New Jersey Field Trips

To help plan APRIL curriculum focused classroom activities, field trips and school assembly programs, these April themed celebrations might be a helpful focus. MONTHLY: Keep America Beautiful. National Gardens. National Poetry. Jazz Appreciation. WEEKLY: April 5-11: National Wildlife Week. Apr. 6-12: National Library Week. Apr. 20-26: National Volunteer Week. DAILY: Apr. 2: International Children’s Book Day. National Walking Day. Apr. 3: National Geologists Day. Apr. 4: School Librarians’ Day. Apr. 5: Read a Road Map Day. Apr. 7: World Health Day. Apr. 8: Draw a Picture of a Bird Day. Zoo Lovers Day. Apr. 10: National Farm Animals Day. Apr. 12: International Day of Human Space Flight. April 13: International Plant Appreciation Day. Scrabble Day. Apr. 18: National Scrabble Day. Apr. 15: World Art Day. Apr. 22: Earth Day. Apr. 23: Shakespeare Day. Apr. 25: National Arbor Day. World Penguin Day. Apr. 26: Audubon Day. Tell A Story Day. Apr. 29: International Dance 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.

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Abma’s Farm

Abma’s Farm is a family-run destination offering a farm market with fresh homegrown produce and meats, petting zoo, agritourism events, class trips, and seasonal activities for all ages.

PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Homeschool, Family NEW JERSEY
Hillsborough
WyckoffTEL - Wyckoff: 201-891-0278. Hillsborough: 908-292-0278 Read More

Big Kahuna’s NJ

Big Kahuna’s Water Park NJ is a unique year-round attraction with indoor and outdoor water attractions and a state-of-the-art arcade. Inclusive fun for guests of all ages, abilities & sensory sensitivities.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family NEW JERSEY
Skylands Region
West BerlinTEL - 856-767-7580 Read More

BUBBLEDAD BUBBLE SHOWS

Bubbledad has brought smiles to tens of thousands of kids from Manhattan to Mumbai with his bubble wizardry-could your students next?! Bubbledad offers science shows at schools, scout councils, camps and libraries and birthday parties. In-Person Metro NY.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Guided Activities, Performances COST - Fee, Title I GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, School, Homeschool, Family NEW JERSEY
NEW YORK
Long Island
New York City
OUTREACH
VIRTUAL Read More

Camp Mason YMCA

Offering year-round programs, YMCA Camp Mason is one of NJ’s premier destinations for outdoor education! Camp Mason is situated on 460-acres of mountain woodlands adjacent to the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College, All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Overnight Trips, Guided Activities. COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool, Family NEW JERSEY
Hardwick
Skylands RegionTEL - 908-362-8217 Read More

Cape May County Park & Zoo

With 200 different species of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles and approximately 500 animals on 52 acres, visitors are sure to see something new at the Cape May County Zoo.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Activities. COST - Free, Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool, Family NEW JERSEY
Cape May Court House
Southern Shore RegionTEL - 609-465-5271 Read More

Centenary Stage Company

Century Stage Company, a not-for-profit theatre that brings professional affordable performance entertainment all year long, offers the Young Audience Series (YAS), which provide student groups with adaptations of children’s books, classics, and the works of William Shakespeare.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours, Performances COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Homeschool, Family NEW JERSEY
Hackettstown
Skylands Region
OUTREACHTEL - 908-979-0900 Read More

Clean Ocean Action’s Seaside Environmental Academy (SEA)

At Clean Ocean Action, experience immersive, hands-on environmental education at the beautiful Gateway National Recreation Area (Sandy Hook Unit), exploring coastal ecosystems to inspire environmental awareness and stewardship.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool TEL - 732-872-0111 Read More

Dave and Buster’s Atlantic City

At Dave & Buster’s your youth group will have a blast! Start out with a delicious meal in our group-friendly restaurant and then move on to games & teambuilding for youth groups.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Overnight Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee, Group Rates GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family NEW JERSEY
Atlantic City
Greater Atlantic City
Southern Shore RegionTEL - 856-302-4936 Read More

Dave and Buster’s Gloucester

At Dave & Buster’s your youth group will have a blast! Start out with a delicious meal in our group-friendly restaurant and then move on to games & teambuilding for youth groups.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Overnight Trips, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee, Group Rates GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family NEW JERSEY
Delaware River Region
GloucesterTEL - 856-302-4936 Read More

Dave and Buster’s, Wayne

Groups will have a blast at Dave & Buster’s Wayne! Start out with a delicious meal in the group-friendly restaurant and then move on to some games—auto racing, air hockey, basketball and more— in Dave’s Arcade.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Overnight Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family NEW JERSEY
Gateway Region NJ
WayneTEL - 973-435-9245 Read More

Fairview Lake YMCA Camps

Fairview Lake YMCA’s 600 acres of unspoiled woodlands, 110-acre lake, running streams, and open fields, modern cabins, meeting rooms, an outdoor sports complex, and excellent food service to create an unparalleled site for fun and learning.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Overnight Trips, Guided Activities, Outreach. COST - Fee, Financial Support GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool, Family NEW JERSEY
Newton
Skylands RegionTEL - 973-383-9282 Read More

Field Station: Dinosaurs

Science has never been this fun, this scary, or this big! Field Station: Dinosaurs is a thrilling outdoor dinosaur park featuring over thirty life-size animatronic dinosaurs.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family NEW JERSEY
Gateway Region NJ
Leonia
VIRTUALTEL - 855-999-9010 Read More

FieldTripdirectory.com offers educational experiences for New Jersey school groups, scout groups, homeschool groups, camp groups and families at New Jersey Museums.

New Jersey museums offer field trips that offer hands-on exhibits, guided tours and guided activities for early childhood through high school grades. New Jersey has art museums, science museums, history museums, multicultural museums and children’s museums. All museums listing on fieldtripdirectory.com offers programs and tours for youth groups and families. Beside museums, you can search for other learning attractions such as New Jersey Botanical Gardens, Planetariums, Living History Programs, STEM & STEAM, Planetariums, Farms, Zoos and Aquariums, Theaters and Concerts, Service Learning and more

Can’t go on a field trip to a museum, your students, scouts, and families can still experience these fun enriching experience by scheduling a Museum Virtual Field Trip anywhere and at anytime.

Want the fun to come to you- book a School Assembly Programs, Outreach Field Trips or Residency at your school, homeschool association or scout council. They support and enhance a school’s curriculum, offers opportunities for scout badge achievement and enriches a camp program. There are mobile museum exhibits, traveling planetariums and classroom and grade level workshops and residencies.

To help fund field trips, virtual programs and school assembly programs visit our section on Grants and Fundraising Programs.

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