We all love a great website, one that engages us, makes us wonder, teaches us, inspires us or entertains us.  Well, here’s a collection of websites that will do just that. This is an attempt to compile the most noteworthy virtual field trips, organized by topic or subject:

Explore Past and Upcoming Field Trips

• Bring the world to your “homeschool” with Google Connected Classrooms

Forests, Zoos & National Parks

• Tour any the Sequoia National Park, The Grand Canyon, the Great Smoky Mountains, and Yellowstone through Nature Valley Trail View 
• UPM Forest
• Estuary Education
• Cameron Park Zoo
• The Virtual Zoo (nice for young kids)
• Galapagos Islands

Curiosity Mars Rover

• Explore with the Rovers in the JPL Mars Yard

Landmarks & Culture

• The White House
• The US Capitol
• The Lascaux Cave
• The Sistine Chapel
• Machu Picchu
• Pompeii via Google Earth
• Great Wall of China
• Christ the Redeemer
• Taj Mahal
• The Roman Colosseum
• Chichén Itzá
• Tons of the “World’s Wonders” (too many to list) via Google Cultural Institute
• Panoramic views of numerous sites around the World

Science

• The Human Body
• The Virtual Farm
• Museum of Science and Industry

History

• A Little House Virtual Field Trip

Museums – Virtual Field Trip Apps

• Metropolitan Museum of Art – MOMA
• Canadian Museum of Civilization
• Guggenheim
• Musée Du Louvre
• American Museum of Natural History
• The National Gallery of London
• Smithsonian
• Google’s Virtual Field Trip app

Other Lists & Compilations

• 10 Virtual Field Trips for Young Children
• http://teacherworld.com/virtualfieldtriplinks.html
• http://www.pinterest.com/kgullett/virtual-field-trips/

If you know of any other virtual field trips worth adding to this list, please share!

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