how will you make preparationfor a field visit?
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Purpose of field trips
Field trips are generally motivating for students, bring a vividness or reality you cannot bring with conventional lessons, and provide information for learning in a relevant real world context. If you are planning to use field trips, review the following information.
Before the trip
1)Establish the educational purposes of the trip. Write educational goals. The activities and content examined during the field trip must be relevant and connected to outcomes and objectives in the curriculum. Field trips can certainly be entertaining, but if entertainment is the only outcome, the teacher must rethink the trip with respect to the use of time and and other resources that are both limited and precious.
2)Take the trip yourself before you take students there. You are to be the guide, therefore, you need to know what kids will be experiencing. A pre-visit will help you understand what to expect, and what to avoid. If you can't, then study background information for the visit. You need to acquire valuable knowledge for the visit and for instructional activities after the visit.
3)Select a date.
4)Verify date and time with authority at the destination.
5)Determination the costs and who will pay. Determine any arrangements for transportation and if the costs will be covered by the administration or other sources need to be found.
The trip
1)Provide students with a data collection activity so they are engaged in a meaningful examination and interaction while on-site. This activity could be a note-taking framework and/or questions to answer and/or items to examine. In the case of a museum visit, it could be a scavenger hunt with questions to answer on items or exhibits in the museum.
2)Review the rules, give groups color coded name tags, bracelets or all wear one color of shirts. Take a supply bag containing: first aid kit, photography supplies, trash bags, ...
3)Take roll before leaving the school grounds and count noses frequently. With young children it is a good idea to place them in pairs.
4)Enforce rules immediately and consistently.
5)Arrive at the destination on time and have the students ready for the guide on time. Be sure to introduce the guide to the class. Position supervisors through the group: at least one in front, middle and back. Keep students on track to prevent accidents or injury. Before leaving check again to make sure all children are with the group.
After the trip
1)When you return, conduct a closure activity on the field trip by asking students to explain why, where, how, and what was accomplished during their outing.
2)Send thank you notes from the class and the teacher to the chaperons, bus driver(s), staff where visited, and the bus company. Even if the buses are owned by your school district, you should still thank and commend the drivers for their contributions to the success of your event. In the primary grades, the students might dictate a letter to the teacher who writes it displayed for students to see, edit, and approve. Individual students may copy the letter and one may be selected to be sent or, in some cases, they may all be sent.
3)Assess if the goals of the trip have been achieved.
4)Assess the conduct of the class in terms of the standards set up before the trip. Discuss whether they listened attentively, stayed in a group, observed habits of courtesy... This assessment should always include favorable reaction as well as ways in which they might improve on subsequent trips. A list might be made of these suggestions for improvement and saved for review just before the next trip is undertaken.
5)Utilize opportunities to draw upon data and experiences from the field trip in other subjects taught in the classroom.
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