Field Trips
Bring Your Group to Ijams for a Field Trip!
Summer field trips are not available
Spring field trips are fully booked
Ijams Nature Center offers school classes and other groups a truly unique outdoor education experience. Your students will be engaged in inquiry and experiential learning designed to deepen their connections to place and each other while fostering their natural curiosity.
Ijams staff work with you to connect this learning experience to your curricular goals as well as education standards established by the State of Tennessee and Knox County.
Complete the Field Trip Request Form
FIELD TRIPS AT IJAMS
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Time: 9:30 am-12:30 pm*
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Dates: September-May
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Cost: $12/student
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NEW! Add Navitat's Treetop Adventure Park to your field trip
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Cost: An addition $32/student (total field trip cost - $44/student)
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Time: Field trips including Navitat are 9:30 am-2:30 pm
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Add Express Zipline Experience at Navitat to your field trip for an additional $15/student. This experience adds 1 extra hour to your trip.
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* If you would like to request a different start/end time, please make note of the change during the request process.
Ijams has new and updated offerings! Most of the pre-designed listings below can be adapted for grades K-8 unless otherwise indicated. Ijams also offers customized experiences to explore a specific standard, topic, or theme not covered elsewhere.
OUTREACH PROGRAMS
Ijams educators also can come to to your school or community. Outreach programs can be tailored to your needs and include a visit from an Ijams animal ambassador! Learn More About Outreach Programs
BASIC FIELD TRIP STRUCTURE*
Most field trips follow the same program schedule:
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9:30AM - Arrival
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9:30AM-9:45AM - Welcome, De-bus, restroom, & snack (BYO Snack). During this time we also check in with teachers and chaperones about group needs and chaperone expectations. We highly recommend snack at the start of the day, because our program ends at 12:30PM!
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9:45AM-12:00PM - Programming
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12:00PM-12:30PM - Live Animal Presentation (2 animals will be presented)
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12:30PM - Picnic lunch and/or depart
*Occasionally time limitations, group size, and/or weather conditions may require altering this schedule.
SCHEDULING A FIELD TRIP*
Ijams currently is scheduling field trip requests by google form on a first-come, first-served basis. Book Your Field Trip
If you have any questions, please contact Gabby Colarusso at gcolarusso@ijams.org +1865-577-4717, ext. 1017.
FIELD TRIP AND OUTREACH SCHOLARSHIPS
Ijams has funding available for scholarships and transportation for schools that qualify. There also are other ways for educators to request funding for field trips, transportation, and outreach programs. The following document offers suggestions and includes a sample letter.
Ijams Nature Center School Funding Request Information and Sample Letter
