Good morning, it’s Friday and for most people the beginning of the weekend. Before kids get out of school I wanted to share Homeschool Resources: Virtual Field Trips with you.
If you or your students have checked out these Virtual Field Trips leave me a comment and let me know what they thought of them and why. If you know of other Virtual Field Trips we should check out leave me a comment with the website.
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Castle Rock Pueblo Field Trips
Grades 4-8, with parental supervision This site offers a tour of the pueblos and cliff dwellings of Native Americans in the Southwest including the Anasazi, Puebloans, and those who lived in the Mesa Verde region.
When you get to the site, there is a brief introduction. Use the menu to explore 3 different field trips of the Castle Rock Pueblo region located at the Crow Canyon archaeological site that focuses on three different historical time periods:
- Trip 1 – A.D. 1200s
- Trip 2 – A.D. 1800s
- Trip 3 – A.D. 1990s
On each trip, you collect clues to solve a mystery as you read the detailed history and look at photographs, maps, sketches, and paintings of the adobe and stone pueblo dwellings, ancient artifacts, and petroglyphs.
As you read the account of the region and the people who lived there, you may come across words that are unfamiliar (i.e., kiva, Hopi, Zuni, adobe, etc.). These words are highlighted in the text – if you click on them a definition from the Glossary pops up. You will also learn much about methods used by archaeologists when they excavate sites of historical significance.
Study Guides and Lesson Plans are also available for the fourth and eighth grades. This is a well-presented and carefully crafted educational site – don’t miss it!
Prezi: Virtual Field Trip to Ireland All grades, with parental supervision Through images, text, and videos, take a quick trip to County Cork, Ireland with this presentation created by Andrea Bresnahan on the larger Prezi website. A prezi is an online, user-created, digital presentation similar to a PowerPoint presentation. When arriving at today’s link, use the arrows to navigate through the presentation. Along with the images and embedded YouTube videos, visitors can: See the Moors of Ireland, View the flag and maps of Ireland, Learn about Blarney Castle and the Blarney Stone, Visit the Macroom Castle, Discover the Drombeg Stone Circle Examine bits and pieces of history. While this presentation is brief, it gives visitors a lovely glimpse of County Cork. |
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
