School Field Trip Activity Ideas

This list is just a sample to get your creative juices flowing for a curriculum-creation conversation! We may come up with more fun ideas based on the needs of the ranch, which of our staff are working the program, the weather, and your learning goals. Similarly, we may not be able to offer a particular activity listed at any given time. 

Land Activities

• Hiking / “Wonder Wander” 

• Navigation / Orienteering / Wayfinding / Learning to Use Maps

• Botany & Plant Exploration

• Animal Tracking

• Sit Spots & Journaling

Ranch & Service Projects

• Kitchen Projects - cooking, processing, preserving

• Garden Projects - harvesting, digging, weeding

• Firewood Hauling - may include riding in the back of the truck!

• Invasive Species Removal

• Firewise Forestry - pulling bitterbrush, moving debris, making firelines

• Bucking Hay - unloading from the truck into the barn

• UnFencing - removing hazardous barbed wire fence from the land

• Trail Maintenance

Craft Activities

• Needle Felting

• Friendship Bracelets

• Painting Flags

• Land/Nature Art

• Silkscreening

• Paper-making

Animal Activities

• Riding Lesson

• Trail Ride

• Meet the Herd - horses and all the other ranch critters too

• Horse Connection - ground-based lesson in horse communication, observation, and handling skills

• Horse Driving - join our wagon-driving learning adventure