Field Trips/Field Studies are integrated into the elementary curriculum to provide for hands-on learning enrichment and knowledge enhancement of the grade level concepts studied in Science and Social Studies. All students are expected to attend and required to have signed permission slips to be allowed to participate. Chapel Uniforms must be worn unless otherwise stated. Students who can not participate in the field trip will be assigned a project related to the unit of study. Administration reserves the right not to permit a student to participate on a field trip/field studies program. Should this occur, parents will be informed of the specific reason for this decision. Below you will find the main grade level field trips and the Cross curricular unit of studies:
Kindergarten:
• Fire Dept/Water Dept. - Neighborhood/Careers
• Santa Ana Zoo - Animals
• Salt Creek Beach - Water Study
1st Grade:
• Ocean Institute - Habitats
• Imagination Machine, OCPA - Creative Writing
• Bubbles!, Science Discovery Center on-site program – Matter
2nd Grade:
• The Fire Station
• Legoland - Objects in Motion
• Irvine Ranch conservancy – Fossil Dig
3rd Grade:
• Shipley Nature Center – Native American Indians : Gabrielino Walk
• Key Ranch – Study of Orange County
• Wild Wetlands – Ecosystems
• Tessmann Planetarium - Constellations
4th Grade:
• Walk Through California --California History: Becoming a state, leadership, government, economy, geography
• Pilgrim - Richard Henry Dana --California History: Hide and tallow trade/travel
• By the Great Horn Spoon Play (Language Arts/History)
• Sacramento – Government
• California Adventure – Geography/History
5th Grade:
• Astro Camp – Earth Science, Solar System
• Pilgrim – Social Studies
• Knott’s Independence Hall – Revolutionary War
• Tide pools – Marine Biology, Ecosystem