Virtual Field Trips & Armchair Travel

Updated Friday, August 6 2021

Aquarium and Zoo

• Ireland's wildlife webcams. Check it out here
• Check out the Cornell FeederWatch Live Cam
• Welcome to the wild side of learning by the Smithsonian National Zoo! Downloadable kits designed to engage children to look closely and thinking deeply about animal behavior and habitats. Click here to check it out
• ZooLife Field Trips and Zookeeper Talks featured daily from Monday to Friday. Click here to check it out
• Click here to check out the Toronto Zoo YouTube channel

Science, History and the Natural World 

• Visit Ontario Parks this summer. Check it out here
  

• 10 Wildlife webcams. Check it out here
• Fun stuff for kids and teens from the Smithsonian. Check it out here
• Learn more about the Hinterland's Who's Who. Learn more here
• Earth Hour virtual spotlight. Check it out here
  
• St. Patrick's Day: Irish culture with parades, special foods, music, dancing, drinking and a whole lot of green. Check it out here
• Iqaluit, Nunavut – The Canadian Arctic. One man from the North learned how to take the Google Map Treks camera out in his community to share with the world. Click here to check it out
• Live polar bear cam Hudson Bay click here to watch
• Before and after: seeing animals change for winter. Click here to check it out
• A timelapse video of the Northern Lights in Canada click here to watch

The Armchair Traveller

• It's National Lighthouse Day! Check out the photo gallery of lighthouses in Canada. Learn more here
  

• All aboard! Learn about the different cars and locomotives of the York-Durham Heritage Railway. Learn about it here
• Nunavut photo and video tour. Check it out here
• Welcome to Nunavut. Learn about Nunavut here
• A day of cultures virtual festivals in Canada. Check it out here
• Virtual tours and online musuem collections. Check it out here
• Virtual Tour: Tipi Camp. Check it out here
• Follow a Museum guide through two galleries on the Museum of Human Rights second level – Indigenous Perspectives and Canadian Journeys. Learn more here
• Denmark, the first European country to allow legal change of gender without diagnosis. Go on a virtual walking tour of Copenhagen, Denmark. Check it out here
• Celebrating England. Check it out here
• A Virtual Tour of London: The 7 Best Armchair Travel Experiences. See it here
• Take a virtual tour of the Netherlands' most spectacular tulip garden. View it here
• Tour of High Park cherry blossoms. Check it out here
• Explore the Harry Potter: A History of Magic Exhibition from the British Library. Check it out here
• Visit Keukenhof Gardens 2021. Learn more here
• 14 Days solo camping in the Yukon. Check it out
• Discover some artifacts from Toronto History Museums’ fine art collection. Learn more here
• Toys, games, and puzzles from across the Smithsonian collections. Check it out here
• Virtual science engagement from museums and science centres. Check it out here
• 10 beautiful virtual garden tours. Check them out here
• Top 10 Iconic Canadian Animals. Check it out here
• 25 fascinating Wonders of the World you can visit from home. Check it out here
• 17 famous art museums you can visit from your living room. Check it out here
• Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Filmed just off of Lady Elliot island, the video captures the Southern tip of the reef. Check it out here
• Stroll through the treetops on the world's best forest canopy walkways. Check it out here
• Virtual tours of Ireland for St. Patrick's Day. Check it out here
• Virtual helicopter tour. 1000 Islands virtual helicopter tour. Check it out here
• Zipline to the Falls: A virtual ride. Check it out here
• 360 Degree Virtual Tour of the Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory. Check it out here
• Take a virtual ride at home on the coasters and attractions of Canada's Wonderland. Click here to watch 
• Go on a virtual tour of the ROM. Check it out here
• Check out some cool snow sculptures
•  10 unique ways to explore Alberta without leaving home. Check it out here.
• 12 museums from around the world virtual tours Visit the website here
• Virtual museum tour: Victorian Walk - Explore the Museum of London's Victorian Walk gallery – with challenges to do too!
• Virtual Travel Ottawa - Check out Ottawa's virtual tours, exhibitions and activities.

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