Definition

Noun: A field trip is a journey made by a group of people, typically students, to a place outside their normal environment (such as a museum, historical site, forest, or factory) for the purpose of firsthand observation, education, or research.

Usage

A "field trip" is an educational activity. It is a planned excursion where learning happens through direct experience. The term is most commonly associated with school or university groups.

Examples

• The biology class went on a field trip to the botanical gardens to study plant species.
• The museum offers special guided tours for school field trips.
• Our field trip to the state capitol helped us understand how the government works.

Advanced Usage

• "to be on a field trip": Describes the state of participating in the excursion.
  • The children are on a field trip today, so the school is quieter.
• "to take someone on a field trip": Describes the act of organizing and leading the excursion.
  • The professor took her geology students on a field trip to examine rock formations.

Variants and Related Words

• Fieldwork (n): Practical work conducted by a researcher or student in the natural environment rather than in a laboratory or classroom.
  • The anthropologist spent a year doing fieldwork in a remote village.
• Excursion (n): A short journey or trip, especially one taken for pleasure or education. This is a more general synonym.
  • We went on an excursion to the seaside.

Synonyms

• Educational trip
• School trip
• Excursion
• Outing

Related Phrases

• Field study: A type of research or learning that involves collecting data or making observations in a real-world setting, often as part of a field trip.
  • The field trip included a field study of local insect populations.

Noun

1. a group excursion (to a museum or the woods or some historic place) for firsthand examination