Wanna Get Away? -Try a Virtual Field Trip to break up the Winter Blues!

 Wanna Get Away? -Try a Virtual Field Trip
 to break up the Winter Blues!

Shedd Aquarium Virtual Field Trips

Prices start at $125 and there are discounts for larger groups. Price includes Asynchronous Pre and Post activities for you to use with your students before and after the trip. Visit their website (linked above) for a list of standards each trip covers.
You can select from the following topics:

    Animals of the Amazon  (K-5)

    Sharks and Reef Life  (K-5)

    Penguin Habitats  (K-5)

    Turtle Check-ups (Grades 3-5 only)

The Field Museum: Sue the T. Rex Virtual Tour and Trivia

This FREE virtual tour does require ADVANCED REGISTRATION, and also allows for students to submit their questions ahead of time to be answered during the live tour. (Ages 5 and up)
Many available dates left in January.

The Brookfield Zoo: Virtual Learning Series 
Sign up for age appropriate virtual classes that include pre-lesson activities. Brookfield is also offering Zoo Learning Weeks and Art Adventures. See their website for more information and pricing.

Brookfield Zoo: Bringing the Zoo to You
This is a series of recorded lessons and virtual visits throughout the zoo. Themes include: Exploring Ice and Water, Finding Insects. Getting Ready for Winter, and more! These are free recordings, originally posted on Facebook Live. See website for many more titles!

A Visit to the International Space Station

Here students can watch recorded tours of the Astronauts' living quarters, hygiene station, and science labs. This tour is prerecorded and free for classroom use.  
Additionally, you can view the surface of Mars (thanks to a partnership between NASA and Google).
Access Mars via the Mars Curiosity Rover

Museum of Science: Boston, MA

Currently only showing dates in Dec. this site offers FREE virtual field trips with a live tour guide. Topics vary by date and time. Check back for January listings soon!

National Museum of Natural History

Take a self-guided tour of the Natural History museum, which includes EVERY exhibit the museum offers.

Wild Earth Kids

Live, FREE African Safari tours. Learn about animals, plant life, and the terrain in South Africa.No registration required. See time table for daily shows.
Students can email their pre and post questions to this email address before or after the tour: 

kidsquestions@wildearth.tv

Learn Around the World: Geoshow

Check the events calendar to sign up for your live tour topic. Tour includes lesson plans for use before and after. Students are given Q&A time with the tour guide as time allows.

Center for Interactive Learning
The Alaska Zoo

Sign up for virtual tours of the Alaska zoo with a tour guide. Prices start at $150.  Must preregister. Topics include:
Gray Wolves

Harbor Seals: Dive!

Polar Bears 101

Prickly Porcupines

Polar Bears and the Changing Climate

        

Santa Barbara, CA: Museum of Natural History

These tours are live, last 60 minutes, and require preregistration. Price is $100 per class, with 50% discounts for schools with a certain Free and Reduced lunch ratio. Choose from a number of topics including: 

Baby Animals and Their Parents

The Living Earth, Fast and Slow

Waterbear! Don't Care!: How animals adapt