Field Trip Submission form

Please fill out this form to contribute your field experience to the collection. Once you're done, our staff will turn your submission into a web page.

You must complete this form in one sitting - you cannot save a portion and return to fill out the rest later. We encourage you to compose your answers to the longer questions in a word processor and to cut and paste the resulting text into this form.

Be sure to click SUBMIT when you are done. Remember that you will not be able to alter your registration information via this form once you have submitted it, so please be sure you have completed all fields before submitting.

If you would like to see an example of a finished example, click here (opens in a new window).
Thank you for sharing your field trip!

Title

Please provide a name for your field trip. The title should be evocative of the locale(s) visited and the general aims of the trip.

Organizer Contact Information

Please provide the name(s) of the field trip organizer(s) as well as their email address(es) and institution(s).

Summary

Please provide a general summary of the field trip in terms of its environs and aims.

Intended Audience

Is this field trip designed for use in K12 or undergraduate education? Faculty at a professional society meeting? Teachers at a summer institute? Describe the typical participant in this experience.

Context

Please explain the context in which the field trip was conducted. What was the educational level of the participants (k12, undergrad, faculty, teachers, etc.)? How many people were involved? Is there background knowledge or experience that is necessary for the participants? Are there physical difficulty or accessibility issues that instructors and participants need to be aware of and plan for?

Possible Modifications

Do you have any advice for adapting this field trip for use with a different audience or context (e.g. high school students versus undergraduates or modifications for less time in the field).

Goals

Please describe the explicit goals that are addressed in this field trip. Examples could include things such as: teach fundamentals of petrology through regional examples, demonstrate connections between faulting and metamorphism, share professional research, or instruct participants in the use of questions on a field trip.

Design

How was the field trip designed to meet the goals that were set? What pedagogical decisions did you need to make in the design process?

Notes and Tips

Please provide any small nuggets of information that would make the field experience go more smoothly for someone else trying to run a similar trip. Examples would include: getting permission and a key from a landowner, special safety concerns for particular sites, and tips on fees/costs or logistics.

Assessment and Evaluation

How was it determined that the trip was successful and that its goals were met?

References

Please provide a list of papers and websites on science and pedagogy related to the field trip or its planning.

Materials and Handouts

Please describe the materials and handouts that were used either during the trip or in preparation for the trip. You may provide links to these resources if they already exist on the web. You may also upload copies of these documents for inclusion in the page. Example materials could include: field guides, maps, and locality descriptions. Also be sure to mention any special equipment that is necessary for the trip. (If you have too many files to upload them all, please contact John McDaris (jmcdaris@carleton.edu) to proceed.

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