Homeschool Fieldtrip Ideas For Teens

Great Field Trip Ideads For Homeschool (or other!) Teens 

• Volunteer-related field trips. These are always a big hit. These give your teen a chance to serve and learn at the same time.
• Business Related Field Trips. There are factory tours and theater trips. Many businesses in the food industry offer students the chance to gain hands-on experience in the field. Bakeries, large restaurants and food manufacturing plants are often willing to accommodate students for the day.
• Extended Theme Camps. There are theme camps all across the country, which offer a wonderful extended field trip opportunity for homeschoolers. Space camp, drama camp, computer camp, sports camp, and music camp are just a small sample of what is actually available. There are even health science related camps for high school teens run by universities. Worldview and law camps are held across the country as well. Check out Pensacola Christian College and Patrick Henry College for teen camps with a Christian perspective.
• Major City Tours. Another great option for a high school field trip is a city tour. Major cities such as Chicago, Washington D.C., New York, Boston, Nashville and Atlanta are just a few interesting choices worth considering.
• Living History. This fall we toured many major historical sites in the northeast. We usually went when there was some kind of reenactment or encampment. We spent time talking with the actors and found that there are groups that put on these reenactments and they go from site to site on the weekends. (My boys were like, "Where do we enlist!") Actors have to know their history and characters well.