2025-26 Field Studies: 3rd Grade

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Total 2025-26 3rd Grade Fee: $245.00 – Includes  all 2025-26 Field Studies Trips & Activities (summarized below).

 

2025-26 Destinations…

 

Consolidated Gold Mine

Includes history of mining lesson, underground mine tour, and gemstone mining. Students will learn about different rock types while touring an underground mine. The experience includes gold panning and gemstone mining.

  • Wednesday, September 10, 2025 (Off-Campus)
  • Cost per student: $38  (Fee covers the cost of the venue plus bus transportation)
Amphibian Foundation

Includes presentation, animal handling, outdoor critter exploration and outdoor lab with a focus on Animal Structures and Amphibians. 

  • Wednesday, September 24, 2025 (Off-Campus)
  • Cost per student: $56  (Fee covers the cost of the venue plus bus transportation)
    Johns Creek Environmental Campus

    This hands-on experience demonstrates the various types of pollution and their causes and effects. Students then discover some possible solutions and recognize ways to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.

    • Thursday, October 2, 2025 (On-Campus)
    • Cost per student: $0 (This program is free to our students)
    Jimmy Carter Presidential Library & Museum

    Students will be engaged with the Legislative branch and its role in the federal government through primary document analysis and discussion. This interactive program will also provide exposure to how the diverse interests of Americans shape our democracy through the legislative process as they navigate passage of a bill.

    • Thursday, November 6, 2025 (On-Campus)
    • Cost per student: $16 (Fee covers the cost of the venue plus bus transportation)
    Dunwoody Nature Center

    Students step back in time, becoming various Native American groups that lived in Georgia hundreds and thousands of years ago. They will learn several survival skills such as fire making, shelter building, hunting, and gathering.

    • Thursday, November 7, 2025 (Off-Campus)
    • Cost per student: $16 (Fee covers the cost of the venue plus bus transportation)
    Georgia Aquarium

    Students will have the opportunity to examine biofacts, marine fossils and images of marine animal remains. They will identify the key differences between rocks and fossils and analyze how fossils serve as helpful scientific tools to dig up the past.

    • Tuesday, January 13, 2026 (Off-Campus)
    • Cost per student: $34 (Fee covers the cost of the venue plus bus transportation)
    Chattahoochee Nature Center

    Pollution Solutions: This hands-on experience demonstrates the various types of pollution and their causes and effects. Students then discover some possible solutions and recognize ways to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.

    • Tuesday, March 10, 2026 (Off-Campus)
    • Cost per student: $31 (Fee covers the cost of the venue plus bus transportation)
    Museum of Illusions Atlanta

    Students discover the captivating world of illusions, perception, and optical phenomena set in a unique and mind-bending environment.

    • Wednesday, March 25, 2026 (Off-Campus)
    • Cost per student: $34 (Fee covers the cost of the venue plus bus transportation)
    Field Study Basics:
    • Supplies: $10
    • Agenda Book: $10