field trip

as in excursion
a trip to a place (such as a museum or zoo) that is made by students to learn about something We took a class field trip to the power plant.

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Recent Examples on the Web Instead, we were invited to what amounted to a media field trip, and a tour of the 737 Max production line. Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 7 July 2024 The ship, named after a labor organizer for the Shipbuilding Workers of America at Bath Iron Works in Maine, operates as a museum, school field trip destination and maritime classroom. Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2024 Hydrilla wasn’t even heard of in the Connecticut River until 2016, when it was first detected in Keeney Cove in Glastonbury during a field trip called a bio blitz by a group of volunteer scientists and river enthusiasts. Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2024 While their parents are in the fields, the children read, visit the playground, have class in the woods, and take field trips to local beaches and water parks. Kate Olson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for field trip 

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“Field trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/field%20trip. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.

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