Field Trips Your Students Actually Want to Go On
Some of the best memories from grade school are made at field tips. Field trips offer students something they can't get from lectures or textbook pages—hands - on fun! Here are some metro Detroit attractions to visit with your students. They're great places to make memories and, of course, learn something too!
⒈ Belle Isle Nature Center (Detroit)
Availability: Wednesday, Thursday or Friday at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m.
Admission: Free
Enjoy both indoor and outdoor animal exhibits. Programs include a deer feeding, a hands – on activity and discovery time.
⒉ Michigan Science Center (Detroit)
Availability: Wednesday – Friday (hours vary, also Tuesdays from Oct. 8, 2017, to Jan. 7, 2018)
Admission: Varies by experience you select
Interact with more than 250 hands - on exhibits that explore space, —health, physical science, engineering and more.
⒊ Diamond Jack's River Tours (Detroit)
Availability: Monday - Friday May 1 to Oct. 31 at 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m.
Admission: S 9/ person
See 16 miles of the U.S. and Canada Detroit River shoreline, ocean - going and Great Lakes ships, a light house, the fire boat, parks, ship terminals, a mail boat and much more.
⒋ Arts & Scraps (Detroit)
Availability: Monday, Wednesday or Friday
Admission: Varies by age and number in group
Let your students' imaginations run wild. They'll think, create and learn while re – imagining recycled industrial materials. You can create a customized topic.
