What’s the hardest part of planning a class trip? Is it finding the time? Getting approval? All the logistics?
How about simply coming up with a new, interesting idea?
We know teachers and administrators have a lot of their plates. Planning a great field trip takes time.
So we’ve published a series of articles that aim to help educators in the mid-Atlantic region solve that last problem — finding fresh class trip ideas.
In all, there are five parts, each with its own theme:
All the attractions listed would work for students in 4th through 10th grades, but we think they’d work especially well for 8th graders, who have are studying U.S. government this year and/or are ready (along with their teachers) for a field trip to celebrate the end of middle school.
We attempted to strike a balance between education and fun with these ideas. Check them out, and please let us know what you think!
