Any ideas on field trips thats geared toward the environment?

Question

I live in Columbus Ohio and I already have a great idea to take the children to the land fill and I believe we have a waste water treatment plant in the area

Answer 1

those would be good ideas. I am a wastewater chemist and i love seeing students learning about this process. they will be the ones to make a difference on the environment when we are old so it is good to get them interested in it now. try and find any state parks around. how old are these kids? if you have access to a few portable microscopes, bring them along. you can have different events, such as picking up trash or cleaning up campgrounds. many state parks will give you all the necessary supplies. in highschool we did this as a class project. we went to a state park, cleaned up garbage, painted camp ground buildings, and then gave it a science twist by examining water from a creek for microbes, soil, and also doing a few other fun, inexpensive experiments. this will get them interested...

Answer 2

I took a group to a recycling center. I had to do a little research because some are more organized then others.

It was great!!!! The took us through all the different steps. The guy running the trip really knew his stuff too. We all came away with a better respect for recycling.

The other thing this place did was give each person there (adults too) a coupon for an extra 10 cents a pound to recycle pop cans.

Answer 3

give this a try
www.letterboxing.org
I do this with my children it encourages them to find the beauty in the outdoors and also encourages them to clean the outdoors it is an important part of the experience to leave the areas you go to cleaner than you found them. It also gets them out for some exercise it might also be cool to make a hitchhiker to put in the box and see where it gets to by the end of the year.
I would also suggest collecting bottles for a pizza party(if you can get refunds where you live) You are recycling and enjoying a reward for doing it...YOu could arrange a bottle depot tour and they can understand that process as well.

Answer 4

How about cleaning up a river bank or a forest area? be sure the kids have work gloves on and ask an adult if something strange.
Another one I have used with older students is traveling thru a downtown area of shops and seeing what would make them more environment friendly and writing a letter to that business with the suggestions

Answer 5

my grandaugher just went on a field trip to a Marsh. The kids had to bring a lunch but they could only bring things that could not be thrown out. so no paper bags no plastice sandwich bags or bags,no foods that had wrapers or cores or peels.No drink boxes or water bottles. It was very interesting to see what the kids brough and how they packed it. . the kids learned about the marsh and how those items hurt the land. It reminded me of the way it was years ago because we didn't have the convience products to use for packing a lunch and all th elunch size items that are pre wrapped

Answer 6

You could try contacting the Ohio Nature Conservancy. They do great projects all over the state and working with them could be extremely educational.

Answer 7

Let's go to the Grand Canyon

Answer 8

Both of those are a great idea, also try a recycling plant, it'll get them interested in recycling.

Answer 9

How about take them where your electricity is generated? A power plant or a dam or whatever. What about a place where they grow trees, or a nursery or something.

Answer 10

Maybe a local power plant tour, or recycling center.