Paper #3: Field Trips

Submitted By: Alyce Mack

EDEL 453: Teaching Elementary School Social Science Nevada State College Spring 2013 Instructor: Karen Powell

Paper #3: Field Trips

submitted by: Alyce Mack

Primary (Grades K 2) Field Trips

Type of Field Trip Traditional Field Trip Social Studies Strand Destination Field Trip Description & Notes

Economics

Anderson Dairy Guide will take class on a tour through the Dairy to teach students what they produce and how.

Barnyard Buddies Tour Students will see how the dairy processs and package dairy products. Tour has been created, complete with animatronics animals, farm scenery and colorful lighting to help tell the story of Anderson Dairy and Las Vegas.

Visitation Field Trip

Geography

Deputy Drip is the mascot of water conservation for the Southern Nevada Water Authority. He teaches children the importance of saving water in our desert community.

Deputy Drip is interactive with students using props and students become junior deputies that are responsible for spreading the word of conservation. Each student will receive a sticker badge and coloring book.
Southern Nevada Water Authority at 258-3930

History

Virtual Field Trips

http://www.nps.gov/webr angers/ Web Rangers! This site lets students tour through many National Parks and learn about historical sites while being a Park Ranger.

This is the National Park Service's on-line Junior Ranger program for kids of all ages. If you love your National Parks, Monuments and Historic Sites, this site is for you. Play more than 50 games and learn about your National Parks. This site can translate to Spanish. It includes panorama views and historical information about the rooms of the U.S. Capitol, as well as, information about the objects found in those rooms. This tour will leave you with the feel of an actual visit to the U.S. Capitol and serve to provide a unique "Capitol" experience.
Technical Requirements 800 x 600 screen resolution (or larger) Java-enabled browser Frames-enabled browser
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Civics

http://www.senate.gov/vt our/ The U.S. Capitol virtual tour is an interactive, user friendly, comprehensive and integrated multimedia tour of the U.S. Capitol.

Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Paper #3: Field Trips

submitted by: Alyce Mack

Intermediate (Grades 3 5) Field Trips

Type of Field Trip Traditional Field Trip Social Studies Strand Destination Field Trip Description & Notes

Geography

Wetlands Park Up to 5 trained educator facilitators per group of 70 students max. Nature walk up to two miles round trip where students will participate in hands-on activities along the way.

K-2 Tuesday only 3-5 Thursday only Students will use age appropriate science equipment observing and recording weather, learning about the animals in the desert and the different plants that make this area unique. Students will also discuss environmental problems and solutions. The Mojave Max Program provides educational assemblies in January and February of each year. The assemblies include appearances by a meteorologist who discusses Mojave Desert weather, an educator who discusses desert tortoise biology and conservation, and the costumed Mojave Max character.

Visitation Field Trip

Geography

Mojave Max A meteorologist accompanies Mojave Max to teach kids about native desert species and conservation.

www.windowsintowonderland.org History

This Yellowstone National Park site has 17 video tours that covers geothermal, wildlife, and historical features of the park.

Explore our award winning electronic field trips! Students will discover many resources and learn about the history of Yellowstone National Park. Embark on these exciting adventures and look through new Windows Into Wonderland

Nevada State College

Virtual Field Trips

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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History

Students will explore ancient Egypt In this multi-layered, highly visual interactive, view 360 panoramas, "walk around" photos, www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyra and other breathtaking imagery shot mid/explore/khufuenter.html throughout the Giza Plateau and ancient This is a NOVA Online Thebes (modern-day Luxor), often with Adventure where students special permission. You'll see Old and New can navigate through Khufus pyramid to the burial Kingdom tombs and temples, pyramids and statues, and a 140-foot-long wooden chamber. boat that is 4,600 years old. Students will enjoy this unique journey through the Land of the Pharaohs.

Nevada State College

Virtual Field Trips

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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Paper #3: Field Trips

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1. Explain which field trip you think you will actually try to use. I would use all the field trips depending on the grade level I will teach. The Anderson Dairy tour is my favorite and I believe students of all ages enjoy this field trip as long as they havent gone too many times. I also would love to visit the Wetlands because I have never been and I have heard great things about it especially when the weather is beautiful. Spring time is a great time to visit the Wetlands or Springs Preserve. The virtual field trips were quite fun to navigate through and could be used as a center in the classroom.

2. What challenges did you run into during this assignment? The most challenging was finding visitors to come to the school for intermediate grades. I was trying to find who would come to teach about history or civics and was thinking about an assembly for the Josh Stevens Foundation but wasnt quite sure if they m ay fit into a Civics strain.

Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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Paper #3: Field Trips

submitted by: Alyce Mack

Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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