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Galapagos Islands Tours Fun for the Whole Family!
Take a yacht to the Galapagos Islands, at least virtually. This site is a travel guide to Galapagos tours and offers an introduction, map, trip planinng tips and guided tours to all of the islands.
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Egypt Landmarks Virtual Panoramic Tour
Take a virtual panoramic tour of Egypt with this fascinating site! Simply click on a photo, or a dot on the map, then click VR panorama, to watch the 360 degree rotation of the picture.
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Argentina Landmarks Virtual Panoramic Tour
Go on a panoramic tour of Argentina with this fascinating site! Simply click on a photo, VR Panoramas, then click on the picture you'd like to view in 360 degrees.
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Argentina Landmarks Virtual Panoramic Tour
Go on a panoramic tour of Argentina with this fascinating site! Simply click on a photo, VR Panoramas, then click on the picture you'd like to view in 360 degrees.
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World Heritage Sites in China
Information about historical and other sites in China that have been declared World Heritage Sites. Photos, virtual tours, and maps are available for sites like the Summer Palace in Beijing, the Great Wall, the Chengde Mountain Resort,...
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World Heritage Sites in China
Information about historical and other sites in China that have been declared World Heritage Sites. Photos, virtual tours, and maps are available for sites like the Summer Palace in Beijing, the Great Wall, the Chengde Mountain Resort,...
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World Heritage Sites in China
Information about historical and other sites in China that have been declared World Heritage Sites. Photos, virtual tours, and maps are available for sites like the Summer Palace in Beijing, the Great Wall, the Chengde Mountain Resort,...
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China Virtual Tours: Shijing Poetry
Shijing (The Book of Songs) is the earliest collection of Chinese poems. This site is appropriate for teachers and upper elementary students.
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Tour the tinfoil.com Preservation Process
This site has commentary and great photos of early recording devices and online sound clips of actual wax cylinder recordings.
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Virtual Gettysburg: Battlefield Tour
Although this site is advertising a complete CD-ROM package of Virtual Gettysburg, the accompanying free information is beneficial. There are free panoramas, pictures of monuments, and online exhibits of Confederate currency and "Lincoln...
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Virtual Gettysburg: Battlefield Tour
Although this site is advertising a complete CD-ROM package of Virtual Gettysburg, the accompanying free information is beneficial. There are free panoramas, pictures of monuments, and online exhibits of Confederate currency and "Lincoln...
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Anton Dolin in the Prodigal Son, Ballets Russes, Australian Tour, 1939 Picture /
A broad selection of images featuring ballets russes can be found on this site by Picture Australia. By clicking on individual images you'll find high quality photographs as well as a brief description.
Tennessee History For Kids
Tennessee History for Kids: Sycamore Shoals
If you listed the most important places in Tennessee history, this would be near the top. The Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park in Elizabethton preserves some of the land where the Watauga Association was formed, where the Transylvania...
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Lets Net: Immigration Explorations
Students will take a virtual tour of the Ellis Island Museum and peruse some other websites in this fun activity. From the information they obtain, they will conduct group discussions and record their findings in chart form.
Tramline
Desert Field Trip
Use this site to find out how deserts are formed, where the largest desert is located and if there are different types of deserts.
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: The Great Schism
This site contains a breif entry on what the Great Schism was. It discusses the causes, what happened during the Schism, how it was resolved, and what its repercussions were.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: "Flying Dutchman" and "Jonah"
This site from the Smithsonian American Art Museum presents several paintings by Albert Pinkham Ryder. Content includes background information about the paintings and a discussion of the techniques Ryder used.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Arctic Studies Center
Tour this Smithsonian site and learn about the cultures of the North Pacific Rim and arctic wildlife in this site. This site provides virtual tours, videos, and music!
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Hooper Virtual Paleontological Museum
This site provides a virtual tour to the Hooper Virtual Paleontological Museum. There are many virtual exhibits to visit through a series of links, including Mass Extinctions and Human Evolution. Very descriptive and fun tour!
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World Wide Telescope
After downloading the WorldWide Telescope software, students can explore the universe with three-dimensional navigation and narrated guided tours of the sky. Users can also import their own tour to share with others. Site has educator...
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National Park Service: Raleigh, North Carolina: Discover Our Shared Heritage
Tour 48 historical places in this impressive site. Observe the color photographs and read the historical essays associated with each place. A list of sites and maps are provided for ease of navigation through the site.
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History of the Federal Judiciary
Incredibly in-depth site regarding the history of the federal judiciary. Well organized, easy to navigate, and crisply arranged, this site can be used for many lessons. The accuracy of the information is very reliable since its author...
PBS
Pbs: Egypt's Golden Kingdom: Karnak
Take a tour of the 100-acre site of the Temple at Karnak on this PBS site. Click on each hyperlink or click on the temple map to see a picture and read commentary of several parts of the temple complex. QuickTime required.