Virtual Vacation

Students are members of teams traveling and exploring the Pacific States Region of the United States via the Internet. Each team travels virtually to its destination to become experts on geography, history, tourism, nature, and economics.

Learners explore different areas of America by using the internet and the "Google Earth" website in this interactive, social studies lesson for late elementary students. This lesson includes a resource link to download a free program to...

Students select a foreign city, research the city using the Internet, and plan an eleven-day vacation to that city. This lesson is ideal for a social studies classroom and includes ideas for using iMovie, Excel, and MS Works or AppleWorks.

Students calculate the mileage, gasoline costs, and travel time and costs for a vacation. They conduct a virtual field trip, and create a comparison graph of costs using Microsoft Excel software.

Students research and study about the city of Granada in Spain. They go on virtual tours and fill out a journal about their travels Some things they are looking for are famous spots, meanings of certain Spanish words, who lives there,...

Students explore U.S. geography by participating in a virtual island tour on their computers. In this Hawaiian islands lesson, students utilize the Internet to view images, photographs and videos of each Hawaiian island. Students...

Students use the Internet to gather information on the country of Mexico. They also discover the culture of their people and compare them with the United States population. They take a virtual tour of some of Mexico's most historical ruins.

Students explore the Hawaiian Islands. For this social studies lesson, students research the islands that make up the Hawaiian Island Chain and create a dream vacation.