Virtual Field Trips
Explore the World with Virtual Field Trips
Designed for ages 9-15 but customizable for all ages, virtual field trips allow students to travel the world and explore natural environments without leaving the classroom. Each virtual field trip contains a video, teacher guide and student activities.
Minorities in Shark Sciences Education Hub
Learn with Our PartnersOcean Heroes: Coastal Frontline Communities and Climate Justice
Made possible with support from the Bezos Family Foundation and Students Rebuild
The health of the oceans is suffering, and this has affected some of us more than others. Coastal communities, and those who are less-advantaged because they have less access to resources and face increased societal oppression, are more at risk from rising sea levels and storms. But there are some amazing groups working around the world to make change, educate their communities and build collective awareness. One featured partner, Minorities in Shark Sciences (MISS), creates K-12 content about sharks, skates and rays, the threats they face and conservation efforts to protect them. Courses include video lessons, activities, quizzes and action items.
All Virtual Field Trips
Protecting Our Oceans and Ourselves
More people rely on our ocean for food, energy, transport, recreation and other natural resources than any other time in history.
Climate Heroes: The Power of Trees
Trees are our climate superheroes! From Louisville, Kentucky, in the United States to St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean, trees are playing critical roles in cleaning our air and improving our resilience in the face of climate change.
You’re the Scientist! Citizen Science, Frogs and Cicadas
The conservation community relies heavily on volunteers not only to restore natural areas but to help gauge the success of restoration efforts.
Changing Climate, Changing Cities
Get a front-row, ground-level seat to the challenges cities face as they confront this force of nature, and discover the solutions experts are promoting to mitigate it.
The Secret Life of Corals
Learn how fragile reefs are being damaged by human activity and climate change, and how scientists are developing ways to restore corals.
Borneo: The Symphony of the Rainforest
On this journey, we’ll learn how experts are using cutting-edge science to find out how healthy the rainforest is—and to discover where it needs some help!
View from a Canoe
Can you imagine a place with 100 million acres of forest and 30,000 miles of coastline? It exists. The Emerald Edge is home to the largest intact coastal temperate rainforest.
Wild Biomes: America’s Rainforests & Deserts
Two wildly different ecosystems, both dependent on the same precious resource: Water. On this virtual field trip, we’ll travel to Seattle and Arizona.
The Coral Reefs of Palau
Join our expert scientist, marine biologist Stephanie Wear, on a virtual field trip to the coral reefs of Palau where you'll explore amazing underwater cities.
China’s Great Forests
Join our expert scientist Yue Wang, a conservation planning officer for The Nature Conservancy, on a virtual field trip across the world to two stunning provinces in China.
Powering the Planet: Renewable Energy
Join scientist Alex Wegmann as we embark on a Virtual Field Trip to explore a compelling question: How can we get the energy we need without harming nature?
Journey of Water: Colombia’s Páramo
In this virtual field trip, we will explore the magical páramo ecosystem and the stunning mountain landscapes found just beyond the capital city of Bogotá.
Peru: A Coastal Ecosystem
Join fisheries scientist Matias Caillaux to explore the Humboldt Current Ecosystem off the coast of Peru while learning about the area’s amazing diversity and productivity.
Ridge to Reef: A Virtual Field Trip to Hong Kong
The “Ridge to Reef” (R2R) concept is a holistic approach that takes into consideration all the environments within a watershed — from the top of the mountains down to the ocean — and shows that what happens on land affects what happens in the water.