2024-2025 Anne Springs Close Greenway Field Trip Guide

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2024-2025 guidebook

field trips

what is it?

The Greenway is thrilled to offer a wide variety of field trips for all elementary grade levels. Field trips are hands-on, interactive and meet curriculum standards for each grade. All grades have the option of taking a field trip to the Greenway or having us bring the Greenway to you through our outreach programs. We hope our field trips

want to learn more?

Contact our Programs Team at ChelseaChesser@ASCGreenway.org (803) 578-9997

pricing

4K field trip programs

- $220/classroom (up to 28 students)

2-hour field trip program

- $280/classroom (up to 28 students)

3-hour field trip program

- $380/classroom (up to 28 students) Outreach program

- $220/classroom

**Transportation is the responsibility of the school.

**Title 1 schools receive reduced pricing through the Anne Springs Close Bridge Program. Please contact us for more details.

**Late Policy: if you believe you may arrive after your start time, please reach out to your Greenway point of contact. We may not be able to accommodate instruction time missed due to late arrivals.

eco-explore hike & s'mores

Learn how to help take care of the Greenway on this hike around one of our lakes. Students will help identify what should be found on the Greenway and what is trash. They will also help think of ways they can help take care of the environment. While on their hike they will stop to make a tasty s’more treat.

Time: 1.5 hours

21st Century Skills: Communication, Critical Thinking, Creativity, Caring, Collaboration

pinecone bird feeders

Explore Fall on the Greenway while looking for signs of how nature changes with the season. We will look for habitat and food choice changes while we hike to find the perfect pinecone to make a birdfeeder to take home. Students will be introduced to the shortage of food some animals face during the winter.

Time: 1.5 hours

21st Century Skills: Communication, Creativity, Caring

reptiles & nature yoga

Come meet some of our resident Greenway reptiles as they help us learn about their characteristics, behaviors and habitats. Then we will focus our minds and energy while learning some yoga poses to help calm our minds, increase flexibility and have fun.

Time: 1.5 hours

21st Century Skills: Caring, Creativity, Collaboration

4k programs continued

field trips

squirmy wormies

This field trip favorite amongst students allows them to examine and eat a gummy worm and then they are given a chance to get up close and personal with a live worm. We will explore what they eat, how they move and where they live. We will even go hiking to dig up a few out in nature and then return them to their home.

Time: 1.5 hours

21st Century Skills: Communication, Caring, Collaboration

garden in a bag

The Greenway is home to the wonderful Plant-A-Row for the Hungry (PAR) Garden which donates all the food they grow back to the community. Students get to see what plants are growing, which ones are getting ready to be planted and even taste a few fresh picked vegetables. They will also get to see the chickens that call the PAR Garden home. They will plant a seed to take home in a bag so they can watch it sprout and grow before they can plant it in the ground.

Time: 1.5 hours

21st Century Skills: Communication, Caring, Collaboration

life cycles

Through various hands-on activities we will look at the life cycles and habitats of some woodland creatures found here on the Greenway. Students will observe decaying logs and interact with the things we find living there.

Time: 1.5 hours

21st Century Skills: Communication, Caring, Collaboration, Critical Thinking

cookies with mrs. claus

Enjoy the wonders of the season with story time and cookies with Mrs. Claus. There will also be fun seasonal crafts to make, songs to sing and games to play. Students will get a chance to chat with Mrs. Claus, ask questions and maybe share an important secret.

Time: 1.5 hours

21st Century Skills: Communication, Creativity

outreach PROGRAM

{we come to your school}

outstanding owls

Through hands-on learning, students will build an understanding of amazing adaptations of the owl’s eyes, ears, feet and wings. Further examination and dissection of owl pellets will allow students to discover what owls eat and digest.

Time: Varies to fit within your class period (45mins-1hr)

Standards: K-LS1-1, K-ESS3-1, K-ESS3-3

21st Century Skills: Communication, Critical Thinking, Caring

first grade programs

field trips

life of a plant

Students will investigate the life cycle of plants and the resources they need to thrive from seed to flower. This program allows students to discover plant structures and how we have learned to mimic nature in our everyday lives.

Time: 2 hours

Standards: 1-LS1-1, 1-LS1-2, 1-LS3-1

21st Century Skills: Communication, Collaboration, Caring, Critical Thinking

ride the wave

Students will explore how sound and light waves move all around us in everyday life. Students will conduct experiments to demonstrate how waves travel through various mediums using different materials!

Time: 2 hours

Standards: 1-PS4-1, 1-PS4-3, 1-PS4-4

21st Century Skills: Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Creativity

outreach PROGRAM

{we come to your school}

radical reptiles

Students will interact with our animal ambassadors who help us teach the characteristics of reptiles. Our ambassadors will educate the class on a variety of extraordinary adaptations that reptiles use to survive in the wild.

