Designed to help teachers plan focused field trips, this guide was developed by the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois, and parts of it focus specifically on the Field Museum. The overall thrust of the guide, however, is on helping educators to better utilize museums in general; the guide should prove helpful to any teacher…

Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Washington is managed by the Washington State Department of Ecology, Shorelands and Coastal Zone management Program. This guide is designed for primary teachers to complement a visit to the reserve and is a useful resource to teach about estuaries, shorelands, and coastal resources. Activities are…

Advocates wildflower collecting as a class project, citing instances of interest in studies of soil composition, growing wildflowers, and increased student motivation toward the subject of botany as basis for the activity. (CP)

This issue presents a summary of the 1976 Sierra Club Outings. Brief descriptions are given of each outing including the dates, costs, deposits, and leaders. The outings offered include knapsack trips, ski touring, underwater exploration, foreign trips, bicycle trips, and burro trips. (MR)

A field trip to a local bank is a practical way to make economics more relevant to students. For journal availability see SO 504 303. (DE)

Interviews with workers and visits to work sites provide students with first hand career planning experiences. Interviewing and questioning techniques can be practiced in the classroom. Sample questions, a checklist for formulating questions, and a visit evaluation form are included. (MW)

Cautions educators not to make field trips convergent experiences resulting in a one-world view but to allow students to raise introspective questions about their intimate relationship with the web of natural reciprocity. (BR)

Describes a microbiology course in which the students plan, attend, and report on their own field trips. Method of reporting included a detailed presentation to the class complete with photographic record. (GS)

The Sea Beside Us for the Special Child is a project in Delaware with three goals: providing outdoor and overnight experiences for handicapped children; introducing these students to beach, bay, and marsh environments; and increasing the number of special education teachers incorporating seashore studies in their teaching curriculum. (LS)

Based on a successful program for women conducted by Lutheran Settlement House in Philadelphia, this guide outlines step-by-step procedures for conducting educational field trips for students in adult basic education programs. The guide offers suggestions for identification of cultural, historical, and social resources that would provide valuable…

Describes the Air Force Museum in Dayton (Ohio) and the history behind this present-day educational facility. Gives suggestions for preparing a class for a visit to the museum by previewing what the class will see and generating interest through pre-trip activities. (BR)

Describes the Alabama Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama as stimulating experience for students in aerospace education. The center has the largest collection of space-age hardware assembled under one roof, a Space Flight simulator, a Skylab space station mock-up and many more interesting exhibits. (BR)

This publication stresses the existence of a wide range of instructional resources available to teachers planning field trips. The first chapter presents a brief history of educational field trips and their value as teaching tools. Teacher liability and school board policies are also discussed. Chapter Two deals with the details that must…