en/zoo/zoo.asp

Take a virtual trip to a zoo in China where you can meet all sorts of exotic animals.

Shark School
http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/sharks/index.html

"Dive into a sea of shark smarts and explore their watery world. Take a virtual tour from the shore to the deep blue sea where you can learn about sharks in San Diego's waters."

Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
http://www.mnh.si.edu/

Take a virtual tour of this museum, discover things from Anthropology to Zoology, learn about their exhibits, and even explore a few online exhibits.

Stromboli Online: Volcanoes of the World
http://www.swisseduc.ch/stromboli/volcano/virtual/index-en.h...

Follow along on a climb of Stromboli (a volcano, not a pasta dish!), Etna, and other volcanoes as well. Great virtual trips with facts, maps, photography and aerial views.

Sue at the Field Museum
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/sue/

Sue is the largest and most complete T-rex skeleton and she's going to be at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. If you can't go to Chicago, visit her on the Web!

U-505 Submarine at the Museum of Science and Industry
http://www.msichicago.org/whats-here/exhibits/u-505/

Explore a German U-505 submarine that was captured during World War II. Play the interactive games and take a virtual tour to learn about submarine technology and history of the war.

Virtual Field Trips
http://www.field-guides.com/

Field trips offer excitement, adventure, and learning about the world. "Now you can avoid those long, bumpy bus rides and cold lunches. The Virtual Field Trips Web site is devoted to providing on-line field trips that take you to places that until now you could only dream about, and teach you things you might not otherwise learn." This site offers guided tours to select subject on the Internet.

The Virtual Sun
http://www.michielb.nl/sun/

Journey to the sun and learn about our nearest star and its relationship to Earth. A slide tour offers factual information and lots of graphics.

Virtual Trips to Black Holes and Neutron Stars
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/rjn_bht.html

Take a trip to a black hole, or a neutron star, or a white dwarf star that is in strict adherence to Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. Explanatory texts are set at the undergraduate level, but the tours are the show.