Scholarly Sights
Aimming to better Chicago's Education

~Field Trip Ideas

Museums, Parks, and nature areas are really great places to bring students on a field trip. One of the biggest reasons we sugjest field trips is because students need to get out of the classrooms or classroom in school. Students need to move around and take a break from being stuffed with knowledge. Below we have put various ideas for schools in chicago to go on field trips

Ideas for younger students 1st-5th grades.
  • Fire station
  • Lincoln Park Zoo
  • Lincoln Park conservatory
  • Medival Times
  • Police Station

    • Ideas for older students 6th-12 grades.
  • Six Flags
  • Lincoln Park Zoo
  • Lincoln Park conservatory
  • Medival Times
  • Police Station
  • Paws Chicago
  • Shakespeare Theater
  • Starved Rock

    • ~Subject Sources

  • Below are several different links to websites that show how to teach in different ways or are links to different websites that could be helpful for the class room.

    • Math
      • This link brings you to a site called IXL math which provides a variety of practice problems for many grade levels.
      Click here
    • Science
      • This link brings you to a site called Understanding Science is a site full of teaching resources that provides opportunities of new understanding of science.
    • Social Studies
      • This link brings you to a site called Kids Discover Online is a helpful online library full of resources and material to help teachers present new information to students.
      Click here
    • Language Arts
      • This link brings you to a site called Foreign Language Teaching Methods which provides 12 different aspects to learning and the instructors to help make understanding easier.

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    ~Learning and teaching videos


    Crash Course Videos Click here
    This link has a lot of different videos on Mythology, Physics, Econmics, World History, and multiple other subjects to choose from. Its worth checking out!


    Ted Ed Videos Click here
    The link above brings you to the youtube Ted Ed channels which has alot of different videos covering a multitude of different topics. Also these videos are a really good link for teachers because they are fun to show in class and are intresting to students.


    Ted Talk Videos Click here
    The link above brings you to the Ted Talk website which has a variety of Talks and Lectures. This is a great resource for teaching or learning for high-school and junior-high students

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