For my virtual field trip, I chose to explore “Making Sounds.” As I have said before, I am a lover of all things musical. Although I play piano and played several instruments in the band, I did learn some technical info while on my field trip. It just deepened my appreciation for instruments and the people who were smart enough to come up with the concepts. I was given lots of facts on a wide variety of instruments, and I didn’t have to go to multiple sites to find them.

For my QR code, I decided to link Act 1 of The Crucible. That is one of the novels we read in the 11th grade. My kids usually prefer that I read aloud to them, (yes, even 11th graders want their teachers to read to them) but reading a play is a whole different story- no pun intended. I have some groups who enjoy acting it out, and I have other groups that make it the most painful experience possible. Sometimes I have them listen independently and work at their own pace, to an extent. I always listen to several recordings to find the most interesting one. A QR code would be useful because I could post the code in Google Classroom, and they could scan it with their phones when they started their assignments. This would ensure they are all listening to the same recording.