Coping with Rising Gas Prices

Got any field trips planned this year? If your answer is no, you're not alone.

In addition to a recent Times Argus article "Schools look at trimming extracurricular activities", other headlines ("Gas prices fuel rise in virtual field trips ," "School field trips in jeopardy as fuel prices rise") don't bode well for Vermont's students getting out of the classroom much in the coming year.

How are you planning on coping with these new economic realities?

Here are some tips and/or examples:
*CILC http://www.cilc.org/
*The Smithsonian Institution http://www.si.edu/
*The Louvre http://www.louvre.fr/llv/musee/visite_virtuelle.jsp?bmLocale=en
*The Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/features.asp
*National Park Service http://www.nps.gov/learn/distance.htm
*The National Zoo http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/WorldTour/
*The Tomb of Tutankhamen http://www.nationalgeographic.com/egypt/index.html

There are thousands of other examples. You might find some of relevance on my del.icio.us page or under the Curriculum and Assessments section of my DOE web page (http://education.vermont.gov/new/html/pgm_curriculum/history.html).

• What sites have you found that can be used to create a good virtual field trip?