Field Trips are a great way to get your students engaged in Social Studies. They help students make real world connections, allow them to handle regalia, question experts, and deepen their understanding.
The amazing thing about Field Trips is they are no longer limited to the traditional style where students visit a location. Field trips are more dynamic now! A visitation field trips allows for experts or professionals to come and speak to your classroom. A virtual field trip is a guided exploration of a subject or location through online multimedia.
Things to consider when planning field trips:
Consider all district and school policies.
Consider how the trip aligns with standards and objectives
Consider the cultural and religious beliefs of your students.
Consider the cost and time.
How to assess student benefit from the field trip
How to best prepare students for the field trip
Local resources and guest speakers
Also consider: A few notes of caution regarding virtual field trips. Not all virtual field trips are suitable for every grade level and the qualities of each 'virtual field trip' are not created equal. Make sure to thoroughly explore each one prior to student use. Additionally, there are a plethora of free virtual field trips available, but some schools will purchase quality ones that could be used by an entire grade or support other grade thematic units.
The document below provides examples of the three types of field trips for both lower and intermediate elementary grades. The document makes the assumption that the school is in Carson City, Nevada.
Examples of Field Trip Ideas
Examples of Field Trip Ideas
Field Trips are a great way to get your students engaged in Social Studies. They help students make real world connections, allow them to handle regalia, question experts, and deepen their understanding.
The amazing thing about Field Trips is they are no longer limited to the traditional style where students visit a location. Field trips are more dynamic now! A visitation field trips allows for experts or professionals to come and speak to your classroom. A virtual field trip is a guided exploration of a subject or location through online multimedia.
Things to consider when planning field trips:
Also consider:
A few notes of caution regarding virtual field trips. Not all virtual field trips are suitable for every grade level and the qualities of each 'virtual field trip' are not created equal. Make sure to thoroughly explore each one prior to student use. Additionally, there are a plethora of free virtual field trips available, but some schools will purchase quality ones that could be used by an entire grade or support other grade thematic units.
The document below provides examples of the three types of field trips for both lower and intermediate elementary grades. The document makes the assumption that the school is in Carson City, Nevada.
EDEL453 Spring2014 RebeccaWaltz FieldTrips