Online Field trips for your kiddos. I love this stuff. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/monterey/ax/primary_fs.html http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/nyunderground/docs/nymain.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/khufuenter.html http://www.tomsofmaine.com/about/tour_factory.asp http://www.toweroflondontour.com/kids/index.html http://www.hawaiiweb.com/oahu/sites_to_see/waikiki_aquarium.htm http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/whtour/index.html These are not as exciting but still informative. http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/ http://www.field-guides.com/sci/natwon/index.htm Natural wonders Nine planets. http://www.nineplanets.org/ Antarctica http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/antarctica/main/s_index.html 4H http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/virtualfarm/main.html Us mint http://www.usmint.gov/mint_tours/index.cfm?flash=yes&action=vtShell This is by far my favorite one. Can't wait to show these to my kids. They love to see how things are made. Me too. http://manufacturing.stanford.edu/ The denim one is so cool. Lemon heads http://www.ferrarapan.com/html/lh_tour_1.html Chocolate http://www.hersheys.com/discover/chocolate.asp Cheese http://www.wisdairy.com/AllAboutCheese/Cheesemaking/MakingCheese.aspx http://ldshomeschoolinginca.org/vft.html http://www.fastq.com/~jbpratt/education/theme/virtualtours.html If you can find more please add them. I am going to put this into my home school day. My kids will see it as a fun added break to the usual routine. Yip-pie.:!:
Just wanted to add, that I love this link. Mr. Rogers is where I got the idea of wanting to do this. I looked for it before and could not find it. http://pbskids.org/rogers/R_house/picpic.htm I can't even tell you how excited I am.
we watched four of these today. my kids finally said "I've about had enough of these." think it was more for me.