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Virtual Field Trips
Virtual Fieldtrips Collections
Google Art Projects

Google art projects is the collection of 1000+ works from 17 highly acclaimed art museums in the world. With Google art projects you can virtually walk the aisles of these museums and view high resolution images of paintings like Van Gough’s “The Bedroom”. Google also allows you to create your own art collection by saving individual paintings to a portfolio where you can add notes to the paintings and even share your whole collection with friends.
 

Simple K12 Virtual Field Trips

Virtual field trips challenge and expose students to new types of technology. It is a great way to spark their interest and motivate their learning in a specific content area. Virtual field trips can offer students more opportunities because you can take them to places they wouldn't normally be able to go to otherwise - like inside a volcano or ocean floor! In addition, virtual field trips may even boost students' reading comprehension skills and will expose them to different cultures and environments.

National Museum of the Air Force

This remarkable tour of the National Museum of the United States Air Force gives viewers and very clear and complete tour of the entire museum grounds. See the progression of aeronautics in the U.S. from its beginnings with the Wright brothers all the way to modern day R&D aircraft.
 

Virtual Tours - Online Universities

One of the wonders of the Internet is that it can bring the world to you instead of your needing to find the time and money to explore the traditional way. The following virtual tours bring opportunities to explore cities, famous landmarks and buildings, museums, college campuses, and even outer space. You can learn how things are made, explore the human body or that of a life-sized whale, and visit ball parks and theme parks. There is even a section of incredible virtual tours that Google Earth has compiled that shares the world in a whole new way.

Panoramas - The 7 Wonders of the World

Bring the 7 wonders of the world to your classroom with panoramas.dk. This website has breathtaking panoramic views of all 7 wonders of the world which include the Colosseum in Rome, The Great Wall in China, Petra in Jordan, The Taj Mahal in India, Machu Picchu in Peru Christ Redeemer in Rio, and Chichén Itzá in Mexico.
 

Smithsonian

This self-paced, self-guided tour allows viewers to take a detailed virtual tour of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. This is a complete virtual tour where all you have to do is follow the blue arrow around the museum to journey on a great tour of the museum that makes you’re feel like you’re actually walking the halls of the Smithsonian
 

The White House

Travel floor-by-floor as you take an interactive tour of the White House. View official White House photos of room as well as browse through the history of that room and its unique features. Also learn the significance each room has in the day-to-day workings of the White House.
 

JPL Virtual Field Trip
Meet me at the Corner

MEET ME AT THE CORNER, Virtual Field Trips for Kids takes you to meet fascinating people from all over the world. New educational, kid-friendly episodes are uploaded every two weeks. Included are links to fun websites and our Learning Corner with follow-up questions.

MapWing: Build and Share Virtual Tours

Mapwing makes it easy to build, share, and explore virtual tours. Use Mapwing to turn your digital photos into virtual tours that include interactive maps, images, and comments. Then, share your virtual tours with friends, clients, or the entire world. Begin creating your own virtual tours for Free.

Google Sky

Travel the stars with Google Sky. With Google Sky you can view the position of plants, explore constellations, and even watch the birth of distant galaxies. You can even change the view of Google sky to see what the sky would look like if we had the ability to view the universe in x-rays or infrared.
 

Museum of Natural History

This virtual tour is of The Oxford University Museum of Natural History. This museum is home to an extensive world-wide collections of zoology, entomology, geology, and mineralogy, including the local dinosaur finds, a 40ft Tyrannosaurus rex, the observation beehive and Alice's Dodo. Also a part of the tour is the building itself; one of the finest examples of the Victorian Gothic style of architecture.
 

 

School District of Horicon

Our Vision
"Striving for Excellence in Education"

Our Mission
In partnership with family and community, the School District of Horicon strives for excellence in education, challenging students to reach their fullest potential and to become productive, responsible, respectful members of our global society.

 

Non-Discrimination Policy

It is the policy of the School District of Horicon that no person shall be discriminated against on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, ancestry, creed, religion, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, handicap or physical, mental, emotional or learning disability.

 

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