Field Trips are Fun and Educational

Field trips are an important part of the learning process.  The experience of seeing something in person versus reading about it in a book is beyond comparison.  Due to budget cuts and an emphasis on testing, many school districts are cutting back on travel.  Students still need the experience of hands on learning, historical perspective, the existence of other cultures and new places - in other words, students need to broaden their horizons.

Blog assignment:  Due October 15

This week you will write about the best field trip you ever went on as a student.  What made this field trip memorable to you?
Use the blog rubric for maximum points.

Virtual Field Trip Assignment:  Due October 19

In addition to the blog, you will create a "virtual field trip" using Prezi and the provided links to field trip resources.

You will create a virtual field trip using materials and pictures you collected from the State Fair of Texas OR You can use any of the resources below.  Use the internet to find pictures, video clips and visuals for the project.

Before you begin the project, do your homework and consider the following.

1. What is the objective of the trip?
2. What is the projected outcome of the field trip?
3. Where does it fulfill the TEKS?  Is it age appropriate?
4. Obtain information, costs, times from the facility.
5. What is your budget?
6. Follow steps that are needed in order to get field trip approval
7. District requirements (number of students to chaperones)
8. Transportation requests
9. Parent permission forms
10. Correspondance to parents / other teachers... 

Resources to use or use your own.

• Why and how to plan a field trip. Before and after.
• Fieldtripfactory
• Ft.Worth
• Classtrips
• Apple field trips
• HUD
• Virtual Field Trip guide to Texas

Use Prezi as the platform for your virtual field trip.

When you finish your Prezi virtual field trip, you will either embed it on your blog or hyperlink it.  Give a brief written introduction to your Prezi presentation.  Follow the Prezi rubric for maximum points.

The Blog is due on October 15.
The virtual field trip will be due on October 19.