Hi friends~
Here is the second half of my fabulous field trip list & educational travel tips with 75 more ideas:
1) Take tour of one of the famous Caverns/Caves
2) Zoo (check if your zoo has a program for students or home-schoolers. Ours has a sleep at the zoo event that allowed my daughter and I to spend the night at the zoo, tour areas of the zoo not typically open to the rest of the public, learn how trainers care for their animals, meet several species, observe animals in their natural habitats and learn about several career/job options available at a zoo or with animals.
3) Visit a reptile zoo
4) Visit some stables
5) Visit a wax Museum
6) Tour a Riverboat
7) Try a Ropes Course/Zipline Course
8) Visit a Pumpkin Patch
9) Go through a Corn Maze
10) Go Christmas Caroling
11) Volunteer at a food bank or to serve a meal at a soup kitchen
12) Go Ice Skating
13) Take a Christmas Tree Farm tour
14) Watch a Christmas Play/Pagent
15) visit holiday bazaars
16)Watch or participate in a Holiday parade/event
Festivals:
17) Look for local Festivals: fall, spring, holiday
18) Go to an Oktoberfest celebration
19) Watch a Scottish Highlands festival
20) Go to a Music Festival
21) go to a Lavender Festivals
22) Tulip Festival
23) Find out when a Renaissance fair has a student/family day (as these days are usually more child friendly/activities)
24) Interview the owner of a small business and take a tour of their business/day to day routines, etc.
25) Schedule a tour of a local grocery store, bank or restaurant
26) Take a fire safety course at the fire department
27) Schedule a visit with your local law enforcement
28) Visit a nursing home
29) Volunteer at or take a tour of a local Hospital
30) Doctor’s office tour
31) Dentist office tour
32) Eye Doctor Office tour
33) Veterinarian office tour
34) Bowling Alley behind the scenes tour/play a game or 2
35) Mini Golf/activity center
36) Recycling Center tour
37) Power plant or water treatment facility tour
38) Shadow a Florist or take a behind the scenes tour
39) Photography studio tour or lesson about photography ie. lighting, angles etc.
40) Tour a t.v station
41) Tour a television newsroom
42) Tour a radio station
43) Tour a newspaper office/newsroom
44) National Weather service tour
45) Visit a grocery store for a behind the scenes tour
46) Check out a local park that you haven’t visited before
47) Construction Site tour
48) Carousel, ride and tour if possible
49) Airport tour
50) Train Station tour and/or go on a train ride
51) Craft Store: choose a new craft project to do/ take a behind the scenes tour
52) Glass blowing Shop: take a tour, learn how to blow glass
53) Auto Body Shop tour
54) Tour a local College
55) Check out a Car Show
56) Watch an Air Show
57) Schedule a tour of your state capitol building, schedule a visit with your senator & governor
58) Watch a local high school perform a play, musical or concert/band performance
59) Go to an IMAX Movie
60) Tour a Post office (if possible)
61) Tour a Police station
62) Tour a local Bakery
63) Tour a Fire station & learn fire safety
64) Tour a donut shop
65) Tour a coffee shop, learn how they blend & roast their coffee
66) Go to a book signing, meet an author or interview one
67) Forestry Center
68) Vineyard
69) Pond/Lake/River to feed ducks or ride on paddle boats
70) Tulip Farm tour
71) Arcade
72) Family Fun Center (arcade, mini golf, bumper boats, laser tag etc)
73) State Fair checkout the booths, rides, animals & sample the food
74) County Fair checkout the booths, rides, animals & sample the food
75) Drive go carts
Have fun learning, exploring & adventuring and let me know if you have any more field trip tips or ideas to add to this list!
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~K
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