Students can take field trips to many places around the world without even leaving the classroom. Click on the links below to visit many great educational environments.
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Museum Kids:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an art museum located on the eastern edge of Central Park , along what is known as Museum Mile in New York City , USA . It has a permanent collection containing more than two million works of art, divided into nineteen sections. The main building, often referred to simply as "the Met," is one of the world's largest art galleries , and has a much smaller second location in Upper Manhattan , at " The Cloisters ," which features medieval art . *

smART-Kids:

smART-Kids was created by the smart museum of art at the University of Chicago to help children discover ways to look at, think about and respond creatively to art.*

National Gallery of Art Kids:

The National Gallery of Art is located on the National Mall in Washington D.C. It has one of the finest art collections of European and American paintings, sculpture, works on paper, photographs, and decorative arts. The permanent collection of paintings spans from the middle ages to the present day. *

The British Museum

The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture situated in London . Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginning to the present. *

National Museum of the American Indian

The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian is a museum dedicated to the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere. It was established in 1989 through an Act of Congress . Operating under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution , it has three facilities: the National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. , which opened on September 21 , 2004 *

United States Botanic Garden

The United States Botanic Garden ( USBG ) is a botanic garden on the grounds of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. , near Garfield Circle .

The Botanic Garden is supervised by the Congress through the Architect of the Capitol , who is responsible for maintaining the grounds of the United States Capitol. The USBG is open every day of the year, including federal holidays . It is the oldest continually-operating botanic garden in the United States . *

Smithsonian National Zoological Park:

The Smithsonian National Zoological Park , commonly known as the National Zoo, is a zoo located in Washington, D.C. *

San Diego Zoo:

The San Diego Zoo in Balboa Park , San Diego , California is one of the largest and most progressive zoos in the world with over 4,000 animals of more than 800 species . It is also one of the few zoos in the world that houses the giant panda . *

Bronx Zoo - Look and Learn

The Bronx Zoo is a zoo located within the Bronx Park , in The Bronx borough of New York City . The largest metropolitan zoo in the United States, the Bronx Zoo comprises 265 acres (107 ha) of parklands and naturalistic habitats, through which the Bronx River flows. *

Constitutional Walking Tour:

Learn about and see the places where our constitution was formed. The Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia is the best way to explore America's Birthplace.*

New York Philharmonic:

The New York Philharmonic is the oldest active symphony orchestra in the United States, organized during 1842. Based in New York City, the Philharmonic performs most of its concerts at Avery Fisher Hall . It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". *

The Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon covers 1.2 million acres, and no two destinations are alike. The Grand Canyon Association invites you to take our virtual tour and sample the many faces of the world's most famous chasm!

Mount Vernon - George Washington's Home

Mount Vernon , located near Alexandria , Virginia , was the plantation home of the first President of the United States , George Washington . The mansion is built of wood in neoclassical Georgian architectural style , and the estate is located on the banks of the Potomac River . *

Monticello - Thomas Jefferson's Home

Monticello, located near Charlottesville , Virginia , was the estate of Thomas Jefferson , the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence , the third President of the United States , and founder of the University of Virginia . The house is of Jefferson's own design and is situated on the summit of an 850-foot (260 m)-high peak in the Southwest Mountains south of the Rivanna Gap. Monticello is Italian for "little mountain", so named because of the house's position on top of a large hill (a small mountain) and because Jefferson based the residence on the renaissance Italian architect Palladio 's projects. *

Visit Acadia National Park

Acadia National Park preserves much of Mount Desert Island , and associated smaller islands, off the Atlantic coast of Maine . Traditionally inhabited by Wabanaki Native American hunters, fishers, and gatherers, the area includes mountains , an ocean shoreline, woodlands , and lakes . In addition to Mount Desert Island, the park comprises much of the Isle au Haut , a small island to the southwest of Mount Desert Island and parts of Baker Island, also nearby. A portion of Schoodic Peninsula on the mainland is also part of the park.*

World Biomes - Ecosystems

Biomes are climatically and geographically defined areas of ecologically similar climatic conditions such as communities of plants , animals , and soil organisms, and are often referred to as ecosystems . Biomes are defined by factors such as plant structures (such as trees, shrubs, and grasses), leaf types (such as broadleaf and needleleaf), plant spacing (forest, woodland, savanna), and climate.*

Tour the Virginia State Capital

The General Assembly has released a state of the art virtual tours website that brings Virginia's State Capitol to the citizens of Virginia. The website provides online tours of both the Capitol Grounds and the Capitol Building. Visitors to this interactive website will have the ability to explore areas on their own or view video presentations. http://legis.virginia.gov/