field trip
a trip by students to gain firsthand knowledge away from the classroom, as to a museum, factory, geological area, or environment of certain plants and animals.
a trip by a scholar or researcher to gather data firsthand, as to a geological, archaeological, anthropological, or other site.
Origin of field trip
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How to use field trip in a sentence
“The highlight was a school field trip that came specially to see Bach in the Subways who were perfectly behaved,” he says.
Standing in the dark, I felt lost, like the time I wandered off by myself on a second-grade field trip to the history museum.
When I was in junior high, our 8th grade class took a field trip to Florida.
Not to be missed: Chris Farley as the angry bus driver taking the kids on a field trip.
Shandee, a student on a geology field trip, finds a disembodied—but talkative—arm in a quarry.
On a field trip he had undertaken as a student, the young engineer inadvertently stumbled across a treasure in manganese.
The Five Arrows | Allan Chasefield trip planned to show that insects feed upon plants; make their homes upon plants.
A Civic Biology | George William HunterIf possible let the children take a field trip in connection with these lessons.
The Later Cave-Men | Katharine Elizabeth DoppOther modifications of these forms may easily be found on any field trip.
A Civic Biology | George William HunterAt least one field trip must be planned for the month of May.
A Civic Biology | George William Hunter
British Dictionary definitions for field trip
an expedition, as by a group of students or research workers, to study something at first hand
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