A day trip to Marshalltown offers your family lots of learning with lots of fun! Here are FIVE unique field[…]
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Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge – Prairie City
Place/Event: Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge Location: Off of Highway 163 at the Prairie City exit (GPS/Google gets confused[…]
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Visit an Iowa Farm
Maybe you’re asking – does she really need a blog post about visiting an Iowa Farm? The answer is YES![…]
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Wild and Free Day at Margo Frankel Woods State Park – Des Moines
Margo Frankel Woods State Park is the perfect place to have a #WildandFree Day! What’s #WildandFree? It’s a community of[…]
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State Historical Museum of Iowa – Des Moines
Place/Event: State Historical Museum of Iowa Location: 600 E Locust St, Des Moines, IA 50319 Cost: Free Grade/age range: All ages Group[…]
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Iowa Public Television Station – Johnston
Place/Event: Iowa Public Television Studio Tour Location: 6450 Corporate Drive, Johnston, Iowa 50131 Cost: Free Grade/age range: All ages Group size: max 30[…]
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Des Moines Art Center and Pappajohn Sculpture Park – Des Moines
In the company of friends, we spent an afternoon in downtown Des Moines for a “cultural day”. Our chronological history[…]
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Nursing Home Visit
When planning field trips, you and your students are missing out if a nursing home or residential care center isn’t on[…]
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Jester Park – Granger
Jester Park is a local favorite of ours and it’s easy to see why! With the most unique natural playscape[…]
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Ledges State Park – Madrid
Ledges State Park is my old stomping grounds. I grew up on a farm three miles to the east. I[…]
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