For Educators

Field Trips & Youth Tours
Please note: At least three weeks’ advance notice is needed for guided tours. Please review our FAQ on our Group Tours page to learn how to book a field trip. Fill out the request form on the Group Tours page when you are ready to schedule an outdoor educational experience to enhance your students’ at-home or hybrid school instruction.
Choose from the following field trip tours:
General Tour (All Ages)
Duration: 60 minutes
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Explore our 92-acre living museum
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See the tree highlights
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Learn about the Morris’s history
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Meets PA Academic Standards: 3.3 Biological Sciences, 4.6 Ecosystems and Their Interactions
For more information or to schedule a field trip, email tours@morrisarboretum.org.
4 Seasons Through the 5 Senses Tour (PreK through Kindergarten)
Duration: 60 minutes
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Take a sensory journey through the Morris
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Learn the natural characteristics of each season
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Collect plant material to bring back to the classroom
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Meets PA Academic Standards: 3.3 Biological Sciences
For more information or to schedule a field trip, email tours@morrisarboretum.org.
Tree Adventure Tour I (K - 3rd Grade)
Duration: 60 minutes
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Learn responsibility from a tree
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Leaves are responsible for producing food
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Bark is responsible for protecting the trunk
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Roots are responsible for absorbing water and storing food
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People are responsible for taking care of trees in their neighborhoods
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Meets PA Academic Standards: 3.3 Biological Sciences, 4.6 Ecosystems and Their Interactions, 4.8 Humans and the Environment
For more information or to schedule a field trip, email tours@morrisarboretum.org.
Teacher’s Guide: Download the Pre and Post Visit Guide and Activities
Our Connected Environment (4th – 8th Grade)
Duration: 60 minutes
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Identify ways in which trees, animals and humans depend upon each other
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Learn about oxygen and other gifts we get from trees
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Observe PA hardwood trees and discuss their ecological and economic importance
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Learn ways to practice good stewardship at home, school and in the community
For more information or to schedule a field trip, email tours@morrisarboretum.org.
Wetlands Exploration Tour (K - 7th Grade)
Available September through June only
Duration: 60 minutes
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Explore The Morris Arboretum & Gardens Wetland on foot
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Discover the function of wetlands and why they are so vital to nature
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Observe and record the different plants and animals that thrive in a wetland
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Explain the environmental and economic consequences that can arise with the loss of wetlands
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Brainstorm ways we can help safeguard wetlands for the future
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Meets PA Academic Standards: 4.3 Environmental Health, 4.7 Threatened, Endangered and Extinct Species, 6.3 Scarcity and Choice
For more information or to schedule a field trip, email tours@morrisarboretum.org.
Historic Mill Tour (5th grade and up)
Limited availability
Duration: 60 minutes
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Travel back in time by walking in the shoes of a miller’s apprentice
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Discover how cutting-edge technology from the 1850s used simple machines to harness water power
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Learn how nearby Flourtown got its name
Teacher’s Guide: Download the Pre and Post Visit Guide and Activities
For more information or to schedule a field trip, email tours@morrisarboretum.org.