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Online Books |
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By Kathleen Carroll |
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By Michael Prairie, Timothy
Garfield |
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edited by W. George Scarlett |
 Interdisciplinary
Teaching Through Outdoor
Education |
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The
Yellow Pages Guide to
Educational Field Trips |
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A
Guide to Great Field Trips |
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Informal
Learning and Field Trips:
Engaging Students |
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Teaching
Green -- The Elementary
Years: Hands-on Learning in
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Resources |
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Wikipedia
Field Trips Information |
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The
Teacher Guide To Virtual
Tours |
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ThoughtCo
How to Have a Safe, Fun, and
Successful Field Trip |
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Scholarly
Articles |
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Explorableplaces
The benefits of field-trips |
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How
Field Trips Boost Students
Lifelong Success | NEA |
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A
Review of Research on School
Field Trips and Their Value
in Education... - ERIC |
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Advice |
| 1. Make sure the
trip is relevant to your
subject matter, grade level
and expertise. |
| 2. Plan ahead. A
field trip that is not well
thought out can be a
disaster. |
| 3. Contact the
parents well ahead of time
so that they can make
arrangements and schedule
the time. |
| 4. Make sure you
have liability insurance
other than that provided by
the school system. Sometimes
the system will not cover
you properly. |
| 5. Be careful in
collecting the money. You
are legally responsible for
it collection. |
| 6. Go to the
site beforehand. Talk to the
staff and judge their
expertise and grounds. Do
they have proper security?
Is it well lighted? Are
their exhibits informative,
well designed and appealing?
Do they have a proper eating
facility? Are the restrooms
clean and easily accessible?
Do they have handicap
availability? Do they have
adequate liability? If for
any reason you are
uncomfortable about the
site, find another location. |
| 7. Talk about
the rules with the students,
parents and volunteers. Make
sure they understand your
expectations and that they
agree to their
implementation. |
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8. Send home:
permission slips, trip forms,
clothing requirements, a
list of rules, an
explanation, the cost,
departure and arrival times,
lunch provisions and how you
plan to take them. |
| 9. Keep track of
your students at all times.
Make name tags and set up a
buddy system. Make sure your
volunteers and bus drivers
understand their
responsibilities with a
check list. |
| 10. Assign one
volunteer to record the trip
on a digital camera that can
record in either a still or
video mode. |
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Field
trips are a great way of giving the students
hands on experience of what they are
studying in the classroom. Many institutions
are willing and anxious to provide the tools
and resources a teacher might need to make
the trips successful. Bear in mind that you
the teacher are responsible for the safety
and quality of the project.
