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Field Trips

To help plan OCTOBER 2025 curriculum focused classroom activities, field trips & school assembly programs, these October themed celebrations might be helpful. MONTHLY: National Bullying Prevention Month; National Book Month; National Fire Prevention Month. WEEKLY: Oct 10-16: Earth Science Week; Oct. 3-9: National Newspaper Week. DAILY: Oct. 3: Butterfly and Hummingbird Day. Look at the Leaves Day. National Body Language Day. Oct. 4: National Diversity Day. Oct. 8: National Stop Bullying Day. National World Octopus Day. Oct. 11: World Migratory Bird Day. Oct 16: National Dictionary Day. National Get Smart About Credit Day. Oct. 20: National Day On Writing. Oct. 24: United Nations 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.  

Children's Museum of Denver

The Children’s Museum of Denver is located in a 46,902 square foot building on a 9-acre campus and has 20 exhibits. Our exhibits are hands-on, interactive and totally one-of-a-kind.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family COLORADO
Denver
TEL - 303-433-7444

COLORADO WOLF & WILDLIFE CENTER

Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center educates the public through tours and programs about the importance of Wolves, Coyotes, and Foxes to our eco-system.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family COLORADO
Colorado Springs
Divide
TEL - 719-687-9742

Denver Art Museum

The Denver Art Museum today is one of the largest art museums between Chicago and the West Coast. The museum’s global art collections represent cultures around the world, with more than 70,000 works of art in 12 collections.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee, Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family COLORADO
Denver
TEL - 720-865-5000

Denver Botanic Gardens

The Denver Botanic Gardens is a public 23-acre park that contains a conservatory, a variety of theme gardens with seven living collections, two natural history collections (herbaria), an arthropods collection, art collections and a library.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family COLORADO
Denver
TEL - 720-865-3500

Denver Firefighters Museum

The Denver Firefighters Museum is to preserve the history of the Denver Fire Department and  firefighting through the collection and preservation of artifacts, documents and photographs. The Museum also educates the  public about fire safety.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family COLORADO
Denver
TEL - 303-892-1436

Denver Museum of Nature and Science

The Denver Museum of Nature and Science has over 250,000 square feet of event space which includes the award-winning Wildlife Diorama Halls, Coors gems & minerals, Space Odyssey, and our famous dinosaurs within Prehistoric Journey.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family COLORADO
Denver
TEL - 303-370-6000

Denver Zoo

Denver Zoo is dedicated to providing intimate, inspiring and informative first-hand encounter with the wonders of nature on their 84-acre campus, where 3,000+ wonderful wild animals serve as ambassadors for their wild counterparts all over the world.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family COLORADO
Denver
TEL - 720-337-1400

Dinosaur National Monument

View dinosaur remains embedded in rock and petroglyphs of earlier cultures at Dinosaur National Monument. Virtual field trips on paleontology and geology are available.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee, Free, Financial Support GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool COLORADO
Dinosaur
UTAH
Jensen
VIRTUAL
TEL - 435-781-7700

Downtown Aquarium

The Downtown Aquarium is a public aquarium with more than a million gallons of underwater exhibits that highlight fascinating ecosystems around the world with  over 500 species of animals and the interactive Stingray Reef touch tank.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family COLORADO
Denver
TEL - 303-561-4450

Durango Arts Center

Durango Arts Center hub for community arts that hosts and promotes contemporary visual and performing arts, arts education, dynamic exhibits. Their education programs curriculums correlate with local, state, and national education standards in Colorado and New Mexico.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool, Family COLORADO
Durango
TEL - 970-259-2606

Fiske Planetarium

Fiske is the largest planetarium in the Rocky Mountain region. Offer a diverse range of full dome films, star talks, laser fantasy and liquid sky music shows, concerts, and theatrical productions.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Shows COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family COLORADO
Boulder
TEL - 303-492-5002

Flagstaff Nature Center

The Center has interactive activities and exhibits on the wildlife, plants, wildflowers and other flora, and history of Open Space and Mountain Parks and displays and activities about the geology and open space management.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family COLORADO
Boulder
TEL - 303-441-3440
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