field trip
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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
- a group excursion (to a museum or the woods or some historic place) for firsthand examination