My Report (Field Trip)

Making the most of community resources and field trips

2. Preplanning with Others Joining the Trip:

            Other people accompanying the group need to be oriented on the objectives, route, behavior standards required of everyone so they can help enforce these standard. These may be parents who will assist teachers, other teachers and/or school administrator staff.

3. Taking the field trip:

·         Distribute route map of places to be observed.

·         Upon arriving at the destination, teacher should check the group and introduce the guide.

·         Special effort should be made to ensure that:

-           the trip keeps the time schedule

-          the students have the opportunity to obtain answers to questions

-          the group participates courteously in the entire trip

-          the guide sticks closely to the list of questions.

3. Post- field trip follow- up activities:

·         Provide time for students to share general observations and reactions to field trip experiences

·         Share specific assignments students completed while on the field trip.

·         Create a classroom bulletin board displaying materials developed or collected while on the field trip.

·         Develop a classroom museum that replicates and extends displays students observed on the field trip

·         Link field trip activities to multiple curricular areas.

·         Share and evaluate student assignments/activities from the Field Book.

·         Have the class compose and send thank-you letters to the field trip site host, chaperones, school administrators and other persons that supported the field trip. Include favourite objects or special information learned during the field trip.

·         Create a short news report about what happened on the field trip. Publicize the trip via an article in your local newspaper, school bulletin board, trip presentation for parent's night, or class Web page.

Evaluating Field Trip:

            These are the questions we can ask after the field trip to evaluate the field trip.

·         Could the same benefits be achieved by other materials? Was it worth the time, effort, and perhaps extra money?

·         Were there any unexpected problems which could be foreseen another time? Were these due to guides, students, poor planning, or unexpected trip conditions?

·         Were new interests developed?

·         Should the trip be recommended to other classes studying similar topics?