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	Educational Field Trips over 10,000 students served annually! Educational field trips are available Monday-Friday year round and facilitated by Missouri certified retired classroom teachers, each with over 30 years of experience in the classroom. Children naturally gravitate to hands-on experiences, so we have prepared a wide range of developmentally appropriate activities to promote your students' cognitive, physical and social growth. We have developed a series of field trips that are informational, exciting, and fun. We will combine curriculums to fit your needs. Our educational field trips are two hours in length. The field trips include one hour of curriculum-directed learning and one hour of exploratory learning. The information below details our current curriculum options in alphabetical order, as well as scheduling and pricing information - everything necessary to design your field trip and book it today! Call us at 816-246-5224, ext. 105, e-mail us or click here to submit an inquiry form to make your educational field trip reservation today! Educational Field Trip Curriculum Samples ALPHABET MANIA Grade/Age Level Pre-K through Kindergarten Curriculum Concepts The alphabet is the basis for our written language. Literacy skill development is essential for all areas of expressive and reactive language. (Please note this field trip does not introduce or teach the alphabet. Rather, the field trip supports and reinforces the teachings and learning already taking place in the classroom.) Objective Students will apply skills in letter recognition, sounds and sequencing through the use of food, art, song and problem solving. Educational Activities on-site may include, but are not limited to: Creating an edible snack in the Interactive Kitchen. Exploring the alphabet through the use of *CHICKA, CHICKA, BOOM, BOOM. Creating a coconut tree art project using letter. Acting and dancing to the story and finding missing letters for our coconut tree. Ordering letters of the alphabet. Problem solving to find missing letters. Singing a song using a letter code. Locating letters, words, and pictures. ANIMALS ON THE FARM* Grade/Age Level Pre-K through Kindergarten Curriculum Concepts Animals on the Farm is all about the different animals that live on a farm and why these animals are important to us. Objective Students will recognize, name and identify the sounds of various farm animals while exploring where the animals live on a farm and their importance to us. Educational Activities on-site may include, but are not limited to: Creating an edible snack. Classifying various stuffed animals as farm animals and non-farm animals. Identifying and mimicking the sound for each animal. Discussing the appropriate name for each animal's home on the farm. Matching farm animal babies with their mothers. Reinforcing directional words using animals in relation to barns. Completing a farm scene art project. DINOSAURS Grade/Age Level Pre-K through 6th Grade Curriculum Concepts Children of all ages are fascinated by dinosaurs. Dinosaurs are an interesting way to spark a child's interest and concern for preservation. Through dinosaurs, we will look at diet and the environment as it relates to extinction. Objective Students will investigate different types of dinosaurs and principles of paleontology as related to fossils and extinction. Educational Activities on-site may include, but are not limited to: Creating an edible snack. Traveling through the Jurassic period, learning the types of dinosaurs and their place in geologic history. Going on a musical dinosaur march with a favorite dinosaur. Digging for dinosaur eggs or bones in the Dinosaur Dig. Being a paleontologist to reconstruct dinosaur skeletons using bones from several dinosaurs. Painting and stringing a dinosaur tooth necklace or making fossil teeth. Drawing and naming dinosaurs in a dinosaur booklet. ECOLOGY Grade/Age Level 1st through 6th Grade Curriculum Concepts Ecology means "household" of nature and has many aspects. It's not just about pollution. Ecology is about preservation. Living an ecologically sensitive life needs to become the natural thing to do. Objective Students will explore, discuss and discover the effects of water pollution, ways we can reduce reuse and recycle, and become aware of what they can do to preserve the environment. Educational Activities on-site may include, but are not limited to: Creating an edible snack. Exploring how water becomes polluted and the effects of water pollution on animals living in and near the river at the Water Table. Creating a poster using recycled and reused media. Discussing ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle in our personal daily lives. Sorting trash by the recycle logo and number. FALL HARVEST Grade/Age Level Pre-K through 2nd Grade Curriculum Concepts Fall celebrates crisp weather, fresh air and abundant harvests. This field trip, only offered during the fall