More than 800 students at geographically isolated Southern Arkansas University, many of whom are commuters, would be considered nontraditional students. For the most part, these individuals study harder and produce work of higher quality than many students entering college directly from high school. Critical thinking skills are especially…

This packet is designed to assist teachers in creating a tropical animals lesson plan that centers around a visit to the zoo. A teacher packet is divided into eight parts: (1) goals and objectives; (2) what to expect at the zoo; (3) student activities (preparatory activities, on-site activities, and follow-up activities); (4) background…

This packet is designed to help teachers maximize a zoo visit for children ages 5 to 7. The packet provides activities for use before, during, and after the zoo visit. Activities are provided to enhance student skills in language arts, reading, art, science, and math, and are correlated to the Oregon Essentials Learning Skills Common Curriculum…

This publication is intended for teachers bringing a class to visit the National Archives in Washington, D.C., for a workshop on primary documents. The National Archives serves as the repository for all federal records of enduring value. Primary sources are vital teaching tools because they actively engage the student's imagination so that he or…

This document presents a package of resources for planning a field trip to Maria Island, an island near Tasmania, Australia. A teacher's guide offers tips on organizing the school visit (bookings, accomodations, transport, what to bring to the island), pre-visit activities, on-site activities, and follow-up activities. Photographs, maps, a brief…

A program description and supporting materials for the "Tell Me Tours" program of the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District (California) are presented. The program is described as mobile inservice training in which classified employees spend a day visiting two high schools, the district office, and several special programs in…

This planning guide is designed to assist vocational education administrators in preparing for a 1-week tour in industry/business. Its intent is to help the administrators maximize the tour experience that will (1) expose them to private business and industry, thereby increasing their understanding of how managers in the private sector manage…

Activities in the ecology of New England's tidepools are provided in this field trip guide for elementary school teachers. Resources, curriculum materials, and services are identified that are available through the New England Aquarium's Department of Education. This packet contains: (1) pre-trip activities (offering a vocabulary list,…

The Dahlem Environmental Education Center (Jackson, Michigan) has developed 14 environmental education field trip programs for students in preschool through fifth grades. These sequential, grade-specific programs help make the environment relevant to students by addressing human impact in the natural world and ecological principles at work in…

The guide provides activities for use with children in grades four through six before and after a field trip to Shakertown at Pleasant Hill. Established as a Shaker community in 1805, Pleasant Hill now has 27 buildings restored and open for public use. The study of Pleasant Hill can be used as an example of rural or village life in nineteenth…

This scrapbook provides junior high school teachers with tested activities and ideas that bring ecology to urban students without going far away (just around the block), without taking long hours to prepare, and without spending precious budget money. Awareness of the richly varied, pleasant and not-so-pleasant sights, sounds, and textures of the…

THIS CURRICULUM FOR MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN WAS PREPARED TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE TEACHER WHO NEEDS SUGGESTIONS FOR MATERIALS AND EXPERIENCES WHICH WILL INCREASE PUPILS' UNDERSTANDING. THE CONTENT OF THE SOCIAL LIVING UNITS IS PRESENTED SO THAT THE CAREFULLY DESIGNED SERIES OF EXPERIENCES WILL HELP CHILDREN DEVELOP INSIGHT INTO HUMAN…

The Wasson Experiential Education Seminar, which was a direct outgrowth of the Colorado Outward Bound program to train and stimulate experiential education programs at the high school level, is described and evaluated in this report. A brief history of the development of the seminar and its program and learner goals are presented, along with…

An overview is presented of school programs that utilize the resources of the local community as an educational tool. Examples are presented of ways in which successful field trip programs have been organized and administered. Included in this report are citations of articles and documents available from the ERIC information system. (JD)