Gorman Heritage Farm offers creative, hands-on, interdisciplinary field trips that relate to Ohio State Standards. All groups are led by trained staff and volunteers, with small groups of 10 or fewer students. Please let us know what you are studying in the classroom so that we can integrate it into your field trip experience, and build on your students’ prior knowledge.

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Pre-School Field Trips

Our 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hour pre-school program allows children to interact with our animals on a personal level. The students are given an opportunity to engage all of their senses while touring our gardens and farmyard. Children visit the chickens, pigs, goats, sheep, and rabbits, as available. Time is given to allow the participants to interact and explore the lives of our animals. Tasting, touching, smelling, hearing, and seeing GHF plants and animals gives children a whole new level of understanding about farming and the natural world.

Kindergarten, Grade 1, and Grade 2: Food Sources

During this 2 hour program, students engage in hands-on exploration using their sense to discover the basic needs of all living things, and how many of their own basic needs are fulfilled by a farm. This program includes activities such as: collecting fresh eggs, grinding animal feed, touching or grooming animals, and planting or harvesting seasonal vegetables.

Grade 2, Grade 3, and Grade 4: Structure & Function

During this 4 1/2 hour program, small groups explore the structures and functions of our farmyard animals, farming equipment, garden tools, seeds, and even the compost pile! This program helps learners understand how interconnected life is and how vitally important healthy soil is to us all. This fun and information-filled experience is packed with real-life examples, interactive games, and hands-on experiences.

Grade 3, Grade 4, and Grade 5: Local Ohio History

During this 4 1/2 hour program, small groups realize that learning the history of Gorman Heritage Farm and the local community can be fun and exciting. Find out that farmers have not always had tractors, electricity, water in their houses, or even refrigerators. Explore the past and present ways children work to help fulfill the needs of their family, how animals are cared for, where food is stored, how water is transported and experience your local history.