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Field Trips

To help plan MAY curriculum focused classroom activities, field trips and school assembly programs, these May themed celebrations might be a helpful focus. Monthly: National Inventors Month. American Wetlands Month. National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. May 6-10: Teacher Appreciation Week. May 8: World Red Cross Day. May 12: National Limerick Day. Odometer Day. National Plant Health. May 13: International Migratory Bird Day. May 16: Love a Tree Day. Do Something Good for your Neighborhood. Biographer’s Day. May 17: National Endangered Species Day. May 18: International Astronomy Day. International Museum Day. May 19: Plant Something Day. May 20: Weights and Measures Day. World Bee Day. May 22: National Maritime Day. May 28: Amnesty International Day. May 29: Learn About Composting Day. May 30: International Jazz Day. May 31: National Smile Day. 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.  

The Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens

The garden property includes canyons, wetlands, coastal bluffs, and a closed-cone pine forest. The Gardens has become a haven for bird watchers with the list of bird species now at more than 180.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CALIFORNIATEL - 707-964-4352

The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment

The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment focuses on digital art and gaming, with fully playable gaming exhibits. The Museum preserves video games as both a historic and artistic medium within the context of our time. Visitors can pay any of our collection of over 12,000 games across 40 systems. Temporarily closed.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CALIFORNIA
Oakland
TEL - 510-457-0211

The Museum of Contemporary Art

Museum of Contemporary Art is dedicated to collecting and exhibiting contemporary art, comprising roughly 7000 objects, and offers  a diverse history of ground-breaking, historically-significant exhibitions.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles
TEL - 213-626-6222

The Museum of Medical History

The Museum of Medical History showcases developments in medicine with a special relationship to our region.  Themed exhibits include: patent medicines and pharmacology, basic science and laboratory medicine, antibiotics and infectious diseases, medical diagnosis and therapy & more.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours COST - Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool CALIFORNIA
Sacramento
TEL - 916-452-2671

The New Children's Museum

The New Children’s Museum is an arts-based children’s museum, whose mission is to “stimulate imagination, creativity and critical thinking in children and families through inventive and engaging experiences with contemporary art”.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Sctivities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CALIFORNIA
San Diego
TEL - 619-233-8792

The Oakland Museum of California

The Oakland Museum of California or OMCA is an interdisciplinary museum dedicated to the art, history, and natural science of California.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, School CALIFORNIA
Oakland
TEL - 510-318-8400

The San Diego Automotive Museum

The San Diego Automotive Museum tells the story of the social and technological past, present, and future of motorized vehicles throughout its collections, exhibitions, and educational programs.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CALIFORNIA
San Diego
TEL - 619-231-2886

The Timken Museum of Art

The Timken Museum of Art preserves the Putnam Collection of European old masters, American art and Russian icons for the education and benefit of present and future generations of San Diego residents and visitors.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Tours COST - Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CALIFORNIA
San Diego
TEL - 619-239-5548

The USS Midway Museum

The USS Midway Museum is a historical naval aircraft carrier museum with an onboard in state-of-the-art education facilities that offers a wide range of dynamic learning adventures for youth and school groups.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CALIFORNIA
San Diego
TEL - 619-544-9600

The Veterans Museum and Memorial Center

The Veterans Museum and Memorial Center is dedicated to create, maintain, and operate an institution to honor and perpetuate the memories of all men and women who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CALIFORNIA
San Diego
TEL - 619-239-2300

The Visions Art Museum

The mission of Visions Art Museum (VAM) is to create an international community of quilt and textile artists, collectors and the public through exhibitions, education, and engaging programs that increase the appreciation of quilts, textiles and fiber as fine art.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CALIFORNIA
San Diego
TEL - 619-546-4872

The Wildlands Conservancy

The Wildlands Conservancy Outdoor Discovery program offers hands-on learning experiences that focus of science, technology, engineering, art, math STEAM. Offered at multiple locations throughout Southern California.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee, Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles
San Bernardino
TEL - 760-325-7222
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