Your 3 best Field trips from Grade School

[RedAngie]

I grew up in Willow Grove. We also had an annual school day there in late May/early June. Plus I visited numerous other times with my family.

In elementary school we went to Philly and did the historic stuff, Liberty Bell, Betsy Ross house, etc. There was a trip to Dutch Wonderland near Lancaster but I was sick that day and missed it. We also went to the zoo once or twice.

In high school we went to New York twice. World Trade Center and Museum of Natural History one time. The other was the United Nations. Also Washington DC for the Smithsonian. And the state capitol in Harrisburg.

Maybe we were at Willow Grove Park at the same time during one of those school trips. I also went with my family one or two other times every summer. By the early 70's it was starting to get tired and run down. I think it closed for good about 1977.

 

[Julie's Haircut]

Maybe we were at Willow Grove Park at the same time during one of those school trips. I also went with my family one or two other times every summer. By the early 70's it was starting to get tired and run down. I think it closed for good about 1977.

Maybe so!!

Yeah, it's sad that the owners let the place deteriorate. Hersheypark expanded and upgraded itself at the time, and then Great Adventure opened and stole away many customers. The last two years they tried to "theme park" it as Six Gun Territory with Western shows and decor, but it was too little too late.

 

[mrsheppo]

I don't remember too many but I do recall going to the Sunbeam Bread Factory in Sacramento, a trip to Micke Grove Zoo and Park in Lodi and in 6th grade we went to the Santa Cruz mountains for a 4 day science camp

 

[Melissa55]

3. Center for Puppetry Arts
2. Turner Field (I would hate this now but in elementary school I still liked baseball and Turner Field was fairly new)
1. Tennessee Aquarium (this was before Atlanta got its own aquarium)

 

[hereyago]

Um, I honestly can't remember any that stick out except the usual trip to Jamestown. I also moved a lot so prob missed out on good stuff.


But in 12th grade, my Government class went to D.C. for the day. I had been there before but I love D.C.!

 

[Kitty 34]

Only one that I really liked was our 3rd grade train trip from Battle Creek to Kalamazoo. Ironically, years later, I took that train all the time when I went on to Chicago to go to college.

 

[violina]

The Franklin Institute
Old Bethpage Village Restoration
An apple grove for apple picking, though I don't recall the spot.

 

[clori]

If by grade school you mean grades k-6 mine were:
Boston (went many times to places like the New England Aquarium, Museum of Science, Fanueil Hall, and a Red Sox game
Canobie Lake Park
Benson's Wild Animal Farm (no longer in business)

 

[Shsmith341]

1. Bronx Zoo
2. Boston Aquarium and Boston Museum of Science
3. Milton Bradley Factory - got to watch checkers being made and got one straight off the line

Milton Bradley Factory and the Boston Aquarium were two of my faves along with a trip to Fenway to sit on the dugout and watch a game.

 

[bushdianee]

I really don't remember too many. I'm sure we went to the local history museum and art museum. Some that do stand out I'm not sure which were school and which were with the church youth group. I remember going to Corning , New York to tour the glass factory with school in about 5th or 6th grade. I remember getting home pretty late in the evening from that one. I also remember going to the Toronto Science museum a few times when it first opened. I know once was with school and once with the church. The church also had yearly trips to Old Fort Niagara.

 

[snappy]

I helped chaperone our kid’s field trips during middle school to the WW II museum in New Orleans. Side trip to the french quarter. Good times.

 

[disykat]

I'm amazed at all the field trips.

I was in grade school in the 60's and we didn't go on field trips. I do remember walking to the city library (that was only a few blocks away) a few times.

 

[Jedimom33]

We didn't take that many field trips, but I do remember:
3. Grade school trip to Baton Rouge : did the Capitol, zoo, and I think Planetarium
2. Band trip, actually overnight trip. I think we went to Natchitoches.
1. World's Fair in New Orleans, 1984.

what a fun thread!

 

[RedAngie]

The Franklin Institute
Old Bethpage Village Restoration
An apple grove for apple picking, though I don't recall the spot.

I forgot about the Franklin Institute. I went there once on a school field trip and several other times with my parents. I liked the walk-thru beating heart and the pendulum that would knock down pegs as the earth rotated. The planetarium shows were cool too.

 

[Boardwalk Jedi]

Hmmm....

I guess the NYC trip because we saw the Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building and World Trade Center all in one day - home by 6:00. Yes we lived close by, but it was fun to get all of it in. I doubt any teacher would try and pull that off these days.

As drama filled as an 8th grad trip can be for girls, I love Washington DC so much that I endured it.

And of course the Bronx Zoo. Animals rock and seeing giraffes with high rise apartments in the background isn't something you'd normally see.

 

[Toolulu22]

Saw my first Broadway play- Annie. I was in elementary school and remember being so excited.
Most memorable were the great trips we went on as Brownies/Girl scouts- to a really fun dude ranch upstate NY, and to Philadelphia to see the Liberty Bell.

 

[Shsmith341]

Saw my first Broadway play- Annie. I was in elementary school and remember being so excited.
Most memorable were the great trips we went on as Brownies/Girl scouts- to a really fun dude ranch upstate NY, and to Philadelphia to see the Liberty Bell.

Was Rocking Horse Ranch the dude ranch? If so, it's totally renovated now and my family loves vacationing there!

 

[MrsCobraBubbles]

1. Washington DC--6th grade
2. Niagara Falls--5th grade
3. I don't remember any more cool grade school field trips, but I remember the one I missed--Buhl Planetarium, in kindergarten, which I was so excited to see--I missed it because i had chicken pox. Worst part was, my family intentionally exposed me to chicken pox (because that's what people did back then) and I was so mad that it was all their fault that I missed going to the planetarium! Lol, when I was a kid I used to give people the silent treatment when I was mad at them and I was very good at it, my family jokes that I didn't speak to them for weeks

 

[Toolulu22]

Was Rocking Horse Ranch the dude ranch? If so, it's totally renovated now and my family loves vacationing there!

The one I stayed at was called Pinegrove. I saw one of my current students wearing a tee-shirt from the place, and I was happy and surprised to hear it is still around. I became hooked on horses after that trip and begged to take lessons when we returned home- and did so from age 9 through high school.

 

[Toolulu22]

1. Washington DC--6th grade
2. Niagara Falls--5th grade
3. I don't remember any more cool grade school field trips, but I remember the one I missed--Buhl Planetarium, in kindergarten, which I was so excited to see--I missed it because i had chicken pox. Worst part was, my family intentionally exposed me to chicken pox (because that's what people did back then) and I was so mad that it was all their fault that I missed going to the planetarium! Lol, when I was a kid I used to give people the silent treatment when I was mad at them and I was very good at it, my family jokes that I didn't speak to them for weeks

We’re taking our first trip to Niagara Falls this summer!