Field Trips
Are you ready for an awesome day of learning and adventure? Look no further than Allison Woods Classroom in the Forest! Our programs are totally tailored to your grade level and meet NC Essential Standards. We're all about hands-on activities that make learning fun and interactive Your group can experience up to 3 programs, depending on your group size and constraints With a covered shelter for lunchtime and a grass runway for picnics, your group will have a blast! Arrival time is usually 9:15 and departure back to your school typically is 1:00. Got any questions? Hit us up at gracie11288@msn.com or (704)873-5976 and let's plan your unforgettable field trip today!
Field Trips are available at the following costs:
$8 per student ($4 per student SPECIAL - Title I Schools - Limited Time)
$5 per parent
Teachers are free
Available Programs:
All programs are adjusted to meet the NC Essential Standards for your grade level and age appropriateness.
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Aquatic Discoveries: (What's in the Water?) On-shore investigation to determine the health of our water based on a macroinvertebrate hunt and various testing.
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Bat-Tastic: Bats near and far. Learn how these flying mammals compare to us and how they have adapted to survive.
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BINGO: Play this traditional game using our custom question/answer card sets. Great for reviews and you choose the subject. Available options are ecosystems, forces and motion, rocks and minerals, raptors and more!
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Classroom Team Building: Groups work together to achieve common goals with this interactive hands-on session.
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Creepy Crawlers: Explore the life cycle and learn about creepy crawly insects with specimens and games.
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EcoSystems/EcoWalk: Investigate how organisms interact and have adapted to survive in their environments, either through a short hike or activities.
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Feathered Friends (Raptors/Birds of Prey): Come meet our raptor ambassadors and learn all about birds of prey, their life in the wild and how we can help keep them safe.
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Fizz, Bubble, Foam: Use experiments to explore properties and changes of matter.
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Fossil Frenzy: View fossil samples & learn about the animals that lived so long ago and how they evolved.
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Gardening Basics: What does it take to start your own garden & live sustainably? Hands-on opportunity.
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Green Power: Learn about green energy by construction a wind turbine or see how solar energy works.
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Landform Explorers: Discover how the Earth’s landforms change over time & work together to make your own landform model.
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Math with Mortimer: In this explosive activity, students will estimate and record data from a live mortar being shot. Data is sent back to class with the teacher for further graphing and investigations. ALL Safety measures strictly enforced!
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Nature Survival Skills: Simple outdoor survival skills & tricks and try your hand at building a shelter as a team.
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Outdoor Escape Challenge: Outdoor version of the Escape Room Challenge using the outdoors to solve puzzles to achieve goals.
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Owl Pellet Dissection: Dig into an owl pellet to discover what a raptor eats everyday.
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Plant Discoveries: Learn how plants function from photosynthesis to flowers.
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Powerful Pollinators: Explore how pollinators help sustain our ecosystem. During season, students may conduct a butterfly count for our OLC Citizen Science database.
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Reducing Your Footprint: Minimizing your impact, protect the environment, and even improve the environment for plants & animals. Learn how!
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RockHounds: Learn about & test minerals to try & figure out & match what they are.
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Sifting Thru Soil: Gather soil samples, test properties of soil & learn about soil layers.
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Stellar Solar System: Learn all about our solar system including the sun, planets and moons; and how all aspects work together to sustain and affect life on Earth.
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Stream Ecology*: Students will investigate stream flow and inhabitants like a scientist and record data collected for our OLC Citizen Science database.*under constrution
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Tree Detectives: Intro to tree types & how big they are. Use skills to measure & record data on some of our largest
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Turtle Dogs: Learn all about our state reptile, the Eastern Box Turtle and how our Turtle Dogs help scientists research them. Finish off with a simulated turtle hunt!
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Wacky Weather: Measure weather to explore daily and seasonal patterns locally and across the globe. Learn how our weather works from the atmosphere to water cycle and jet stream.
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Wildlife Detective: Using clues, tracks and furs, students become detectives to try to figure out which animal we are describing, learning fun facts along the way!
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