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Smart Motorist: Driving on Expressways
This Smart Motorist website begins by defining "Freeway," and then includes sections on planning a trip on expressways, merging onto the freeway, and reacting in case of emergency. Includes illustrated examples of freeway interchanges...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: The Technology Trip [Pdf]
"The Technology Trip" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about children who planned a trip to the museum using the Internet to find the bus schedule. On the way, the bus was hit by a car so another bus had to take them. It is...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Trekking to Timbuktu: Mansa Musa Takes a Trip
Trekking to Timbuktu is a WebQuest for Grades 6-8. Mission 4 looks at Mansa Musa's journey to Mecca in 1324.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: A Significant Influence: Describing an Important Teacher
In this project, students write tributes to teachers who have made a profound difference in their lives then publish their work in a class collection.
BBC
Bbc: Bitesize: Using a Timeline, Calculate How Long It Will Take to Get to Work
An activity for students to test their understanding of time as they plan a trip to work.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Education: Telling a Painting's Story
This Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies lesson plan features museum field trip writing activities. Upon returning from the museum, students will write stories inspired by paintings that they observed and evoked an...
California Institute of Technology
Infrared Zoo Lesson 1: A Trip to the Infrared Zoo
Students will use infrared images to classify different animals. Students will learn more about infrared imaging and the information it can reveal. This activity is guaranteed to activate great class discussion.
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National Museum of Industrial History
Explore these exhibitions, previously located in the Smithsonian Institute, which feature the great Americans who contributed to the industrialization of the United States beginning with the nation's centennial celebration. Plan a trip...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Journey to Mars
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about Kepler's Laws of motion by planning a trip to Mars using a Hohmann transfer orbit.
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Alliance for the Arts: Ny Ckids Arts
If you live near New York City or are planning a trip, this site gives you a list of arts events that you and your family can attend. Updated daily, it gives you the most current collection of artsy things to do.
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Welcome to Rio De Janeiro
The official website of the Rio Convention and Visitors Bureau, this is a great travel guide. Provides information on tourist attractions, culture, sports, tours, events, hotels, and lots of other useful information. Great if you are...
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Iguazu Argentina
Everything you'd want to know to plan a trip to Iguazu Falls. Features news of the Falls area, location information, a map, history of the National Park, how the falls were formed, and beautiful photographs. Be sure to watch the video!
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Queen Mary 2
How much fun would it be to plan a trip on the QM2? Here's the official information for this incredible ship. Take a tour, look at its destinations, and find out what you can do on board for fun.
PBS
Pbs: Mathline Creature Feature Lesson Plan [Pdf]
An interdisciplinary math, science, and language arts lesson plan that engages young scholars in an exploration of statistics. Through a study of various forest climates, students utilize data collection and analysis, classification, and...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: A La Restaurante!
This is an activity to test the strength of the learners. It allows students to exercise everything that they have learned throughout the school year. It is suitable for Spanish I-Spanish IV learners. It is an end-of-the-year activity...
Google
Google Maps
Explore the entire world or your local area through Google's maps, Street View photos, satellite images, and in a 360-degree panorama. Take a virtual field trip to an Arctic town or a Pacific island, a famous landmark, a bird sanctuary,...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Grand Canyon National Park
The official site from the National Park Service. Includes information to plan a trip there, its geologic significance, its biological diversity, natural features, and ecosystems.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Yellowstone National Park
Discover everything you ever wanted to know about Yellowstone National Park through this National Park website. This site provides links to historical facts, planning a trip, maps and more.
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California Travel & Tourism Commission: Visit California
Visitors to Ca,ifornia will find information on places to go and things to do, as well as help for planning a trip. There are links to pages about different cities and other destinations, and some history background.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Living Language: E Ticket French [Pdf]
These lessons will help you if you are planning a trip to France and could use a helpful traveler's phrasebook with hundreds of essential words and phrases.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Living Language: E Ticket German [Pdf]
These lessons will help you if you are planning a trip to Germany and could use a helpful traveler's phrasebook with hundreds of essential words and phrases.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Living Language: E Ticket Arabic [Pdf]
These lessons will help you if you are planning a trip to countries where the main spoken language is Arabic and could use a helpful traveler's phrasebook with hundreds of essential words and phrases.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Living Language: E Ticket Greek [Pdf]
These lessons will help you if you are planning a trip to Greece and could use a helpful traveler's phrasebook with hundreds of essential words and phrases.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Living Language: E Ticket Italian [Pdf]
These lessons will help you if you are planning a trip to Italy and could use a helpful traveler's phrasebook with hundreds of essential words and phrases.