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 on the Web The children were students at St. Mark Lutheran School in Eau Claire, Wis., and at the Lafayette orchard on a field trip accompanied by parents and chaperones. Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024 Elementary school children on a field trip were among the injured when a wagon being pulled by a tractor overturned at an apple orchard in western Wisconsin. Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2024 See birds at land trust Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society will host a field trip at Ninestone Land Trust near Berryville at 9 a.m. Saturday. Flip Putthoff, arkansasonline.com, 15 Oct. 2024 Another memorable moment was taking my students on a field trip to a local nature preserve. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Oct. 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 4 Nov. 2024.

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