months of September, October and November, includes a hayride, harvest songs, and activities related to the fall harvest. Objective Students will learn the basics of a successful fall harvest including seeds, fruits, vegetables and plants commonly harvested in the Midwest. Educational Activities on-site may include, but are not limited to: Creating an edible snack. Building a scarecrow and observing the parts of a pumpkin. Hunt for the perfect mini pumpkin (seasonal availability) on the tractor drawn hayride while singing harvest songs. Creating a seed pumpkin. FATAL VISION Grade/Age Level 5th through 10th Grades Curriculum Concepts The Fatal Vision field trip demonstrates how quickly fun can turn into devastating consequences for anyone, especially drivers, while impaired by alcohol or other drugs. Students will have the opportunity to wear Fatal Vision Simulator Goggles to literally "feel what it looks like" when impaired by alcohol or drugs. The goal is to impress on students there are no exceptions. No matter how skilled you are, impairment affects the brain, and no amount of skill can offset that fact. Objective Students will experience the effects of impaired reflexes, slowed actions and altered vision using simulator goggles for varying degrees of intoxication or drug impairment while experiencing the problems caused by drinking or using drugs and driving in a controlled environment. Educational Activities on-site may include, but are not limited to: Wearing Fatal Vision Simulator Goggles while participating in a variety of physical activities and gathering, recording and interpreting data. Driving pedal go-karts or bumper cars while wearing simulator goggles. Performing a variety of fine and gross motor skills and other forms of mental activities using the simulator goggles. FIVE SENSES FUN Grade/Age Level Pre-K through Kindergarten Curriculum Concepts Children are stimulated by the use of their senses each day. The children will learn about the five senses through hands-on fun! Objective Students will investigate their five senses and use the organ associated with each. Educational Activities on-site may include, but are not limited to: Fixing Mr. Potato Head--he has no face; then taking him on a walk to practice listening skills. Learning about the senses of touch, hearing, and smell using sensory boxes and equipment--no peaking allowed! Exploring the five senses by observing changes in powders while making and eating pudding. Making an "optical illusion" art project and learning about the eye and how the brain can be fooled. Creating an edible snack. FORCE AND MOTION Grade/Age Level 1st through 8th Grade Curriculum Concepts Forces affect the actions of all movement. Students often do not recognize how these forces affect their movements, play and work. The study of force and motion is a way for students to understand the factors affecting their daily lives. Objective Students will understand balanced and unbalanced forces, momentum, and gravity as factors effecting force and motion. Educational Activities on-site may include, but are not limited to: Creating an edible snack in the Interactive Kitchen. Testing student hypotheses of effects of mass and gravity on the forces of a moving ball. Discovering the effects of momentum on the movement of objects. Experiencing and defining balanced and unbalanced forces while climbing the Rock Wall. Calculating student horsepower while learning about force, power, and work. Determining best materials to increase or decrease friction on surfaces. HOLIDAY MAGIC Grade/Age Level Pre-K through 1st Grade Curriculum Concepts Children's fascination with the holiday season makes learning about various traditions associated with the holiday season a popular field trip for preschool through first grade students. Objective Students will learn the origins of many holiday traditions. Educational Activities on-site may include, but are not limited to: Creating an edible snack. Decorating a holiday tree complete with a snowball fight. Creating a special craft by decorating an evergreen tree. Exercising with the "Twelve Days of Christmas" using puppets and props of the gifts. HUNTING GEOMETRY Grade/Age Level 2nd through 8th Grade Curriculum Concepts Children's fascination with shapes is evident as they draw. Using a scavenger hunt, students will identify geometric shapes used in the Paradise Park environment. Objective Students will learn to identify, compare and contrast attributes of geometric shapes including three dimensional objects from different perspectives. Educational Activities on-site may include, but are not limited to: Identifying geometric shapes throughout the facility. Finding the geometric shapes used to build a bridge. Locating geometric shapes in nature throughout the facility in a scavenger hunt format. MATH COUNTS (presented by Bank of Lee's Summit) Grade/Age Level Preschool through 8th Grade Curriculum Concepts Math is a part of our everyday lives. We are constantly