Field Trip Tips
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Field Trip Tips
1) Prior Teacher Visit– Research the trip – Visit the site in person before the
trip– Look for things that you think will
wow the students – Take notes that will aid in creating
a student worksheet– Create GeoCaching sites
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1) Prior Teacher Visit– Personally meet with people that
will be student contacts – Discuss your students
• Class type• Grade level• Appropriate behavior
– Discuss your needs• Plan or create curriculum
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2) Plan the trip with all stakeholders
– Ask for students input – Discuss ways to make the trip
FUN!• Plan scavenger hunts• Have prizes for good work
– Create grading and citizenship rubrics
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2) Plan the trip with all stakeholders
– Discuss what will happen if there is trouble• Student behavior problems• Emergencies
– Have phone numbers needed
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3) Create Prior Knowledge– Speak enthusiastically about your
own visit (Rev ‘em up!)– Explain WHY we are going on the
field trip– Make sure students understand
needed vocabulary and subject matter• Jeopardy Example
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3) Create Prior Knowledge– Display or have students create
maps of where they are going• Create a connection between the
student’s place and the new site.• Allow students to orient themselves to
a new place.• Increase spatial perception ability
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3) Create Prior Knowledge– Give students time for rehearsal
runs of any work that will be done• Run sample labs• Run sample observational skill
exercises• Make sure you have enough
equipment to make the trip enjoyable
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4) Trip Logistics– Inform other teachers of who and
when the event will take place– Inform other teachers of why you
are going.• Ask them to “talk it up”• Create an atmosphere of interest
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1) Logistics– Make students write down on their
worksheets meeting times– Make sure students know what to
do in an emergency– Use maps and kiosks to orient
students to the site– Have a manned “Safe Place”
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2) Have fun– Make the student worksheet
interesting• Use some questions that are
“shocking”• Use scavenger hunts
– Helps eliminate copying– Have prizes
• GeoCaching• Have a mixture of question difficulty
levels.
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2) Have fun– Make the student worksheet
interesting• Allow student to pick and choose from
a wide variety of questions.– True/False, Short Answer, Essay– Ask students to draw maps– Ask student to make labeled diagrams– Ask students to create photo essays– Open ended questions
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3) Have Reflection Time– Journal Entry
• Superlatives– What was the coolest?– What was the strangest?
• Allows time for students to “detox” before getting back on the bus
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1) Create Multimedia Presentations
– All group members present– Offer prizes (student voted)
• Most creative• Most informational
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2) Data Analysis– Lab reports– Sharing of data
• Compare and contrast• Ask why about differences• Look for patterns and trends
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3) Open ended Reflections
– Why did we visit the site?
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