Field Trips

Kids Events Exceptionally

Educational

Looking for fun things to do with your students? What better environment to educate and inspire children, than a hands-on, interactive aquarium? Your students can learn about sea life from across the globe, touch and feed stingrays, birds and reptiles. They can also play and learn on water tables including a water cycle table and a science table, as well as play on a pirate ship! Kids have fun and learn at the same time!

Summer field trips booked between July 1st and August 31st will be $16 per child.

Interactive Field Trip Information

Field trips are offered Monday – Friday at 11 AM and 1 PM.
Each interactive field trip includes the following: hands-on, educational guided tour, feeding opportunities for stingrays, birds and reptiles, Coloring book and a come back pass for each child.
Field Trips are $15 +tax per child. 1 teacher per 30 students will receive free admission and additional teachers/chaperones are $11.95 a person +tax. Summer field trips booked between July 1st and August 31st will be $16 +tax per child and $11.95 +tax for additional teachers/chaperones.
The capacity per field trip is 100 individuals per time slot. If you have a group of 100 or more individuals, please reach out to dmevents@bluezoo.us for special accommodations.
We recommend a 10:1 teacher/chaperone to child ratio with an 8:1 ratio preferred especially with younger children.
Field trips are available Monday-Friday throughout the year except school holidays. Examples include Winter Break, Spring Break and National holidays

Booking Information

A $50 non-refundable deposit is required to reserve your field trip, which will be used towards the purchase of admission.
Should you need to cancel, we charge a $50 cancellation fee OR you can reschedule to a future date at no additional fee with 24 hours notice (based on availability).
Blue Zoo is not able to offer field trips on holidays or Spring Break.

Have questions? Please see our frequently asked questions below!

Don’t see what you need? Please reach us
at DMEvents@BlueZoo.us

FAQS

I want to reserve a field trip now, but I don’t know the exact number of children and chaperones that I have yet.

No problem! Reserve the total number of people that you know you’ll have and you can add more as needed on the day of your field trip.

I’d like a space at the aquarium for the children to eat lunch and/or have time to discuss what we’ve learned at Blue Zoo, is that possible?

Yes! We have a party room, which is included in our interactive field trip package and makes a great place for lunches or class/discussion time!

I saw the note about clothing, as a teacher, am I required to bring a change of clothing for my students?

No, extra clothing is completely optional.

How long do most field trips last?

The interactive field trip will last an hour. Admission is good all day so you are welcome to stay as long as you would like to enjoy the animal exhibits and play areas! You can even leave and come back on the same day as long as you do not remove your wristband.

I’m in a homeschool group, can we do field trips as well?

Yes! To get the interactive field trip package, you just have to have a minimum of 12 people in your group, Maximum 150 all together (teachers, chaperones, and students).

Are there any dates that field trips aren’t available?

Yes. We have blackout dates on field trips during school holidays, examples would be Veteran’s Day, Winter Break, MKL Day, President’s Day and Spring Break.

Do these prices include tax?

No, tax is additional to above pricing.

Field Trips

Kids Events Exceptionally

Interactive Field Trip Information

Booking Information

FAQS

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