Chicago
Virtual Tour Websites
Get in the mood with "My Kind of Town, Chicago Is"
What
Should We Wear? Check Out The
Chicago Weather
http://www.wunderground.com/US/IL/Chicago.html
How
Much Will It Cost To Get There?
Chicago’s
Zip Code is 60618 Calculate
the Distance Between Chicago and Versailles in the distance calculator on the
right side of this page: http://zipfind.net/default.htm
How Much Will Gas Cost?
http://www.chicagogasprices.com/
Multiply
the distance times two ( for going and coming home) and then multiply by the
average gas price. You can look up the average gas price for the Chicago area
and the average gas price in the US.
Bonus
: If you travel 60 miles per hour,
how many hours will it take to drive there?
Rainforest
Café
Rainforest
Quiz: From the home page, click on "Learn" at the top of the page...
you can take a beginner or advanced quiz to rate your rainforest smarts.
Hancock
Observatory Sample views
Field
Natural History
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/
Who
Is Sue?
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/sue/whosue.html
Just
for fun: 360 degree view of Main Hall of Field Museum
How
many archways are there in the main hall of the museum?
What is the ceiling covered with?
Go to "Behind the Scenes" and find out how many pounds of fish
the otters eat in one day! Also click under the penguins on the right and choose the photo gallery for some awesome
sea life pictures
http://www.sheddnet.org/
Michael Jordan Statue at United Center|
http://www.unitedcenter.com/pagetemp.php?copy=arenjordan
How tall is the statue and how much does it weigh?Medieval Times Dinner Show
http://www.medievaltimes.com/
Are you ready for serving wenches and eating with no silverware? Your meal includes a show like you've never seen before. Go to the Treasures button to find out what a bola is. Go to the horses button to find out what breed of horse the Knights use.Chicago Mercantile Exchange
You'll see "the pit" in action where traders buy and sell futures. Read about the CME here:
http://www.cme.com/abt/cme/cmeGlance2793.htmlTraders communicate by lots of yelling and hand signals. What hand signals mean buy and sell? http://www.cme.com/edu/getstr/handsgnl648.html
Lincoln Park Zoo
A great interactive site. Don't miss the "zoo online" activities. Also, click on Meet the Animals link to go to a live view of zoo animals
http://www.lpzoo.com/raj_big.swfArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/
Click on "Play Games", find Van Gogh's signature to find the name of his painting on display. What other famous signatures do you see?Magnificent Mile
http://www.themagnificentmile.com/
Get ready to shop until you drop! Several floors of The Gap, a Legoland, and more. What streets are most stores located on?
The
Adler Planetarium
http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/index.html
What is the Atwood Sphere? Go to Exhibits, then Virtual Tour to find out.
Navy
Pier
http://www.navypier.com/index.cfm
What is round and the Navy Pier's most visible attraction?
Museum
of Science and Industry
http://www.msichicago.org/index.html
What is the ToyMaker 3000? Go to Exhibits, then Online Exhibits to find out.
Other Attractions:
Chicago
Chinatown
http://www.chicago-chinatown.com/
The
Great Chicago Fire, An Online Museum
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/intro/
Check
Out Chicago In Pictures!
Earthcam live from
Natural History Museum
Great pictures as well as excellent fact page
http://www.aviewoncities.com/chicago.htm
Fact
Page:
http://www.aviewoncities.com/chicago/chicagofacts.htm
Super
Chicago Webquest- Challenge Level!
http://www.socs.k12.in.us/schools/ovms/webquest/chicago/chicago.html#Task