Past public field trips
Field trip number: FT#1701
Title: Hoofs and Halters - Cattle
Location: Gale Woods Farm — 7210 County Road 110 W, Minnetrista, MN 55364
Date: Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Hoofs and Halters is a livestock program at Gale Woods Farm where participants will learn animal husbandry skills, animal science, livestock showmanship and leadership.
This session will focus on cattle.
This is a four week series. Participants are registering for the entire series which meets from 1:00pm to 3:00pm on ...
Thursday, September 23Thursday, September 30Thursday, October 7Thursday,...
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Field trip number: FT#1702
Title: Farm Explorers
Location: Gale Woods Farm — 7210 County Road 110 W, Minnetrista, MN 55364
Date: Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Join the Gale Woods Farmers for farming fun. Help prepare the gardens, care for the farm animals and cook with farm produce in the education center. Explore the farm through hikes, wagon rides and games. Each series will have a different seasonal focus.
This is a four week series. Participants are registering for the entire series which meets from 1:00pm to 3:00pm on ...
Thursday, September...
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Field trip number: FT#1291
Location: Como Park Zoo and Marjorie McNeely Conservatory — 1225 Estabrook Drive, St Paul, MN 55103
Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 10:30am - 11:45am
The class will be using the curriculum "Life Through Time" by the Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkely. Here's a link: http://lawrencehallofscience.org/gems/gemslifethroughtime.html The curriculum involves the kids studying characteristic life forms for each of 5 periods in the history of the planet.
The date listed is the first date that the class will meet-- it will...
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Field trip number: FT#1673
Title: Behind the Scenes Tour
Location: Sea Life Minnesota — 120 East Broadway, Bloomington, MN 55425-5511
Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Members of ONE-TC are invited to a Behind the Scenes Tour of Underwater Aventures at Mall of America.
There is space for 7 adults and 7 children. The cost is $5/child and $8/adult.
The Behind the Scenes Tour lasts 45 minutes. Plan for an additional hour to say and explore the public spaces at Underwater Adventures after the tour.
Please note that if this tour fills, we can add a...
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Field trip number: FT#1695
Location: Boom Island Park — 700 Sibley Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413
Date: Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 10:00am - 11:30am
Please plan to arrive early, by 9:30 AM. Boarding begins at approximately 9:45 AM.If the boat has left the dock, you will be out of luck.
A 90-minute narrated cruise on the Minneapolis Queen, a 78-foot state-of-the-art replica paddlewheeler, as it travels through historic downtown Minneapolis and the Upper Saint Anthony Falls Lock and Dam.
We depart from Boom Island Park in the heart of the...
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Field trip number: FT#1238
Location: Minnesota State Capitol — 75 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd , Saint Paul, MN 55155
Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Students hear stories about the capitol's history, art and architecture and experience state government when the legislature is in session. They will see the government chambers and walk to the quadriga, the golden horses, on the roof of the capitol, weather permitting.
A tour targeted toward children ages 9 to 12 (4th to 6th grade ) is available at homeschoolrecess.com/ft/1241. If you have...
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Field trip number: FT#1241
Location: Minnesota State Capitol — 75 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd , Saint Paul, MN 55155
Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Students hear stories about the capitol's history, art and architecture and experience state government when the legislature is in session. They will see the government chambers and walk to the quadriga, the golden horses, on the roof of the capitol, weather permitting.
A tour targeted toward children ages 6 to 9 (1st to 3rd grade ) is available at homeschoolrecess.com/...
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Field trip number: FT#1255
Location: Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah Life — 2097 Larpenteur Ave W, St Paul, MN 55113
Date: Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Costumed interpreters tell of the real life relationship of the Gibbs family and Cloud Man’s band of Dakota living in the mid 1800’s. During this hands-on tour, families will visit the soddy, bark lodge, teepee, and farm animals, and learn about wool from sheep to shawl (shearing, carding, washing, spinning, weaving).
Children will make and enjoy a traditional Dakotah treat of maple syrup...
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Field trip number: FT#1256
Location: Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah Life — 2097 Larpenteur Ave W, St Paul, MN 55113
Date: Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Costumed interpreters tell the story of Jane (DeBow) Gibbs early childhood among the Dakotah Indians with a focus on local Dakotah culture. During this hands-on tour, families will visit the Dakota Camps and explore the seasonal migrations of Eastern Dakota people in the mid-1800s as well as tour the summer bark lodge, tipi, and maple sugar and wild rice camps.
Children will make a corn husk doll...
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Field trip number: FT#1257
Location: Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah Life — 2097 Larpenteur Ave W, St Paul, MN 55113
Date: Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Families will learn about the life of Minnesota pioneers while visiting the Gibbs family's soddy, farmhouse (including the winter and summer kitchens, the parlor, the office, the bedrooms (one for the school teacher), and the pen, where the hired men boarded), the one room schoolhouse, and the market farm.
Children will make a corn husk doll..
Note: Parents may participate in corn husk doll...
