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Tran, Lynn Uyen – Science Education, 2007
Museum educators have a longstanding presence in museums and play a significant role in the institutions' educational agenda. However, research on field trips to science museums has predominantly explored teachers' and students' perspectives with little acknowledgment of the museum educators who develop and implement the educational programs the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Field Trips, Museums, Science Instruction

Singer, Carol N. – Children Today, 1978
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Entomology, Experiential Learning, Field Trips
Duvall, Todd – 2001
This teacher's resource guide was created to accompany the Amazon Flooded Forest exhibit at the Oregon Zoo. The enclosed lessons and activities are designed to extend into several aspects of daily curriculum including science, math, reading, writing, speaking, and geography. The materials are intended for use in grades 3-6 although most activities…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Field Trips, Integrated Activities, Rivers

Freeman, Peter – American Biology Teacher, 1980
Describes an autumn field trip experience for ecology students at Kirkland Lake Collegiate and Vocational Institute in northern Ontario, Canada. (CS)
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Ecology, Field Trips

Egler, Robert A. – Physics Teacher, 1994
Describes how a simple radio homing device can be used to allow students to participate in a search and rescue mission similar to that which the Civil Air Patrol engages in when locating planes that have crashed. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Field Trips, High Schools, Physics

Beiersdorfer, Raymond E.; Davis, William E. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1994
Provides tips for planning a field trip. Includes the following sections: (1) Defining the field trip; (2) Role of the instructor; (3) Preparing students for the field trip; (4) Allocating time; (5) Transportation; (6) Keeping students involved; (7) Division of labor; (8) Equipment; (9) Behavioral rules; (10) Medical emergencies; and (11) Special…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Field Trips, Higher Education, Natural Sciences
DeRosa, Bill – Children and Animals, 1986
Applies research on the instructional effectiveness of science-oriented field trips to humane education programs. Advocates the use of animal-related field trips and provides guidelines for excursion activities. (ML)
Descriptors: Animals, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning, Field Trips
Fleming, Cris; Swarth, Christopher – 1999
This environmental education teaching guide for middle school teachers features information on the National Estuarine Reserve System in Maryland. Pre-trip field activities, field trip activities, and post-trip activities are discussed, and a list of useful resources and organizations is provided. Reproducible handouts are included throughout the…
Descriptors: Animals, Biology, Ecology, Estuaries

St. Omer, Lucy – American Biology Teacher, 1995
Descriptors: Biology, Ecology, Field Trips, High Schools

Fail, Joseph, Jr. – American Biology Teacher, 1995
Discusses the teaching of ecology and environmental education in urban environments by using field trips to city parks, airports, nuclear power plants, water treatment plants, sewage treatment plants, incinerators, foundries, and forests. (MKR)
Descriptors: Biology, Ecology, Environmental Education, Field Trips

Cadwell, Donald H. – Journal of Geological Education, 1980
Describes a student field project involving the estimation of a maximum rate of erosion for a local area. Identifies the factors influencing erosion and outlines the method of investigation. (GS)
Descriptors: Assignments, College Science, Field Trips, Geology

Giardino, John Richard; Fish, Ernest Bertley – Journal of Geological Education, 1986
Advocates the use of field trips for improving students' image-interpretation abilities. Presents guidelines for developing a field trip for an aerial-photo interpretation class or a remote-sensing class. Reviews methodology employed, content emphasis, and includes an exercise that was used on a trip. (ML)
Descriptors: College Science, Experiential Learning, Field Instruction, Field Trips
Klages, Ellen – 1999
This document describes the Exploratorium Framework project which is a model initiative demonstrating the vital role science museums play in science education reform. Contents include: (1) "The Four Thematic Exhibit Experiments (An Overview)"; (2) "Themes (Looking at the World through Theme-Colored Glasses)"; (3) "Creating…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Field Trips, Informal Education

Nastase, Anthony J; Scharmann, Lawrence C. – American Biology Teacher, 1991
Authors describe a biology course for nonmajors that appealed to student interests while retaining content integrity. The other philosophical foundations of the course were to increase student involvement and to conduct at least half of the laboratory aspect of the course at field-based locations. Details of transportation considerations,…
Descriptors: Biology, Field Trips, Higher Education, Science Activities

Agostinelli, Andrea J.; Krockover, Gerald H. – Science Teacher, 1991
Teachers are being asked to provide students with activities that are relevant, interrelated, and challenging. This article describes an activity, Zoo Investigation Cards, that place students in an investigative problem-solving situation and allows them to observe living organisms in the complex system of their natural habitat. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Biology, Elementary Education, Field Trips, Problem Solving