New Virtual Field Trips

by Gail Cooper, Garry Cooper

Overview

Better than ever, this latest edition brings you more than 440 of the most exciting, educational, and innovative Web sites available for taking your students on unforgettable Internet field trips. The Coopers have responded to your requests with more than 100 new trips to visit sites that tie into National Science Standards, use inquiry-based learning, or encourage independent studies. The book follows the same topical easy-access subject organization, cross-referenced to save you time. Sites that incorporate sound, animation, video, and instructions on downloading software for site navigation are also new to this edition. Whether you are headed to the ocean bottom or outer space, don't hit the information superhighway without this book as your road map. You'll avoid inappropriate and hard-to-navigate sites, and students will thank you for the trouble-free virtual trips.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563088872
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/15/2001
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	155
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.36(d)
Age Range:	5 - 17 Years

About the Author

GAIL COOPER, a writer and licensed clinical social worker, is a contributing editor of Family Therapy Networker.

GARRY COOPER, a licensed clinical social worker and writer from Oak Park, Illinois, is a regular columnist for several newsletters.

Editorial Reviews

This annotated guide to 440 Web sites includes over 100 new to this edition that were selected to tie in to National Science Standards and inquiry-based learning, and to encourage independent studies. Organized into 13 topics covered in most K-12 school curricula, the entries include museums, libraries, schools, scientific labs, and government and university sites. The URLs have been selected for their interactive features; those recommended for primary students are marked with a symbol. Cross-references and a comprehensive index make it easy to locate sites to extend lesson resources beyond textbooks. The authors promise to post URL changes on the publisher's Web site to keep the addresses up-to-date. An accessible, useful resource that will add pizzazz to any lesson plan.-Sandra L. Doggett, Urbana High School, Ijamsville, MD Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

School Library Journal

Describes some 440 exciting and innovative educational destinations for Internet field trips. K-12 students can hear the voices of survivors of the atomic bomb dropped on Japan, join a research biologist to study freshwater dolphins, and take a technical tour of the ozone hole. Profiles of Web sites are organized by curricular area and subjects applicable across the curriculum. Includes many sites that tie into National Science Standards, utilize inquiry-based learning, or encourage independent studies. This edition contains entries on 100 new Web sites. The Coopers are licensed clinical social workers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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