Field Trip Registration for the 2026/27 school year opens August 3 at 9:00 a.m.
Give your students the chance to step outside the classroom, explore nature firsthand, and make meaningful connections with the world around them.
Choose a field trip below, then select a date to view availability and book. For program descriptions, lesson plans, and curriculum connections, use the green field trip buttons farther down the page.
Please Note: Payment is required at the time of booking.
Filed Trip Cost:
Our on-site field trips at the Nature Center are separate programs than iSEE and remain available for multiple grade levels.
- The fee is $105 per class (30 students or less). No more than 3 classes or groups at a time (max of 90 students). Larger groups will need to be split across two different field trip times.
- All teachers and aids are free and 6 parent chaperones are included in the price.
- All additional chaperones must be approved and will cost an additional $6 per chaperone.
- Please note that school programs are special, and memberships will not be accepted as payment for the program or extra chaperone fees.
Funding Assistance:
Weber School District
Weber School Foundation covers the cost of field trips for eligible schools. Use code: WSF24
- After booking your field trip date, you must apply to the Weber School Foundation for funding approval. Apply here.
Ogden School District
Ogden School Foundation covers the full cost of field trips.Use code: OSF24
iSEE 1st Grade Outreach Program
In addition to our field trips at the Ogden Nature Center, our educators travel to schools across Utah through the iSEE program.
This free, grant-funded program is specifically for Utah public and charter school 1st grade classrooms and takes place at your school.
Use code: ISEE24
Questions:
Contact, Education Director 385-470-0036
September & October: Field Ecology (All Grades)
October & November: Living Close to the Land (1st-5th grade)
December: Animals & Plants Prepare for Winter (K-5th grade)
January & February: Animal Autographs (K-4th)
March: Utah's Ecosystems (3rd-8th Grade)
May: Pond Ecology (K-4th Grade)
May: Pollination Stations (K-2nd Grade)
Summer Field Trips
Get your summer school and summer camp students outdoors with a field trip at Ogden Nature Center! Summer field trips are different from the field trips we run during the school year. These are self-guided (a scavenger hunt can be provided upon request). You may also add a 45-minute reptile presentation for an additional fee. Details can be found below:
- Cost for self-guided only: Regular admission of $4 per child. One (1) free adult for every 10 children. Additional adults pay regular admission of $6.
- Cost with a 45-minute reptile presentation: $6 per child. One (1) free adult for every 10 children. Additional adults pay regular admission of $6.
- A deposit of half the cost of your group is due at the time of booking for all field trips with reptile presentations.
- Reptile presentations include a snake and a tortoise with time for questions and answers as well as up close interaction with the reptiles for each student if they exhibit appropriate behavior.
- Reptile Presentations may be scheduled any time Monday-Friday between 9:30am and 2:30pm, based on availability.
- Field trips can be scheduled anytime during weekday business hours (Mon-Fri between 9am and 4:45pm).
- If you are having lunch at the Nature Center, you must pack out all of your trash off of the property. A $15 per bag fee will be charged if any garbage is left behind.
- Note: Ogden Nature Center summer camps, Ogden Nature Center guests, and other summer groups will be using our facilities during the summer. Please be respectful, patient, and willing to share these spaces with others.
- Ogden Nature Center closes at 5pm. Gates will close at that time. All groups must be off the property prior to 5pm.
To schedule your group to come to the Ogden Nature Center, please call Sarah Lambson, Education Director, at 385-470-0036
ONC Education Policies
The following policies will be enforced without exception. Failure to comply with the following policies will be noted and may lead to restriction from future field trip attendance.
- No siblings are allowed to attend with chaperones. This includes infants in arms. Parents who bring siblings will be asked to remove themselves from the field trip and can either remain at the nature center in any space away from the field trip or they may return home. Teachers are held responsible for communicating this policy to chaperones and will be held accountable if this policy is not followed.
- A maximum of 6 chaperones is allowed for each class attending our field trips. This does not include teachers and teacher/student aids who are allowed free under all circumstances. Additional chaperones MUST be approved by the education director and must pay our $6 entrance fee. If additional chaperones were not approved ahead of time, they will be asked to pay an additional $10 per chaperone.
- If you are eating lunch before or after your field trip, all trash must be bagged and packed out by the school. Trash bags will not be provided by the nature center. Any trash left behind will be charged a $15/bag fine.
- No shows and cancellations will not be refunded unless under extenuating circumstances (i.e. busing issues, unanticipated school closings, etc.)
- You are expected to be on time for your field trip. If you are more than 30 minutes late, we will not be able to facilitate our field trip activities as planned and an alternative option will be provided to you.
Teacher Notes
- All programs correlate to the Utah State SEEd standards. Field adventures at the Ogden Nature Center are designed for K – 8th grade students, and focus on hands-on, outdoor experiences.
- All classes are taught by professional teacher/naturalists educated in conservation biology, botany, ornithology, child development, environmental education, interpretation, and more.
- Classes are taught 100% outside. Please dress for the weather.
- Programs last for two hours and can be scheduled for the mornings or afternoons.
- Picnic tables are available for lunch use before or after your field trip. Please RSVP for picnic table use when registering your classroom. Please plan to pack out all of your trash.
- You are welcome to extend your field trip with self-guided exploration of the nature preserve or by allowing students time to play at Peery's Nature Nook Playscape at no extra cost.
- Each field trip has pre-visit and post-visit curriculum and activities. Print out and use those activities that are appropriate for your grade level.
- If this does not fit your schedule or programs are booked for the days you would like to attend, please contact 801-621-7595 for our self-guided classroom options.
- Our programs are designed to follow the seasons. We offer programming that encourages students to investigate nature around them. Thanks to the Powell Foundation, all Ogden City Schools will take home a journal to continue their nature and science investigations at home after their field trip.
- If you're looking for programming for an individual student, whether adult or child, check out our calendar to see what our community education programs have to offer.
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