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After a virtual field trip to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and a lesson on fossils, the students will demonstrate their understanding of how fossils display evidence of how those organisms lived in their environments by making predictions about where fossils lived based on their physical features.

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Teacher and Pupil Perspectives on the use of Virtual Field Trips

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Teacher and Pupil Perspectives on the use of Virtual Field Trips

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1. Virtual field trips use a combination of kinesthetic, audio and visual elements.
2. Virtual Field Trips can be incorporated in various ways - through the anticipatory set or as a brain break to increase student's attention.
3. Some virtual field trips require the students to engage in physical active and gives them a chance to get up and move around.
4. A negative of virtual field trips is that some teachers do not feel comfortable using technology in the curriculum, therefore not including virtual field trips in lessons.

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1. Each station contains a different type of fossil.

2. Observe the fossil and make a prediction of what you think the environment the fossil lived in was like.

3. On the recording sheet, record your groups prediction.

4. After your group goes to all four stations, be ready to discuss your predictions with the class.

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Jessica Hepner, Leah Stamp, Kennedi Wittenrich, Ryan Peace, Michelle Tewksbury

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This field trip will focus on the Human Origins exhibits in the museum. We will go through the field trip together as a class. During each exhibit, the teacher will read the information provided in each exhibit, paying special attention to how the fossils help us learn about them. The students will have a recording sheet with one specific question from each exhibit. After each exhibit, the teacher will read the question and hear student responses and go over it as a class. Students will also be asked to point out the fossils found in each exhibit and discuss what we can learn from the fossils.

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1. For teachers, field trips allow hands on learning experience for the students.
2. It's a way for teachers to reward their students for long hours in the classroom.
3. Provides real life examples instead of just seeing pictures.
4. Field trips provide many students with once in a lifetime opportunities (when children see and experience new things, it reinforces what they've been learning).
5. Liability issues (making sure students are safe)

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Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.

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1. Get to experience the museum without having to travel to the museum. It is not age appropriate to take a group of third graders to Washington, D.C.

2. Explain evolution through visuals.

3. Going through the virtual tour of the museum allows for the teacher to skip over irrelevant topics and focus just on sections that relate to the objective.

4. We can make sure all the students are engaged inside the classroom and it makes it easier for students to stay on task.

5. We can reinforce our content in ways

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Smithsonian Virtual Experience
General Benefits of Field Trips
When Curriculum Meets Art
Integrated Activities for Teaching in Common Core
Field Trip Research
Teacher and pupil perspectives on the use of virtual field trips