Northern Virginia
Field Trips

At Great Country Farms, pick-your-own vegetables and fruits in the spring and summer and the fall apples and pumpkins. Visitors see how produce grows and the importance of pollinators like honeybees and butterflies.

Green Spring Gardens has naturalistic native plant garden, more than 20 thematic demonstration gardens, a greenhouse, a a historic house, and a horticultural reference library.

Observe nature at Gulf Branch Nature Center. Visitors enjoy a fun learning experience while viewing the nature center’s exhibits, Discovery Room, pollinator garden, animal exhibit room, and more.

The Gum Springs Museum displays the dynamic history of the Gum Springs Community. Featured exhibits include photographs of residents. Many photos are near 100 years old.

Historic Blenheim is significant for the more than 120 signatures, thoughts, and poetry left on the house walls by Union soldiers during their occupation of the Fairfax.

The George Washington Foundation offers living history programs that focus on George Washington, daily life in the 18^th century, the Lewis family involvement in the revolutionary War & how archaeology contributes to historical knowledge.

Visit the Jerome “Buddie” Ford Nature Center for a day of scientific exploration. Groups will have the chance to see live animals such as birds of prey, black bear, red fox, owls, turtles, salamanders, and more.

Discover nature at Long Branch Nature Center, visitors will enjoy exhibits, live animal displays, interpretive gardens, a viewing pond, and more. Programs aim to teach visitors about animal and plant science.

Meadowlark Botanical Gardens features three distinct native plant collections include the Potomac Valley Collection, the Native Tree Collection and the Virginia Native Wetland Collection.

At The National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum, learners can step into a world of inspiration, challenge, and discovery and unlock their potential with STEM. Make learning fun with the hall’s virtual activities.

Pentagon Tours offers a first-hand look at the Headquarters of the Department of Defense, the Pentagon is one of the world’s largest office buildings.

The Phoebe Hall Knipling Outdoor Lab is a 225-acre facility that provides science and outdoor education to the students of Arlington County Public Schools. The Lab provides hands-on outdoor and environmental education.