Virtual Field Trips

For this week's celebration of School Library Month, I'm sending you some links to "Virtual Field Trips," since we are all stuck at home and probably ready to get "out" and see something new!  Most of these links should be fun for the whole family--especially the roller coasters at the end!  Additionally, there are THOUSANDS of similar resources out there right now--use this list as inspiration to find more fun "trips"--and let me know if you find something cool!

I miss you all!  Stay healthy and stay home!

--Ms. Phelan

Theology:

Visit the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel--if you went on the Rome trip last summer, you might recognize some of these places!
Vatican Museum Tours

Live Streaming from St. Peter's Square

Here is an article highlighting the times of some special events for Holy Week (remember the times posted are Rome time--7 hours ahead of Texas time!)

History/Geography:

Mr. Fagan is about to start WWII in his history classes.  Take a virtual tour of Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz .

Walk along the Great Wall of China!

Art:

Visit the Guggenheim Museum in New York City

Or the Metropolitan Museum of Art, also in New York City.

These museums are part of Google Arts and Culture.  You can "walk" around the museums, or click on different parts of the museum to explore exhibits in more detail.

Biology:

The Georgia Aquarium has live webcams of different animals.  Click here for the Sea Otters, but you can click the links at the bottom of the page to see Beluga whales, jelly fish, and more!

The San Diego Zoo has webcams for their animals too.  From this page, you can choose giraffes, elephants, koalas, and more, to see what the animals are up to!


Music/Theater:

Andrea Bocelli will be live streaming a concert, Music for Hope, on Easter Sunday at 12:00 pm Texas time from Milan, Italy.

Starting every Friday at 7:00 pm, you can stream a different Andrew Lloyd Webber musical for the entire weekend.  Last weekend I watched Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Others include Jesus Christ, Superstar, Cats, and the Phantom of the Opera (Note...I have not seen every ALW production, so cannot promise they are all 100% family friendly. Parents may want to preview before watching with your families).

Just for fun:

Virtual Disney World Rides