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 / Lincoln Uppers
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 & cross-country skiing), Eastwood Golf Course (cross-country skiing), Eagle Bluff Environmental Center (high ropes challenges), and Zumbro River (water quality study & canoeing) – environmental studies / Various day trips / HS Environmental Awareness
Zumbro River, Rochester (water quality, invertebrate sampling, 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) / Various day trips / 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)