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noun

a trip by students to gain firsthand knowledge away from the classroom, as to a museum, factory, geological area, or environment of certain plants and animals.

a trip by a scholar or researcher to gather data firsthand, as to a geological, archaeological, anthropological, or other site.

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Origin of field trip

First recorded in 1955–60

Words nearby field trip

Fields, W. C., field-test, field theory, field tile, field trial, field trip, field winding, fieldwork, fiend, fiendish, Fiennes

How to use field trip in a sentence

Ali, who works with younger students in the program, recalls a field trip in which the children asked for ice cream.
A former cop created a program to help Baltimore kids. Now, she’s hoping to give them more: a permanent safe haven.|Theresa Vargas|August 25, 2021|Washington Post
They have already planned field trips to local parks and ordered biology labs.
A Boy With an Autoimmune Disease Was Ready to Learn in Person. Then His State Banned Mask Mandates.|by Annie Waldman and Bianca Fortis|August 25, 2021|ProPublica
Even a recent outing to a retail store was a thrilling field trip for the family, he says.
After pandemic free-for-all, parents struggle to reinstate screen-time rules|Heather Kelly|June 24, 2021|Washington Post
While I would like to think I chose the latter out of self-reflection and an aversion to the status quo, I think the decision was more about the promise of having less homework and more field trips.
CTA Works to Weaken Charters – Now High Tech High Teachers Want in|Ryan Gardiner|May 11, 2021|Voice of San Diego

He plans to use the winnings to pay off some of his student loans and help pay for supplies and field trips for his students.
‘My students are brilliant:’ Meet the D.C. teacher of the year and one of the four finalists for the top national honor|Perry Stein|May 6, 2021|Washington Post
“The highlight was a school field trip that came specially to see Bach in the Subways who were perfectly behaved,” he says.
Can Bach Make It on NYC’s Subways?|Tom Teodorczuk|March 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Standing in the dark, I felt lost, like the time I wandered off by myself on a second-grade field trip to the history museum.
Macaulay Culkin’s Life After Fame|Ramin Setoodeh|June 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
When I was in junior high, our 8th grade class took a field trip to Florida.
Your Puffy-Face Moments, Inspired by Ashley Judd||April 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Not to be missed: Chris Farley as the angry bus driver taking the kids on a field trip.
Best ‘First Day of School’ Movies||September 5, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Shandee, a student on a geology field trip, finds a disembodied—but talkative—arm in a quarry.
Hot, Bothered, and Bored|Malcolm Jones|August 9, 2011|DAILY BEAST
On a field trip he had undertaken as a student, the young engineer inadvertently stumbled across a treasure in manganese.
The Five Arrows|Allan Chase
Field trip planned to show that insects feed upon plants; make their homes upon plants.
A Civic Biology|George William Hunter
If possible let the children take a field trip in connection with these lessons.
The Later Cave-Men|Katharine Elizabeth Dopp
Other modifications of these forms may easily be found on any field trip.
A Civic Biology|George William Hunter
At least one field trip must be planned for the month of May.
A Civic Biology|George William Hunter

British Dictionary definitions for field trip

field trip

noun

an expedition, as by a group of students or research workers, to study something at first hand

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