{"product_id":"free-diy-virtual-field-trip-student-project","title":"FREE DIY Virtual Field Trip | Create Your Own VFT | Student Project","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFREE cross-curricular student project for Grades 6–12.\u003c\/strong\u003e Students research a topic, choose meaningful real-world locations, and build their own 6–8 stop virtual field trip with the WanderListen DIY Virtual Field Trip Builder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a \u003cstrong\u003estudent-creation project\u003c\/strong\u003e, not a prebuilt tour. Students decide what their audience should learn, which places best support the topic, what evidence visitors can observe, which sources support the explanation, and how the tour should be organized.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat students practice\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eResearch:\u003c\/strong\u003e locating and using reliable sources before choosing exact stops.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEvidence-based explanation:\u003c\/strong\u003e separating what a visitor can observe from the explanation, interpretation, or significance of that evidence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlace-based learning:\u003c\/strong\u003e using real named locations and useful Google Maps \/ Street View links when they strengthen a stop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommunication:\u003c\/strong\u003e writing concise 70–120 word stop explanations and purposeful viewer tasks.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDigital creation:\u003c\/strong\u003e building, previewing, testing, exporting, reopening, and revising a portable \u003ccode\u003e.wanderlisten\u003c\/code\u003e project file.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePeer review:\u003c\/strong\u003e learning from another student's tour and responding to specific feedback.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10-page cross-curricular Teacher Guide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne-page Student Assignment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24-point Final Project Rubric\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOptional Day 1 Topic Research \u0026amp; Tour Ideas worksheet — digital + print versions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOptional Day 3 Technical Test \u0026amp; Repair worksheet — digital + print versions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOptional Day 4 Peer Tour Learning Assessment — digital + print versions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOptional Two-Tour Comparison — digital + print versions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOptional Day 5 Constructive Feedback worksheet — digital + print versions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStart Here PDF with the WanderListen DIY Builder link\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFlexible classroom use\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe worksheets are \u003cstrong\u003eoptional scaffolds\u003c\/strong\u003e, not required busywork. 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