being called upon to use our skills in calculating, measuring, figuring averages, finding proportions, counting money, and determining which operation to use for problem solving. Objective Students will apply various grade/age appropriate math skills and data gathering strategies in order to problem solve in different areas of Paradise Park. Please note, we can "customize" your math field trip to meet the needs of your curriculum and class. We will be happy to work with you! Educational Activities on-site may include, but are not limited to: Creating an edible snack based on a certain amount of money to spend. Collecting data at age-appropriate attractions. Calculating averages and ratios from data collected. Creating graphs to show results of data collected. Counting various groups of money. Problem solving using addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. Taking a shopping trip to purchase groceries in the Pretend Village Hy-Vee Store. Counting objects and matching numbers to sets of objects. NUTRITION ADVENTURES (presented by Hy-Vee) Grade/Age Level Kindergarten through 6th Grade Curriculum Concepts Quality nutrition affects growth and development. Students will be given the opportunities to examine and explore good nutrition while applying math and science concepts. Objective Students will develop vocabulary, skills and facts related to nutrition and food shopping. Educational Activities on-site may include, but are not limited to: Creating an edible snack. Discovering nutritional labeling while shopping in the pretend Hy-Vee Store. Using knowledge of the Food Pyramid to collect a complete assortment of food. ROCKS AND MINERALS Grade/Age Level Kindergarten through 8th Grade Curriculum Concepts Rocks and minerals compose most of the abiotic world around us. Knowledge of rocks and minerals will help students understand the ever changing dynamics of the earth. Objective Students will understand the process of rock formation, evaluate minerals and rocks, and understand the origin of fossils. Educational Activities on-site may include, but are not limited to: Creating an edible snack. Determining the differences between sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks in the rock cycle. Classifying common rocks and minerals using scientific geological techniques. Associating modern animals with actual fossil remains and casts. Creating a simulated sedimentary rock formation. SIMPLE MACHINES AND YOU Grade/Age Level 2nd through 8th Grade Curriculum Concepts Simple machines are used in every part of our daily living to make tasks easier, faster, or more convenient. The focus of our study will be how simple machines are used in daily lives. Objective Students will learn the six simple machines, their mechanical advantages and identify simple machines in common tools. Educational Activities on-site may include, but are not limited to: Creating an edible snack. Using various pulley systems to move objects (their classmates) and determining the mechanical advantage of each pulley system. Lifting weights using all three lever systems and determine the efficiency of each lever. Exploring the relationship among wedges, screws, and inclined planes and identifying their application in our daily lives. Building a "Big Wheel" to create the maximum mechanical advantage. SPRING PLANTING Grade/Age Level Pre-K through 2nd Grade Curriculum Concepts Spring brings new growth, fresh rains, and warm weather to spark every child's interest. The students will learn about planting seeds and the conditions that are necessary for the new plants to grow. Objective Students will learn about plants from seeds to adults, plus the seeds' structures and basic needs. Educational Activities on-site may include, but are not limited to: Creating an edible snack in the Interactive Kitchen. Learning the parts of a seed and what a seed needs to grow in the Performance Area. Planting a seed to take home in the Themed Location. Cutting and gluing a model of a seed and its parts in the Art Studio. STUFFEE'S HEALTHY HABITS (presented by Centerpoint Medical Center) Grade/Age Level Pre-K through 3rd Grade Curriculum Concepts Stuffee is a 7-foot tall cloth doll with removable internal organs. Stuffee provides a wonderful platform for teaching health education. Stuffee is one more way to reach children and encourage them to use safe and healthy habits. Objective Students will learn healthy eating, exercise, good hygiene and rest are essential to maintaining a healthy body. Educational Activities on-site may include, but are not limited to: Creating an edible snack. Explore nutrition and the digestive system with Stuffee's removable organs. Shopping for healthy foods in the Pretend Hy-Vee store and classifying them by food group. Make healthy fruit kabobs. Classifying healthy foods by color with "Eat the Rainbow". Using exercise to demonstrate the effects of work and play on the heart and lungs. Learn that eating good foods can be tasty and