EDEL 453 - Field Trips: Let Go!
Traditional Field Trips
Target
Population
Primary
(K-2)
Social Studies
Strand
History
Destination
Clark County Museum
1830 South Boulder Hwy
Henderson, NV 89002
Cost: $1-$2 per person
Primary
(K-2)
History
Primary
(K-2)
Economics
Civics
Las Vegas Natural History Museum
900 Las Vegas Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Field Trip Description & Notes
Time line exhibit of Southern Nevada from pre-historic through
modern times. Restored historic buildings that show life at different
times in Las Vegas, Boulder City, Henderson, and Goldfield.
Examples: Goumond House: moved from South 7th street in Las Vegas
restored to 1950’s décor
Townsite House: moved from Basic St. Henderson 1940’s temporary
government housing built for the new magnesium processing plant
Wild Nevada exhibit shows a large variety of minerals, plants, animals
and Nevada State Symbols.
Cost: Approx. $5 per student with the
possibility of scholarship to cover costs
EDEL 453 - Field Trips: Let Go!
Lied Children’s Discovery Museum
833 Las Vegas Blvd
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Cost: Approx. $5 per student
Karen Powell- Instructor
Students can visit a grocery store, NV Energy, State Capitol, Car Care
Center, Airport Terminal, and Bank of America.
Can arrange for students to bring a sack lunch and class can eat
lunch prior to returning to school
Submitted by: Margaret Gurn
EDEL 453 - Field Trips: Let Go!
Traditional Field Trips
Target
Population
Social Studies
Strand
Destination
Field Trip Description & Notes
Intermediate
(3-5)
History
Geography
Civics
Atomic Testing Museum
755 East Flamingo
Las Vegas, NV 89119
Cost: $3 per person
Museum has exhibits that include actual equipment from history of atomic
testing in Nevada and throughout the world. This includes photos, videos
and first person narratives from those with personal experiences with
atomic testing.
Intermediate
(3-5)
History
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum
4505 S. Maryland Parkway
Las Vegas, NV
This museum has exhibits of objects from different cultures. Each
exhibit explores how the objects relate to people’s lives, both past
and present.
Cost: Free//Donations Excepted
Intermediate
(3-5)
Civics
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Fairy Tale Mock Trial
Judge Nancy Oesterle
Regional Justice Center
200 Lewis Ave
Las Vegas, NV 89155
Karen Powell- Instructor
Students conduct elections for different legal positions within Judge
Oesterle’s court room. The class then has a trial following all NV rules
of criminal procedure and the case is determined by a jury of 12
students. Examples of cases: Goldilocks accused of bad manners or
the Three Little Pigs accused of Wolf abuse.
Submitted by: Margaret Gurn
EDEL 453 - Field Trips: Let Go!
Visitation Field Trips
Target
Population
Social Studies
Strand
Who is Presenting?
What Organization is the Presenter With?
Steel Drum Solo, Harris Todman
Primary
(K-2)
History
Single performance: $150
Double Performance: $225
Description of Guest Speaker’s Presentation or Activity
Steel drums and a variety of percussion instruments come alive
when Harris Todman comes to perform. He is native to the Virgin
Islands, and his musical performance includes a bit of history and
geography. The audience will be invited to join in the
performance by clapping, tapping, and swaying to simple
rhythms.
http://www.clarkcountynv.gov/Depts/parks/Pages/classact-roster.aspx
Primary
(K-2)
Mexico Vivo Dance Company
History
Single Performance: $425
Double Performance: $550
Mexico Vivo Dance Company
Colorful costumes, high energy, and culturally rich are all
descriptions for this very talented group of performers. Students
will explore the cultural history of Mexico and Latin America
through folk dance. Ixtela Gutierrez is the lead dancer and
choreographer. She has performed throughout Mexico and the
United States for the past 20 years.
http://www.clarkcountynv.gov/Depts/parks/Pages/classact-roster.aspx
Primary
(K-2)
Civics
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Bully Free Schools
http://www.bullyfreeschools.com/index.html
Karen Powell- Instructor
The program is an anti-bullying assembly that comes to present
information to the students. They discuss what bullying is i.e. verbal
abuse and exclusion bullying. They also discuss how bullying
effects everyone in the school. Students are given an action
based 4 step plan to help prevent bullying. According to the
website this program offers a lot of follow up material to keep the
memory of what was learned in the assembly. The school is
provided with 45 lesson plans on different levels for follow up. This
seems like a great idea to me for all student levels. We can teach
them every day about bullying, but having an outside get them
involved in an assembly might make the concept click.
Submitted by: Margaret Gurn
EDEL 453 - Field Trips: Let Go!
