Field Trips

A group of children and two adults admire a garden of tulips.

Field Trips & Youth Tours

Please note: At least 3 weeks advance notice is needed for guided tours. Email tours@morrisarboretum.org to schedule an outdoor educational experience to enhance your students at home or hybrid school instruction.

Choose from the following field trip tours:

General Tour (All Ages)

Duration: 60 minutes

Explore our 92-acre living museum
See the tree highlights
Learn about the Arboretum’s history
Meets PA Academic Standards: 3.3 Biological Sciences, 4.6 Ecosystems and Their Interactions

What Tree Am I? Tour (3rd Grade and up)

Duration: 60 minutes

Morris Arboretum is home to some of the oldest, rarest and largest trees in Philadelphia

Take a closer look to discover the amazing diversity of the trees around us
Examine the unique characteristics of trees and discover which tree you are most like
Meets PA Academic Standards: 3.3 Biological Sciences, 4.6 Ecosystems and Their Interactions

Scout Tour (All Ages)

Duration: 60 minutes

Morris Arboretum provides the perfect resource to help complete many nature-themed Boy and Girl Scout badge requirements, including Forestry, Nature, Flowers, Trees, and more.
When scheduling your tour, please feel free to include your particular project needs. We’ll be happy to tailor our many tours and activities to help fulfill specific badge requirements, making your trip to Morris Arboretum both fun and productive.
Scout groups with tour reservations will receive the Morris Arboretum Fun Patch!

4 Seasons Through the 5 Senses Tour (PreK through Kindergarten)

Duration: 60 minutes

Take a sensory journey through the Arboretum
Learn the natural characteristics of each season
Collect plant material to bring back to the classroom
Meets PA Academic Standards: 3.3 Biological Sciences

Tree Adventure Tour I (K - 3rd Grade)

Duration: 60 minutes

Learn responsibility from a tree

Leaves are responsible for producing food
Bark is responsible for protecting the trunk
Roots are responsible for absorbing water and storing food
People are responsible for taking care of trees in their neighborhoods
Meets PA Academic Standards: 3.3 Biological Sciences, 4.6 Ecosystems and Their Interactions, 4.8 Humans and the Environment

Teacher’s Guide: Download the Pre and Post Visit Guide and Activities 

Our Connected Environment (4th – 8th Grade)

Duration: 60 minutes

Identify ways in which trees, animals and humans depend upon each other
Learn about oxygen and other gifts we get from trees
Observe PA hardwood trees and discuss their ecological and economic importance
Learn ways to practice good stewardship at home, school and in the community

Wetlands Exploration Tour (K - 7th Grade)

Available September through June only

Duration: 60 minutes

Explore The Morris Arboretum Wetland on foot
Discover the function of wetlands and why they are so vital to nature

Observe and record the different plants and animals that thrive in a wetland
Explain the environmental and economic consequences that can arise with the loss of wetlands
Brainstorm ways we can help safeguard wetlands for the future
Meets PA Academic Standards: 4.3 Environmental Health, 4.7 Threatened, Endangered and Extinct Species, 6.3 Scarcity and Choice

Historic Mill Tour (5th grade and up)

Limited availability -- please email tours@morrisarboretum.org for more information

Duration: 60 minutes

Travel back in time by walking in the shoes of a Miller’s apprentice
Discover how cutting edge technology from the 1850s used simple machines to harness water power

Learn how nearby Flourtown got its name

Teacher’s Guide: Download the Pre and Post Visit Guide and Activities 