Paper #3: Field Trips

Submitted By: Tylor Striegel

EDEL 453: Teaching Elementary School Social Science Nevada State College Spring 2013 Instructor: Karen Powell

Paper #3: Field Trips

submitted by: Tylor Striegel

Primary (Grades K 2) Field Trips

Type of Field Trip Traditional Field Trip Social Studies Strand Destination Field Trip Description & Notes

History

Clark County Heritage Museum

Students will learn the history of Southern Nevada and its people including the ways they lived and the jobs they performed. The cost should be $1.00 per student, $2.00 per adult (chaperones and teachers).

Visitation Field Trip

HIstory

Someone who has recently spent time in another country (either my brother-inlaw, or I have access to people who return from other countries frequently).

The presenter will share stories about their time spent in other cultures. They will identify and describe different cultural celebrations and traditions of these cultures. (i.e. Bumba-meu-boi, etc.)

Economics

www.usmint.gov/kids/cartoons

Virtual Field Trips

After discussing what money is, how its used, and the form and function (as per the social studies standards), the students can watch interactive videos (either a cartoon, or a real video) of how coins are made at the United States Mint!

Economics

http://www.sites.ext.vt.edu/virtu alfarm/main.html

The students will learn, through interactive videos and activities, how farms are run and what is done on farms. This will help them to understand how people made a living in the past, and how some people still make a living.

Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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Paper #3: Field Trips

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Intermediate (Grades 3 5) Field Trips

Type of Field Trip Traditional Field Trip Social Studies Strand Destination Field Trip Description & Notes

HIstory

Hoover Dam Tour

The cost is $2.00 per student and chaperone (as long as the ratio is 1 chaperone per 10 students). The students will learn about the Dam, and what it does. They will learn about the power generators, as well as the people who built the dam (as well as Boulder City).

Visitation Field Trip

Economics

Banker (or anyone who works at a bank)

The banker would come and discuss, in fairly basic terms, the concept of credit and interest. They would also discuss the different services they, and other financial institutions offer, and how credit and interest affects these offerings. This covers multiple standards for this grade group.

CIvics

http://www.senate.gov/vtour/1.ht m

Virtual Field Trips

The students will take a virtual tour, as well as read narratives, of the supreme court as well as its important cases. This will help satisfy the requirement that they learn the role of courts.

History

www.amnh.org

The students can view slideshows and passages about ancient peoples and their lifestyles. They have an immense selection of history at the American Museum of Natural History.

Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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Paper #3: Field Trips

submitted by: Tylor Striegel

1. Explain which field trip you think you will actually try to use.
I think I would actually use the Clark County Heritage Museum field trip. It aligns perfectly with a few of the social studies standards for those grade groups, as well as being interesting for the children. The cost is not necessarily perfect, but it is a lot less than other museums.

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

The hardest part for me was finding ideas for the virtual field trips. Im still not 100% sure that I understand the concept. However, I had such a difficult time finding websites that were really of any use. The older students social studies standards are so specific that, while I could easily find websites, they dont have any academic use that really relates to what the students are supposed to learn.

Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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Paper #3: Field Trips

submitted by: Tylor Striegel

Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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