Which school field trips do you remember going on?

[wishesuponastar]

I only remember one in 8th grade we went to Washington, DC. Didn't tour the White House though.

 

[tvguy]

Wonder Bread bakery. The smell was amazing. And the mini loaf of bread was a neat treat.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Every Christmastime, our elementary & Jr high schools were taken into San Francisco to watch the final dress rehearsal of "The Nutcracker".

Beyond that, I don't recall any others.

 

[Wendy31]

A Civil War battlefield (several times)
Huntsville Space Museum
Oak Ridge
a field trip in Economics to compare apartments & costs
a local amusement park (several times)
local theater for a classical music concert
local railroad museum
an old Civil War house museum
a film developing company
the local election office

In 6th grade, we had a week-long field trip to Washington, D.C.

 

[MrsDuck]

I only remember one in 8th grade we went to Washington, DC. Didn't tour the White House though.

1. Fire station - my mom chaperoned and got to wear the suit. They turned off all the lights and told us to scream the loudest so the "firefighter" would be able to find us and come get us. I was terrified of our house catching on fire (still am) and she came straight to me during the practice. I don't know if it made my fear better or worse.

2. Zoo - I fell and broke my arm. Thankfully mom was also there. She drove me to ER. My mom is a teacher and only went on one field trip per year. Guess we lucked out!

3. Milk factory

4. We walked to our local library.

In middle school, we went to Blizzard Beach.

 

[Neesy228]

Fields trips...uh, none really. We lived in a suburb of a large city, so I'm sure we did zoo and science center etc. None really stick out.

Now ask me about band competition trips and I could tell you some stories!

 

[Meriweather]

I remember going to the Borden dairy.
And in high school to Baja for a week camping on a beach.

The rest are my kids' field trips I remember

 

[usnuzuloose]

It was the Hostess Factory.

 

[ImDMous]

Hmmm, elementary school I remember walking to the local mall to go to Showbiz pizza and out for ice cream. I'm sure we went to the zoo at least once. We went to the local pumpkin patch every year for Halloween. For 5th grade we went to camp for a week up in the mountains. For 6th grade if you were in Safety Patrol you got to go to a baseball game once and to the ballet once.

In middle school we had honor roll field trips, but I don't remember where we went, probably local plays. I think we went to the roller skating rink once...

I don't remember going anywhere in high school.

 

[3 MEN AND A BOAT]

In HS we went to a Boat Show/expo in New Orleans for a vocational class I took. I remember me and several other guys snuck off and went to Bourbon St to party.

 

[bcla]

I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. Over the years it's been quite a bunch I remember.

Lindsay Wildlife Museum in Walnut Creek.
Marine World at its original Redwood Shores location. Back then they had a water slide and we could pay extra for it if we wanted.
Point Pinole Regional Shoreline. Kind of boring as a field trip.
Naval Air Station Alameda. We got to see various planes being repaired. We were told that we couldn't take pictures of planes with their nose cones off. We were also a bit ticked off because there the cafeteria wasn't open. Our teacher told us the base food was cheap and pretty good. We got back to school and it was our weekly hot dog day, so we were able to buy that with the money that we were planning on spending on the base.

One place I remember going to several times was the Chevron Rod and Gun Club in Richmond, CA. It wasn't exactly a field trip per se. Once it was a trip for our entire elementary-school class, but at junior high and high school it was a reward for honor student. The other thing was that we needed a sponsor and we were typically asked to write thank you letters to said sponsor. It was a recreational facility for Chevron workers. They had pools, a gym, a bowling alley, tennis, and arcade, etc. They also had recreational shooting, but we weren't allowed to do that.

Another was "Physics Day" at Great America theme park in Santa Clara for high school physics students. I don't recall who owned it then; it was after Marriott sold it. We started off with a lecture by one of their staff engineers. We theoretically were supposed to do experiments on rides, but for the most part we just rode on the rides. The other thing we had that was cool was "double dare" ride coupons. It allowed the rider to stay on a ride. Each student was supposed to get 5, but our teacher had a whole bunch because he got the extras from no shows. He said he rode the most popular ride over and over maybe 10 times. The people waiting in that spot in the loading area weren't too happy about it. They were still open to the public that day, and I think some complained about it. I read about it in later years, and they changed it to a special day where it was open as a special event only for high schools.

