Special Schools are going…on a Virtual Tour

The following are some of the virtual tours that some special school teachers have used. Many students, particularly those with ASD, often enjoy engaging with virtual tours, which can be used to support a variety of curricular areas.

Zoos and Farms Dublin Zoo https://www.dublinzoo.ie/animals/animal-webcams/ San Diego Zoo https://kids.sandiegozoo.org/index.php/animals Live Camera from Georgia Aquarium https://www.georgiaaquarium.org/webcam/beluga-whale-webcam/ St Louis Aquarium https://www.stlouisaquarium.com/galleries Visit a Dairy Farm https://www.discoverundeniablydairy.com/virtual-field-trip Canadian Apple Orchard https://www.farmfood360.ca/en/apple-orchard/360-video/ Canadian Egg farm https://www.farmfood360.ca/en/eggfarms/enriched360/ Monterey Bay Aquarium https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams Smithsonian National Zoo – Webcams https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams

Museums The Reading Room at the National Library of Ireland https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/national-library-of-ireland/AQEHJhumim_0mw?sv_lng=- 6.254543300371552&sv_lat=53.34114708608875&sv_h=-27.447228007498325&sv_p=- 15.17881546040661&sv_pid=jHXetPbK6DQgGWgdLx10-A&sv_z=1 National Gallery of Ireland https://www.nationalgallery.ie/virtual-tour Natural History Museum, Dublin https://www.museum.ie/Natural-History/Exhibitions/Current-Exhibitions/3D-Virtual-Visit-Natural-History National Museum of Ireland (Archaeology) https://www.virtualvisittours.com/national-museum-of-ireland-archaeology/ Chester Beatty Museum, Dublin https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=93gRr6w8S1J Medieval Museum, Waterford http://www.waterfordtreasures.com/medieval-museum/the-experience/virtual-tour EPIC – the Irish Emigration Museum https://matterport.com/industries/gallery/epic-irish-emigration-museum-dublin Titanic Experience Cobh https://www.virtualvisittours.com/titanic-experience-cobh/ Ulster Folk and Transport Museum https://www.virtualvisittours.com/ulster-folk-transport-museum/ Boston Children’s Museum https://www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org/museum-virtual-tour

Guggenheim Museum NYC https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/solomon-r-guggenheim-museum-interior- streetview/jAHfbv3JGM2KaQ?hl=en&sv_lng=- 73.95902634325634&sv_lat=40.78285751667664&sv_h=30.75703204567916&sv_p=0.06928383072430222&sv_pid =MfnUmHRyOSzMtY3vtYU05g&sv_z=0.9645743015259166 Children’s Museum of Indianapolis https://www.childrensmuseum.org/museum-at-home National Gallery of Art, Washington DC https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/national-gallery-of-art-washington-dc?hl=en National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, South Korea https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/national-museum-of-modern-and-contemporary-art-korea?hl=en The [British] National Gallery https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/visiting/virtual-tours/google-virtual-tour Paul Getty Museum, California https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/the-j-paul-getty-museum?hl=en Space Shuttle Discovery – National Air and Space Museum https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-space-shuttle-discovery-in-360/9QHuv5NkWRYRaw Van Gough Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/van-gogh-museum?hl=en State Hermitage Museum, Russia https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/the-state-hermitage- museum/nwF27ZaYflRsWA?sv_lng=30.31492387295399&sv_lat=59.94086192408578&sv_h=210&sv_p=0&sv_pid=ju OMPsD8pZjguxqRwkqCRw&sv_z=1.0000000000000002 Sistine Chapel http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/index_sistina_en.htm

Space Hubble Control Center NASA https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/virtual-tour-of-the-hubble-control-center-mission-operations- room/9wHjv3UH1IMh_Q Hubble Control Center NASA (Lobby) https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/virtual-tour-of-the-hubble-control-center-entryway-in- lobby/RwESDnos5YZUVQ Mars (Google) https://accessmars.withgoogle.com/ Mars (NASA) https://mars.nasa.gov/ Johnson Space Centre (Boeing) https://www.boeingfutureu.com/ Space Shuttle Discovery – National Air and Space Museum https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-space-shuttle-discovery-in-360/9QHuv5NkWRYRaw Star Atlas – Explore over 60,000 stars https://staratlas.com/

Exploring Our World Virtual Tours of Dublin https://www.virtualvisittours.com/category/places-to-see-dublin/ Long Room at Trinity, Dublin https://youtu.be/yiFkO4NWDio The Great Wall of China https://www.thechinaguide.com/destination/great-wall-of-china Bryce Cannon, Utah https://artsandculture.withgoogle.com/en-us/national-parks-service/bryce-canyon/sunset-point-tour Yellowstone National Park https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/photosmultimedia/virtualtours.htm Discover Hawaii https://earth.google.com/web/@0,0,0a,22251752.77375655d,35y,0h,0t,0r Dry Tortugas National Park, FL https://artsandculture.withgoogle.com/en-us/national-parks-service/dry-tortugas/near-little-africa-tour Yosemite National Park, California https://www.virtualyosemite.org/ Polar Bears in the Tundra https://www.discoveryeducation.com/learn/tundra-connections/ Ellis Island http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/webcast.htm Borneo Rainforest https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/who-we-are/how-we-work/youth-engagement/nature-lab/virtual-field- trips/ The Great Lakes https://www.greatlakesnow.org/educational-resources/virtual-field-trip/ Hawaii Volcanos https://artsandculture.withgoogle.com/en-us/national-parks-service/hawaii-volcanoes/nahuku-lava-tube-tour Kenai Fjords (Glaciers), Alaska https://artsandculture.withgoogle.com/en-us/national-parks-service/kenai-fjords/exit-glacier-tour Feeding the Globe https://agexplorer.com/virtual-field-trip/archive/2017-syngenta Disney https://ohmy.disney.com/news/2018/03/13/google-street-view-disney-parks-tour/

Industry Pharma Lab Tour https://www.howsciencepowersus.com/education-resources/virtual-field-trip Stanley Black and Decker https://www.innovation-gen.com/virtual-field-trip Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico https://artsandculture.withgoogle.com/en-us/national-parks-service/carlsbad-caverns/natural-entrance-tour Soar with Wings – Social Emotional Health https://www.soarwithwings.com/videos/virtual-field-trip Digging into Mining https://www.digintomining.com/virtualfieldtrips/archive

Buildings Belfast City Hall https://www.virtualvisittours.com/belfast-city-hall/ Aras an Uachtaráin (the Irish Presidential Residence) https://president.ie/en/explore-visit/take-the-virtual-tour/ European Parliament https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/eu-affairs/20161024STO48415/virtual-reality-experience-the- parliament-in-all-dimensions https://www.euronews.com/2019/05/17/360-tour-what-s-it-like-inside-the-european-parliament The White house (US Presidential Residence) https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/the-white-house Colonial Williamsburg webcams https://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/webcams/ Northern Ireland Assembly (ISL available) http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/visit-and-learning/visiting/online-tour/

British Parliament https://www.parliament.uk/visiting/virtualtour/

Other STEM Careers – Improving Animal Health https://agexplorer.com/virtual-field-trip/archive/2017-zoetis Teaching with Testimony – Stronger than Hate https://www.teachingwithtestimony.com/virtual-field-trip Careers that count with the NBA https://www.discoveryeducation.com/careers-that-count/ Discover your HAPPY https://www.learnexperiencehappiness.com/virtual-experiences Celebrate 400 years of Shakespeare https://www.discoveryeducation.co.uk/video/item922104#tab_type