Blog Post
Five-Minute Field Trips
Mar 18, 2022
Environmental Themed Field Trips
Written by: Tia VanLandeghem
Now that restrictions are beginning to be lifted in Manitoba, teachers can see the light at the end of the COVID tunnel. This means finally being able to participate in in-person field trips again! With that being said, once upon a time when COVID first hit our schools, teachers had to be creative in thinking of different ways to bring the field trip to the classroom. One way I was able to do this was with the help of the link below: five-minute field trips! Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Global Environmental and Outdoor Education Council, and the Calgary Zoo partnered up to create this amazing resource for grade 1-6 classes. The document provides teachers with cross-curricular, environmental education. It gives teachers an abundant amount of environmental themed field trips that can be done outside and even in your classroom. One of my favorites that I was able to do with my students during each season was the “Nature Scavenger Hunt”. This provides students with a basic checklist of different things that are found in nature. I would tweak the checklist depending on the season and students would head outside as our school’s “nature detectives” and get to work crossing off their checklist. This resource provides incredibly engaging, educational, and fun ways to bring the field trip to your classrooms, even once restrictions are lifted!
