Field Trips - Online - From Thinkport

Maryland Web Site Materials Boost Reading Scores

Explore a new world on your computer. With a free collection of online field trips and other Web-based materials shown to raise reading test scores among middle-school students.

The Thinkport Web site provides rich multimedia content including interactive stories, maps, games, timelines, and audio. Educators can also find primary resource documents and ideas and activities for classroom use. So, grab a mouse and begin a journey.

Want more information? Read  the research study by an independent research firm, showing that middle school students who used the online field trips scored higher on national standardized reading comprehension tests than those who used traditional learning methods alone.