Scheduling a Field Trip with Willow Bend
Field Trips: Overview & Logistics
Bring your class to one of Willow Bend’s 2-hour field trips.
- General Willow Bend Field Trip: (Grades: All; Duration: 2 hours) Bring your class to enjoy the Discovery Room and explore the interactive exhibits focusing on our very relevant and popular theme, Sustainable Living: It’s Easy Being Green! The indoor portion will introduce your students to a variety of simple ways to lessen our impact on the earth, while the outdoor portion will help connect them to nature through awareness activities.
- Natural Senses Field Trip: (Grade: Kindergarten; Duration: 1 hour) This field trip helps younger students learn about nature through their senses! Through a hike and various games, students will learn about colors, shapes, textures, scents, and more in nature!
- Wacky Weather Field Trip: (Grade: 2nd; Duration: 2 hours) Learning about weather by being outside is only natural at Willow Bend! Students will hike into Sinclair Wash and explore weather through a variety of activities and games!
- Water Quality Field Trip: (Grade: 4th; Duration: 2 hours) Note: We begin at Willow Bend, but end at the Rio de Flag Waste Water Facility. This field trip focuses on watershed management through water quality testing. Students will go on a learning walk along the FUTS to the Rio de Flag pond. There, students will conduct pH, DO, and other water quality tests. There may also be an opportunity for macro invertebrate testing! Required pre-Trip Visit: Water Quality in the Classroom.
- Flagstaff Recycling Tour: (Grades: All; Duration: 1 hour) Note: This field trip is conducted at the Materials Recovery Facility on Babbitt and Bulter. A Willow Bend staff member will lead a guided tour of the City Recycling Center, available Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Students will view materials as they are processed and learn more about the conservation of natural resources and ideas about how to reduce waste. Thanks to the City of Flagstaff, the tour and busing are FREE! Suggested Pre-Trip Visit: Recycling Rules or Trash and the 3 R’s
Payment
There is a $100 fee per 2-hour field trip. Your contribution helps cover our costs and provide for our continued financial health. However, please do not let lack of finances stop you from visiting. If you need a fee reduction or waiver, please let us know when you call to schedule. (Schools outside Coconino County are not eligible for fee reductions or waivers.)
Other Field Trip Opportunities
To enhance your students’ environmental experience, we often suggest follow-up field trips with other education organizations in or near Flagstaff. The organizations listed below are mentioned in many of our classroom program descriptions as supplementary experiences.
- The Arboretum in Flagstaff: The Arboretum at Flagstaff is a botanical garden, research station, and environmental education center. Our goal is to help you better understand the plants and plant communities of the world-renowned Colorado Plateau. To register for a field trip,contact Rachel Edelstein, Public Programs Manager, at (928) 774-1442 x 110.
- The Museum of Northern Arizona: The Museum offers exceptional educational experiences that emphasize the artistic traditions, natural sciences, Native American cultures, and history of the Colorado Plateau. To register for a field trip, contact MNA at 928-774-5211 x275.
- The Grand Canyon National Park: The environmental education staff at Grand Canyon National Park conducts curriculum-based education programs that use this remarkable resource as a teaching tool for a variety of disciplines. To register for field trips with the GCNP, visit their website, www.nps.gov/grca/forteachers or call 928-638-7931.