With schools closing across the nation, parents and educators are in bit of a panic as they try to figure out how kids can learn and obtain their education from home.  There are free educational subscriptions and virtual field trips! 

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Online Informational and Educational Resources - Childhood Education International 
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Explore distance learning resources for schools affected by COVID-19 - Edu.Google
For educators and IT administrators preparing for potential school closures — or currently facing them — here are a few ways to engage students through distance learning.

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40+ VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS YOUR KIDS CAN TAKE FROM THE COUCH!

Let’s take our children out of the house (digitally) and head out on a virtual field trip! Below is a list of more than 40 different places you can explore online with your kids. Click each for an external link.

• Go on an expedition to the Galapagos Islands on the ship Endeavor II with National Geographic. 
• Stand on the Great Wall of China from your computer screen. 
• Explore Yellowstone National Park with virtual tours of some of their famous sites, like Mammoth Springs. 
• Go for a swim and explore a coral reef in the Bahamas! 
• Ever wondered what it’s like to be president? Visit the White House to see where he lives! 
• Walk among the Moai monolithic statues carved more than 500 years ago by the people who lived on Easter Island. 
• Obsessed with Ancient Greece? 
• This virtual field trip of Ellis Island comes with tons of educational resources. 
• Learn more about the Amazon Rainforest with an educational tour that shows all the sites and sounds. 
• How about an adventure sailing through Antarctica? 
• What was life like in a 17th century English village? Now you can see for yourself.
• Take a trip to Jerusalem and see the Dome of the Rock, the Damascus Gate, and learn about the history of the city. There’s even a version for older grades.
• Visit the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History to see some of their current, past, and permanent exhibits. 
• Get a view of the Grand Canyon from above and see just how big it really is.
• See all of Galileo’s cool inventions at the Museo Galileo. 
• You don’t need a spaceship to visit Mars virtually, thanks to this awesome website where you can walk alongside a rover on the surface of the planet. 
• Walk through Egyptian pyramids and learn about their excavation. 
• Tour the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama with this video. 
• Go behind the scenes of the Space Launch System program at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. 
• Stroll through the home of the Royal Family with this tour of Buckingham Palace. 
• Too cute to miss.
• Enjoy the view from the top deck of the Empire State Building. 
• Turn your computer into a planetarium with this virtual view of the stars and constellations. 
• Check out giraffes, elephants, rhinos, and even ants at the Houston Zoo. 
• Visit the National Aquarium in Baltimore to see even more sea life.
• Here’s another virtual African safari — this time with elephants and hyenas in the wild! 
• Get a live look at the Mount St. Helens volcano. 
• Go inside the Alamo to see where frontiersman Davy Crockett made his last stand. 
• Download the Google Expeditions app for more than 900 different virtual reality experiences, including a NASA mission to Jupiter and a look at Mount Everest! 
• Take an African Safari to the Etosha National Park in Namibia, Africa.  
• Visit Aurthur and friends in a kid-friendly exhibit at the Boston Children’s museum.  
• Check out exhibits from the Louvre via one of their educational virtual museum tours.  
• You can see beluga whales, sea lions, and explore the Ocean Voyager at the Georgia Aquarium. 
• This virtual farm tour will let kids visit minks and learn how milk and cheese are processed. 
• Climb through the world’s largest cave, Hang Son Doòng, in Vietnam.  
• Observe polar bears in the tundra of Canada on this Discovery Education virtual field trip. 
• Learn about the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing. 

FREE EDUCATIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

We have the Entire List of Education Companies Offering Free Subscriptions Due to School Closings. Each of these websites will allow you to sign-up for FREE and help your child along with their education. It is perfect for homeschooling which is something we are all needing to do right now. We’ve provided direct links for you below. All you need to do is click the link and follow the instructions on that website to sign-up.