Sponsored Field Trips
Our donor-funded Adopt-A-Class program brings Lee County 4th graders from Title I schools to the Museum for a fun, educational field trip at no cost to the school. Students explore our Exhibit Hall, touch local mollusks in our live touch pools, and make a piece of shell art to take home.
Information:
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Field trips are available Monday through Thursday from September through December, and during the month of May. Mollusks on the Move is available the rest of the year.
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Students are picked up from school at 9:30am and returned to school at 1:30pm.
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The Museum covers the cost of your school bus, but teachers are responsible for making transportation arrangements with their school or the Lee County School District Transportation Department.
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Please make sure your students pack lunches.
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You may bring one chaperone per class. Additional chaperones pay $12 each.
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Chaperones are expected to manage participant behavior and stay with the group at all times as they move around the Museum.
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There will not be time for students to shop in the Museum Store.
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Each student is required to write a thank-you note to the donor who funded their experience. We believe it’s important to learn how to say thank you, and donors love them!
To apply for a sponsored field trip, please email Education Coordinator Leigh Gay at lgay@shellmuseum.org or call 239-395-2233.
You can help bring students to the Museum by donating to our Adopt-A-Class Program!