EDEL 453 - Field Trips: Let 20 points possible

Field Trips submitted by: Neo Sequeira

Field TripsSubmitted By: Neo Sequeira

EDEL 453: Teaching Elementary School Social ScienceNevada State College Spring 2014Instructor: Karen PowellPrimary (Grades K 2) Field Trips

Social Studies StrandDestinationField Trip Description & Notes

Traditional Field TripEconomics, and science, technology, and societyLied Discovery Children's Museum833 N. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas, NV Open Tuesday-Friday @ 9 am- 4 pm. Cost for school groups of 12 or more: children K-8 pay $6 each and chaperones pay $6. 1 adult to every 10 children required. Eco City Exhibit: Teaches children how people live and work together in a community through experiencing real-life scenarios by taking on fake jobs, learning banking, and buying groceries. Patent Pending Exhibit: This environment is devoted to experimentation, curiosity, invention, problem-solving and tinkering. It shows how science and technology affect the development of society. This field trip will interest the k-2 students because they are usually the ones who like to play more. They will be entertained by all the hands-on activities. Since Eco City is sized for small children it is more fitting for the younger grades.

Visitation Field TripGeographyBureau of Lectures & Concert Artists, Inc.Special presenter Program Name: Global Safari Price: $490 Program level: K-12 Time: average of 40-45 minutes Students will get a chance go on an interactive geographical journey to the seven continents throughout the globe. Global Safari will showcase one live animal ambassador from each continent and cultural artifacts from around the world for a fun and educational learning experience to build multicultural understanding. The presenter and students will explore and discuss other cultures, geography, natural history, survival, natural behaviors, and conservation education. Students will also learn about the working relationship between humans and animals. K-2 students will love this because while there is talking involved from the presenter, they have a chance to be hands-on and they will surely love to pet animals.

Virtual Field TripsHistory and GeographyEgyptian Tomb Adventure nms.ac.uk/kids/games_and_adventures/egyptian_tomb_adventure.aspx This game is an interactive game about Egypt. This would be good for the whole class to do together with the teacher navigating the game. They will enjoy this game because they learn about Egypt in an interactive way as archaeologists.

geographyExtraordinary Earthschoolsliaison.org.uk/aliens/interactive/extraEarth.html Students will be able to learn about Earth through two aliens named Borg and Zunk. Students click on a dot that represents a city on the map of Earth. An object from that area appears in the screen, and then they click on one of the aliens to learn more about it. Students will enjoy this because it is interactive, easy to navigate, easy to read for most k-2 students and they get to learn about countries through 2 aliens.

Intermediate (Grades 3 5) Field Trips

Social Studies StrandDestinationField Trip Description & Notes

Traditional Field TripCivicsRegional Justice Center and Lloyd D. George U.S. Courthouse Tours are given Tuesday- Thursday @ 9:30am-12:00pm Project Real offers a program where 5th-12th grade students can experience a guided tour of the Regional Justice Center and the Lloyd D. George U.S. Courthouse. They will view actual courtroom proceedings and interact with judges and other court personnel. CCSD free bus transportation is available on a first-come, first-served basis. 5th grade students will like this because it will make them feel more grown up and they will be able to experience the knowledge theyve learned about government in real-life situations.

Visitation Field TripHistoryMobile ed productions, inc. Dr. Martin Luther king Jr Grade Level: K-12 Max Audience Size: 200 people Performance Time: 40-45 minutes (15-20 minutes for lower elementary) Setup and teardown time: 30 minutes Required Utilities: A stage or 8 x 25 foot area, 1 AC electrical outlet, a chair and optional, a podium. Students will experience a one man performance introducing students to the modern civil rights advocate and how he helped transform our society. Subjects that will be covered are: The young life of Dr. King, Morals and values, The Civil Rights Movement and Social injustice and inequality. This trip is better for older grades since they will be sitting down and listening to someone talk. The production time can be lowered for younger grades, but older students have a better chance of staying still and entertained throughout the performance. A number is available on their site to figure out the pricing.

Virtual Field TripsHistoryEternal EgyptEternalegypt.org Available in 5 languages Students will enjoy learning about Egypt in this very interactive site. Students will learn about the stories of Egypt through high-resolution imagery, animations, virtual environments, remote cameras, three-dimensional models and more. Students can also use an interactive map and timeline to learn about Egypt's cultural heritage. Students will enjoy it because the site isnt purely text, there are lots of pictures and many interactive features.

History and GeographySmithsonian National Museum of Natural History Virtual Tour Natimnh.si.edu/panoramas/# Virtual tour of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Older students will be able to navigate the tour better than younger ones. They will enjoy it because they will be able to experience a museum without actually being there and without anyone getting in their way or rushing them. Students can move around the rooms, zoom in and out and are able to read some of the descriptions. It has areas for mammals, ocean creatures, dinosaurs, humans, butterflies and mummies.

1. Explain which field trip you are most excited about. I am most excited about the Lied Discovery Childrens Museum. My brother has been there before and he said he really enjoyed. I am a huge kid at heart, so to be able to go on a field trip like that with my students would be awesome. The Eco City exhibit interests me the most because I loved pretend play when I was young. My cousins and I loved playing restaurant, store and school.

2. What challenges did you run into during this assignment? One challenge I ran into was trying to find appropriate, fun and educational virtual field trips. Many that I found were just simple virtual tours and didnt seem very interesting. Another challenge was trying to find something specifically for a grade level. It was hard trying to find something easy to navigate and read for younger students.

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