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MTSMCA Field Trips

Bringing Lessons to Life

From the prehistoric Tyrannosaurus Rex at the Stearns History Museum and lava flows at Lake Superior,  to the frontier age at Fort Snelling and the space age at the Hibbing Planetarium, Minnesota’s rich historical, cultural, and natural resources are integral parts of the curriculum at MTSMCA. 

MTSMCA leads dozens of field trips throughout the state each year, bringing classroom lessons to life with: 

  • Eco-tours where students explore the interconnections of biology, ecology, and geology.
  • Cultural outings that deepen their understanding of art, music, and theater.
  • History tours that vividly trace the impact of the past on the present.
  • Excursions that connect math and science concepts to practical living and working applications.

Exploring Life after Graduation

To help high school students exploring career and college options, we offer field trips to colleges and universities, college fairs, and businesses.

Just for fun

At MTSMCA, we’re just as committed to your student’s social and personal development as his or her academic performance. So we schedule field trips just for fun too, with a special emphasis on the outdoor activities Minnesotans love:

  • Pizza, bowling, and ice cream parties
  • Skiing, swimming, snow tubing, and ice skating excursions
  • Field days, game days, an elementary school winter carnival, and an annual talent show

See for Yourself ...

  • Students families and teachers head out to sea

  • Students learn about mining days techniques and dangers

  • Fast friends enjoy a fun day together

  • Students explore a meteor crater rim

  • Students learn about life in colonial times on a living history field trip

  • High school students write letters to American troops overseas

  • High School students tour a college campus

  • Students enter the stone walls of an 11th century-style castle

  • Students are inspired at a local museum of art

  • Students and their teacher enjoy a field trip to the zoo

  • Students explore Washington DC

  • Students enjoy a field trip to the Palomar Observatory

  • Students experience life as colonial Americans

  • Students participating in a scavenger hunt

  • Students learn about their local environment on an EcoTour field trip

  • Students and their teacher on a field trip to the local county fair


On the Road with MTSMCA

With more than 50 field trips this year our students:

  • Studied the prehistoric past at the Stearns History Museum, the geologic past on the lava flows near Lake Superior, and frontier life at Fort Snelling.
  • Explored the principles of physics and sharpened their math skills at the Science of Snow Tubing event and the University of Minnesota’s Physics Circus
  • Learned about endangered species, indigenous plants, and the environment at the International Wolf Center, National Eagle Center, and the Ney Nature Center.
  • Explored the galaxies at the Hibbing and Rochester Planetariums.
  • Deepened their appreciation of literature, music, and dance at professional productions of Othello and The Nutcracker.

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