Field Trips
Every student comes to the classroom with a different world experience. In order to be suc-cessful readers, students need to relate what they read to what they’ve experienced. To think broadly students need to have a variety of experience.
There are a number of significant benefits of field trips.
Real World Learning
A field trip is one of the best tools that can be used to provide every student with real-world experience. When students leave the classroom, they see the connections between what is happening at school and in the 'real-world'.
Access
Students are able to access tools and environment that are not available at school. Our communities are rich learning laboratories. Each experience solidifies learning and supports important academic concepts.
Socio Emotional Growth
Students who go on field trips become more empathetic and tolerant.
Academic Impact
Field based learning increases test scores Field trips and hands on learning make concepts more memorable. Field trips are important because students are able to engage with con-tent in a variety of ways.
