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Virtual Field Trip Xperiences
These venues are offering Virtual Field Trip Xperiences (VFTX) funded by ABX
Click on an image to view an introductory page followed by instructions to access the list of their Virtual Field Trip offerings (VFTX). When you have selected your VFTX, complete your application for funding and reserve your date for your exciting Xperience. Please know that each venue will do its very best to personalize your Xperience to your class grade level and educational value with enthusiasm and excitement.
La Jolla Playhouse
La Jolla Playhouse is where performance art and outreach combine to inspire community identity and imaginative thinking. From innovative youth programs to Tony award-winning musicals and plays, La Jolla Playhouse artists collaborate to advance theatre and inspire the local community. The La Jolla Playhouse seeks to offer creative opportunities for contemporary artists by using theatre as a creative platform for transformative self-expression.
La Jolla Symphony & Chorus
What is an orchestra? How do the different families of instruments make sounds? Take a fun and enlightening journey through the world of the orchestra with this introduction to the families of instruments, musical styles, role of the conductor and more. Musicians from the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus will take students through the mechanics of the different families of instruments: winds, brass, strings and percussion, and will perform live-streamed demos. We’ll also introduce students to some of the great composers and master works, in this live and interactive session. Each session can be customized for grade and level/experience. When available, all student participants and their families will receive a complimentary link to an upcoming virtual production.
Living Coast Discovery Center
Teachers! We’re offering virtual field trips during our closure to allow your students to experience the wildlife and science programs normally offered at the Living Coast. All programs are Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core State Standards based. Choose from a live animal encounter, pre-recorded field trip, or live Zoom field trip (or all three!)
LUX Art Institute
The Virtual Valise Project provides an art lesson with live contact between the teaching artist and the students via zoom. Lux Art Institute provides a fun, engaging learning experience using interactive videos, active participation, and art -making instructions.
Student supplies will be delivered to the school or district address you provide in your application 15 days prior to the date of the art lesson. Please notify your parents to pick up the art supplies at that time.
Student supplies will be delivered to the school or district address you provide in your application 15 days prior to the date of the art lesson. Please notify your parents to pick up the art supplies at that time.
New Village Arts
New Village Arts produces full seasons of mainstage productions, and has done so for the past 18 years in the City of Carlsbad with award-winning actors, designers and directors. To date, New Village has received over 30 Critics Circle Awards honoring the work done on NVA’s mainstage and regularly receives “Critic’s Choice” designations from leading reviewers. Surrounding these productions, NVA hosts talkback discussions and other supplementary events designed to create conversation and cultivate community.
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center
The Reuben H. Fleet Science Center connects people of all ages to the possibilities and power of science to create a better future. The Fleet offers online lessons designed to captivate, engage and keep your kids curious while schooling from home. Students in grades K–8 can explore an array of fields through hands-on activities, including biology, chemistry, engineering, physics and much more.
San Diego Air and Space Museum
The San Diego Air and Space Museum tells the remarkable story of aviation history, unfolding through significant artifacts of air and space technology. Here, students can see artifacts from Charles Lindbergh, Neil Armstrong, Amelia Earhart, the Wright Brothers, and so many other pioneers in space and aviation. At the intersection of science and engineering, the Air and Space Museum celebrates the social and historical implications of technological advancement. Help to inspire future generations of scientists by celebrating the history and technology behind aviation and space flight.
San Diego History Center
The San Diego History Center displays engaging and dynamic exhibits showcasing San Diego’s cultural heritage and regional history as a prominent metropolitan force in the 21st century. As one of the largest historical institutions on the West Coast, the History Center is dedicated to collecting, displaying, and preserving valuable artifacts from San Diego’s dynamic history. All K-12 education programs offered at the San Diego History Center are designed as an extension of classroom learning, customized specifically to each class with trained docents and professional educators.
San Diego Model RailRoad Museum
Virtual STEAM for School
San Diego Zoo
Home to over 3,700 endangered animal species from a myriad of international habitats, the world-famous San Diego Zoo is a site of education, conservation, and awareness. Students will see acclaimed botanical displays housing over 700,000 plants, along with almost 660 species and subspecies from a variety of countries. Through aviaries, bioclimatic zones, and scenic pathways, the San Diego Zoo showcases rare and unique animal and plant communities in naturalistic environments and close-up encounters. The Zoo is not currently admitting non-householded groups, however in non-COVID times admission to the Zoo is free for San Diego County students on most days throughout the traditional school year.
The Water Conservation Garden
The Water Conservation Garden’s virtual-real time programming offers everything teachers love about our garden field trip/assembly, only virtual. Take an adventure with Ms. Smarty-Plants to discover the magic of plants, our changing environments, and water capture for conservation!
Walter Munk Foundation for the Oceans
Join us for a variety of Virtual Field Trips to the new educational plaza called THE MAP of the Grand Canyons of La Jolla. Visit the world’s largest LithoMosaic, a 2,500 square foot educational plaza featuring 123 life-sized species found just offshore. Scientific concepts are brought to life to inspire curiosity and stewardship. Choose from a series of ocean-related workshops taught by scientists and experts.
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