Field trips

Wow, that's great for your daughter. I never experienced any good science field trips for that matter. But I used to love field trips as well when I was in elementary. However when I was in high school I just became lazy going somewhere and not really learning a lot from it. Haha. I remember my first overnight trip, well not really a field trip, but a girl scout camp. We went camping every year for 3 consecutive years, and those became memorable experiences for me. I remember being given the title of the Girl Scout of the year when I was in my 5th grade, if I'm not mistaken. And I agree with you that it's so much fun having to spend a lot of time with classmates. It was a good time to know each other more because of those trips.

I get dizzy and vomit whenever I run the bus so I don't really join field trips when I was a kid. But when I was already working, I needed to join our team building activity and for me, it is more like a field trip as well. But I did not ride the bus, some of my colleagues and I rented a van. We went to Baguio and stayed there for three days. I like the sceneries and I did enjoy it because I love taking photos. I also enjoy the climate as it is cold in there, they don't even used air conditioner in their mall. We also went to strawberry farm and I enjoyed it so much. We also got the chance to have some photos taken wearing their native costumes. I enjoyed it so much especially I am with my colleagues that are both good friends of mine.

The first field trip that I can remember, is being in the third or fourth grade. We went to the local cotton gin and watched how the reaped the field and then watched the process of removing the cotton from it's seed and get washed. It was fun. The one that I remember best, is my junior year in high school. The choir class went to Disneyland. I had fun hanging out with my friends. Of course the ultimate field trips have been the ones I've gotten to go on with my kids. Memories that will last a lifetime for me. :)

strangely, i dont remember having or being offered a feild trip in school. i dont know if it was the ohio town i was raised in or if it was because of it was the 50's and 60's yrs i grew up in. but my kids went on a few. i dont recall any over night ones. just day trips. i went as a helper to the zoo a couple of times. what was in chicago?

I didnt get to go on any. But my son who goes to school in usa has gone to several places. I think its a great learning tool. Also the kids that behave get to go on them.

That is a great opportunity for your daughter! I hope she has fun! :) The middle school I went to took all the 6th graders every year to a 4H camp ground about an hour away. The trip lasted 4 days (Tuesday through Friday) and was an excellent experience. We did many nature-focussed science experiments, went hiking along the various trails in the surrounding woods, and for many of the students it was the first over-night field trip. As an adult I have volunteered at many elementary and middle schools, and my favorite field trip was one I went on as an adult volunteer. The schools in Pinellas County, Florida regularly take full-day field trips to a place called "Enterprise Village" where the children learn valuable work skills (they each get a "job" in the village), learn to balance an account and write checks (as payment for their job, and in spending money around the village, and generally have a great time. I went two years in a row, both times with 5th graders. The organization that runs Enterprise Village has a program for 5th graders, and a program for 8th graders that focus on different levels of complexity in terms of money earning, management, and using banking systems. I think it is an excellent program, and loved volunteering for this field trip even though it was a lot of work!

Back when I was growing up the biggest field trip we took was to the state capitol....but we had band trips for marching band and once in a while we got to stay in a hotel...and that was fun. My youngest daughter went to summer science for four years..kind of like what your daughter is going to except they went way up to northern minnesota and into the boundry waters for six weeks in the summer....it was an awesome program that she loved!

my first field trip happened when i was in high school. having a trip with one's classmates is always fun. it is always challenging though for teachers to keep te students in sight and still. the playground has expanded inside the bus and field sites. field trips are one of those activities that is still vivid in my mind.

It is good that the children of today are still able to go on field trips because I know that this is something that I enjoyed when I was at school. I remember going to a museum when I was at school and I was completely amazed at all of the things that I was able to see. We all went on a coach and the coach journey was even more fun the day out itself. We also went to the cinema once to see a film about Egypt and I found that this was something that was both educational and fun all at the same time which was a great thing.

I am sure your daughter will enjoy her first overnight field trip. I have only joint my Christian Fellowship camp and it is really enriching. I got to meet many new faces from other districts and we became friends. We used to write letters to each others. It is really fun and the activities were really interesting. Yes, I still have it fresh in my memory, and will treasure it forever.

How neat for your daughter! My daughter hasn't had a sleep over field trip yet (she's in 2nd grade) - but I know they have that with the older grades. And how are you feeling as a parent with your daughter going on her first sleep over field trip? I ask because some of my friends posted that as their status report on Facebook . . . they were happy for their child but nervous at the same time. But in the end their kids always had a blast on their field trips. Back in my time, we never had sleep over field trips. But we did go on yearly field trips to local places. My most memorable trip has to be the one I had in 10th grade. The biology classes went on an ocean boat trip (only for the day). I remember boasting I never got sea sick (because I never did previously), so I didn't take any sea sick prevention medicine. I ended up getting VERY sick that I was amongst a handful of other fellow students who laid up inside somewhere. I remember the boat was rocking a lot - I looked over to the side, and I saw sky, wave, sky, wave, sky, wave . . . oh, it was terrible. This guy I knew who liked me witnessed me almost throwing up over the edge of the boat - that was entirely embarrassing. Not a good memory, but definitely memorable!!!