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Field Trips in Alaska
 Community Field Trips in Alaska
 Factory Tours
 Field Trip Tips & Guidelines

Community Field Trips in Alaska Back to Top
CiCi's Pizza Field Trips
CiCi's Pizza offers Lunch & Learn Field Trips for school groups. This is a hands-on workshop at CiCi's designed by teachers to help kids develop basic math skills. Students use pizza ingredients and other related items to solve problems, and in the process make and enjoy their very own pizza! They offer beginner, intermediate and advanced math level curriculums.

Factory Tours Back to Top
Alaska Mint
Tour the northern-most mint in the United States located in downtown Anchorage. The Mint is open to the public for self-guided tours. Watch the minting process in progress along with giant gold nuggets, a 10’ gold scale, authentic assay furnace, and running sluice box.
Alaskan Brewing Company
Located in Kirkland, the Alaskan Brewing Company offers tours of its facilities. Visitors to Alaskan Brewing hear about the history of brewing in Alaska and the 100 year old recipe that inspired their flagship Alaskan Amber Beer. You will learn how they make their unique and award winning Alaskan Seasonal Smoked Porter. View the brewing, fermentation and bottling systems. Browse the historical collection and gift shop.
Musk Ox Farm
The Musk Ox Farm, located just outside of Palmer, Alaska, a 50-minute drive from downtown Anchorage, is home to a unique domestication project which began in 1954. The Musk Ox Farm is an ideal place to observe and photograph these animals at close range. On the tour you'll learn about the history of the musk ox, a prehistoric remnant of the last great Ice Age, and how it has been domesticated on the farm. You'll see cows, powerful bulls, and tame yearlings. The Musk Ox Project promotes the use of qiviut (the fine under-wool of the musk ox) as the basis of an Arctic native textile industry, which provides an economic supplement to subsistence communities throughout Alaska.
The Great Alaskan Bowl Company
Tour the factory of the Great Alaskan Bowl Company in Fairbanks to learn about their rare technique of the bowl-making process firsthand. They use state-of-the-art equipment to turn hardwood into beautiful bowls, mugs, vases, and more.
Theobroma Chocolate Factory Tour
Take a tour of this delightful little chocolate factory in Sitka and you may be offered a free sample of their deliciously decadent chocolate truffles.

Field Trip Tips & Guidelines Back to Top
A Field Trip Should Not Be a Free-For-All
Karen Paulson
A reminder of the importance of teaching children respect and proper behavior when out enjoying field trips.
A Successful Field Trip is Just Four "P's" Away
Beth Ann Erickson
There are some basic steps to take to ensure that a field trip is well planned, well attended, and useful, interesting, fun, and relevant to those participating. Learn what the four "P's" are and how to get the most out of your next homeschool group field trip.
Field Trip Guidelines for Homeschool Groups
This letter can be used to establish an understanding about homeschool groups when you organize a field trip.


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