And then there was Disneyland Grad Nite, although I'm not sure that was a field trip. And the best part was that we managed to do Knott's Berry Farm, Disneyland (closed to the public of course), and Magic Mountain within 24 hours. I'm trying to remember the entertainment - Expose, Force MD's, Roger, and (I kid you not) Michael Bolton. It did kind of suck having to wear a suit and tie on rides though.

 

[tinkerbellandeeyor]

2nd grade seaworld

6th grade magic kingdom

High school animal kingdom

 

[Jhaberlein]

The Allegheny County Morgue for a high school Anatomy and Physiology class. After we were assured we wouldn't see any actual bodies, imagine our surprise when we walked into the autopsy room and BOOM guess what was on the table!? More than that, I remember my teacher's expression of completely shock and horror (probably over thoughts of being fired). A parent chaperone had some pull and "arranged it at as a surprise." We had the option of staying or heading to the next room. All but one stayed and they walked us through the autopsy process which was fascinating. That field trip went down in our high school's lore, and the class (with our teacher) had a wait list for many years to come.
As an educator I can't even start to plan a field trip without thinking of what "surprises" could be had.

 

[Julie's Haircut]

Liberty Bell and historic places in Philadelphia
Zoo
United Nations in New York
Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland
Gettysburg

probably a few others

 

[bcla]

The Allegheny County Morgue for a high school Anatomy and Physiology class. After we were assured we wouldn't see any actual bodies, imagine our surprise when we walked into the autopsy room and BOOM guess what was on the table!? More than that, I remember my teacher's expression of completely shock and horror (probably over thoughts of being fired). A parent chaperone had some pull and "arranged it at as a surprise." We had the option of staying or heading to the next room. All but one stayed and they walked us through the autopsy process which was fascinating. That field trip went down in our high school's lore, and the class (with our teacher) had a wait list for many years to come.
As an educator I can't even start to plan a field trip without thinking of what "surprises" could be had.

Not a field trip, but I took my family to a special free science event at AT&T Park in San Francisco. They had a lot of stuff there including science museums and various science/engineering companies and schools. My kid put on gloves for one of the exhibits from UC San Francisco - a preserved human brain. My kid was a little bit rough with it and took out a little chunk of said brain when contacting it. There were actually a lot of little chunks that had separated. I think they knew by the end of the day they'd have to dispose of it.

 

[ZephyrHawk]

Oh, lots.

For some reason my class always ended up going on extended field trips during horrible weather. It was ungodly cold when we visited DC in 8th grade, and Gettysburg was closed because of too much snow. It was -17 the day we visited Mt. Vernon. I remember standing at the tomb of the unknown soldier while my hands were turning blue.

During the week of our 5th grade camp our regular school was closed 3 days because of a huge ice storm. Most of our camp activities were cancelled. I remember combing ice out of the camp horses' manes.

 

[JaneBanks]

I remember 3.

Two of them were elementary school field trips. The first was to the Fire Station. I remember drinking chocolate milk and watching a movie about a girl being burned by too hot bath water.

The second was to a local living history restoration village. I absolutely loved it. My husband and I still go and visit it regularly. I am a history nerd though.

The third was a high school trip to go see The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway.

 

[loves to dive]

I don't remember going on a single field trip, not sure if we just didn't or they weren't memorable. I do remember we always got a day off school in Albuquerque to go to the State Fair and I went to the State Championships for my office education class (won 2nd place in typing and 3rd in shorthand, yes I'm that old that we were taught shorthand and typing on a manual typewriter).

 

[Bilberry]

When living as a child in California I recall going on many field trips. We went to an old pioneer adobe home I recall. I'm fairly sure we visited Jack London's house. There was the time the class went to an old Spanish Missionary. We visited a yogurt factory. Outside of California, in Illinois we visited Skateland which is as it sounds a place to skate, and a museum in Indianapolis. I don't believe we went on a field trip while in Florida.

 

[dclpluto]

NYC, Washington DC
Philadelphia zoo