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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.

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Dickerson Park Zoo

Dickerson Park Zoo has more than 500 animals that represent 160 different species of animals from around the world. Programs encouraging curiosity with up-close animal encounters.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee, Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MISSOURI
Springfield-MO
TEL - 417-833-1570

Discovery Center of Springfield

The Discovery Center of Springfield is an interactive hands-on science museum committed to inspiring lifelong love of learning and an appreciation of the world and our place in it.

PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MISSOURI
Springfield-MO
TEL - 417-862-9910

Faust Park Historic Village

From the early 1800s to 1910, the Faust Park Historic Village illustrates differences in lifestyles of families of different backgrounds, lived on the frontier, and the social and economic influences of the era.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MISSOURI
Chesterfield
St. Louis
TEL - 314-615-8328

Field House Museum

The Field House was the home of Roswell Field, the attorney who formulated the legal strategy of the Dred Scott’s lawsuit before the Supreme Court. It offers free School Days that have themed tours.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee, Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool MISSOURI
St. Louis
TEL - 314-421-4689

Fort Belle Fontaine Park

Fort Belle Fontaine Park  on 305.6 acres on the Missouri River offers nature and history tours, hayrides, geocaching events and Eagle Watch and Trail Walk with interpretive signage.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee, Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MISSOURI
St. Louis
TEL - 314-615-8800

Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park

The Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park is known for its architectural integrity and its original Wright-designed furnishings. Considered one of Wright’s most geometrically complex homes.

GRADE LEVEL - Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MISSOURI
Kirkwood
St. Louis
TEL - 314-822-8359

Griot Museum of Black History

Griot Museum of Black History uses life-size wax figures, other art and artifacts to interpret the stories of African Americans with a regional connection who have contributed to America.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MISSOURI
St. Louis
TEL - 314-241-7057

Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site

The Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site preserves the ​childhood home of Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the United States. Visitors view this small frame house which reflect what a house in western Missouri looked like.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours COST - Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MISSOURI
Lamar
TEL - 417-682-2279

Harry S Truman Library and Museum

The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum is the presidential library of Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the United States. Learn about his life and presidency.

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 MISSOURI
Independence
TEL - 816-268-8200

HealthWorks! Kids' Museum St. Louis

HealthWorks! Kids’ Museum St. Louis is to educate and inspire children to make positive oral and overall health choices for optimum health thru interactive exhibits and performances.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades, Early Childhood, Elementary School COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MISSOURI
St. Louis
TEL - 314-241-7391

Historic Samuel Cupples House and Gallery

The Historic Samuel Cupples House and Gallery at Saint Louis University serves as a gallery for fine and decorative art as well as exhibitions of art by SLU students and faculty.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours COST - Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool MISSOURI
St. Louis
TEL - 314-977-6631

History Museum on the Square

History Museum on the Square’s six permanent galleries tell the stories of events in Springfield’s history and its people, thru a vast collection of artifacts, photographs, and the “voices of history”.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family MISSOURI
Springfield-MO
TEL - 417-831-1976
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