Planning an educational field trip can
be a painful and time-consuming project for any teacher. There is the budget to
consider, risk management to prepare and logistics to plan. All this background
work must be done in order to gain the school board's administration approval.
Field
Trips
Associated with both a traditional school
setting and independent learning, field trips consist of students visiting a
location outside of their school or home to learn about a topic or theme. Trips
and visits can be made locally, regionally or even done as part of a
"semester abroad" experience. Summer is frequently used for this
purpose as inclement weather is far more common in autumn and winter. An
effective learning strategy, this method does require a teacher or guide to
fully accomplish. Also, setting up visits to some locales may be difficult or
impossible for the individual learner. Places visited might include locations
such as:
- Manufacturing facilities
- Breweries, distilleries
- Museums
- Historic sites and buildings
- Tombs, cemeteries, and monuments
- A park
- The zoo and "petting" zoos
- Gardens, greenhouses, orchards and horticultural justify
- An aquarium
- Dairy farms
Also
to be included for consideration, are field trips to public services facilities
like:
- Fire stations
- Tv stations
- Radio studios
- Newspaper offices and printing facilities
- Hospitals or healthcare facilities
- Police stations or detention justify
- Water or waste treatment plants
- Weather stations
School field trips are a great
experience for children as it gives them the chance to see exciting places and
take it sights and sounds that are not available from a textbook or DVD. It is
for this reason that school field trips provide our children with such a buzz
of excitement. However,Student Educational Field Trips can also be a logistical nightmare for
teachers as controlling several children in unfamiliar surroundings can be a
difficult and stressful experience.
So with children's safety, paramount,
and schools, nurseries and colleges alike can now take advantage of modern
technology to make the school field trip is as safe and enjoyable as possible.
With the vast majority of people in
the western world now being familiar with cell or mobile phone technology,
staying in touch has never been easier. However, mobile or cell phones often
suffer from a lack of coverage, short battery lives and they certainly incur
ongoing costs which mean they are not a viable option for schools and teachers
who want a portable communication method in which to stay in touch whilst away
from school on field trips.
To determine what is available
locally, you can visit the local bureau of tourism, the chamber of commerce,
the city and state departments of education; consult the yellow pages and the
websites of area businesses. This should give you a list to start. More will
likely be added as you gain contacts in business and industry. Ask for
suggestions and recommendations as you go. People are almost always glad to
help. Please feel free to contact me for specific recommendations, referrals,
and ideas.
The
educational tours, therefore, can be exciting not only at the places visited
but also while traveling onboard charter buses US, Canada. Having a comfortable
and pleasurable ride, students would in no way feel that their educational trip
is boring or drab.
