High Desert Museum: Self-Guided Field Trips

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SELF-GUIDED FIELD TRIPS

You are always welcome to come to the Museum for a self-guided field trip.  As long as you register in advance, you'll pay the school group admission rate of $4.50 per student.  All teachers are free and one chaperone for every five students is free.  Additional chaperones pay $8.50.

Learning Expedition

Learning Expeditions  NEW

The Museum now offers Learning Expedition materials which offer a focused course of exploration during your Museum field trip.  Developed with local teachers, each one includes pre-visit activities which are built upon during the field trip and completed through post-visit activities in the classroom.  The content is linked to state and local standards with your choice of many themes for grades K-8.  These materials are available at NO CHARGE!

Topics Include:

Grades K-1                                                  Grades 2-3                   

"Animal Homes"                                            "Native Peoples"          

"Celebrating Differences"                             "Same & Different"   

"Family Life"                                                 "Survival Adaptations"     

Grades 4-5                                                   Grades 6-8

"Change & Continuity"                                    "Diversity & Interdependence"

"Exploration & Settlement"                              "Habitats"

"Food Webs"                                                  "Native Peoples"