Elementary School Field Trips

Trust in Education has a special relationship within the RSU21 district. During elementary school, each grade adopts a different property and spends the year visiting that property to explore different science and humanities concepts. Each field trip is built off of Next Generation Science Standards and was created alongside district teachers to help bring nature-based, hands-on, multidisciplinary education to a variety of units throughout the year.

We want to make our field trips accessible to anyone educators who would like to use them, with credit to Trust in Education and Kennebunkport Conservation Trust. That’s why we’ve uploaded these downloadable resources here! You can explore student workbooks, view station guides, and download virtual classrooms loaded with interactive content. Our field trips have both virtual and in-person compatibility! While we typically run our trips in-person at various Kennebunkport Conservation Trust properties, these lessons can be adapted for many different spaces.

We believe educational programs should be available to all who want them, and that’s why we offer our elementary school programs for free, whether its here at the Trust with our staff, self-run in your classroom, exploring your own local land, or virtually. No matter the format, students have the opportunity to contact our staff and volunteers with questions and comments!

Want to book a field trip to the Trust? Love what you see and want to work with us to create a field trip that meets your teaching needs? Have questions about content and use? Don’t hesitate to reach out! Our education staff would love to talk with you.

Contact our Director of Programs and Outreach, Leia Lowery (leia@kportclimate.org), or our Kindergarten - 5th Grade Educator, Isaac Schuchat (ischuchat@kporttrust.org) for all education related questions and topics!

Note: As of August 2020, we are working round the clock to update our online resources! Check back here frequently as new content for each grade will be updated. Virtual fall field trips will be available for all grades K-5.

Goose Rocks Beach Field Trips

Each fall and spring, Kindergarteners flood to Goose Rocks Beach to explore geography, measurements, wildlife and while practicing their observational skills. These field trips are great to expose students to inquiry-based exploration.

Emmons Preserve Field Trips

Each fall and spring fourth graders come explore the Emmons Preserve. They learn about reading landscapes, life in Maine during colonial days, erosion, and the formation of Maine beach sands.

Tyler Brook field trips

Each fall and spring, first graders travel out to the Tyler Brook Preserve. Students learn about signs of changing seasons, search for animals and plants, and use their observational skills.

Coming Soon!

We have all kinds of field trips for grade K-5! Stay tuned for more virtual field trips as this page is constantly under development.

river field trips

Second graders follow the Kennebunk River from its source to the mouth of the river at the ocean. They look at historical uses of the river and different ecological aspects.