our Field Trips

The Future is Calling

How can we help the future residents of Trabuco Canyon? 

Investigate plants, effects of flooding, greenhouse materials, evidence of fast and slow change and that has occured in our natural environment, as well as a visit to our Trabuco Farm. Students work to assist the "ambassador from of future" of Trabuco Canyon through their activities throughout the day. 

Considerate Construction: 

Engineering for Your Environment

Which plot would you choose to build your canyon home?

Engage in a activities to gather information to make an evidence-based recommendation on where build homes in the Trabuco Canyon area. They explore the effects of flooding and erosion, collect and analyze soil samples, and use information collected in their fossil dig sites to determine the history of a region and how it has changed over time. 

It's All Connected

Our Day 2 trip is a wonderful opportunity for 5th graders to revisit and evaluate science concepts they have learned. Our ecosystems hike takes students into O'Neill Park to take a explore ecosystem interactions, identify food chains and webs of local living organisms, and the relationship of producers, consumers, and decomposers. Students will also practice their engineering design skills through beaver biomimicry. Our farm animal fibers create the perfect opportunity for students to hone their science and engineering practices further through their  exploration with microscopes. Finally, students get to engage in building electrical circuits and electromagnets. Teachers often say they love this trip as a review prior to the California Science Test (CAST) each spring.