EDEL453 Spring2013 GregWINIEWICZ FieldTrips

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Paper #3: Field Trips

Submitted By: Greg Winiewicz

EDEL 453: Teaching Elementary School Social Science

Nevada State College – Spring 2013

Instructor: Karen Powell

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Paper #3: Field Trips submitted by: Greg Winiewicz

Nevada State College EDEL 453 - Spring 2013 Karen Powell- Instructor page 2

Primary (Grades K – 2) Field Trips

Typeof

FieldTrip

Social

StudiesStrand

Destination Field Trip Description & Notes

T r a d i t i o n a l F i e l d

T r i p

History

Culture

Geography

Las Vegas Natural History

Museum

Students will be able to check out many interactive

exhibits (including exhibits on early Egypt,

prehistoric life, international wild life, etc.). Guided

questioning will help students construct knowledge

during the tour. Admission is $2.50 per student. Tou

is about an hour and a half. Field trip would be

early morning and back by lunch time. Would

need about two adult volunteer chaperons per

class.

V i s i t a t i o n

F i e l d

T r i p

Government Police Man

Students will get the opportunity to listen to a police

man talk about their job and the law. They will also

get to ask a police man questions for further

understanding.

V i r t u a l F i e l d

T r i p s

Geography

Culture

History

http://www.moma.org/interacti

ves/destination/#

This interactive website allows students to take avirtual tour through a museum of modern art.

Students walk through the museum virtual and can

click on artifacts to learn more information about

them. Students can use headphones to listen to

the information that is presented.

Geography

History

http://www.panoramas.dk/7-

wonders/great-wall.html

This website gives panoramas for students to view

many historical monuments throughout the world

(example, Taj Mahal, Great Wall of China, etc.). It

also includes information about each of them.

Teacher may have to read information to younger

grade levels or even project the panoramas on the

smart board and tell the class about each of the

monuments.





Intermediate (Grades 3 – 5) Field Trips

Typeof

FieldTrip

Social

StudiesStrand

Destination Field Trip Description & Notes

T r a d i t i o n a l F i e l d

T r i p

Government Project Real

Project Real is an interactive trip that teaches

students about the law, social responsibilities, and

rights. Project Real is a non-profit organization. This

field trip should take up about half the day to lunch

time. Would need about two adult volunteer

chaperons per class.

V i s i t a t i o n

F i e l d

T r i p

Government

Mr. Alvarez (Personal

friend/political science major)

State Lead with the Presidential

Inaugural Committee

Adrian Alvarez works under president Barack

Obama as has been involved in politics his entire

life. Mr. Alvarez will share his stories about working

for the president and his responsibilities he has

taken on in his current position.

V i r t u a l F i e l d

T r i p s

Government http://www.whitehouse.gov/abou

t/inside-white-house

This website is a interactive virtual tour of the white

house, which includes photos, videos, and all the

information a student will need to know about the

white house and the operations of the white house.

History http://www.ushistory.org/march/

This website hosts as an internet exploration of the

American Revolutionary War. It includes a

descriptive timeline, games, and tons of

information about the Revolutionary War.





1. Explain which field trip you think you will actually try to use.

I think I could actually use the virtual field trips because they don’t require as much planning as the

traditional or visitation trips. In a perfect world I would like to use all of these trips because they allseem very useful to me and I think the students would get a lot out of all of them. In a school year I

think it would be possible to do all 4 trips per grade level and I would strive to make sure thathappens.

2. What challenges did you run into during this assignment?

For the traditional field trip, it was a little bit difficult to choose a place and be reasonable with timeand costs. It was also hard to choose which trips would be most engaging for students of each

grade level and what places they would get the most out of going to. Another challenge I foundwas finding a virtual field trip for the lower grade levels as I would only come across these for older students. Most of them seemed like they would be harder to navigate for younger students and

would require a lot of teacher assistance. I did spend a lot of time searching for more kid friendlyvirtual field trips for the younger students and found two that I did like after a while.

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