Links to the other grade level Virtual Field Trips! Kindergarten - How It's Made Virtual Field Trip 1st Grade - Little House on the Prairie Virtual Field Trip 3rd Grade - New York City Virtual Field Trip 4th Grade - American History Virtual Field Trip 5th Grade - National Parks Virtual Field Trip Last year, 2nd Grade did the Scholastic Plymouth Plantation Virtual Field Trip which is excellent. This year, I moved the Virtual Field Trip unit to the Spring Semester so that we would have more time to explore. Plymouth and Thanksgiving didn't really fit into February very well so I changed 2nd Grade's trip to Washington D.C. Week 1: IntroductionWe started our introduction to Washington DC by watching this video from PBS Kids: Wilson and Ditch Digging America: Washington DC. I read at least one of the following books with each class: Weeks 2 and 3: Smithsonian MuseumsIn Weeks 2 and 3 we explored the Smithsonian Museums. We spent the most looking at: The National Air and Space Museum The National Museum of American History * They also have a great kids site that the kids are going to explore more in later week and in the computer lab. The National Museum of Natural History *They also have this great virtual tour! Weeks 4 and 5: The White HouseWe started this week by watching "Macey Goes to the White House" from the Ellen Show. The kids loved watching this little girl tour the White House and hearing all that she knows about Presidents! White House Virtual Tour Google Art White House Tour - This was definitely a crowd favorite! The kids loved being able to pretend to "walk" through the White House. We also used the Google Cardboard with this virtual tour (using the Google Street View app)! Weeks 6 and 7: The MonumentsDuring these two weeks, we explored various monuments and memorials around Washington DC. Animal Planet has a video introducing the Washington Monument and the Jefferson Memorial. National Mall Webcam - We did all webcams whole group. I wanted to be able to monitor what they were seeing so I didn't give them the link to this site. Lincoln Memorial Interactive Tour Jefferson Memorial Tour
Weeks 8 and 9: Other Washington DC SightsWe ended our Washington DC Virtual Field Trip with other important sites around DC that didn't really fit into any other category.
National Archives Library of Congress National Zoo National Mall
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