healthy. Stretching, exercising and relaxing in a fun and positive environment. WEATHER AND SEASONS Grade/Age Level Kindergarten through 6th Grade Curriculum Concepts The Midwest portion of the United States certainly has all four seasons in extreme forms throughout the year. Students will become more aware of different weather conditions and learn to appreciate each season. Objective Students will explore the weather through the use of thermometers, rain gauges, water cycle, and weather maps. Educational Activities on-site may include, but are not limited to: Creating an edible snack. Seeing a water cycle demonstration and making a water cycle chart. Making a cloud in a bottle. Learning the symbols and concepts of a weather map on the news. Making a "four seasons" art poster of an apple tree. Using the weatherman's friends--thermometer and rain gauge--while in "Paradise City". Exploring the formation of tornadoes and hurricanes. Scheduling & Pricing Information for Educational Field Trips Reservations Paradise Park offers group rates in two different formats: “educational field trips” (described above) and “creative free play”. Educational field trip and creative free play group reservations are made by calling (816) 246-5224, extension 105, or via e-mail. These reservations are accepted on a "first come, first serve" basis, so it's best to plan ahead! Lunch The Paradise Park Café offers a special field trip lunch to satisfy your appetite. $3.50 per person (plus tax) = 1 slice of pizza and one small beverage $5.50 per person (plus tax) = 2 slices of pizza and one medium beverage Field trip coordinators should report the breakdown in numbers for the type of pizza desired (cheese or pepperoni) at least five days in advance for proper planning. Your final amount due will be based upon your final declared headcount. Outside food is not allowed for health and safety reasons at Paradise Park. The only exception to this policy is applied exclusively to public and private schools that have internal requirements to bring a sack lunch for an educational field trip. However, these groups will be assessed a $50 set-up/clean-up/tear-down fee to have a private eating area that is separate from the general public. This policy prevents cross contamination and complies with the Jackson County health code requirements. The designated area will be assigned based upon availability. We strongly encourage field trip leaders to either purchase a lunch special through the Paradise Park Cafe or plan the event before or after the lunch hours and return to school for lunch. Adult chaperones may also purchase a lunch special in addition to the students. Field trip leaders should include the adults in their final lunch headcount for proper planning purposes. Educational Field Trip Admission Admission for educational field trips is $8 per student (plus tax). However, educational field trips that occur during the months of September and January will receive a $1 per student discount, reducing the cost from $8 per student to $7 per student (plus tax). Begin the semester in style and enjoy the savings! Teachers, parents and adult chaperones (age 18 and over) are free-of-charge during educational field trips. Please note that students owning a Paradise Park Family Adventure Pass may not use it for educational field trips, groups, or special events admission and must pay the field trip fee listed above. A Missouri state tax exemption letter for non-profit organizations must be received at least two weeks prior to your visit to avoid being charged sales tax. These forms may be faxed to (816) 246-5233. A structured educational field trip requires added resources, activities and staffing exceeding our day-to-day programs; therefore, we do require a minimum fee of $200 or 25 students to constitute an educational field trip. Prices may increase for field trips lasting longer than two hours. Creative Free Play Admission Although curriculum-based educational field trips described above require a minimum of 25 students, "creative free play" admissions to the children's edutainment center offers an enriching educational experience for smaller groups who engage themselves in all of our themed areas. Creative free play groups, with a minimum of 20 participating children, receive a discounted rate of $7 per child (plus tax) and $2 per adult (plus tax) to the children's edutainment center. This is a savings of $2 per child and $1 per adult. While an educational field trip is a two-hour program, creative free play groups are invited to stay for an unlimited amount of time in the children's edutainment center during normal operating hours. Payment Full payment is expected on or before the date of your visit. A final headcount is required at least 5 days prior to the event for proper planning purposes. Guest Passes will be made available to any students that are absent from school on the day of the field trip. Your final invoice will be based upon your final declared headcount.