field trip

as in excursion
a trip to a place (such as a museum or zoo) that is made by students to learn about something We took a class field trip to the power plant.

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Recent Examples of field trip The five-day festival gives the public educational and social workshops, classes, field trips and keynote presentations about local birds and their habitats. Del Mar Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025 Add in the stack of bills Angela gives the residents to tuck into g-strings, and the field trip is a hit! Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 Jan. 2025 Overall, the weekend felt a bit like one long field trip to the morgue. Matthew Scogin, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025 The move eased the financial burden for parents trying to expose their children to the best culture the city has to offer and made possible scores of school field trips. Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for field trip 

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“Field trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/field%20trip. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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