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At the Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve, Utah.
Bioblitz At the Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve, Utah. © Ian Shive

Explore the World with Virtual Field Trips

Designed for ages 9-15 but customizable for all ages, virtual field trips allow students to travel the world and explore natural environments without leaving the classroom. Each virtual field trip contains a video, teacher guide, and student activities.

You're the Scientist! A Virtual Field Trip about Citizen Science, Frogs, and Cicadas!

A brand new virtual field trip made possible with support from Carrier.

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The conservation community relies heavily on volunteers to not only restore natural areas, but to help gauge the success of restoration efforts. Volunteers team up with experienced stewards and scientists to monitor the recovery of native habitats, or to record data on rare species of wildflowers, butterflies and other wildlife. But can students get involved? In fact, they can!  Watch on Vimeo.

 

You're the Scientist! Citizen Science, Frogs, and Cicadas

All Virtual Field Trips

At Hung Hom, the rising of full moon could be found every month thanks to its facing the east.

Changing Climate, Changing Cities

Get a a front-row, ground-level seat to the challenges cities face as they confront this force of nature, the solutions experts are promoting to mitigate it.

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Elkhorn corals, an important reef-building species, thrive in a protected marine area in Puerto Rico.

The Secret Life of Corals

Learn how fragile reefs are being damaged by human activity and climate change, and how scientists are developing ways to restore corals.

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Wild orangutan mother and baby high up in a rain forest in Borneo.

Borneo: The Symphony of the Rainforest

On this journey, we’ll learn how experts are using cutting-edge science to find out how healthy the rainforest is—and to discover where it needs some help!

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The coastal old-growth forests on the west coast of Vancouver Island make up the traditional territory of three First Nations.

View from a Canoe

Can you imagine a place with 100 million acres of forest and 30,000 miles of coastline? It exists. The Emerald Edge is home to the largest intact coastal temperate rainforest.

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Grand Tetons looming over a valley in Yellowstone.

Wild Biomes: America's Rainforests & Deserts

Two wildly different ecosystems, both dependent on the same precious resource: Water. On this virtual field trip, we’ll travel to Seattle and Arizona.

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The coral reefs of Palau are part of a massive interconnected system that ties together Micronesia and the Western Pacific.

The Coral Reefs of Palau

Join our expert scientist, marine biologist Stephanie Wear, on a virtual field trip to the coral reefs of Palau where you'll explore amazing underwater cities.

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at the Dujiangyan Panda Base outside of Chengdu in Sichuan Province, China.

China's Great Forests

Join our expert scientist Yue Wang, a conservation planning officer for The Nature Conservancy, on a virtual field trip across the world to two stunning provinces in China.

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Renewable, zero-carbon sources of energy are becoming more cost-effective.

Powering the Planet: Renewable Energy

Join scientist Alex Wegmann as we embark on a Virtual Field Trip to explore a compelling question: How can we get the energy we need without harming nature?

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Este predio ganadero en Quindío, Colombia, divide sus áreas con cercas vivas, planificando el suelo que aprovechará de manera responsable. Imagen de dron de monitoreo.

Journey of Water: Colombia’s Páramo

In this virtual field trip, we will explore the magical páramo ecosystem and the stunning mountain landscapes found just beyond the capital city of Bogotá.

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The Loberia en Huiro along Chile’s Valdivia Coast. The Humboldt Current, which flows from the southern tip of Chile to northern Peru, is the most productive marine ecosystem in the world, supporting wildlife and providing livelihoods for thousands of people. (C) Erika Nortemann/TNC

Peru: A Coastal Ecosystem

Join fisheries scientist Matias Caillaux to explore the Humboldt Current Ecosystem off the coast of Peru while learning about the area’s amazing diversity and productivity.

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The mudflats of Hong Kong are an important habitat for a large variety of wildlife.

Ridge to Reef: A Virtual Field Trip to Hong Kong

The “Ridge to Reef” (R2R) concept is a holistic approach that takes into consideration all the environments within a watershed — from the top of the mountains down to the ocean — and shows that what happens on land affects what happens in the water.

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