MAKE Farm Field Trips
Request A Field Trip
We are now booking Academic Year 26-27 Field Trips
Reserve your date today!
Please use the calendar below to request a field trip date by selecting the RSVP button.
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If you see a date marked “Field Trip Available,” it means we’d love to host you that day!
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A date with "Farm Field Trip Reserved" means that date is already reserved.
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Don't worry! You will be able to change your date after requesting!
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MAKE Farm Field Trips cost between $13-16 per student.
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See below for more details about field trips, curriculum and logistics!
Questions? Contact Caroline Feeney, Education Programs Manager at caroline.feeney@sdmake.org
About MAKE Farm Field Trips
At MAKE we care about food, education and community.
We are excited to bring the younger generations to be part of the fun!
Our hands-on, ecological curriculum is geared for K-8 students in alignment with NGSS Standards.
Get ready for an exciting field trip to the farm! We'll explore different stations where your students can learn by observing, using your senses, investigating, and getting your hands dirty with fun activities!
86%
of teachers agreed or strongly agreed students were more willing to try new foods
100%
of teachers said students can explain at least one concept: composting, plant parts, food webs, or biodiversity
"Seeing the concepts we discuss in the classroom in the field makes an enormous difference to student learning."
— Mt. Everest Academy
"Students tried new foods! With special education students, that was huge, and parents were thrilled."
— Penn Elementary
"I am still hearing about: picking radishes, exploring the compost critters and the scavenger hunt."
— Bethune UTK-8
Elementary School (Kindergarten)
Theme: Meet the Garden Community
Description:
Students discover the living things that make a farm thrive. Through hands-on exploration, they'll meet worms, pollinators, plants, and people while learning what living things need to survive. Along the way, they'll investigate compost, explore the garden, observe native plants, and taste fresh foods from the farm.
Activities:
Compost Detective
Garden Scavenger Hunt
Garden Tasting
Native Plant Observations
NGSS:
K-LS1-1: Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals
(including humans) need to survive.
Elementary School (1st & 2nd Grade)
Theme: The Farm Food Web
Description:
Students investigate how producers, consumers, and decomposers work together to create a healthy farm ecosystem. Through hands-on activities, they'll explore composting, observe pollinators and native plants, and discover how sunlight, water, and biodiversity support life on the farm.
Activities:
Compost Detective
Pollinator Bingo
Garden Tasting
Native Plant Adaptations
NGSS:
1-LS3-1: Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young
plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.
2-LS2-1: Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.
2-LS4-1: Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life
in different habitats.
Elementary School (3-5)
Theme: Biodiversity & Interdependence
Description:
Students investigate how the farm works as a living system where plants and people interact. They’ll rotate through stations exploring compost biodiversity, plant adaptations, and healthy food diversity.
Activities:
Compost biodiversity investigation
Global Garden scavenger hunt
Pollinator bingo
Store vs. garden tasting comparison
NGSS:
3-LS3-2: Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
3-LS4-3: Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
4-LS1-1: Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
5-LS2-1: Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
Middle School (6-8)
Theme: Ecosystems & Human Impact
Description:Students examine how decomposers, producers, and consumers cycle matter and energy on the farm. They’ll investigate soil health, biodiversity’s role in pest management, and how food choices impact the environment.
Activities:
Compost activity
Mapping farm biodiversity and plant-pollinator relationships
Food tasting with a focus on nutrition, soil health, and food miles
NGSS:
MS-LS2-1: Analyze data to show how availability of resources affects organisms and populations.
MS-LS2-2: Construct explanations predicting patterns of organism interactions across ecosystems.
MS-LS2-3: Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
MS-LS2-5: Evaluate design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Field Trip Details
Program Cost:
Minimum of $240 per Field Trip
1-15 students $16/student ($240)
16 - 30 students $14/student ($240-420)
31 - 60 participants $13/student ($403-780)
Program Details:
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Available Thursdays and Fridays (with occasional M-W as requested)
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1 Adult chaperon per 10 kids
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Capacity for 60 kids per field trip maximum
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Kids must bring snacks and lunch
Deposit & Cancellation Policy:
After coordinating your field trip date and confirming with MAKE staff, a $50 deposit is required to reserve your field trip date. This deposit will be credited toward your total Field Trip cost. Full payment of the remaining balance will be invoiced one week before the date of your visit.
Cancellations:
3+ weeks before your visit: Eligible for a deposit refund.
Less than 3 weeks before your visit: Deposit is non-refundable.
Change of dates accepted up to 72 hours in advance of the scheduled Field Trip.
If MAKE Farm must cancel your trip due to severe weather or other unforeseen farm closures, you will have the option to reschedule (based on availability) or receive a full refund of your deposit.
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