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Youth Outdoor Field Trips
Schools, Homeschools, Summer Camps, Scouts - These are for you!
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​● Field experiences in the Tampa Bay Area
● You choose the outdoor location and Sensing Nature provides your guided outdoor adventure!
● 1 Free Chaperone per 10 Youths (engaged chaperones are required)

Click to Submit Your Field Trip Inquiry
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All Outdoor Field Trips are Guided by Sensing Nature Professionals
Our educators include wildlife biologists, ecologists, teachers, park naturalists, environmental interpreters, certified UF Florida Master Naturalists and UF Florida Master Naturalist Instructors!

Field Trip Lengths:
● 2.5 to 3 hours, or 5 to 6 hours
​● Multi-day field trip combinations are available upon request

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Join Us for Outdoor Fun while Learning!
Below activities and topics are dependent upon the field trip location chosen
● Nature Hikes
● Wildlife Viewing
● Beach Explorations
● Canoeing/Kayaking
● Wildlife Monitoring
● Invasives & Exotics
● History with Natural Ecology 
● Fish Seining - estuary/coastal
● Bird Adaptations
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● Owl Pellet Dissection
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● Litter Clean-ups
​● Educational Scavenger Hunts
We provide quality Pre-K through 12th grade field trips for groups ranging in size from one class to the whole school!
During our guided nature hikes for school groups and scout troops, learn wildlife and plant identification, adaptations and conservation.
Find out about Florida's wildlife from residents to migrants. Learn about our flourishing species and others needing our help.
Join us for our guided Beach Exploration and learn how to identify our coastal species while becoming sound stewards of their future.
Stroll through a beautiful freshwater or estuarine swamp without getting your feet wet. Learn about forest species, ecological functions, history, and conservation.
Schools students and scouts troops have a blast paddling with our experienced guides!
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Select your location to learn more about our affordable and popular outdoor field trips for schools, summer camps, scouts and youth groups. 
Click the buttons below.

Brooker Creek Preserve Youth Field Trips
Fort De Soto Park Youth Field Trips
Weedon Island Preserve Youth Field Trips
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General Information:

Inquiry vs. Registration: The Inquiry Form tells us what your field trip needs are and allows us to email you field trip information for the field trip location that fits your experiential requests. 

Activity Options: Our field trip activities are not a la carte, and due to the uniqueness of each Sensing Nature location, we cannot offer all options at every location.

Just Getting Started? If you are in the beginning stage of planning, please provide us with your best ideas at this time. We understand that things change.

Do You Have to Know Your Dates? Times? Details? No, you still can be deciding your details to request our field trip information. 

Holding Your Date: If you know your details and provide them, we can hold your date for up to 1-week while you electronically submit your Registration Form and Deposit.
We need to know your activity selection, group size, and arrival/departure times to hold your date. Some activities require specific field equipment such as boats, or nets, or Sensing Nature guides with specific certificates or specialized skills (i.e. seining, canoeing/kayaking, birding, etc.).

​Replying to Your Inquiry: We will reply to your Inquiry Request Form by letting you know if the date(s) and times are available (if you provided these), and we will send you directions about how to submit our online Registration Form and your Deposit, which is $150 or 50% of your total invoice amount, whichever amount is less for you.
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Want more information, or to request a date?


Click to Submit Your Field Trip Inquiry
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Do You Have a Non-school Related Youth Group?
We also offer outdoor experiences for visiting family members of conference groups 
and other vacationing families! ​
Click Here to Learn About Our Ecotours
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Instructors of UF/IFAS Florida ​Master Naturalist Program since 2001
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FWC's Florida Youth Conservation Centers Network partner
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Member of the Florida Society for
​Ethical Ecotourism
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SPAS Teacher Ecology Camp partner and org. member
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Friends of Weedon Island partner
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