Field Trip Roundup
I am afflicted with what might, fairly and accurately, be called Field Trip Impairment. Unless I personally went on a particular field trip as a chiild in public school—and actually recall the event—I have no idea what might constitute an enjoyable, out-on-the-town experience. So I asked large groups of homeschoolers across the country to share their most memorable homeschool field trips. Here is a generalized compilation of the answers I received:
- Airport
- Amusement park
- Animal watching
- Aquariums
- Archaeological sites
- Art institute, museum, or exhibit
- Asphalt plant
- Athletic event, academy, or stadium
- Auto assembly line
- Aviary
- Bakery
- Bank
- Beekeeper
- Bread factory
- Boat, ferry, or glass-bottomed boat ride
- Builder supply store
- Butcher shop
- Camping
- Candy shop or factory
- Ceramic shop
- Christmas tree farm
- Computer company or museum
- Concert or recital
- Construction site
- County circuit court
- Dairy
- Donut shop
- Dry cleaner
- Ethnic museum or festival
- Fabric shop
- Farm, plain or organic
- Fair, state or county
- Fire station
- Fish hatchery or fishing
- Foundry
- Gravel pit
- Grocery store
- Harbor authority tour
- Hiking
- Historic festival
- Historic sites
- Holiday festivities
- Hunting
- Instrument craftsman
- Landfill
- Landmarks
- Library tour
- Magistrate court
- Mall security
- Mattress factory
- Mom's slumber party
- Musical concert or performance
- Newspaper publisher
- Nuclear reactor
- Nursery
- Oceanographic center or museum
- Orchard, grove, or vineyard
- Park
- Photo developer
- Picnic
- Police or mounted police station
- Post office
- Power plant
- Prison or jail
- Public or private school (!)
- Race track
- Radio station
- Recycling center
- Religious building or ceremony
- Resort conference center
- Restaurants
- Road crew
- Rock or gem quarry
- Science museum or exhibit
- Sewage and water treatment plant
- Shipyard
- Shoe repair shop
- Space center or museum
- State capitol
- Steel mill
- Television station
- Theater production or tour
- Theme park
- Train, tram, or trolley ride
- University science laboratory
- Walks
- Zoo or animal preserve
How to Plan a Homeschool Field Trip
Virtual Field Trips (LDS Homeschooling in California)
Virtual Field Trips (Home Sweet Homeschool)