field trip
noun
: a visit (as to a factory, farm, or museum) made (as by students and a teacher) for purposes of firsthand observation
Examples of field trip in a Sentence
We took a class field trip to the power plant.
We went on a field trip.
Recent Examples on the Web
Our greeting is drowned out by a cacophony of nearby construction and clusters of energetic children on field trips shuffling down the pathway — in the distance, a row of yellow school buses that snake the perimeter stand guard.
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Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
Urban adventures takes campers on amazing daily field trip adventures to the Bay Area’s best museums, activities and urban attractions.
—Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
Haley, 7, joined her mom for an impressive field trip alongside her first-grade class on Tuesday morning.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
The animals were discovered on field trips around the Tarim Basin, a desert valley surrounded by mountains on all sides in northwest China.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
The school bus was carrying more than 40 pre-K students from Tom Green Elementary School who were returning from a zoo field trip.
—Haley Chi-Sing, Fox News, 30 Mar. 2024
Her only contact with him was the photos that Atlantis staff sent her, which showed Cody outside during field trips and picking up trash on the beach.
—Tyler Kingkade, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
The club as well as the epic field trip to Oracle Park are largely the result of club founder and commissioner Joe Beland’s perseverance.
—Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
On my field trip to Beverly Hills, smelling strangers was just one objective.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2024
Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
Urban adventures takes campers on amazing daily field trip adventures to the Bay Area’s best museums, activities and urban attractions.
—Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
Haley, 7, joined her mom for an impressive field trip alongside her first-grade class on Tuesday morning.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
The animals were discovered on field trips around the Tarim Basin, a desert valley surrounded by mountains on all sides in northwest China.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
The school bus was carrying more than 40 pre-K students from Tom Green Elementary School who were returning from a zoo field trip.
—Haley Chi-Sing, Fox News, 30 Mar. 2024
Her only contact with him was the photos that Atlantis staff sent her, which showed Cody outside during field trips and picking up trash on the beach.
—Tyler Kingkade, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
The club as well as the epic field trip to Oracle Park are largely the result of club founder and commissioner Joe Beland’s perseverance.
—Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
On my field trip to Beverly Hills, smelling strangers was just one objective.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2024
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“Field trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20trip. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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