Time: 45 minutes-1 hour

Standards: 1-LS1-2, 1-LS3-1

21st Century Skills: Critical Thinking, Communication, Caring

second grade programs

field trips

diversity of nature

Students will explore the wonderful world of nature! Through direct observation, sutdents will identify how seeds are dispersed, the parts of a tree, and how wind and water effect the environment.

Time: 2 hours

Standards: 2-LS2-1, 2-LS2-2, 2-LS4-1, 2-ESS2-1

21st Century Skills: Communication, Caring, Critical Thinking, Creativity

properties of matter

Students will examine the properties of matter and how matter responds in nature. Hands-on experiments will allow students to practice using various units of measurement along with designing devices to conduct or insulate heat.

Time: 2 hours

Standards: 2-PS1-1, 2-PS1-2, 2-PS1-3

21st Century Skills: Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration, Caring

outreach PROGRAM

{we come to your school}

eco-steward

Students will collaborate to better determine what should happen with our waste - what can be recycled or reused versus what should be put in the trash. Drawing on their newfound knowledge, students will then create their own educational art to display around the school.

Time: 40 minutes-1 hour

Standards: 2-ESS3-1, 2-PS1-1

21st Century Skills: Communication, Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Creativity, & Caring

third grade programs

field trips

force, motion and magnets

Through hands-on investigations, students will test hypotheses about force and motion, and will experiment with magnetic interactions to predict outcomes. Students will discover Earth’s natural magnetic field using a compass.

Time: 2 hours

Standards: 3-PS2-1, 3-PS2-2, 3-PS2-3, 3-PS2-4

21st Century Skills: Communication, Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration

animal adaptations

Students will examine traits of animals to learn how adaptations help them survive in their environment. They will look for evidence to demonstrate how changing conditions affect animals.

Time: 2 hours

Standards: 3-LS2-1, 3-LS3-1, 3-LS3-2, 3-LS4-2, 3-LS4-3

21st Century Skills: Communication, Critical Thinking, Caring, Collaboration, Creativity

outreach PROGRAM

{we come to your school}

fill the bill

In this hands-on activity, students will gain an understanding of the different types of bird beaks and how their structural adaptations help them survive in the wild. Students will visit stations and try to figure out which “tool” (beak) works for which type of “food.”

Time: 45 minutes-1 hour

Standards: 3-LS2-1, 3-LS3-1, 3-LS3-2, 3-LS4-2, 3-LS4-3

21st Century Skills: Collaboration, Communication, Critical Thinking

fourth grade PROGRAMS

field trips

exploring energy

Students will explore real world examples of how energy is evident in the environment. Explorations will center around energy conversion and the speed/transfer of energy.

Time: 2 hours

Standards: 4-PS3-1, 4-PS3-2, 4-PS3-3 4-PS3-4,

21st Century Skills: Communication, Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration

outreach PROGRAM

{we come to your school}

skulls

Investigate skulls of animals that inhabit the Greenway! Students will learn to analyze native vertebrate skulls and identify features that allow us to determine the ecological niche they occupy.

Time: 45 minutes-1 hour

Standards: 4-LS1-1, 4-LS1-2

21st Century Skills: Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration

outreach program

{we come to your school}

local solutions to global problems

Students will be presented with a variety of environmental problems for which they will need to create solutions. Each group will present their ideas to the entire group for discussion

Time: 45 minutes-1 hour

Standards: 5-ESS3-1

21st Century Skills: Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration

field trip favorites

grades 2-5

stream study & decomposition

Students will identify life cycles of organisms found in the stream habitat as well as discussing how pollution affects these creatures. Students will also experience the final stage of a plant’s life cycle and the organisms that play a part in decomposition.

Time: 2 hours

Standards: 2.S.1A.1; 2.S.1A.4; 2.L.5A.1; 2.L.5A.2; 2.L.5A.3; 2.L.5B.1; 2.L.5B.2; 2.L.5B.3; 2.L.5B.4

21st Century Skills: Collaboration, Communication, Critical Thinking

crandall bowles children’s farm

grades k-3

fun on the farm: animals and agriculture

Join us at the Crandall Bowles Children’s Farm to uncover the fascinating world of agriculture and animal adaptations! Students will have the opportunity to observe firsthand how different animals have unique adaptations that allow them to thrive in specific environments. Our facilitators will lead engaging discussions and interactive activities to help students understand and appreciate the natural world around them. Student will be immersed in farm life and agriculture during the visit and will have the opportunity to get hands on experience feeding the animals, helping with their care, and seeing how farming and people are connected.

Farm Field Trips

March, October, and November

Time: 2 hours

Pricing: $330 per class, up to 28 children

Standards:

Kindergarten: K-LS1-1, K-ESS2-2, K-ESS3-1

1st Grade: 1-LS1-2, 1-LS3-1

2nd Grade: 2-LS2-1, 2-LS2-2, 2-LS4-1

3rd Grade: 3-LS2-1, 3-LS3-2, 3-LS4-2, 3-LS4-3

21st Century Skills: Communication, Critical Thinking, Caring, Creativity, Collaboration

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