field trip

as in excursion
a trip to a place (such as a museum or zoo) that is made by students to learn about something We took a class field trip to the power plant.

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Recent Examples of field trip Hours are Tuesday-Sunday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. with varying times for ticketed activities and food, especially on school holidays and during school field trips. Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2025 The group has speakers, field trips and other activities that promote the development of skills and friendships. Deb Harvell, Arkansas Online, 11 May 2025 Next week, the B&O Railroad Museum will be breaking ground for a $38 million Campus Transformation Plan, which will entail a public garden and amphitheater, as well as an Innovation Hall, an enlarged archival research center, and more classrooms for the students who take field trips here. Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2025 The bus driver, identified as Steven Truelove, was taking 38 students and four adults of Washington Catholic Schools to a field trip the morning of May 5 when it got stuck in the median of a highway, deputies said. Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for field trip
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excursion
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  • The musical is framed as a vaudeville variety show with an experimental edge, a meta excursion in which other pop culture figures of King’s time (most of them largely forgotten) step forward to guide you through the story and the yarn grows more ripping by the scene.
    Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 23 May 2025
  • The new credit card will include chances to earn toward member-exclusive experiences – such as trackside access at racing events and off-the-grid EV excursions.
    Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 23 May 2025

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“Field trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/field%20trip. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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