Field Trips + Scout Programs

Our programs are developed to educate and excite preschoolers, elementary students, and Scouts about different aspects of farm life. 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.

Preschool Field Trips

Fall Program

Length of Program: 1.25 – 1.5 hours
Cost: $12 per student

The field trip experience includes:

• guided animal visits to learn about the importance of farm animals.
• our “What’s growing in our garden?” visit, complete with a pumpkin dissection to learn about the parts of the pumpkin.
• a pumpkin patch visit, allowing students to harvest their very own pumpkin to take home!
• a hay ride around a working farm.
• a hay maze (only available for programs after October 1st)

Maple Syrup Program

February-March

Length of Program: 1.5 hours
Cost: $12 per student

The field trip experience includes:

• learning 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.

Elementary School Field Trips

Farm Explorations

Fall and Spring

Length of Program: 1.5 hours (adjustable for different grades)
Grades: all grade levels
Cost: $12 per student

The field trip experience includes:

• guided, hands-on animal visits to learn about the importance of farm animals and their adaptations.
• our “What’s growing in our garden?” visit, including sampling of produce and learning about the structure and function of the parts of plants.
• focus on parts of a plant (fall) or seed planting and how plants grow (spring).
• a hay ride around a working farm.

Pumpkin Season on the Farm

October

Length of Program: 1.5 hours
Grades: K – 2nd
Cost: $12 per student

The field trip experience includes:

• guided, hands-on animal visits to learn about the importance of farm animals.
• our “What’s growing in our garden?” visit, complete with a pumpkin dissection to learn about the parts of the pumpkin.
• a pumpkin patch visit, allowing students to harvest their very own pumpkin to take home!
• a hay ride around a working farm.
• a hay maze (available for programs after October 1st)

Honey Bees: World’s Most Important Pollinators

Fall and Spring

Length of Program: 1.5 hours
Grades: 4th – 7th
Cost: $12 per student

The field trip experience includes:

• a focus on the extraordinary role of honey bees in our world and the impact on our honey bees, land and food from the use of chemicals.
• learning in great detail about the form and structure of honey bees.
• a taste of Ambler Farm honey right out of the hive!
• an up-close-and-personal view of honey bees with our observation hive.

Preparing for Winter: The Colonial Experience

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: 3rd – 7th
Cost: $12 per student

Length of Program: 3.5 hours for 4 workshops (includes lunch break)
Grades: 3rd – 7th
Cost: $20 per student

The field trip experience includes 4 hands-on workshop options:

• Food Preparation
  Students will be immersed in the making of a traditional colonial food staple, rye and injun bread. Using ingredients of the time period, students will learn how ingredients were acquired to recreate rye and injun bread. Of course, eating is encouraged!
• 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 Crops
  Colonists in Connecticut grew rye—not wheat—to survive. Students will learn about the process of growing and gathering rye in addition to the important role apples and corn played for colonists. Students will help grind rye and make cider.
• 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

February-March

Length of Program: 1.5 hours
Grades: all grade levels
Cost: $12 per student

This field trip experience includes:

• learning all about the natural wonder of making Ambler Farm maple syrup from our sugar maples, located right here on our farm.
• making and eating corn bread in our cooking barn with Ambler Farm maple syrup!

Scout Programs

We can tailor a Scout Program to suit your needs. Email Kevin Meehan or call 203.667.6941 for more information.