It’s Friday, , and time for a Virtual Field Trip thank goodness for these Field Trips because we know it isn’t safe to go outside. I would like to ask you to check out the Recommended Websites:

Jerusalem Virtual Tours
Age Range: 6 and up (Grades 1 and up; children with parental supervision) Visit the most sacred sites in Jerusalem through these masterfully rendered virtual tours. Through the use of cutting edge technology and a team of gifted artists, writers, and technicians, this website strives to provide visitors with “a unique visual experience, never seen before.”

Choose from several currently available 3D tours: 

• The Western Wall
• Jaffa Gate
• Supreme Court
• Church of the Holy Sepulchre
• Tower of David
• The Cave of John the Baptist
• Church of All Nations
• And many more!

The creators of these digital models have taken care to pay close attention to details.  

When you are finished with these tours, you can find links to more tours on the left sidebar: 

• Dead Sea
• Tel Aviv
• Caesarea
• And more!

Recommended Website: Dieffenbach’s Potato Chips
Age Range: All (All grades; children with parental supervision) Discover how potato chips are made with this website from Dieffenbach’s Potato Chips. This business, located in Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania, has been making potato chips for over 50 years.

When arriving at the link, see an introduction about the factory with some pictures, then scroll down to play the Virtual Factory Tour. You’ll learn the process involved in going from potato to chip in the almost 4-minute video. It’ll be sure to whet your appetite for a bag of potato chips!

Recommended Website: Waikiki Aquarium
Age Range: 5-18 (Grades K-12, with parental supervision) Hawaii is the home to a variety of sea life and at this site you can learn all about it in the many exhibits at the Waikiki Aquarium. 

When you get to the site select the “Experience” link at the top of the page. Then select from: 

• Exhibits
• Animal Guide
• Plants & Seaweeds
• Overview Map
• Critter of the Month
• Webcam

Some of the exhibits you might like to visit are: 

• South Pacific Marine Communities and Hawaiian Marine Communities – These highlight the amazing diversity and adaptations of sea creatures in the tropical Pacific and Hawaii.
• Edge of the Reef – Learn about different types of Hawaiian reef and shore environments, and see colorful fish.
• Diversity and Adaptations – Discover the amazing adaptations that allow marine life to get the upper hand on predators and prey.
• Hawaiian Monk Seal Habitat – Find out about conservation efforts to preserve one of the world’s most endangered marine mammals.
• Coral Farm – a working coral propagation facility that provides coral colonies to other aquariums and research institutions to reduce the demand and damage to wild reefs

Click on any one of these and more and investigate it through text, photographs, and even Live Cams!

Little ones will like the pictures, and older students will enjoy navigating through the hotlinks to learn all about Hawaiian marine life. This is a great site to visit with the whole family.

Thank you,

Glenda, Charlie and David Cates