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Field trip number: FT#1225
Location: Osceola Depot - Minnesota Transportation Museum — 114 Depot Rd, Osceola, WI 54020
Date: Saturday, May 22, 2010 - 10:30am - 12:30pm
Registration for this field trip is now closed. If you wish to join us, you may purchase tickets directly from the Minnesota Transportation Museum at www.trainride.org. Regular fare is $17/adult and $8/child. Thank you.
PLEASE NOTE: The Hwy 243 bridge between Franconia, MN. and Osceola, WI. is closed for repair. Detours direct motorists through Taylors Falls on Hwy 8 in Minnesota and Hwy...
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Field trip number: FT#1218
Title: Spring at the Farm!
Location: Gale Woods Farm — 7210 County Road 110 W, Minnetrista, MN 55364
Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Spring brings new life to the farm! Farmers are busy caring for baby animals and preparing and planting the fields and gardens. Discover what’s growing on the farm by planting in the greenhouse or gardens and visiting the barn’s new arrivals. Includes a wool craft.
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Field trip number: FT#1315
Location: Ethel Berry Room - Southdale - Hennepin County Library — 7001 York Ave S, Edina, MN 55435
Date: Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 10:00am - 10:40am
Homeschool families are invited to this free seminar created exclusively for New York Life by noted children’s financial expert and New York Times Best Selling Author, Neale S. Godfrey.
During this educational, family-oriented event, we will discuss the importance of raising financially responsible children and share helpful tips on ways to teach your children about money:
Discuss...
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Field trip number: FT#1204
Location: Wildlife Science Center — 5463 W Broadway Ave, Forest Lake, MN 55025
Date: Thursday, May 6, 2010 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
http://www.wildlifesciencecenter.org/
The program will include an indoor portion and an outdoor portion.
The indoor portion concentrates on Minnesota wildlife, predator prey interactions, wolf pack dynamics, etc. Wildlife biofacts (pelts, skulls, etc.) will be used during the program and are touchable by the program participants. The indoor typically lasts for about 1/2 hour.
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Field trip number: FT#1307
Location: Gale Woods Farm — 7210 County Road 110 W, Minnetrista, MN 55364
Date: Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Hoofs and Halters is a livestock program at Gale Woods Farm where participants will learn animal husbandry skills, animal science, livestock showmanship and leadership. The May session will focus on poultry and dogs.
This is a three week series. Participants are registering for the entire series which meets from 1:00pm to 3:00pm on ...
Wednesday, May 5Wednesday, May...
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Field trip number: FT#1189
Location: Gale Woods Farm — 7210 County Road 110 W, Minnetrista, MN 55364
Date: Thursday, April 1, 2010 - 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Hoofs and Halters is a livestock program at Gale Woods Farm where participants will learn animal husbandry skills, animal science, livestock showmanship and leadership. The spring session will focus on sheep and lambing season.
This is a five week series. Participants are registering for the entire series which meets from 1:30pm to 3:30 pm on ... Thursday, April 1Thursday, April...
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Field trip number: FT#1123
Location: The Ritz Theater — 345 13th Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413
Date: Friday, March 19, 2010 - 11:00am - 12:15pm
This field trip is full. To register for this event please visit http://homeschoolrecess.com/ft/1160
Choreographer/dancer Rita Mustaphi joins forces with Robert Robinson Music to bridge the distance between cultures and transcend time and space, culminating in the creation of a unique show! Moving gospel music with soulful and sole stamping Kathak dance from India by Katha Dance Company and...
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Field trip number: FT#1160
Location: The Ritz Theater — 345 13th Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413
Date: Friday, March 19, 2010 - 11:00am - 12:15pm
Choreographer/dancer Rita Mustaphi joins forces with Robert Robinson Music to bridge the distance between cultures and transcend time and space, culminating in the creation of a unique show! Moving gospel music with soulful and sole stamping Kathak dance from India by Katha Dance Company and Robert Robinson Music, also featuring live drum and piano, spoken word, and members of the Twin Cities...
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Field trip number: FT#1125
Location: The Museum of Russian Art — 5500 Stevens Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55419
Date: Friday, February 26, 2010 - 10:00am - 11:00am
A docent led tour of The Museum of Russian Art, the only museum in North America solely dedicated to the preservation and presentation of Russian art and artifacts. Current exhibits included "Matryoshka: The Russian Nesting Doll," featuring the brightly painted wooden dolls that have become a symbol of Russia and Russian folk art; "Photographer to the Tsar: Revealing the Silk Road," featuring the...
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Field trip number: FT#1085
Location: Leonardo's Basement — 4301 Nicollet Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55409-2072
Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 12:30pm
Get acquainted with the child-directed and informal learning environment at Leonardo’s Basement.
Children will use a diverse supply of fascinating building materials, tools and fasteners to design and build projects that spring from their own imaginations. In the process they will explore creative thinking skills and learn technical skills.
There will be three activity areas for children...
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