Visitation Field Trips
Target
Population
Social Studies
Strand
Intermediate
(3-5)
Intermediate
(3-5)
Intermediate
(3-5)
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History
Who is Presenting?
What Organization is the Presenter With?
Description of Guest Speaker’s Presentation or Activity
Kim Russell, Sojourner Truth
Meet Kim Russell a very gifted theatrical artist who portrays
Sojourner Truth. This is a story of a freed slave who rose to
national fame as an outspoken advocate to abolish slavery and
establish equal rights for all women.
Single Performance: $125
Double Performance: $200
http://www.clarkcountynv.gov/Depts/parks/Pages/classact-roster.aspx
Civics
Keys to the Courthouse
Judge Nancy Oesterle
Keys to the Courthouse. This program for 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders
comprises two components. First, Judge Nancy Oesterle visits the class
or youth group, often with a bailiff, and discusses justice related topics
- including how it feels to be deprived of your liberties. She also
introduces the students to the kinds of things they may see in court. In
the second part of the program the same students visit her court room,
during which time they will see inmates handcuffed together, and may
also experience what it is like to hear the door of a jail cell slam behind
them! Judge Oesterle also has the students visit with her in her
chambers
History
John L Smith
Reporter: Las Vegas Review Journal
Mr. Smith is a well-known LVRJ reporter and an author of
books on Las Vegas. He can speak to the students about
the history of Las Vegas and politics. He can also discuss his
career as a reporter in Las Vegas.
Karen Powell- Instructor
Submitted by: Margaret Gurn
EDEL 453 - Field Trips: Let Go!
Virtual Field Trips
Target
Population
Social
Studies
Strand
Name of Website
URL Address
Description of Website
Class can explore the entire planet, large scale or a
specific street address.
Primary
(K-2)
Geography
Google Earth
http://www.google.com/earth/index.html
Teachers can use this plan to demonstrate how to use a map
to locate important physical features and countries of North
America.
http://www.google.com/earth/educators/
Primary
(K-2)
Primary
(K-2)
History
Civics
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Kids.Gov
http://www.kids.gov/k_5/k_5_social.shtml
Panwaba.com
http://www.panwapa.com/panwapasplash.php?intro=no
Karen Powell- Instructor
This website contains numerous links to other websites
where kids can look at various social studies information.
An example of an available website link is Beauty
Surrounds Us-Smithsonian National Museum. This has
beautiful images of Native American Art. The site is
offered to be viewed in either English or Spanish.
http://www.nmai.si.edu/exhibitions/beauty_surrounds_us/
This website-by PBS allows the students to create their
own figure and then travel the site visiting different areas
on the website. The website can be navigated in English,
but the students can change the language in different
activities. The exposure to different culture and
languages can be beneficial.
Submitted by: Margaret Gurn
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Virtual Field Trips
Target
Population
Social
Studies
Strand
Name of Website
URL Address
Scholastic Virtual Tour of Ellis Island
Intermediate
(3-5)
History
Civics
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/i
ndex.htm
Description of Website
Students are able to tour Ellis Island which opened in 1892 to
document immigrants entering the US through New York City.
The students see the different areas and learn about the steps
people had to take before being admitted into the US.
National Geographic Tour of The Underground
Railroad
Intermediate
(3-5)
History
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/
index.html
Japanese American Experience
Intermediate
(3-5)
History
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http://americanhistory.si.edu/perfectunion/experience/ind
ex.html
Karen Powell- Instructor
Students can follow the path that Southern Slaves took to
escape to the Northern States or Canada when seeking
freedom. The students are able to make choices throughout
the tour that determines the path they take.
A More Perfect Union Japanese Americans and the US
Constitution
Explores the discrimination Japanese Americans experienced
throughout World War II.
Submitted by: Margaret Gurn
EDEL 453 - Field Trips: Let Go!
Which field trip do you think you will actually try to use? How will the field trip enhance your social studies curriculum?
I did enjoy finding all of these fieldtrips. The one that I will definitely get involved in when I am a teacher is the Fairy Tale Mock Trial and the Keys to
the Courthouse. Both programs run by Judge Oesterle sound like a great way for students to experience a courtroom. I like that there are a few
components to these activities. All parts get the students excited and involved. All of the activities teach students the workings of the law. This Judge
seems to be very interested to let kids know about what happens if you break the law, or in the case of Fairy Tale Mock Trial, what it is like to work in
this strand of law enforcement.
What challenges did you run into when looking for field trips in the Las Vegas area?
The main challenge I ran into was the time constraints put on by transportation. There are so many great places in Las Vegas, but it does seem as
though many will be out of the range. I think field trips are important and as a teacher I would like to look into alternative possibilities for
transportation.
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Karen Powell- Instructor
Submitted by: Margaret Gurn