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TCAH Field Trips

Bringing Lessons to Life

Whether experiencing the historic past on a 1900's era farmstead or a re-enactment of the Battle of Goliad at a regional theater, enjoying the present at nature and wildlife preserves, or imagining the future at world-class planetariums and science museums, students make Texas part of the classroom at TCAH.

At TCAH, field trips bring classroom lessons to life and give students the opportunity to meet and make friends. Parents and siblings are welcome to join as teachers lead TCAH students on trips that combine adventure, fun, and education: 

  • Nature preserves 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.

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 TCAH

This year TCAH students explored:

  • Texas history and culture at the Miller Outdoor Theater, Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures, and Fort Worth Museum of Science and History.
  • Nature and science at Armand Bayou Nature Center, Cedar Ridge Reserve, Moody Gardens, Austin nature and Science Center, and the Galveston Harbor.
  • Planets and our solar system at planetariums in Austin, and Dallas/Fort Worth and the mechanics of flight at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum.
  • Art and art history at museums and events in Austin, San Antonio, Houston, and Corpus Christi.
  • College visits to Rice University, Sam Houston State University, University of Texas, Texas A&M.

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