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Enriching Themed & Celebration. January 2025. Jan 20: Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Jan. 17: Kid Inventors Day. Jan 18: Thesaurus Day. Jan. 20: Penguin Awareness Day. Jan 23: National Handwriting Day. Jan. 24: Compliment Day. Jan. 27: Holocaust Memorial Day. Jan 29: National Puzzle Day. February 2025: Monthly Celebrations: Black History Month, Library Lovers Month, National Bird Feeding Month. Day/Week Celebrations: Feb 1: National Freedom Day. Feb 1-8: Children’s Authors and Illustrators Week. Feb 2: Ground Hog Day. Feb 7: Periodic Table Day. Feb 8: Boy Scout Day. Kite Flying Day. Feb 11: International Day of Women and Girls in Science. National Inventors Day. Feb 15: Susan B Anthony Day. Feb 17: Random Acts of Kindness Day. Presidents’ Day. Feb 20: Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. World Anthropology 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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Atomz Lab

No transportation required! Let us bring science programs to your location. Atomz Lab offers fun, hands-on outreach science programs and special events. Choose from our exciting science topics and we’ll provide an unforgettable experience!

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool, Family NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte
OUTREACH
TEL - 704-651-8989
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Carolina Ocean Studies

Discover the wonders of the Carolina coast through a field trip to uninhabited barrier islands! For 30 years, Carolina Ocean Studies has been taking K-12 students out on field trips to North Carolina barrier islands.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool, Family NORTH CAROLINA
Beaufort
Carolina Beach
Wilmington
TEL - 910-458-7302
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Crowders Camps

Crowders Camps offers day and overnight field trips with high ropes, ziplines, water activities, team building, paintball and laser tag & more. Its multiple lodging options, fantastic food service, and meeting spaces makes for a great field trip!

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College, All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Overnight Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities, Performances. COST - Fee, Financial Support GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte
Gastonia
TEL - 704-915-1096
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High Gravity Adventures

High Gravity Adventures is an award-winning and accredited zipline adventure park between Boone and Blowing Rock. Discover more when you zip, climb, swing, and explore.

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 NORTH CAROLINA
Blowing Rock
TEL - 828-471-9856
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Miracle Heights Adventures

Miracle Heights Adventures offers experiential activities to engage & embody the spirit of adventure, build resilience, & empower success. MHA is a Crossnore Communities for Children program.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, School NORTH CAROLINA
Winston-Salem
TEL - 336-721-7600
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Ninja Nation

Ninja Nation is an American Ninja Warrior style obstacle course gym, that teaches kids/adults many valuable athletic necessities.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Activities COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte
Huntersville
TEL - 704-327-2929
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North Carolina State Capitol

Tours of the North Carolina State Capitol where groups will see plaques, portraits and busts that honor important people and events in North Carolina’s history, visit the House of Representatives chamber and the Senate chamber.

GRADE LEVEL - All Grades PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours. COST - Free GROUP TYPE - School, Camp, Homeschool NORTH CAROLINA
Raleigh
TEL - 919-807-7950
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North Carolina Zoo

The North Carolina Zoo protects wildlife and wild places and inspires people to join us in conserving the natural world. The Zoo is the world’s largest natural habitat zoo, sitting on 2,600 total acres.

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Activities, Guided Activities COST - Fee, Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool, Family NORTH CAROLINA
Asheboro
Greensboro
TEL - 800-488-0444
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Oak Island Lighthouse

Located in Caswell Beach near the Cape Fear River, Oak Island Lighthouse is an operating lighthouse offering guided tours to the top.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Tours. COST - Free GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool NORTH CAROLINA
Oak Island
TEL - 910-278-5471
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Old Baldy

 The Bald Head Lighthouse is the oldest lighthouse still standing in North Carolina. Groups can tour the lighthouse and the Smith Island Museum, which is housed in Keeper’s Cottage.

GRADE LEVEL - Middle School, High School, College PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Activities. COST - Fee, Financial Support GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Homeschool NORTH CAROLINA
Bald Head Island
TEL - 910-457-7481
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ORBIT EARTH EXPO

Orbit Earth Expo is a SparkPoint Innovations in-school astronomy experience that students will never forget! Taught in the dark with a light to represent the sun, students manipulate huge teaching models to discover secrets of the solar system!

GRADE LEVEL - Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle School PROGRAM TYPE - In-house Science Class COST - Fee, Title I GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool GEORGIA
NORTH CAROLINA
OHIO
OUTREACH
SOUTH CAROLINA
TEL - 678-896-3206
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Piedmont Environmental Center

The Piedmont Environmental Center, on 376-acres, groups will experience nature through environmental education programs, field experiences, and recreational activities.

GRADE LEVEL - Elementary School, Middle School, High School PROGRAM TYPE - Day Trips, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Tours, Guided Activities, Self-Guided Activities. COST - Fee GROUP TYPE - School, Scout, Camp, Homeschool NORTH CAROLINA
High Point
TEL - 336-883-8531
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FieldTripdirectory.com offers enriching experiences for North Carolina school groups, scout groups, homeschool groups, camp groups and families at North Carolina Museums.

North Carolina Museums offer field trips that offer hands-on exhibits, guided tours and guided activities for early childhood through high school grades. North Carolina Art Museums, Science Museums, History Museums, Multicultural Museums and Children’s Museums offers educational experiences that support classroom curriculum and scout badge achievement. Beside museums, you can search for other learning experiences at 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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FieldTripDirectory.com (formerly ClassTrips.com and CampDirectorsResources.com) offers field trip ideas for class trips, scout group trips, camp group field trips, and homeschool group field trips in North Carolina—early childhood through college. Search for class trips in North Carolina by by group type, cost, activity/curriculum type, grade level, distance, and venue name or keyword.

Day class trips are divided by curriculum and subject area:

  • ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
    Find North Carolina art museums, theater, dance, and music concert field trips.
  • EARLY CHILDHOOD
    Find North Carolina class trips to children’s museums, petting zoos, and kids’ shows.
  • HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES
    View North Carolina history museums, government & civics, historic sites, living history museums, and multicultural field trip ideas.
  • LIFE SKILLS
    Find North Carolina team building field trips, health & safety exhibits, and character education experiences.
  • SCIENCE & NATURE
    Find North Carolina aquariums, botanical gardens, environmental studies & nature centers, farms & mazes, planetariums, science museums, STEAM & STEM field trips, dinosaur exhibits, and zoos.
  • RECREATION
    Find North Carolina field trip ideas for adventure parks, ropes courses, ziplines, boat excursions, amusement parks, waterparks, kayaking, rafting, tubing, laser tag paintball, roller skating rinks, ice-skating rinks, mini-golf attractions, indoor amusement & recreation centers, and outdoor amusement & recreation centers.


Overnight field trips include trips to NYC, trips to Boston, trips to Philadelphia, trips to Washington, DC, trips to Chicago, trips to Atlanta, trips to Austin, and other historic cities throughout the US. Retreats are available for environmental education, team building, and recreation.

We created field trip lesson plans to help teachers, scout leaders, camp counselors, and homeschool parents provide an enriching experience for their groups. We know funds for class trips are limited, so we’ve included grants for field trips that cover admission, transportation, and more.

It’s important that students and youth explore new environments, learn about other cultures, and develop an understanding of inclusivity as part of the educational process. People learn in different ways—through hearing, seeing, touching, talking, or doing. Class trips can provide a multi-dimensional learning experience. FieldTripDirectory.com can help you find the right trip for your group. A world of experiences is just a click away at FieldTripDirectory.com.

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