Florida Field Trips

Planning for summer field trips for camp groups, scout groups or summer school groups, you can combine summer fun into an educational experience. Our lesson plans can help camp counselors, with no teaching experience, turn a recreational field trip into an educational experience for Amusement Parks, Baseball Games, Boat Excursions, Bowling, Gellyball, Go-Karts, Laser Tag, Ice & Roller Skating, Mini Golf, Ninja Course, Paintball, Trampoline Parks, Ziplines and Waterparks. Please visit the Field Trip Lesson Plan section to help enrich your field trips. For field trips to Aquariums, Botanical Gardens, Living History Sites and Museums ask if they have educational guided tours and hands-on activity sheets. 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.

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Panhandle Pioneer Settlement Living History Museum

The Panhandle Pioneer Settlement is a living-history museum with a collection of 18 historical buildings, dating from the 1820s to 1940s.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family FLORIDA
BlountstownTEL - 850-674-2777

Pensacola Children's Museum

Learn about the history of Pensacola in a fun, interactive way at the Pensacola Children’s Museum. Groups can visit the Trading Post, the Fort and a Native American Village.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle School COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family FLORIDA
PensacolaTEL - 850-595-1559

Pensacola Lighthouse and Museum

At the Pensacola Lighthouse and Museum, climb 177 steps to the top of the 1859 lighthouse tower and explore the three-storey maritime museum.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family FLORIDA
PensacolaTEL - 850-393-1561

Pensacola MESS Hall

At the Pensacola Mess Hall, visitors work like real scientists, developing questions and creating experiments, engaging in complex reasoning and learning science just through tinkering.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family FLORIDA
PensacolaTEL - 877-937-6377

Pérez Art Museum Miami

Discover modern, contemporary, and international art at Pérez Art Museum Miami. Enjoy the Digital Museum and other virtual resources from home.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee, Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool FLORIDA
Miami
VIRTUALTEL - 305-375-3000

Petting Zoo Ocala

At Petting Zoo Ocala, your group can meet a variety of kid-friendly farm animals as well as exotic animals. Get up close to camels, llamas, goats, cows, monkeys, and more.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Self-Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family FLORIDA
OcalaTEL - 352-237-3527

Polk County History Center

Housed in the former courthouse, the Polk County History Center collection includes natural and cultural objects related to Polk and the greater Central Florida from pre-Columbian to present day.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family FLORIDA
BartowTEL - 863-534-4386

Polk Museum of Art

Explore modern, contemporary, ancient American, Asian, decorative, and African art at the Polk Museum of Art. Virtual art and crafts activities.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours COST - Fee, Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool FLORIDA
Lakeland
VIRTUALTEL - 863-688-7743

Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse & Museum

Visit the Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse & Museum, Florida’s tallest lighthouse. Climb up the lighthouse for a spectacular view and on the ground visit the Keeper’s Dwellings, Oil House, and the Lens Museum.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Self-Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family FLORIDA
Daytona Beach
Ponce InletTEL - 386-761-1821

Railroad Museum of South Florida

At the Railroad Museum of South Florida, see live steam locomotives, rolling stock, rail tracks. Also take a 1-mile miniature train ride through miniature villages of the 1950s.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family FLORIDA
Fort MyersTEL - 239-267-1905

Riverwalk

Nestled along the Indian River Lagoon, Riverwalk is a community park featuring a nature center and boardwalk that winds through a natural Florida hammock to the lagoon.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family FLORIDA
RockledgeTEL - 321-433-4490

Saint Petersburg Museum of History

The St. Petersburg Museum of History has shared stories of the Sunshine City for nearly a century, presenting exhibits depicting the birth of the City and its history.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Outreach. COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family FLORIDA
St Petersburg-ClearwaterTEL - 727-894-1052

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