Field Trips

The Norman Howard School recognizes the special value that field trips contribute to a student’s education. Field trips allow teachers to expand learning beyond the classroom and give students new and different experiences. Field trips can increase a student’s knowledge and understanding of a subject and bring a sense of realism to classroom work. Field trips often provide students with hands-on activities and present information in a way that can excite and motivate them to learn more.

Many of our field trips are directly related to a unit of instruction in the classroom. Recent field trips include:

Location of trip Gettysburg, PA Science on the Seneca Rochester Museum and Science Center George Eastman House Mendon Ponds Harriet Tubman House Albany, NY Democrat & Chronicle  Channel 13 Weather Station Seabreeze Seneca Park Zoo County Parks Genesee Country Village Museum Nature Ctr

Classroom topic Civil War Lake research Various Photography Science and Nature Archaeology US History & Government Journalism  Science Physics Life Sciences Photography Science

Students also visit various exhibits and artistic performances at community museums and theaters as appropriate to the curriculum.