Take a Field Trip with AFC!

Visit one of AFC’s nature preserves with your class! Thanks to generous grant support from the Helen and Will Webster Family Foundation, we offer transportation and free field trips to schools across Los Angeles County. Field trips are available W-F during the school year. Please email AFC’s Program Director if you are interested in summer field trips. To request a field trip, please complete the Field Trip Request Form below.

• Our primary field trip site is the Rosemont Preserve. For more on our lands, click here.
• Our curricula are compliant with the STEM Education Act of 2014 and are taught by our staff, interns, and volunteer docents. Take a look at applicable Next Generation Science Standards here.
• AFC maintains a Wildlife Movement curriculum for students who cannot access our properties.
• We help plant, maintain and teach from native plant gardens on campuses.
• All students learn about our remote trigger wildlife camera program.
• Participation in AFC programs fulfills both educational and community service requirements and encourages students to pursue environmental studies and become tomorrow’s land stewards.

Lastly, be sure to check out our new virtual field trips!

Contact AFC Education Coordinator, Kyle Cavazos for more information:
[email protected]

AFC’s Field Trip Programs

Student Learning Outcomes:
Educational programs offer an interdisciplinary approach by including concepts of life and Earth science, math, geology, history, ethnobotany, ecology, and land-use planning into an integrated curriculum.

Grade Levels Served:
AFC’s field trip programs can be modified for grade levels K-12.

Teachers and Students:
Educational field trip programs at the Preserve are intended to correlate with teachers’ in-class curriculum. Incorporating field trip programs with existing school curriculum provides students with an opportunity for experiential learning. We use our sites and available resources to create meaningful and memorable learning experiences for students in a real-world situation. There is no substitute for real world learning where students can touch, smell and hear what they are studying.

Native Plants, Local History:
AFC’s native plant curriculum focuses on the types of plant adaptations that allow plants to survive and thrive in our Mediterranean climate now plagued with drought. It also teaches about native plant use by the first people to inhabit our area, the Tongva, who lived in balance with their environment.

Geology:
AFC’s geology curriculum teaches about plate tectonics, geology, rock types, watersheds and stormwater runoff. AFC Preserves lend physical features to reference when teaching the concepts of what defines a watershed or drainage basin.

Avifauna:
AFC’s San Gabriel Foothills Avifauna Curriculum introduces students to local and migratory birds of the San Gabriel Foothills using binoculars to magnify the wonders of bird watching. Discover the fascinating connections between our feathered friends and their vibrant ecosystems, all while exploring our own relationships with birds and nature.

Service Activity:
Students can enjoy a hands-on experience of pulling invasive species and restoring habitat. They will learn about the importance of native plants and the threat invasive species can have to an ecosystem. Students can also help with repairing and maintaining our trails.