Visit a museum.

Visit a zoo.

Visit the Dallas Aquarium.

Visit Connecticut’s Mystic Aquarium.

Virtual field trips
· To the NY Stock Dexhange to observe stocks being traded
· To see the president of a bank in his work environment
· Conference with a doctor performing a medical procedure

Connect your 3rd graders to 3rd graders in Finland. Your students learn about their community and compare it to others around the world. They compare their everyday lives by showing each other their toys, telling what food they like or what pets they have. They discuss their homes, schools, family customs, etc.

Students develop marketing skills while studying 17th and 18th Century British literature. Each team of students is assigned to promote a city or region in England, designing a letterhead, business card, employment manual and advertising brochure. Students design a full marketing campaign, including a website and power point presentation.

Following a unit on classic novels and plays, fourth and fifth-grade students produce an original play and perform it for other students through video conferencing.

Students learn about Japan’s history, culture and people. They correspond with students of schools in Japan, grow a bonsai forest, develop a website on famous Japanese people, sponsor a cultural-awareness week and keep a two-year journal on what they learned.

Physics students do “Daily Demo’s” for students in other schools in the district.

MSIP – NASA and Arizona State University’s Mars Education Program – teams of students in 5th through 12th grade work with scientists, mission planners, and educators on the THEMIS visible wavelength camera onboard the Mars Odyssey space craft which is currently orbiting Mars every 2 hours. - - Must submit application to participate in the project. (Mapping the surface of a planet – activities provided)

Students video conference with people who lived in California during earthquakes to learn the reality of earthquakes. “I cannot have pretty crystal glasses like your mom, because they all get broken in an earthquake. My books are on the floor, instead of on a shelf because everything falls when there is a quake.”

Students in a Boston high school study the American Revolution and link to a school in London. Both groups of students research various topics so that both groups could gain a better understanding of the political and economic issues that caused the war.

Music students video conference for live one-on-one guitar lessons.

Students visit Alaska and Hawaii where they learn about government, culture or volcanoes.

TRECA (support agency for nearly 200 schools in Ohio) – shipped a team station to Alaska and held video conferences for students to discuss experiences and cultures with students in Alaska.

Entrepreneurs – students run an international import and export business -- facilitated by a group called Achievers International.

JASON Foundation – each year JASON delivers a 3-week satellite broadcast from the site of one of its scientific projects. Students interact with the scientists via video conferencing. This year a student Argonaut was chosen to fly to Hawaii and participate in scientific research on volcanic activity. He participated in the video broadcasts.

“Five Themes of Geography” project where geographically dispersed classrooms teleconference. Students compare and contrast their geographies, school programs, cultures and experiences to broaden their view of the world they live in.

Use video conferencing for a Global “Show and Tell.”

Dialog between foreign language students - - aids students in developing correct pronunciation and increases conversational skills.

Research a variety of topics by conducting interviews with people who are experts in their field.

Use video conferencing to learn about any remote environment.

An elementary school linked with the California Science Center to research a particular topic. They create a web site about the topic.

College courses: many colleges are allowing high school students to take Distance Learning classes for college credit.

Use video conferencing for GED students.

Use video conferencing to mentor individual students.

Use video conferencing to provide direct teacher interaction for isolated students.

Use distance learning to teach students in hospitals so they do not fall behind.

Use video conferencing for Staff Development workshops.

Using video conferencing, teachers deliver “best lesson” examples for other teachers to learn from – good way to mentor new teachers.

Use video conferencing for the entire 6th grade math team for the district to meet to plan activities which prepare students for the TAKS.