There are some really great sites out there that are perfect for online field trips. The sites are interactive and interesting and the students have fun exploring them. My all time favorites are the San Diego Zoo and the virtual tour at the Smithsonian.
You can find all the sites I like to use HERE.
This site is a Tizmos site. It's like an online library where I dump websites. I put the link to my Tizmos site on to the students desk top at the beginning of the year. I use this almost daily.
During free time, they can go to their grade level tab and play those games. If they need to play a typing game, they click on that tab. There is an online field trip tab and the home tab is where I put sites that I am using for just a week or two.
The site is easy to maintain. I put in the link for the site I want to show on my tizmos page and it's available to the kids. The kids don't even have to log in to use my site.
The way I have it set up, it costs $3 a month (I think. . . ) You can have a free tizmos site with no tabs and twenty links if you are interested in trying it out.
Here is the bulletin board I put up. I will have a tutorial on how to make the flowers on my other site, www.creativethriftiness.com, within a week. You can find that site by clicking the tab at the top of this page.
You can find a copy of the handout I put in the pocket here: ONLINE FIELD TRIPS
It also has a copy of my tizmos page address. You are welcome to use it!
Happy Summer!!!
