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Field Trips

To help plan March & April curriculum focused classroom activities, field trips and school assembly programs, these monthly themed celebrations might be a helpful focus. MARCH. Monthly: National Reading Month, Music in Our Schools, Craft Month, National Nutrition, National Women’s History, and National Ethics Month. APRIL: Monthly: Keep America Beautiful. National Gardens. National Poetry. Jazz Appreciation. Global Astronomy. National Humor. Arab Heritage. Weekly/Daily:  Apr. 2: International Children’s Book Day. Apr. 5: National Geologists Day. Read a Road Map Day. April 5-9: National Wildlife Week. Apr. 8: Draw a Picture of a Bird Day. Zoo Lovers Day. Apr. 10: National Farm Animals Day. Apr. 12: International Day of Human Space Flight. April 13: International Plant Appreciation Day. Scrabble Day. Apr. 19-25: National Library Week. National Volunteer Week. CLICK on the ACTIVITY FILTER below for activity type of field trips to learn about. For those unable to travel to these locations, have the fun come to you. Check out the Outreach Field Trips & School Assembly Programs section.

Bellingrath Gardens and Home

Bellingrath Gardens and Home offers educational, self-guided workshops that K-5 student groups can use to lead themselves through the Gardens in a self-guided tour.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Self-Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family ALABAMA
Gulf Coast Region
Mobile
Theodore
TEL - 251-973-2217

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is a museum and research center that depicts the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s thru self-guided multi-media tours.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self Guided Tours, Outreach COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family ALABAMA
Birmingham
TEL - 205-328-9696

Birmingham Museum of Art

The Birmingham Museum of Art has more than 24,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and decorative arts dating from ancient to modern times.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided, Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family ALABAMA
Birmingham
TEL - 205-328-7850

Birmingham Zoo

The Birmingham Zoo offers learning programs in our 122 acre classroom with access to 950 animals from 230 different species, including endangered species from six continents.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Overnight Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family ALABAMA
Birmingham
TEL - 205-879-0409

Children's Hands-On Museum of Tuscaloosa

Children’s Hands-On Museum of Tuscaloosa has interactive exhibits, and a large demonstration area where students participate in true hands-on learning experiences.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, School, Homeschool, Family ALABAMA
Tuscaloosa
TEL - 205-349-4235

Colonial Fort Condé, The History Museum of Mobile

The History Museum of Mobile operates thel Fort. The original Fort Condé was built in 1723 by French explorers. Under various colonial powers, it went by different names. Tours are available.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family ALABAMA
Gulf Coast Region
Mobile
TEL - 251-525-6933

Dexter Parsonage Museum

The Dexter Parsonage Museum includes the residence where Dr. King and his young family lived bet. 1954 & 1960; an Interpretive Center, and the King-Johns Garden for Reflection.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family ALABAMA
Montgomery
TEL - 334-263-3970

Donald E Davis Arboretum

Donald E. Davis Arboretum features native trees, shrubs and wildflowers of the southeastern US, including 150 different tree species native to Alabama.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours COST - Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool, Family ALABAMA
Auburn
Montgomery

Dream Field Farms

Dream Field Farms offers seasonal field trips that begin in the fall with pumpkin picking and a maze, Santa Too in December and Baby Farm Animals and Fishing in the spring.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Activities, COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool, Family ALABAMA
Montgomery
Union Springs
TEL - 334-534-6976

EarlyWorks Children's Museum

The EarlyWorks Children’s Museum is an interactive children’s history museum. Combine with a visit to the Complex’s Depot & Museum and Alabama Constitution Hall.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family ALABAMA
Huntsville
TEL - 256-564-8100

Environmental Studies Center

The Environmental Studies Center on 500 acres is a natural sciences education facility providing an opportunity to experience firsthand the natural environment.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee, Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool, Family ALABAMA
Gulf Coast Region
Mobile
TEL - 251-221-5000

Farmer in the Dell Pumpkin Patch

Farmer in the Dell Pumpkin Patch is a You-Pick pumpkin patch. Come pick your favorite pumpkin right off the vine, enjoy a hayride and see farm animals.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family ALABAMA
Auburn
TEL - 334-750-3792
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