Science      

Interactive virtual field trips are designed for students in grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11/12.

Calling all science teachers! Get ready to ignite curiosity and spark innovation in your students' minds. Science isn't just a subject – it's a global adventure that unites us and propels us towards new frontiers. As science educators, you have the exciting task of sharing the magic of discovery with students. Science educators also empower students with essential skills to understand and take advantage of the world and technologies that surround us. And guess what? Our field trips are your secret weapon in making science truly come alive in the classroom. Let's dive into learning like never before!

Let's bring this to life with two examples:

  1. You are teaching your students about health. Rather than rely solely on textbooks or other traditional forms of didactic material, you can also take them on E2 trip ‘Water Works : Your City's Circulatory System’ or the ‘Climate Control : Greenhouse Gases from Source to Solution’ field trip, or both! These field trips provide the material for students to ask questions relevant to your curriculum such as pollutants, water, health and more.

  2. You are working on students’ global skills and concepts such as critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, problem solving, and communication. Because all of our field trips address global skills and concepts you can bring your class on any field trip to develop their cross-curricular competencies.

See how each of our interactive field trips connect to the curriculum, global skills and concepts, SDGs, and careers on our Events Schedule page.

Find out more about our impact on science teaching and learning in an article published in the Journal of the National Science Teaching Association.

What you can do before, during and after a field trip

With every field trip you will receive a package containing educational materials including a system map, a mind map, questions, prompts, and challenges to scaffold discussions, projects and continued learning that is level-appropriate for your students.

    • Provide context around the topic and frame the related problems for your students

    • Develop formative assessment around related concepts

    • Scaffold the experience with some questions that are level-appropriate for your students

    • Ignite their curiosity!

    • Encourage questions

    • Take full advantage of the interactive nature of the field trip

    • Mindfully highlight links between the information shared and your curriculum

    • Guide students in a post-trip discussion. What do they want to learn more about? What interests may this have sparked?

    • Explore opportunities to reinvest conceptual learning in new contexts

    • Revisit the learning as often as possible during curricular teaching time to consolidate learning

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