Just because your kids are homeschooled doesn’t mean you have time to take them on field trips. When you can’t leave, your kids can take a virtual tour of a museum, farm, zoo, or other fun place. We have put together our favorites list to help keep your kids entertained and entertained.
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Best tours in the world: AirPano
What we like
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Bright, well-designed videos and images.
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Offers tours to numerous countries
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Includes both video and still images.
What we don’t like
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What’s not to like?
AirPano has many tours in China, Portugal, Switzerland and many other countries. Children can visit the Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge in China, an underwater cave in Indonesia, ski resorts in France and other places around the world. What makes this site so good is that it offers multi-tour narration, provides close-ups with interactive activities, and includes short pieces of written information that are fairly easy for older children to read. The tours are also quite short, which makes them great for younger kids, but older kids will still enjoy them.
Look at the world now
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Best Virtual Dairy Tour: Will-O-Crest Farm
What we like
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Covers all aspects of dairy farming.
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Helpful, easy-to-understand explanations of the various farm activities and how milk is produced.
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Includes student questions.
What we don’t like
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You don’t smell a real dairy farm.
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Doesn’t show to other students, so it can be a bit like a lecture.
For students in grades 4-6, this 45-minute tour of the Will-O-Crest Dairy in New York State introduces students to every step of the way on a dairy farm. Students will see how calves live, how cows are milked and everything in between. The video is led by an announcer with a live instructor (employee) from the farm.
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Best Virtual Aquarium Tour: National Aquarium
What we like
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Very easy to find exhibits
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Fun to explore using 360 degree options.
What we don’t like
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Some scenes revolve terribly fast, which can be frustrating for young students.
The Baltimore National Aquarium has over 20,000 aquatic animals. Kids can click and drag the images to navigate through them and use the arrows, map, or scene list to explore the various exhibits. Explore 8 different areas such as the Amazon River, Rainforest and Jellyfish.
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Best Natural History Tour: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
What we like
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So many exhibits to see!
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Lightweight, interactive maps.
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Move quickly and easily.
What we don’t like
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It is not always easy to read the signs on the exhibits.
This iconic museum is dedicated to understanding the natural world and the human place in it. There is so much to see that it can’t be listed here; Fortunately, the museum offers an online tour of almost all of the exhibits. Divide this tour into multiple lessons so the kids don’t get overwhelmed. Skip the first floor and go straight to the first or second floor.
Visit the Smithsonian National Historic Site
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Best Space Tour: NASA
What we like
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Huge amount of space video.
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The accessible aspect of the video.
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So much to see on the site.
What we don’t like
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It’s not easy to find if you don’t know what you are looking for.
This might be a bit of a scam because it really is a collection of videos, but oh man. What a collection for the tour! Galleries open a huge number of videos on space topics: from testing a parachute on Mars to moving water in space. Each video is a mini-virtual tour that will amaze kids and spark their interest in science and space.
Visit NASA Galleries
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Best Virtual Tour for Car Lovers: Lane Motor Museum
What we like
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A completely unique tour.
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An inside look that allows you to dive deep into the collections.
What we don’t like
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It’s impossible to tell what a particular vehicle is unless you really know cars.
Scroll down the link for an exciting virtual tour of one of the most unique automotive museums in the world. The Lane Motor Museum is home to an odd collection of cars dating from the 1920s to the present day. Your child will love seeing amphibians, vans, prototypes and more. The tour is easy to go through and offers six different views for the entertainment of spectators.
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