Describes a unit of study for gifted, upper-elementary students based on field trips to the "Personal Spaces, Personal Places" exhibit at the Delaware Art Museum. Students explored their own personal spaces, imagined new ones, examined the use of space in paintings, and designed puppets to live in the exhibit. (AM)

With thematic exhibitions, many museums are broadening their outlook by developing programs that explain art from a humanistic as well as aesthetic standpoint. Described are the first small thematic exhibitions, funded by the Ohio Program in the Humanities, at the Cleveland Museum and the Public Monument Exhibition. (KC)

To get people in touch with the natural world, each of the seven Acclimatization Group Journeys has its own unique theme, activities, length, and mode of transportation. Differing from other outdoor programs, this program emphasized building natural awareness, developing a relationship with the earth, and examining personal lifestyles. (AN)

Describes one teacher's experiences with primary children on overnight field trips, including mental and physical preparations, activities, writing sessions after the trip, funding, and the side benefit of a closer student/teacher relationship. (AN)

Describes an autumn field trip experience for ecology students at Kirkland Lake Collegiate and Vocational Institute in northern Ontario, Canada. (CS)

Offers 18 suggestions for planning, organizing, and getting the most out of an educational field trip before, during, and after the experience. (WB)

Suggestions are given on planning successful field trips and using current events, public and personal, as educational tools. (JD)

Briefly discusses the results of a survey of the superintendent of public instruction, office of the attorney general, the education association, the school boards association, and the teacher union in each state to identify state laws and court cases on, and to solicit comments about, teacher responsibility on field trips. (IRT)

Evaluates the planetarium's perceived role in education in the United States; reviews history (1945-present) of its use as an educational tool, showing changes in importance of education and entertainment during the period. (CS)

Described is a field trip program to the Woodland Park Zoological Gardens, Seattle, Washington, which includes an indoor lecture-discussion and tours of the zoological facility led by docents. An educational survey revealed that fourth graders asked the greatest number of logical animal biology questions and had the highest interest in reading…

Records some rather different impressions of the Chinese school system from those of many foreign visitors. (Editor)

The author describes a trip taken by high school French students to French Louisiana--preparations, fund-raising, travel and sightseeing. (CHK)

Virtual field trips can provide experiences beyond the reach of average K-12 students. Describes multimedia products for school use: Africa Trail, Dinosaur Hunter, Louvre Museum, Magic School Bus Explores the Rainforest, and Up to the Himalayas: Kingdoms in the Clouds and provides book and Internet connections for additional learning, highlighting…

The Sierra Club's Inner City Outing programs provide wilderness experiences to thousands of inner-city children each year. The programs frequently partner up with children's agencies such as the YMCA and pediatric AIDS care groups. A weekend outing to Manchac Wildlife Area research station (Louisiana) by kids ages 7-14 from central New Orleans is…

Outlines the history of the educational role of the National Park Service under various leaders. Details the types of educational outreach programs that are thriving today and discusses their merits and successes. (DDR)