Students deepen their content knowledge and collaborative skills as they interact with others across the globe. In order to deepen early childhood students' awareness and understanding of the world, teachers worked with their classes to develop and share school-based virtual field trips. The researcher sought to (a) identify the steps to create a…

Confronted with a world that is strikingly different from what it was just a decade ago, the United States faces rapidly shifting economic, political, and national security realities and challenges. To respond to these changes it is essential that our institutions of higher education graduate globally competent students. This article addresses…

Touts the benefits of field trips, noting that exposing students to new environments increases the amount they learn. Places such as zoos, aquariums, and museums are appropriate contexts for topics being studied, increasing the likelihood of learning. Advance preparation for the trip is crucial, and how the trip is designed is critical to what…

Describes the Traveling School of Santa Cruz, California, in which students in grades 7-12 travel across the United States and parts of Canada. While following a conventional curriculum and learning about the areas visited, students also achieve personal development through the experience of living with classmates and staff members. (AEM)

Describes the experiences of a sixth grade history class in learning about archaeology by planning and executing a small local dig. Offers advice on class preparation, excavation procedures, follow-up work, and the display of artifacts. Includes eight photographs of classroom and field work activities. (AEM)

Describes personal experiences of a participant in the National Science Foundation program, Teachers Experiencing Antarctica. Uses the study of the temperature history of Taylor Dome to provide teachers with the experience of research and help other teachers recognize that there are opportunities outside the classroom for personal and professional…

Experiences, group dynamics, hazards curriculum, and logistics of a canoe trip of the Mississippi River are discussed. (RE)

An astronomer gives teachers tips on learning how to look at the night sky then on passing along personal instruction to students. Presents ideas for finding information through astronomers at colleges, science museums, planetariums, research observatories, and on the World Wide Web. Contains a resource list and foldout poster of galaxies with…