Second Grade
Field Trips
Name Brief Summary City/ Website Phone Gr. NCSCOS Goal/
State Info. Numb Area Objective
er
Ringling This is an Charlotte, NC www.ringling.co 2 Science Goal 1- Animals
Brothers, opportunity for kids m
Barnum & to see various
Bailey animals in the
Circus circus.
J.H. Stepp This is a wonderful Hendersonville, www.steppappl 828- 2 Social Studies Goal 7- Producers and
Farm's orchard! The NC es.com 685- Consumers
Hillcrest children pick apples, 9083
Orchard
pumpkins, go on a
hay ride, drink
apple cider, learn
about life cycle of a
pumpkin, go www.allabouta
pples.com
through a corn and
soybean maze, etc.
It's very organized!
Catawba Students are given a Hickory, NC www.catawb 828- 2 Science Goal 4- Sound
Science presentation on ascience.org 322-
Center sound. Students are 8169
("Sounds able to engage in
Good" hands-on activities
program) that involve
frequency, pitch,
vibration, and
instruments.
In House Discovery Place Charlotte, NC http://www.di 704- 2 Science Goal 4- Sound
Discovery brings their scoveryplace. 372- Goal 2- Weather
6261
Place presentations to our org/home/disc
school. We choose to overy_place-
have them come home.php
with hands on
experience on
weather and sound.
Discovery Place will
only have 30 in a
group.
Lazy 5 The Lazy 5 Ranch is Mooresville, NC http://www.la 704- 2 Science Goal 1- Animals
Ranch a privately owned zyfiveranch.c 663-
exotic animal drive om/ 5100
thru park that offers
a 3.5 mile safari
through the gently
sloping pasturelands
of Piedmont, North
Carolina. While
visiting at the Lazy
5 Ranch you will
have the
opportunity to view
over 750 animals
from six different
continents.
NC Zoo The NC Zoo is Asheboro, NC http://www.n 1-800- 2 Science Goal 1- Animals
located in the czoo.org/plan/ 488-
Uwharrie 0444
Mountains, near
Asheboro. It
includes more than
500 acres with
everything from
polar bear to an
authentic African
marketplace just
beyond zebras,
elephants, and
giraffes. It also
features the
country’s largest
walk-through
natural-habitat zoo.
Riverbanks From elephants and Columbia, SC http://www.ri 803- 2 Science Goal 1- Animals
Zoo koalas to penguins verbanks.org/ 779-
and sharks, formal planvisit/visit 8717
gardens to natural orinfo.shtml
woodlands,
Riverbanks Zoo and
Garden promises
new discoveries
around every corner!
Broad River Live nature Boiling Springs, www.broadri 704- 2 Science Goal 2- Changes in
Greenway experience NC vergreenway. 434- weather
org 2357
I-MAX Interactive science Charlotte, NC www.discove 1-372- 2 Science Goals vary.
Theatre at presentation ryplace.org 6261 Dependent on
Discovery ext. presentations.
Place 300
for the
I-MAX
Dome
Tarradiddle Dramatic experience Charlotte, NC www.ctcharlo 704- 2 English Objective 1.03
Players tte.org 973- Language
(Children's 2808 Development
Theatre of
Charlotte)
Schiele Natural history Gastonia, NC www.schiele 704- 2 Science, Social Blown Away: The
Museum of museum and nature museum.org 854- Studies Wild World of
Natural trail. 6676 Weather
History A visit to the James
H. Lynn Planetarium
to discover the forces
that make weather
work including
precipitation,
lightning, and
tornados.
NCSCS Science Goals
2.01 – 2.06.
Haunting Creatures
of Halloween
Costumed characters
and a spooky set
provide a dramatic
platform for
information on
animal needs,
adaptations, and
habitat conservation.
Select dates in
October only.
NCSCS Science Goals
1.01 – 1.04.
Matter and Energy
Students learn about
the properties of
solids, liquids and
gases and how they
are changed by
different forms of
energy. Lots of
demonstrations.
NCSCS Science Goals
3.01- 3.06.
Other ideas
http://www.learnnc.org/discover/
***Several teachers also mentioned their students attend various plays related to their literature such as Junie B. Jones and
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Productions are presented by http://www.theatreworksusa.org/ and held at various
locations including Isothermal Community College, Lenoir-Rhyne College, and locations in Charlotte.***