Take a trip step inside 11 dramatic virtual tours some of the most beautiful theaters, concert halls and opera houses in the world. Carnegie Hall, The Colosseum in Rome, and The Sydney Opera House are just a few of the amazing trips you take!
An overview of 11 different stages from around the world.
This site offers a 360 view of Mars from the Mar’s Curiosity rover.
"Parents driving the online safety conversation at home can encourage the entire family to get on the same page by reviewing the fundamentals and taking this pledge together."
A free computer science curriculum that makes coding easy to teach and fun to learn.
"Teach computer programming and coding to students with the free CS First curriculum. Instructional videos guide students through theme-based projects such as sports, art, fashion, digital storytelling, and more. Projects involve block-based coding using Scratch and no experience is needed for educators or students. Students will enjoy the fun, interactive projects and can earn badges along the way. Grades: 4-9." (AASL)
What is Chrome Music Lab?
Chrome Music Lab is a website that makes learning music more accessible through fun, hands-on experiments.
What can it be used for?
Many teachers have been using Chrome Music Lab as a tool in their classrooms to explore music and its connections to science, math, art, and more. They’ve been combining it with dance and live instruments. Here’s a collection of some uses we’ve found on Twitter.
Google's Code Next program works with high schoolers to cultivate the next generation of Black, Latinx and Indigenous tech leaders.
"Code Next is a free, computer science education program that meets Black, Latinx and Indigenous high school students in their own communities, and provides the skills and inspiration they need for long and rewarding careers in computer science-related fields. Between 2011 and 2018, Black, Hispanic and Indigenous college students each only made up 3.5 percent of computer science graduates — Code Next plans to change that."
Click "Apply" in the top right corner to get started.
"What is Creatability?
Creatability is a set of experiments made in collaboration with creators and allies in the accessibility community. They explore how creative tools – drawing, music, and more – can be made more accessible using web and AI technology. They’re just a start. We’re sharing open-source code and tutorials for others to make their own projects."
This short video will give you a good introduction here https://youtu.be/c5-bHJqtQS0 (copy and paste the url into your browser).
Google Arts and Culture is a massive collection of videos and images of cultural artifacts from over 2,000 museums around the world. You can explore places around the world and gather vetted resources for lessons and activities for your classroom.
There are many things you can do with web version but there is even MORE to explore when you download the Arts and Culture App available for Android and IOS.
10 Things you can do with Google Arts and Culture: (plus much more!)
1. Explore pocket galleries
2. Color famous artwork
3. Take an art selfie
4. Play in a blob opera
5. Go on a Google Expedition
6. Do the cultural 5
7. Take an (augmented) reality check
8. Zoom in on art
9. Grab a lesson plan
10. Try a crossword puzzle
Zoom over the Sahara desert. Take a tour of the Eiffel Tower. You can do it all with Google Earth, the tool that makes the world feel a little bit smaller with its map-generating capabilities. If you're new to Google Earth, the tutorials offer a great introduction.
*Guided tours with the Voyager option. Take a guided tour around the globe with some of the world's leading storytellers, scientists, and nonprofits. Immerse yourself in new cultures and test your knowledge of the world.
*Measure distances & area
*Take your students virtually to the place you are studying
*Globe & map view
"With VR and AR, teachers are no longer limited by the space of the classroom. VR lets you explore the world virtually while AR brings abstract concepts to life—allowing teachers to guide students through collections of 360° scenes and 3D objects, pointing out interesting sites and artifacts along the way."
You will have to download the app to use this from the app store (available for andriod and IOS).
Copy and paste this url into a browser to see the massive list of tours that are available!
Currently there are 900 trips! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uwWvAzAiQDueKXkxvqF6rS84oae2AU7eD8bhxzJ9SdY/htmlview?sle=true#gid=0
To experience VR you will need Expeditions app, a mobile device or Chrome OS, and optional - a VR viewer
SUN WEST - Contact Doug or Terry to bring this to your school!
Google offers lots of images that can be used for educational purposes. Here are some things to remember when searching for Google images:
- Use the Advanced Search filter called "usage rights".
- Note: sometimes there are sponsored images on these websites, so please be mindful.
- If you download a great image and then lose track of its origin, try uploading it to [Google Reverse Image Search.] (https://reverse.photos/)
Street View Treks gives a first-person view to some of the most spectacular locations in the world, from Mount Fuji to the Grand Canyon to the Taj Mahal in India. Check out the maps, 360 panoramic images and videos.
A Google a Day challenges users to put their searching skills to the test by asking them to answer a question using Google search. With Google’s search education lesson plans you can take this game even further and begin teaching search literacy in your classroom.
CAN YOU FIND THE ANSWER?
This collection of images was part of the first group of 360 images added to Google Maps. You can explore more 360 views through the Google Maps Street View collection.
"Interland est un jeu pédagogique destiné aux enfants de 8 à 12 ans (et à leur parents). Cet outil ludique a pour mission de développer l'esprit critique des jeunes internautes au travers de quiz, de puzzles, d'énigmes... et de beaucoup d'action !"
"Play your way to Internet Awesome.
Interland is an adventure-packed online game that makes learning about digital safety and citizenship interactive and fun—just like the Internet itself. Here, kids will help their fellow Internauts combat badly behaved hackers, phishers, oversharers, and bullies by practicing the skills they need to be good digital citizens."
Interland is an engaging and fun online site that makes digital citizenship and safety lessons into a game. There are four fun games to choose from.
You can take a tour of 18 different scenes from the International Space Station with this Google Earth tour. Visit the Columbus Research Laboratory, SpaceX Dragon Docking Vehicle and more!
This is a safe way to have your children and students search the Internet!
*Safe Search
*Kid-oriented results
*Big thumbnails
*Large Font
*Privacy
Through a partnership with Google Arts & Culture, an online exhibit shows the history of The Nutcracker ballet in numerous slides and photos, including a video explaining how a dancing horse costume is brought to life onstage.
Many other Canadian museums and galleries that lack interactive online exhibits still have photos from their collections available online for hours of perusing, such as the National Gallery of Canada and Gardiner Museum.
Google Arts & Culture also has partnered with hundreds of museums across the world to allow extra exhibits and gallery walkthrough online. Their top 10 list of museums that can be explored digitally includes numerous cultural wonders, such as the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Musee d’Orsay in Paris, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, and the Pergamon Museum in Berlin.