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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.

The Speed Art Museum

The Speed Art Museum’s collection spans over 6,000 yrs of creativity and culture. Guided tours invite visitors to explore connections between artworks and the world. Visit their virtual ART SPARKS.

PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family KENTUCKY
Louisville
TEL - 502-634-2700

Thomas Edison House

Thomas Edison House’s exhibits display many of Thomas Edison’s inventions, including cylinder and disc phonographs, incandescent bulbs and motion picture artifacts.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool, Family KENTUCKY
Louisville
TEL - 502-585-5247

Trunnell's Farm Market & Family Fun Acre

At Trunnell’s Farm Market & Family Fun Acre, their hands-on activities and tours will show visitors about the importance of agriculture in their lives.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day trips, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool, Family KENTUCKY
Owensboro
Utica
TEL - 270-733-2222

Waterfront Botanical Gardens

The Waterfront Botanical Gardens offer active learning experiences at our garden with native and exotic plants, insects, birds, and more, both outdoors in the garden and inside the greenhouse.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family KENTUCKY
Louisville
TEL - 502-276-5404

Waterworks Museum

Waterworks Museum offers interactive learning tours and exhibits that cover a wide range of subjects, including the Properties of Water, the environmental impact of erosion and weathering.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family KENTUCKY
Louisville
TEL - 502-897-1481

Western Kentucky Botanical Garden

Western Kentucky Botanical Garden is a center for the growth and display of hundreds of outstanding plant selections, trees and gardens.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day trips, Self-Guided Tours COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool, Family KENTUCKY
Owensboro
TEL - 270-993-1234

World Peace Bell and Exhibit Center

The World Peace Bell is the world’s largest free swinging bell.  It has a powerful, deep resonant tone that is truly a majestic symbol of freedom and peace.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trip, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family KENTUCKY
Newport
TEL - 859-655-7700

Yew Dell Botanical Gardens

Yew Dell Botanical Gardens is a 33-acre public botanical garden & horticulture research center with magnificent garden displays & educational activities.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Trips, Self-Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family KENTUCKY
Crestwood
Louisville
TEL - 502-241-4788
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