Western New York is home to a number of institutions which offer fun and educational programs for students and/or teachers. Click on each venue listed below to be taken to their website for more information:
Buffalo Science Museum
Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society
Albright Knox Art Gallery
Native American Museum of Art
Ira G. Ross Aerospace Museum of WNY
Can't schedule an actual field trip? Try these sites for virtual field trips (VFT's):
http://www.uh.edu/~jbutler/anon/anontrips.html - Helpful information about planning a virtual field trip, as well as links to field trips.
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours - Take or make a field trip within the U.S. or globally across all content areas; study the past or the present.
http://www.field-trips.org/trips.htm - Discussion boards, permission slips, and a list of possible trips.
http://www.techtrekers.com/virtualft.htm - National and global trips available; organized by content area and location.
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/vft.htm - Information about planning, guidelines, and evaluation for virtual field trips as well as links to field trips.
http://www.learnz.org.nz/ - Focus is on New Zealand and Antarctica; free, fully supported, interactive student experiences, some of which are live.
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Have a site that you'd like to recommend? Email us at pds@buffalostate.edu!
