- Take the children to the airport. Check with the airport ahead of time about any security regulations that might limit the access you have once inside of the airport itself. Some airports have observation decks where individuals, including school groups on field trips, can watch the airplanes landing and taking off. Students might not be able to tour an airplane due to security issues, but you might be able to arrange for a pilot or flight attendant to talk to them about their jobs and maybe show a video about their jobs. The children could receive souvenir pins from the pilot or flight attendant as a souvenir of their field trip.
- A local park can offer a lot of different activities for children on a field trip. The children could be led on a nature walk and taught about the trees and the birds in the park. Children can be given an opportunity to express their artistic side by being instructed to draw some of the trees that they see on the nature tour, or trace a leaf and draw the lines from the veins of the leaf. Other activities during a park field trip could include participating in team and individual games. Arrange with park ranger to talk to the children about the park they are visiting and what the park ranger does as part of his job.
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There are a variety of different field trips students can go on to learn about animals. The more common ones include zoos and aquariums. Field trips to zoos and aquariums are quite common during the school year, and you should call ahead of time to schedule your group and ask for assistance in choosing a day that is not crowded with other school groups. Aquariums center on animals that live in the water, but include areas for amphibians and reptiles that spend time on the land. Zoos have a variety of land and water animals.
Some other options to learn about animals include petting zoos and visits for a veterinarian's office. The petting zoo will give children personal interaction with the animals and possibly a chance to feed them. Visiting a veterinarian's office can be appealing to children that have pets so they can learn what a veterinarian does and see some of the equipment they probably do not get to see when their parents take their pets to the veterinarian's office. Veterinarians can also teach the children what is important when caring for a pet at home.
