Curricular Field Trips (Type A2)
Approved by the School Board to Charge Student Fees
Trip Destination / Primary Curricular Purpose
Location
Group
Boundary Waters Wilderness Canoe Area (7 days) – environmental
science
Northern MN
HS Environmental
Awareness
Cascade Meadows – environmental science
Rochester
Any
Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center (3 days) – environmental
science and history
Lanesboro
5th graders
History Center of Olmstead County - history
Rochester
any
Mill City Museum - history
Mpls.
any
Minnesota History Center and Capitol – social studies
St. Paul
Any
Minnesota Zoo – life science
Apple Valley
Any
Old Barn – physical fitness
Preston
Grades 4/5 Lincoln
Oxbow Creek – life science
Byron
any
Physics Day at ValleyFair (May) - physics
Shakopee
HS Physics
Rochester Water Reclamation Center – life science
Rochester
any
Science Museum of Minnesota – science
St. Paul
Any
Arts field trips to Guthrie Theatre (Mpls), Park Square Theatre (St.
Paul), Minnesota History Theatre (St. Paul), Orchestra Hall (Mpls),
Ordway (St. Paul), RCTC, Commonweal, Rochester Civic Ballet,
Minnesota Marine Art Museum (Winona), Minneapolis Institute of
Art (Mpls) – music, theatre, dance, visual arts
Various
Any
Whitewater State Park (camping for 3 days) - science
Vertical Endeavors or Prairie Walls (rock climbing), Olmstead County
Fire Tower (rappelling), and Spring Valley Caverns (cave exploring),
Chester Wood Park (canoeing), Quarry Hill (orienteering & crosscountry skiing), Eastwood Golf Course (cross-country skiing), Eagle
Bluff Environmental Center (high ropes challenges), and Zumbro
River (water quality study & canoeing) – environmental studies
Sept. 4, 2013
Lincoln Uppers
Various day trips
HS Environmental
Awareness
(Reformatted 11/12/13)
Trip Destination / Primary Curricular Purpose
Location
Group
Zumbro River, Rochester (water quality, invertebrate sampling,
Various day trips
fishing), Whitewater State Park / Elba Fire Tower (invertebrates, land
use), Trout Run / Lanesboro Fish Hatchery / Forestville State Park
(hatchery, fishing, water quality), local reservoirs / Chester / Silver
Creek / Kal-Mar (fly fishing, limnology studies), Kellogg, MN (DNR
Fisheries, fishing), Alma, WI (US Army Corp of Engineers lock/dam,
fishing), Quarry Hill (bird banding), Cabel’s (taxidermy preparation),
Pope & Young Museum, Chatfield (native cultures, history of
archery), Gamehave Reservoir (winter limnology, ice fishing)
HS Sports Biology
Bowling & rollerblading
Rochester
HS Foundations of
Fitness I/II
Ad Agency, Post Bulletin, KTTC
Rochester
HS - Advertising
and Sales
Promotion
Downtown businesses
Rochester
HS – Introduction
to Business
Excel Center, Midway Stadium, Target Field
Twin Cities
HS – Sports and
Entertainment
Marketing
Sept. 4, 2013
(Reformatted 11/12/13)