Apr 09 2025 15 mins
320: Virtual Vacation: Travel the World Without a Passport
Summer is almost here, and while a real vacation might still be a few weeks away, you and your homeschoolers can start exploring the world right now—take a virtual vacation!
In this episode, discover Virtual Vacation, a free and engaging website that lets you experience cities around the globe through walking, driving, and flying tours. It’s more immersive than Google Maps and a fantastic way to make geography and cultural studies come alive.
Highlights from the episode:
What Virtual Vacation offers and how to use it
Types of tours: walking, driving, flying, monuments, road trips, live cams, and virtual windows
The built-in City Guesser game (similar to GeoGuessr) that tests your geography knowledge
Creative ways to use the platform in your homeschool:
Creative writing prompts based on real-world settings
Comparative studies across multiple cities
Language learning by listening to real conversations
Memory games inspired by game show-style recall activities
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