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Google

Google Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the entire world or your local area through Google's maps, Street View photos, satellite images, and in a 360-degree panorama. Take a virtual field trip to an Arctic town or a Pacific island, a famous landmark, a bird sanctuary,...
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Whyville

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Your students can become a citizen of Whyville, an on-line town. They can build a face, build a house, and build a business. There are tons of science experiments for them to try as well as art games at the Getty Museum. This is a great...
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Department of Transportation: Maritime Career

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource describes jobs in the maritime industry, ways to get training for various career paths in the industry, and employment opportunities. Links to Maritime Museum websites are included.
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University of California

Ucmp: Online Exhibits

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit the virtual exhibits at this site to learn more about paleontology, the history of the earth, and life on earth. Use the information on this site to understand geology, geologic time, evolution, and phylogeny.
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Cmc: Mysteries of Egypt: Tutankhamun

For Students 3rd - 8th
Site provides extensive information about King Tut, the boy king. Content includes a focus on King Tut's life and times, the cause of his death, his funeral, his tomb, his treasure, and the Mummy's Curse. Numerous photographs and a...
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Penn Museum

Penn Museum: A New Look at an Ancient Culture: Egypt

For Students 9th - 10th
Students can take a virtual tour of a collection of Egyptian artifacts, visit the sites of numerous archaeological expeditions, and learn a tremendous amount about the complex gods and goddesses of the Egyptian religion.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Beliefs of Hinduism

For Students 9th - 10th
Common to virtually all Hindus are certain beliefs, including, but not limited to, the following: 1. a belief in many gods, which are seen as manifestations of a single unity. These deities are linked to universal and natural processes....
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: What Do You Know? Virtual Water

For Students 3rd - 8th
A quiz to test your knowledge of the water it takes to grow and produce the food we eat and the products we buy.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Grant Wood

For Students 9th - 10th
Site contains an exhaustive listing of museums, image archives, virtual museums, web sites and articles about Grant Wood and his work. Search engine to search more on Woods and retail sources for prints.
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Schools of California Online Resources for Education

Schools of California Online: The Ancient Hebrews

For Students 9th - 10th
The virtual museum investigates the ancient Hebrews. Topics examined are the land, the common people, the Exodus, beliefs, archaeology, and artifacts. A glossary and additional links are included.
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Center for Educational Technologies

Earth Science Explorer: Taiga Biome: Plants

For Students 3rd - 8th
As part of a virtual museum visit, this site offers a look at the plants of the Taiga Biome. Content includes a look at plant adaptations.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Profiles of the Treaty Makers

For Students 9th - 10th
The individuals who played a significant role in the signing of Treaty 8 are highlighted on this site by the Virtual Museum of Canada.
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Center for Educational Technologies

Earth Science Explorer: Taiga Biome

For Students 3rd - 8th
As part of a virtual museum exhibit, this site explores the taiga biome. Here you can learn what a taiga biome is, where you can find it, and the types of plants and animals that live there.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Is It a Moth or a Butterfly?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
During this lesson plan, students will explore the differences and similarities between a moth's life and a butterfly's life. Students will be given the opportunity to improve upon their note-taking skills during a virtual museum tour....
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Museum of Macau

For Students 9th - 10th
Official website of the Museum of Macau (Macao), a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China and former Portuguese territory located on the south coast of China across the bay from Hong Kong. The museum's site...
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Velorama Bicycle Museum: Netherlands

For Students 9th - 10th
The Dutch are known for being avid bike riders, and this site by the Dutch Fietsmuseum proves it. Watch a slide show on various bicycle inventions over the years or take a virtual tour of the museum to learn about cycle history.
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University of Oxford (UK)

Museum of History of Science: Roger Bacon

For Students 9th - 10th
In this portion of the Oxford Virtual Science Walk, a single paragraph briefly touches on Roger Bacon's life, achievements, and predictions. Illustration of the now-demolished study and observatory of Bacon.
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Birmingham Museums Trust (UK)

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: Take a Seat!

For Students 2nd - 5th
Take a virtual seat in the chairs that can be found in Aston Hall. The page includes a picture and description of these unique chairs.
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Wonders of Yangzhou

For Students 9th - 10th
This website focuses on Yangzhou, China, one of China's most iconic old towns. It offers a 360-degree virtual tour of its major attractions like the Ge Gardens and the Museum of the Tomb of the Han Guangling King. View its exhibits and...
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The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library

For Students 9th - 10th
The estate and art collection of the late Henry Clay Frick is open to the public as a teaching and learning museum. Here you can take a virtual 360 degree look at each room and examine the works of art inside.
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Alcotts and Orchard House

For Students 9th - 10th
Orchard House in Concord, Massachusetts, is now a museum but was once the home of Bronson Alcott and Louisa May Alcott. From this site you can access a virtual tour of Orchard House.
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Lets Net: Immigration Explorations

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will take a virtual tour of the Ellis Island Museum and peruse some other websites in this fun activity. From the information they obtain, they will conduct group discussions and record their findings in chart form.
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Other

Bento: Tokyo Food Page: Food Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains photo "field trips" in Japan of various markets, food-related museums, and other interesting places, including world markets. Site is also available in Japanese.
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Google

Google Maps: Street View

For Students 1st - 9th
Take a journey of "world landmarks, discover natural wonders, and step inside locations such as museums, arenas, restaurants and small businesses" with 360-degree images with Street View by Google Maps.