2. “Field Trips offer an excellent bridge between the
work of the school and the work of the world
outside.”
3. Focus Questions:
1. What procedures and criteria must be
observed in planning and conducting
field trips?
2. What educational benefits are derived
from a field trip?
3. What community resources can be
utilized for learning?
5. Why take Field Trips?
Field trip expands children’s learning.
It increases knowledge and understanding
of students on a subject.
It gives relevant experiences.
6. Teachers Field Trip Experiences
“I took a group of students to the
local museum. We just wandered from
corner to corner without anything
specific to look for. It was an experience
but it did not connect with any specific
lesson objectives.”
“The whole trip was a mess. Some lost
their way and arrived very late. Others
arrived at the place much earlier and
were inconvenienced waiting for the
arrival of the others.”
“The students enjoyed the field
trip. But when asked to relate what
they saw to our lesson, they were
not able to connect.”
8. Planning a Field Trip
A. Preliminary planning by the teacher
B. Preplanning with students joining the trip
C. Preplanning with others going on the trip
D. Taking the field trip itself
E. Post-field trip follow up activities
9. A. Preliminary planning
by the teacher
Make preliminary contacts
Make arrangements with
the school principal
Make a tentative route
plan
Make arrangements with
other teachers
Prepare materials helpful
with the students
10. B. Preplanning with
students joining the trip.
Discuss the objectives
Prepare a list of questions for
the guide
Define safety and behavior
standards
Discuss ways for documentation
Discuss appropriate dress
Use a variety of learning
materials.
12. D. Taking the field
trip
Teacher should check the
group and introduce the
guide
Ensure that:
1. The trip keeps to the
time schedule
2. The group participates
courteously in the entire
trip
3. Students obtain answers
to questions
13. Conducting the Trip!
1. Group
the students
2. Bring Emergency Kit
3. Place a class list and students
emergency forms in folders
4. Take inventory of specific equipment
and supplies pertinent to a particular trip
5. Distribute name tags
15. 1. Provide
students
time to share
what they
have learned
and
experienced
2. Create a
classroom
bulletin board
displaying
materials
developed or
collected while
on the field trip
3. Share
and evaluate
student’s
assignments/
activities
from their
Field Book
4. Create a
short news
report about
what
happened on
the field trip
D. Post-field trip follow-up activities!
17. Could the same benefits be achieved
by other materials?
Where there any unexpected problem
which could be foreseen another time?
Were new interests developed?
18. Should the trip be recommended to
other classes studying similar topics?
What was of unique educational
value in this field trip?
Did the students meet the
objectives/expectations?
19. Was there adequate time?
Was there adequate staff and adult
supervision?
What might be done differently to make
this an even better experience in the future?
20. Educational Benefits
Field Trip
The acquisition of lasting concepts and
change in attitudes rooted from experience
It brings us to the world beyond the
classroom.
It has a wide range of application.
It can bring a lot of realization.
46. “We lose nothing when we open our school doors to
parents, officials and other members of the community.
Instead, we gain this support and cooperation. They are
rich learning resources”