The document provides a comprehensive guide for planning educational field trips, emphasizing the importance of engaging activities and utilizing technology like mobile apps for enhancement. It highlights the necessity of ensuring safety by preparing kits and teaching first aid, along with recommending interactive tools such as scavenger hunts and virtual field trips. Additionally, it encourages collaboration with site experts and the use of resources available on location websites.

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Planning Fab Field Trips!

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“One’s destination
is never a place,
but a new way of
seeing things.”
- Henry Miller

3. City
Services
Media
Stations
Landmark
Excavation
Sites
Animal
SitesMuseum
Factory
Business
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Plan activities
with site experts

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Check the location’s
website for resources,
handouts, or an app!

6. Smithsonian, Si.edu/Educators

7. ShellyTerrell.com/games
Get them excited
with activities!
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8. Smithsonian, Si.edu/Kids

9. ShellyTerrell.com/MlearningESL
Engage with
mobiles!

10. Smithsonian App, si.edu/apps/smithsonianmobile

11. Hear Planet iOS/Android App

12. iPlanFieldTrips Web/iOS/Android/Kindle

13. Poeticplaces.uk Web/iOS/Android/Kindle

14. Museum Hunt iOS app

15. Fieldtripper.com

16. QR codes!

17. Schooltechnology.org, Photo by Lexie Flickinger, Flickr
KlikaKlu app
Goose Chase app
QRWild.com
Scavenger Hunts!

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Activities

19. Take a series of shots to
create a brochure, flier,
poster, or commercial!
ShellyTerrell.com/posters

20. Parents-choice.org

21. Eduscapes.com/tap/topic35a.htm

22. Howcast.com

23. Thinglink.com/scene/500859588443111424
Create an Interactive Map

24. Smore.com/7kbr

25. BiteSlide.com

26. Character Texts
Introduce an exhibit or area with Tellagami
Tellagami.com IOS & Android App

27. Photofunia Web/iOS/Android/Windows

28. Go on a
virtual
field trip!
GoogleLitTrips.org
Google Earth
Google.com/culturalinstitute

29. Photo by kimubert, Flic.kr/p/BrmcwQ
VR Field Trips
with Google
Cardboard

30. Tips …

31. Bit.ly/copyparentpermission

33. Safety
is key!
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34. Always
take a
safety kit!
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35. Image by Vivian Evans, Flic.kr/p/bzexs3
Teach
students
first aid!

36. @ShellTerrell
Facebook.com/ShellyTerrell
Gum.co/learn2go
ShellyTerrell.com/fieldtrips
Youtube.com/user/atesol