The field trip for the 24 kindergartners from Woodside Avenue School has all the noisy excitement of the old-fashioned kind, with kids tumbling out of a school bus eager to see, hear and touch things ...

Virtual field trips have become widely available thanks to more accessible virtual reality technology, and they saw a surge in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic when physical field trips were ...

Research from BYU found that students who participate in multiple field trips during a school year have higher test scores, perform better in class and have increased cultural conscientiousness over ...

Honestly, half the fun wasn’t even the destination. It was fighting over who got to sit in the back of the bus, bringing way ...

Just as peak field trip season was set to get underway in the spring of 2020, the pandemic hit. Schools, and the cultural institutions and countless other organizations that normally welcome K-12 ...

The spring day in the Wisconsin North Woods had delivered gifts from first light. At dawn on the drive on Highway 77 west of Clam Lake I encountered a trio of elk grazing on the shoulder. The handsome ...

Students who attended three different field trips in fourth or fifth grade scored higher on end-of-grade exams, received higher course grades, were absent less often and had fewer behavioral ...