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Welcome to Fresh Air Family Field Trips! We have converted our curriculum to design-thinking to help you meet and exceed your academic goals. We also have a special needs expert on our staff with lesson plans for a wide variety of needs. Our staff is happy to provide a field trip experience that is engaging, sometimes gross, and always educational. Read more...
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Campers at CIS will enjoy state of the art facilities at a world renowned campus. With 350 acres, campers will be able to stay busy all day while exploring all that camp has to offer with their groups! Activities include hiking, arts and crafts, outdoor games, gardening, sports, and more. Campers also go on outings for activities including zoo visits, Read more...
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Aldridge Gardens is a 30-acre woodland garden featuring hydrangeas nestled in the heart of Hoover. In fact, for many years the property was the home of noted nurseryman Eddie Aldridge, who discovered and patented the Snowflake Hydrangea, and his wife Kay. The couple conveyed the property to the city of Hoover in 1997. Complete with a five-acre lake and walking Read more...
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Curriculum-based outdoor field trips for elementary school students are offered from mid-September through the end of October, and mid-March through the first week in May. Field Trip programs can include Meet the Trees, Habitat Hunters, A Worm’s Eye View of Soil Science, Vermiculture, and Plant Propagation! Read more...
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Bring your students to experience hands-on learning and connect with nature through our free Discovery Field Trips at Birmingham Botanical Gardens. All field trips extend the life science concepts that you teach in your classroom. Curriculum based, they correlate with the Alabama State Course of Study and Alabama College and Career Ready Standards and are aligned with the National Science Read more...
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Featuring stunning beauty and unique habitats, Turkey Creek Nature Preserve offers a wide range of educational programs that stimulate a student’s mind and invigorate their senses. For participants, the opportunity for discovery is virtually limitless within the Preserve’s 466-acres. Programs can include Aquatic Ecology, Water Quality, Herpetology, Land Stewards 101, Geocaching and Orienteering, and Living History! Read more...
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At Ruffner Mountain, we pride ourselves in offering fields trips that are fun, hands-on and relevant. Pre-k – 12th grade students learn concepts across all disciplines by exploring the trails found within our 1,000 acre Nature Preserve. Students also have the opportunity to learn from some of our native animal ambassadors that live in our Nature Center. Read more...
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The history of Ruffner Mountain is wild and a little weird, just like the natural world! Learn about both as we explore the mountain together. Read more...
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Camp Fletcher offers a wide variety of programs for campers in grades 1-12. Our beautiful 300-acre site in McCalla, Alabama features beautiful woodlands, trails and access to shades creek. These outdoor spaces are ideal settings for programs based on the Camp Fire philosophy: an emphasis on the small group, individual attention, acceptance of differences and a loosely-structured child-centered approach. Programs Read more...
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Nestled on more than 80 acres of land in northwest Alabama, Maywood Christian Camp operates nine weeks throughout the summer of each year. Each week of camp is directed by a man or group of men who have a great deal of love for youth and Christian camping. here are LOTS of things to do during a week at Maywood Read more...
