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FreshPlans Goes to the Zoo

  By RebeccaHaden field trips, science
Kansas City Zoo

  A visit to the zoo may be the ultimate field trip. We went to the Kansas City Zoo, which is designed to make visitors feel that they’ve been all around the world in one day. Interpretive exhibits take you from an Australian sheep farm to an African house, with… Continue reading

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FreshPlans Goes to Science City

  By RebeccaHaden field trips, science, technology
Science City

We love science museums and discovery centers! Whether it’s the stuffy old fashioned Museum of Natural History with stuffed creatures in glass cases or the hands-on kind, a science museum is always a pleasure. Science City is like a science playground. Science City’s website — well, let’s just say they… Continue reading

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FreshPlans Goes to the Rodeo

  By RebeccaHaden books, critical thinking, english, field trips, technology

Sure, there were bucking broncos and bulls to ride, but our favorite things at the Rodeo of the Ozarks were the sheep and the goats. Muttonbusting is an event in which little buckaroos attempt to ride sheep. It was a muddy evening when we went, so the kids were attempting… Continue reading

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Virtual Field Trips

  By RebeccaHaden field trips, technology, visual arts
welcome sign

  What if you could go on a field trip without losing class time, coming up with funding, or having to carry anyone’s jacket? Virtual fieldtrips give you that option. What’s a virtual field trip? It’s a visit to an interesting place via the world wide web. Here are a… Continue reading

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Nelson-Atkins Museum

  By RebeccaHaden field trips

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Use Field Trips for Writing Lessons

  By RebeccaHaden english, field trips, visual arts
museum field trip

  Field trips used to be a major part of school excitement, and they can be wonderful learning opportunities. At many schools, though, the cost of fuel and NCLB have made field trips a rarity, and they have to be defended with strong, clear ties to standards and benchmarks. One… Continue reading

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Atlantis Lesson Plans

  By hadensites critical thinking, english, fairy tales, field trips, social studies, technology

The story of Atlantis, the wonderful kingdom that sank beneath the ocean, captures student imaginations and provides terrific teachable moments for science, literature, and social studies. The only written record of Atlantis, and the origin of the story, is in the Dialogues of the Greek philosopher Plato, where he writes… Continue reading

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FreshPlans Goes to the Aquarium

  By RebeccaHaden field trips
Aquarium of the Pacific

  We enjoyed a visit to the Aquarium of the Pacific. It’s a beautiful space, and it gives visitors the chance to get up close and personal with creatures you just don’t see every day. An aquarium is essentially a zoo of underwater creatures. A good aquarium gives us a… Continue reading

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Farmers Market Lesson Plans

  By RebeccaHaden books, field trips, math, science, social studies, technology, visual arts
market lesson plans

Your neighborhood may or may not have a farmers market, but just think how many things you can learn in a lesson about farmers markets: science, social studies, environmental literacy, economics, even art and technology. Here are some of our favorite farmers market lesson plans: Kindergarten Start your kindergarteners off… Continue reading

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FreshPlans Visits a Battlefield

  By RebeccaHaden field trips, music, social studies
Pea Ridge National Park

We went to Pea Ridge National Military Park to learn more about the Civil War. We have a couple of battlefield parks here where we live, and we find it sobering to stand where so many lost their lives. It’s also very interesting.  Pea Ridge has excellent interpretive exhibits examining… Continue reading

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