BC Field Trips

Farm Observers

Offered by
Fresh Roots
Last updated on
Wednesday, January 15th, 2025
Experience type: 
In-Person
Program Description

Farm Observers helps your students develop long-lasting connections with the land and its cycles, and to slow down and really observe and enjoy the world around them. Classes will practice a variety of naturalist and observation skills on their farm visit throughout the school year. The program is perfect for classes within walking distance of the farms. 

Big Ideas
  • New experiences, both within and outside of school, expand our career skill set and options.
  • Practising respectful, ethical, inclusive behaviour prepares us for the expectations of the workplace.
  • Safe environments depend on everyone following safety rules.
  • New experiences, both within and outside of school, expand our career skill set and options.
  • Practising respectful, ethical, inclusive behaviour prepares us for the expectations of the workplace.
  • Safe environments depend on everyone following safety rules.
  • Complex tasks may require multiple tools and technologies.
  • Complex tasks may require multiple tools and technologies.
  • All living things sense and respond to their environment.
  • Multicellular organisms rely on internal systems to survive, reproduce, and interact with their environment.
  • Evolution by natural selection provides an explanation for the diversity and survival of living things.
  • The biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere are interconnected, as matter cycles and energy flows through them.
  • Engaging in creative expression and experiences expands people’s sense of identity and community.
  • Through art making, one’s sense of identity and community continually evolves.
  • Personal choices and social and environmental factors influence our health and well-being.
  • Understanding ourselves and the various aspects of health helps us develop a balanced lifestyle.
  • Daily physical activity enables us to practice skillful movement and helps us develop personal fitness.
  • Personal choices and social and environmental factors influence our health and well-being.
  • Understanding ourselves and the various aspects of health helps us develop a balanced lifestyle.
  • Daily physical activity enables us to practice skillful movement and helps us develop personal fitness.
  • Healthy choices influence our physical, emotional, and mental well-being.
  • Daily participation in different types of physical activity influences our physical literacy and personal health and fitness goals.
  • Healthy choices influence our physical, emotional, and mental well-being.
  • Learning about similarities and differences in individuals and groups influences community health.
  • Healthy choices influence our physical, emotional, and mental well-being.
  • Healthy choices influence our physical, emotional, and mental well-being.
  • Interactions between First Peoples and Europeans lead to conflict and cooperation, which continues to shape Canada’s identity.
  • Natural resources continue to shape the economy and identity of different regions of Canada.
    • Trip Details
    City: 
    Vancouver
    For Grades: 
    4, 5, 6, 7
    Months Available: 
    April, May, June, September, October
    Days Offered: 
    Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
    Times Offered: 
    9:30 am, 12:30 pm
    Duration: 
    See notes. minutes unless otherwise stated.
    Maximum Students: 
    30
    Offered In French: 
    No
    Also Offered For: 
    Daycamps, ESL, Guides, Homeschool, Other, Scouts
    Packages Provided: 
    Pre-Visit Information Package
    Fee Details
    Fee Notes: 

    Annual Cost: $600 for VSB classes, $750 for non-VSB classes. Classes must register individually. Discounts for small classes (less than 23 students) available upon request.

    We strive to make our programs accessible to all groups. If cost is a barrier, please send an email to education@freshroots.ca.

    Additional Notes

    Program includes:
    -Three Fresh Roots-led 2-hour field trips (October, April, and June)
    -Four Teacher-Led Farm Visits (November/December, January/February, March, and May)

    Situated at Vancouver Technical and David Thompson secondary schools, our schoolyard farms are a short walk from many secondary schools and community centers. All field trips include a farm work experience, as well as a chance to harvest and taste vegetables, when seasonally available.

    Applications for 2025-2026 open in June. Apply by sending us an email at education@freshroots.ca. 

    Learn more at https://freshroots.ca/vancouver-field-trips/.

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