COLUMBIA, SC (AP) – South Carolina’s state parks are offering virtual field trips for students who cannot travel in person.
There are videos and other complementary activities to teach science and history to elementary students from kindergarten through fifth grade.
The Discover Carolina program began with in-person field trips. Classes offered online now include learning about plants and animals at Jones Gap State Park in the mountains, Columbia’s Sesquicentennial State Park and Myrtle Beach State Park.
There is also a program about the difficulties of life on plantations before the Civil War at the Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site on Beech Island.
The state Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism said it plans to offer more virtual tours soon.