STEM Field Trips

What?

School & Group/Organization Field Trips

• Opportunities for groups of participants to spend time participating in outdoor hands-on STEM activities at Moore Road Farm. 
• Participants engage in a guided nature hike and at least one STEM activity connected to a chosen theme from our activity menu. 
• Activities are connected STEM to today and tomorrow and are aligned to content, process, and employability skills standards. 
• If desired, field trips can include time for a picnic lunch (provided by participants) at the farm. 

Reverse Field Trips

• TSC comes to your location to facilitate three hands-on STEM activities for participants instead of you coming to Moore Road Farm.
• TSC provides staff and materials for activities.
• You provide the participants and spaces for the activities to take place.

Where?

School & Group/Organization Field Trips

• Field trips are offered at Moore Road Farm, located at 8407 Moore Road, Indianapolis, IN 46278. 
• TSC’s 30-acre outdoor education site is located conveniently on the northwest side of Indianapolis. 
• The ecosystems represented on the farm are representative of Indiana. The farm provides visitors an opportunity to connect with a deciduous forest, fields of crops, an urban garden, and Eagle Creek.

Reverse Field Trips

• A reverse field trip takes place at your location. 
• Reverse field trips are limited to locations within 30 miles of Moore Road Farm. 
• Depending on the number of participants, The STEM Connection needs 2-3 designated spaces (classrooms, gymnasium, outdoor green spaces, etc.) in which activities can be facilitated.

When?

School & Group/Organization Field Trips

• Field trips are offered throughout the year on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays (and other days upon request). 
• Trips to our outdoor education site generally last three hours without a lunch break or about three and a half hours if you’d like to allow time for a picnic lunch. 
• All field trips begin at 9:30 a.m unless otherwise scheduled. 

Reverse Field Trips

• Reverse field trips are offered year round. 
• Participants will engage in STEM activities for 2 hours and TSC will be onsite for 2.5-3 hours to allow a little time at the beginning for set-up and at the end for clean-up.

Cost

School & Group/Organization Field Trips

• 3 hour field trip: $320 for up to 40 participant; additional participant are $8 each.
• 3½ hour field trip (with sack lunch break): $360 for up to 40 participant; additional participant are $9 each.
• 3 hour field trip for schools and organizations with a minimum of 40% of participants receiving free or reduced lunches: $280 for up to 40 participants; additional participant are $7 each.
• 3½ hour trip for schools and organizations with a minimum of 40% of participants receiving free or reduced lunches: $320 for up to 40 participants: additional participant are $8 each.
• For information about additional financial assistance for a field trip check out Letha’s Fund (information below) or contact Andrea Elstro at aelstro@thestemconnection.org with questions.

Chaperones

• Chaperones are free and welcome.
• Chaperones are important to help ensure safely, learning, and fun.
• TSC recommends one chaperone per every five-six students for preschool through early elementary students and at least two or three chaperones per group for middle-high school students.

Reverse Field Trips

• $320 for up to 40 students; additional students are $8 each up to a maximum of 60 students.
• For information about additional financial assistance for a reverse field trip contact Andrea Elstro at aelstro@thestemconnection.org with questions.

More Information – contact Andrea Elstro at aelstro@thestemconnection.org