field trip
noun
: a visit (as to a factory, farm, or museum) made (as by students and a teacher) for purposes of firsthand observation
Examples of field trip in a Sentence
We took a class field trip to the power plant.
We went on a field trip.
Recent Examples on the Web
Group visits and educational field trips are welcome and can be scheduled by calling 407-396-8644, Ext. 2.
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Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 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
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Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 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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“Field trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20trip. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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