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    Field trips should be planned to directly relate to classroom concepts, be age-appropriate, and engage students. Teachers should discuss expectations and involve students in planning. Live field trips require permission slips, transportation, supervision, and first aid supplies, while virtual trips ensure students have necessary online skills and pre-screen websites. Local field trip options for Sacramento schools include grocery stores, fire stations, historical sites, and cultural centers. Primary field trips focus on exploration while upper grades extend critical thinking and real-world connections. Both strengths and weaknesses include instruction time, resources, and planning required.

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    Field trips should be planned to directly relate to classroom concepts, be age-appropriate, and engage students. Teachers should discuss expectations and involve students in planning. Live field trips require permission slips, transportation, supervision, and first aid supplies, while virtual trips ensure students have necessary online skills and pre-screen websites. Local field trip options for Sacramento schools include grocery stores, fire stations, historical sites, and cultural centers. Primary field trips focus on exploration while upper grades extend critical thinking and real-world connections. Both strengths and weaknesses include instruction time, resources, and planning required.

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    Fieldtrips

    Uploaded by

    Rittik Bera
    Field trips should be planned to directly relate to classroom concepts, be age-appropriate, and engage students. Teachers should discuss expectations and involve students in planning. Live field trips require permission slips, transportation, supervision, and first aid supplies, while virtual trips ensure students have necessary online skills and pre-screen websites. Local field trip options for Sacramento schools include grocery stores, fire stations, historical sites, and cultural centers. Primary field trips focus on exploration while upper grades extend critical thinking and real-world connections. Both strengths and weaknesses include instruction time, resources, and planning required.

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    Field Trips

    Michelle Maddux, Shara


    Bachman, Megan Mary,
    and Valerie Johnson
    Criteria for implementing field
    trips
    • Should provide an opportunity for students to
    explore the concepts discussed in class.
    • Should be age-appropriate.
    • Should have a purpose and be engaging for
    students.
    • Discuss expectations and prepare students for the
    experience.
    • Allow children to be involved in planning.
    Virtual vs. “Live” Field Trips
    LIVE VIRTUAL
    • Permission slips • Make sure students have
    • Secure transportation necessary skills to perform on-
    • Acquire parent volunteers for line tasks
    adequate supervision • Screen websites for
    • Coordinate with site personnel appropriateness
    • Bring first-aid kit and food (if • Verify availability of
    necessary) computers and server
    connection
    • Create objectives and materials
    for on-site activites • Create purpose and activities
    to perform while on-line: be
    specific!
    Field Trips for the Sacramento
    Area
    K-2 3-4 5-6
    Gibson Ranch (Civil
    Grocery Store Indian Grinding Rock
    War Reenactment)

    Old Sacramento & Tour of the Capitol


    Fire Station Railroad Museum

    Play at Local High Mondavi Center


    Sutter’s Fort
    School (cultural event)
    Primary vs. Upper Grade Field
    Trips
    Primary Upper Grades
     Build experiences  Extends curriculum
    through exploration through critical thinking
     Enriches the real world  Requires students to make
     Promotes appropriate connections to real-life
    social behaviors situations and curriculum
     Creates connection with  Hands-on, Minds-on
    community  Extends beyond
    immediate community
    Technology and Social Studies
    • Web-Quests allow students to explore primary resources
    and utilize process skills
    • Creates opportunities for students to access the world
    through multi-media resources
    • Provides options for presenting information in a new and
    exciting way
    • Develops critical thinking skills
    • Students can communicate with people around the world!
    – Develop cultural awareness
    – Ask questions
    Strengths and Weaknesses of Field
    Trips
    Strengths Weaknesses
     Students connect classroom  Takes valuable instruction
    experiences to real-life time
    situations  Requires advances planning
     Hands-on, Minds-on and organization
     Opportunities for unique  Parent involvement
    experiences and memories necessary
     Provides concrete examples  Limited monetary resources
    and promotes  If not connected to the
    comprehension of
    curriculum, can be frivolous
    curriculum

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