1. MichelleAbbasciano
Second Grade
Drumlin Farm Field Trip

2. Why we’re going…
To culminate our unit studying farms and how
they relate to us, we are taking a trip to a real
working farm so students will be able to
experience farm life for themselves first-hand.
They will get to see how the animals are raised,
what farmers do while on the farm, and how they
are all a lot like us!

3. What Drumlin Farm has to offer…
Students can explore a real, working farm and
wildlife sanctuary all in one.
They can touch, smell, hear, see and even TASTE
things while they are exploring the farm…with
close adult supervision and with guidance from
experienced farmers and naturalists, of course.

4. Students can…
Visit the farm animals
and wildlife animals
in their homes at the
farm.
We will be visiting sheep, goats, chickens, pigs,
cows, and a pony, all in their own rustic barns.
Farmers will be on hand to offer information and
answer any questions we have.

5. Students can…
Try their green
thumb out in the
Learning Garden.
We will get a chance to explore the Farm’s garden where
we can climb inside a tent of beans, taste fresh mint off
the stem, and learn about vegetables in a hands-on way.

6. Students can…
Learn about farms and
Massachusetts wildlife
at the drop-in learning
activity stations.
There are Drumlin Farm experts all around the Farm that
offer drop-in discovery activities. Here we can learn more
about the nature of Massachusetts and farm life.

7. Students can…
Even take a hayride!
We will get to hop on a good old-fashioned hayride around the
farm yard during our time here. A farmer will take us around
the farm to show us the sites from a different perspective.

8. Field trip Details…
 Site: Drumlin Farm, 208 S. Great Road, Lincoln, MA 01773
 Date: Monday, September 29, 2014
 Times: Arrive at school at 8AM. Bus leaves at 8:30AM. Depart from
Farm at 1:15PM. Arrive at school by 2PM
 Transportation: All children will take bus. Chaperons can meet at
Farm at 9:15AM
 Cost: $7 per child (admission fee + hay ride), $10 for adults
 Supervision: Teacher, plus 4-5 chaperones
 Special guidelines: Please make sure your child dresses in old
clothes, and comfortable shoes. We will be walking around a farm
all day and might get dirty! Also bring a disposable bag lunch for
your child.

9. Post field trip…
After the field trip, students will complete a KWL chart
(Know, Want to know, Learned) that we worked
together in the days leading up to the field trip.
Students will fill in the ‘Learned’ column with the most
interesting they learned on the field trip.
Each student will also create their own page that will
be part of a class scrap book from the trip. They will
write one to two sentences about their favorite thing
they learned while at the farm, with a picture to
accompany it.

10. Post field trip…
After the field trip, students will complete a KWL chart
(Know, Want to know, Learned) that we worked
together in the days leading up to the field trip.
Students will fill in the ‘Learned’ column with the most
interesting they learned on the field trip.
Each student will also create their own page that will
be part of a class scrap book from the trip. They will
write one to two sentences about their favorite thing
they learned while at the farm, with a picture to
accompany it.