Free PreK-12 lesson plans, activities, and resources
With the proliferation of web video cameras (or webcams), you can visit just about any city or place on earth in real time.
Rather than just talking about it, you can visit it.
You cannot get much more up to date than watching through the eyeballs of live cams.
EarthCam allows you to type in just about any location on earth and display a list webcams in that area. learn more
Some web cams, like Seattle's Space Needle, allow you to move the camera. On this cam, just click on the image and drag it around. You can also… learn more
EarthCam.com, the global network of owned and operated live streaming webcams, was built as a way to transport people to interesting and unique locations around the world that… learn more
Middle school students around the world can request images of specific locations on Earth during Sally Ride EarthKAM missions – periods when the Sally Ride EarthKAM camera in… learn more
Webcams images can be used to create time lapse videos. In this example, a years worth of images from the Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center webcam at Lassen National… learn more
AirNow, a government site tracking air quality, maps webcams around the U.S. looking off towards mountains or other landmarks. The Denver, Colorado webcam is a great view of… learn more
John Uhler has assembled a list of all known U.S. National Park, National Monument, National Recreational Area, and National Seashore webcams available on the Internet. He also includes… learn more
Windy.com is normally used to check the winds around the world. But, if you click the camera icon in the lower right Layers section, it will bring up… learn more