Activities for use in a field trip to an ancient mud flow are provided. Photographs illustrate the techniques described. (CP)

This is a report on the experiences of a small group of Canadian students who spent nine months living in Bogota, Columbia, studying recreational activities and social problems in the city and the surrounding countryside. (JD)

Recommends the "short" study project (13-16 class hours) as better for motivation than longer ones. In addition to using standard texts, students should be encouraged to build up their own files. Appropriate field trips are recommended. A sample project is described, with suggestions for teaching. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Using Gettysburg as an example, the author addresses the major components of a successful field trip, such as pre-teaching, memorizing, and the study of primary sources. Includes information on student participation and other factors of a successful field trip. (GEA)

Describes a field-based course for science teachers which focuses on Appalachian geology. Provides an overview of the course's objectives, organization, itinerary, and requirements and describes an evaluative study of the program. Also includes a rationale for field instruction. (ML)

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)

A faculty member's suggestions for maximizing the educational value and pleasure of field trips to the theater are presented, based on his experience teaching a required reading and writing course in an adult education program. (MSE)

Suggests various observations that can be made while at a zoo, including behavior of animals, adaptations to special environments, locomotion, food type, and physical characteristics. Provides a sample data sheet for animal observations, citing the usefulness of organized observation. (JM)

Classroom teachers should depart from the accepted practice of placing the field trip at the end of a unit of social studies instruction and, instead, plan the field experience for the first week of activities. Reasons are discussed, and a sample unit on state government for the middle grades is described. (RM)

Proposes guidelines for low cost or no cost field trips, and discusses trip activities. Also gives ideas for incorporating lessons in reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills into trip activities. (EKN)

Described are the planning and execution of a project to record by color slides and video-tape recorders the pertinent learning experiences gained during field trips, so that the information can be made available during periods when it is not practical to repeat the field trips. (SL)

The major purpose of the study was to determine if a kindergarten child could be made aware of the world of work. A second purpose was to determine if kindergarten children could be made aware of how their parents use money for family expenditures. Results are discussed. (Author)

The history and development of the mariners, a girl-scouting program of water and boating-related activities designed for teenage girls, is discussed. The projects, programs, and bicentenial activities of this group are detailed. (BT)

This document introduces Virginia's Oyster Reef Teaching EXperience (VORTEX), which is an interdisciplinary program focusing on the importance of oyster reef communities in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. The VORTEX program uses field and laboratory experiences supported by multimedia instruction. This document presents an overview on the biology of…

This document introduces Virginia's Oyster Reef Teaching EXperience (VORTEX), which is an interdisciplinary program focusing on the importance of oyster reef communities in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. The VORTEX program uses field and laboratory experience supported by multimedia instruction. This document presents an overview on the biology of…