ATA Magazine

Adventures await

What is an awesome field trip that you’d recommend to colleagues?

Bison and dinosaur illustration

Patricia Gagnon 

St. Albert Place has many clay ­programs that relate to curricular ­content. You can also do a guided nature walk/scavenger hunt along the river and picnic in Lions Park for primary students.

Cammie Kannekens

Medalta Potteries in Medicine Hat offers classroom-for-a-day programs.

Christine Archer

Bison Bootcamp at Elk Island National Park. Also Jurassic Forest, north of Gibbons.

Kyle McIntosh

Take high school kids to your nearest college/university/trade school for any program. But always give ­students time to soak in campus life.

Stacey Van Rompaey-Kanarek

I did a trip to Hornby Island, BC, and we went to the Tribune Bay Outdoor ­Education Centre. What an experience for all junior highs for outdoor education!

Beth Polushin

Atlas Coal Mine Museum and East Coulee School Museum in the Drumheller area — great trips!

Chelsey McDonald

My favourite in-school field trip is Puppet Treehouse. The experience is fun, engaging and inclusive for every single kid.

Heather Marie Vowles

Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park, a Siksika Nation-owned interpretive centre.

Shannon Persicke

For southern Alberta, check out Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump and Frank Slide Interpretive Centre.

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