Virtual Field Trip - Yosemite National Park - Fun After State Testing Activities

Take your students on a virtual field trip to Yosemite National Park in California! This resource includes an editable presentation file (both PowerPoint and Google Slides format) which has some very basic information about Yosemite, along with some interesting photo and video links.

⭐Internet access is required to use this resource.

This resource includes:

• A brief PowerPoint/Google Slides presentation (24 slides, including title page, numerous brainstorming slides, section dividers, and various video links):
  • Basic information about Yosemite
  • Links to 360° photos of 6 points of interest in the park
  • Link to view Half Dome on Google Earth
  • Link to a video introducing Yosemite (16 mins.)
  • Video link to virtual ranger talk about Yosemite's black bears (9 mins.)
  • Video link to virtual hike in the park (10 mins.)
  • End of field trip reflection (3 questions)

• Worksheets (PDF format)
  • What I know, what I want to learn, and what I learned (2 versions)
  • Observation notes for the 6 points of interest featured in the lesson (2 versions)
  • Observation notes for Half Dome (2 versions)
  • Observation notes for the ranger talk about black bears (2 versions)
  • Basic park information (4 versions)

⭐This presentation file is editable, so feel free to add information or remove activities that you do not want to use. The presentation file includes a few editable brainstorming slides (for distance learning or whole class!), which can be edited in "presentation mode" if you're using PowerPoint or in "edit mode" if you're using Google Slides.

⭐Please note that the worksheets are not editable.

Virtual Field Trips - Land Biomes:

• The Tropical Rainforest
• The Tundra
• The Savanna
• The Taiga
• The Desert
• The Temperate Forest
• The Temperate Grassland

Virtual Field Trips - Aquatic Biomes:

• The Ocean
• The Coral Reef
• The Estuary
• Lakes and Ponds
• Rivers and Streams
• The Wetlands

Virtual Field Trips - National Parks:

• Yellowstone National Park
• Yosemite National Park
• Grand Canyon National Park
• Zion National Park
• Glacier National Park
• Olympic National Park
• Rocky Mountain National Park
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• Denali National Park
• Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Virtual Field Trips - National Parks Around the World:

• Banff National Park, Canada
• Seoraksan National Park, South Korea
• Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
• Fiordland National Park, New Zealand
• Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
• Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland
• Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica