Yard Field Trips

Get outside and engage a group without lifting a finger

Yard Field Trips

Invite blue marble to your yard or neighbourhood park for outdoor, hands-on, experiential learning in and about nature. blue marble will guide you in explorations of nature right in your own yard! Plus, keep the fun going with follow up activities provided by blue marble. Available within 1.5 hours of Kingston, Ontario for Kindergarten through Grade 8.

Field trips can accommodate up to 28 learners, take 60 min, and start at $70.

If you’re interested in booking a field trip for more than 1 group of learners on a single day please contact us at bluemarblelearningscene@gmail.com

See what people are saying!

Book Now, Pay Later

Book and Pay Now

Available Yard Field Trips

Choose from one of the following field trips:

NEW Geology (all grades) - explore rock samples and the rock cycle to understand how rocks can tell you about the Earth’s history. Take your new knowledge to help create a CRAZY Earth history based on the rock samples provided.

NEW Soils (junior/intermediate) - take a close up look at 3 different soils to explore what soils are made of. Create your own soil profile to help clean “dirty” water as we discuss the importance of soils.

Turtle Trials (all grades) - Go on an adventure through a turtle's life cycle and all the trials they face! In this guided adventure, you will face a series of obstacles just like Ontario turtles ($10 going to Turtles Kingston). Learn More. Can be facilitated indoors.

Habitats (Primary) - investigate animals, habitats, and the needs of living things with 2 activities that get your learners curious.

Environmental Field Work (Junior / Intermediate) - an exploration of environmental science field work activities. Choose which two careers you’d like to explore: geology (fossils), ecology (biodiversity), hydrology (water quality), and restoration science (yard improvement).

Winter Field Trip (all grades) - explore how animals survive living outside in winter by searching for the warmest place in the yard using digital thermometers.

Bee-venture (Primary) - Investigate the life of honeybees by becoming part of the hive. Collect nectar, search out food sources, and communicate with a waggle dance.

Escape Mission (Junior) - You and your frog friends have been randomly dropped by a flock of odd gulls into a different ecosystem and you must escape all the dangers to find your way home. Challenges touch on the Ontario Science Curriculum.

***All yard field trips include a follow up activity that you can do later.

More In-Person Activities

What People Are Saying

“Thank you so much for the wonderful and amazing learning experience you both provided for our Kindergarteners today! I think the rain just ended up adding to the experience for them. Today we ended our day with sitting in a circle and each child shared what the best part of their day was, and they each had lovely things to say about their turtle adventure. From breaking their own egg or helping a friend break theirs, to digging for their shell and the most popular turtle vs predator game!”

— Kindergarten Class, Molly Brant Elementary School

“Engaging with the kids in such a positive and relaxed way. Outstanding organization. Keep doing what you are doing.”

— Junior Teacher, Sydenham PS

“The interactive portion at the beginning really got the kids excited to participate in activities. The children also loved how hands on and interactive the activities were. They learned so much about habitats and were able to share about their learning even after the program was over.”

— Primary Teacher, Prince Charles PS

“The students were so engaged and learned a ton!”

— Junior Teacher, Perth Road PS

“We appreciate your very enthusiastic and interactive presentation which meets kids at their level. So fantastic!”

- Program Manager at Rideau Lakes Public Library

Cancellation Policy

If you have booked a Yard Field Trip or Nature visit you can cancel for any reason and receive a full refund if the experience is cancelled 48 hours before the scheduled visit. A partial refund of 50% of the original cost can be obtained up until 24 hours before the scheduled visit.

If your visit must be cancelled by blue marble learning scene for any reason (e.g. weather) you will receive a full refund or have the option to reschedule. We will endeavour to give you as much notice as possible when cancelling. Please be aware that weather disruptions may only be discovered the day of the visit.

Yard Field Trips proceed light rain or shine. Cancellations will only be made for heavy rain or thunderstorm and extenuating circumstances. Check out our full cancellation policy for more details.

Pandemic Considerations

If a visit is cancelled as a result of stay at home orders / lock downs, put in place by the Ontario Government, or if there are positive COVID cases within your class, you will have the option to

1. reschedule the experience for another time: or

2. cancel the experience and receive a full refund.