Part of our field trip budget is for guest speakers also. We had a Revolutionary War re-enactment soldier in full military costume and with weaponry come to the school in October to speak with all of the 5/6. In November, with KSS and Thanksgiving, we don't do any other fieldtrips. This year in December we didn't plan a trip. In January, the museum is coming out to talk with us about the circulatory system and the heart. In February, we are going to the Hall of Life at the museum. We don't usually go on a trip in March due to CSAP and spring break. In April, we are going to go on two trips. The same is true of May. We also have guest speakers in April for "The Talk" (reproduction) for sixth graders and "That Talk" (puberty) for fifth graders. So it averages out to be about one trip/speaker per month, but we may not actually go on a trip every month.

We tie all of our field trips and guest speakers to curricular topics, obviously some our of topics lend themselves better to field trips than others so the field trips differ each year.