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Informal Learning and Field Trips
Engaging Students in Standards-Based Experiences Across the K-5 Curriculum
- Leah M. Melber - Museum Education Consultant
Foreword by Doris B. Ash
January 2008 | 160 pages | Corwin
Informal Learning and Field Trips provides teachers with concrete guidance for creating high-quality learning experiences that take advantage of informal educational environments.
Based on constructivist philosophy and inquiry learning, the author shows teachers how to develop lessons that align with content standards while focusing on the treasures housed at informal learning sites.
The book provides numerous sample lesson plans and activity suggestions and includes information for:
o Structuring field trips
o Developing corresponding classroom activities
o Building partnerships with informal learning sites Incorporating museum-type activities into the classroom when a trip is not possible.
Foreword by Doris B. Ash
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Where to Begin? Planning for Field Trips
2. Active Investigators: Science Explorations
3. Language Alive: Language Arts Explorations
4. More Than Names and Dates: Social Science Explorations
5. 1, 2, 3, Go! Math Explorations
6. An Artistic Eye: Fine Art Explorations
7. Access for All: Everyone Can Go on Field Trips
8. Technically Speaking: Using Technology to Enhance Field Trips
9. Making Your Case: Information to Share With Administrators
10. When You Have to Stay on Campus: Alternatives to Off-site Field Trips
11. Learning for You: Teacher Resources at Informal Learning Sites
Conclusion
References
Index
