FIELD TRIP Definition & Meaning

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field trip

noun

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.

field trip

noun

an expedition, as by a group of students or research workers, to study something at first hand

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of field trip¹

First recorded in 1955–60

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Before its official opening on Friday, students from Steam Legacy High School took a field trip to test out the new show.

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Unified supported their claim of overall increased arts expenditures, in large part citing higher spending for field trips funded through a different source.

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The Orange County resident only gave her last initial because she had ditched a school field trip in favor of the protest.

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She took field trips into the San Joaquin Valley farm belt to learn about California’s severe water problems.

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Pasadena Rosebud Academy Charter School has settled on a unique return-to-school plan: a series of field trips lasting through the week beginning Jan. 21.

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