Field Trips + Scout Programs

Our hands-on and immersive programs are designed to educate and excite students and scouts about different aspects of farm life. We offer a variety of Year-round, Seasonal, and Scouting options. As all topics related to farming are science based, our programs utilize Next Generation Science Standards to ensure that your visit is content-rich as well as engaging. Our programs can also be adjusted to focus on particular areas of interest related to your curriculum.

Is your child attending a field trip at Ambler Farm? Be sure to complete these forms before they arrive!

Year-Round Programs

Farm Explorations

Length of Program: 1.5 hours
Grades: Pre-K through 2^nd Grade

Cost: $12 per student

The field trip experience includes:

• A guided animal visit to learn about the importance of farm animals
• An instructor led dissection to learn about the parts of the pumpkin
• Students will visit the pumpkin patch to harvest their very own pumpkin to take home!
• Identify and taste other fruits and vegetables growing in the garden
• End with a tractor ride around the Farm
• Navigate through our hay maze (only available for programs after October 1st)

Bird’s the Word

Length of Program: 1.5 hours

Grades: Pre-K through 4th Grade
Cost: $12 per student

The field trip experience includes:

• An in depth look at the native and domestic birds living on the Farm
• A chance to become a bird so students can explore each birds unique adaptations from the beak to the feet
• Play a game to learn more about how birds are an important part of our ecosystem
• The program will end by visiting and comparing our mammals to their avian counterparts
• Conclude with a tractor ride around the Farm

Feather Physics

Length of Program: 1.5 hours
Grades: 4th – 8th
Cost: $12 per student

The field trip experience includes:

• An in depth look at the native and domestic birds living on the Farm
• Participate in hands on experiments to learn more about the physics that allow birds to fly 
• Learn how gravity, drag, thrust, and lift are important forces for flight
• Identify and locate specific adaptations/features on birds that allow them to fly

• Put their skills to the test by creating the ‘perfect’ paper airplane
• The program will end by visiting and comparing our mammals to their avian counterparts

Tracking

Length of Program: 1.5 hours
Grades: Pre-K through 5^th Grade
Cost: $12 per student

The field trip experience includes:

• An in depth look at the native and domestic animals living on the Farm
• Students will learn more about why certain animals prefer to live in specific habitats
• Test their tracking skills through hands on games and activities
• Learn more about the difference between omnivores, herbivores, and carnivores by exploring animal’s skulls and furs
• Visit the domestic animals living at Ambler Farm
• End with a tractor ride around the Farm

Orienteering

Length of Program: 1.5 hours
Grades: 2^nd through 8^th Grade

Cost: $12 per student 

The field trip experience includes:

• Learn how to and create a map of Ambler Farm
• Understand the history of Orienteering and how it became an Olympic sport
• Use a compass to navigate through a scavenger hunt around the Farm
• Test their knowledge through hands on games and activities
• Take a tractor ride to survey the land
• Visit with our domestic animals living at Ambler Farm

Seasonal Field Trips

Fall at the Farm

September and October

Length of Program: 1.5 hours (adjustable for different grades)
Grades: Pre-K through 2^nd Grade
Cost: $12 per student

The field trip experience includes:

• A guided animal visit to learn about the importance of farm animals
• An instructor led dissection to learn about the parts of the pumpkin
• Students will visit the pumpkin patch to harvest their very own pumpkin to take home!
• Identify and taste other fruits and vegetables growing in the garden
• End with a tractor ride around the farm
• Navigate through our hay maze (only available for programs after October 1st)

Pollinators on the Pathway

Fall and Spring (April – October)

Length of Program: 1.5 hours
Grades: Pre-K through 8^th Grade
Cost: $12 per student

The field trip experience includes:

• A chance to become entomologists as students learn more about insect and arachnid’s adaptations 
• Look through a microscope to compare how bees, butterflies, and locusts use their mouthparts and feet to survive 
• Get a better understanding of all of the hard work that goes into being a beekeeper
• Participate in hands on games and activities to learn more about our pollinators and how they cross pollinate
• Learn about the importance of bees and how they are responsible for most of the food we eat
• End with a visit with our domestic animals

Preparing for Winter: The Colonial Experience

September – November

Colonists spent most of their year preparing to survive the long, harsh winters. When they were not preparing for winter, they were trying to survive it! Major themes of family and community are reinforced in each station.

Length of Program: 1.5 hours for 2 workshops
Grades: 2nd – 8th Grade
Cost: $14 per student

The field trip experience includes 2 hands-on workshops:

• Food Preservation
  Colonists spent an extraordinary amount of time preserving perishable food for the winter. Students will learn and participate in those processes, including salting, pickling, drying and jellying.
• Colonial Animals and Community
  Animals played an important role in the survival of colonists. Students will learn about the role of chickens, oxen, pigs, and sheep by visiting the many animals at our farm. Colonists survived by supporting each other in a community. Students will learn about the importance of community and family jobs.

Maple Syrup Program

Winter (February-March weather permitting)

Length of Program: 1.5 hours
Grades: Pre-K through 8th Grade
Cost: $12 per student

This field trip experience includes:

• Learn all about the natural wonder of making Ambler Farm maple syrup from our sugar maples, located right here on our farm
• hands-on experience for students to “tap” a tree
• a sample of Ambler Farm’s very own maple syrup
• Native American lore of how maple syrup was discovered
• the history of tapping, collecting and boiling sap (from Native Americans to Modern Day processes)
• learning the difference between artificial syrup and maple syrup

Scout Programs

Any of our field trips can become a scout program. We can also tailor a Scout Program to suit your needs. Email Stacey Valimont for more information.