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Field Trips

To help plan March curriculum focused classroom activities, field trips and school assembly programs, these March themed celebrations might be a helpful focus. MONTHLY: Music in Our Schools. Craft Month. National Nutrition. National Women’s History. National Ethics Month. DAILY: Mar. 1: Peace Corps Day. Mar. 3: National Anthem Day. World Wildlife Day. Mar. 4: National Grammar Day. Mar. 8: International (Working) Women’s Day. Mar. 10: Harriet Tubman-Birthday. Mar. 11: Genealogy Day. Johnny Appleseed Day. Mar. 12: Plant a Flower. Mar. 14: Learn about Butterflies. National Pi Day. International Day of Mathematics. Mar. 15: Ides of March. World Consumer Rights Day. Mar. 16: Freedom of Information Day. Mar. 18: National Quilting.  Mar. 20: Earth Day (Vernal Equinox). World Folklore Tales and Fables Week (March 20- 26). Mar. 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. National Common Courtesy Day. World Poetry Day. Mar. 26: Make Up Your Own Holiday Day. CLICK on the ACTIVITY FILTER below for further field trip information. For those unable to travel to these locations, have the fun come to you. Check out the Outreach Field Trips & School Assembly Programs section.

Detroit Zoo Butterfly Garden

The Detroit Zoo is home to more than 2,000 animals of 240 species and has 125 acres of expansive, naturalistic habitats designed to meet the animals’ needs.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MICHIGAN
Detroit
TEL - 248-541-5717

Dossin Great Lakes Museum

The Dossin Great Lakes Museum is a historical maritime museum, located on The Strand on Belle Isle Park along the Detroit River.  The Museum places special interest on Detroit’s role on national and regional maritime history.

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 MICHIGAN
Detroit
TEL - 313-821-2661

Fenner Nature Center

The Fenner Nature Center is an environmental education center on 134 acres of green space includes over four miles of trails. The Visitor Center includes hands-on exhibits, live native reptiles and amphibians; a viewing area to watch bird and wildlife.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee, Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MICHIGAN
Lansing
TEL - 517-483-4224

Ford House

The Ford House located on 87 acres, the 20,000-square-foot house has a fine collection of original antiques and art, and beautiful lakefront grounds. The house was the residence of the Edsel and Eleanor Ford family, son of Henry Ford and an executive at Ford Motor Company.

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 MICHIGAN
Detroit
TEL - 313-884-4222

Leslie Science and Nature Center

Situated on 50 acres within the city of Ann Arbor, Leslie Science & Nature Center provides natural science and environmental education opportunities including natural space with trails, raptor enclosures, a Critter House & public programs for all ages.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor
TEL - 734-997-1553

Michigan History Center

The Michigan History Museum offers exhibits on Michigan’s rich past, from the time of the state’s earliest peoples to the late 20th century. The museum’s five floors provide a walk through time.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MICHIGAN
Lansing
TEL - 517-335-2573

Michigan Science Center

The Michigan Science Center is a Smithsonian-affiliate science museum purpose is to inspire curious minds of all ages to discover, explore and appreciate science, technology, engineering and math in a creative, dynamic learning environment.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MICHIGAN
Detroit
TEL - 313-577-8400

MSU Broad Art Museum

The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, is a contemporary art museum at Michigan State University. School programs, in-person and virtual, focused on building creative thinking and exploring diverse perspectives with tours and hands-on activities.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MICHIGAN
East Lansing
Lansing
VIRTUAL
TEL - 517-884-4800

Museum of Contemporary art Detroit

The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit is a non-collecting contemporary art museum. MOCAD is housed in a 22,000-square-foot building designed by architect Andrew Zago. The architecture of the building was left intentionally raw and unfinished.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self Guided Activities, Guides Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MICHIGAN
Detroit
TEL - 313-832-6622

Potter Park Zoo

The Potter Park Zoo is a 102-acre zoo and is currently home to over 160 species of animals. Its mission is to inspire people to conserve animals in the natural world.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee, Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MICHIGAN
Lansing
TEL - 517-483-4222

The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant

In 2000 the Model T Automotive Heritage Complex, Inc., purchased the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, transforming the old factory into a centerpiece of the MotorCities National Heritage Area, the complex is interpreting the heritage of the automobile industry.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MICHIGAN
Detroit
TEL - 313-872-8759

The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation

The Henry Ford is a history museum complex with exhibits that explores the American experience of innovation, ingenuity and resourcefulness.

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 MICHIGAN
Dearborn
Detroit
TEL - 313-982-6001
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