Last Year's Field Trips

In February we went to the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden. I'd never been before but had read online that they had a wonderful school program involving nature hikes and a focus lab. My students were able to use microscopes to look closer at some of the plants they collected while hiking through the beautiful garden area. Several of my sixth graders commented that this was the best field trip ever!

There was so much rain before our field trip!

The rain made the creek very full, and the garden was thriving with life! 

As you know, since I have three grades, I rotate through the social studies. This year was the fifth grade curriculum, which is United States History.  I thought the Ronald Reagan Library was perfect for this year. We went at the end of March and did the Discovery Center. I wish I had more students to fill each of the simulation rooms, but with my small group we were able to fill the Oval Office and part of the Command Decision Center. My students absolutely LOVED this field trip. After our simulation, we got to do a quick guided tour of the museum portion of the library. It was wonderful! Next time I am on the fifth grade social studies, I will definitely book this field trip again. Hopefully, I will be able to coordinate with another fifth grade class to fill more of the spaces!

This coming school year I have a field trip I am super excited about! It is a place I have always wanted to go, and ties in perfectly to our sixth grade social studies :) You'll have to wait to see where it is we are going!