Educational Field Trips in McHenry County, Illinois

Educational School Tours

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TAKE A FIELD TRIP WHERE YOU WANT YOUR KIDS TO GET LOST!

Visit Richardson Adventure Farm for a fun and educational fall field trip. Our expectation is to educate through entertainment.

September & October Field Trips
Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday
9:00 am - 2:00 pm

A FIELD TRIP THEY'LL NEVER FORGET!

Your students and chaperones will be greeted at the buses upon arrival for their day of fun, hands-on education! Each field trip group will:

  • Learn about different aspects of farming & agritourism
  • Enjoy fun activities such as:
    • giant slide
    • 50' tall observation tower
    • pedal carts and trikes
    • jumping pillows
    • room to run and enjoy the outdoors
  • The option to eat lunch in our beautiful, wooded picnic area
  • Get lost (and found again!) in our corn maze

While enjoying our farm, students will be able to:

  • Increase team building skills
  • Enjoy an educational wagon ride (optional)
  • Improve map reading abilities
  • Use critical thinking skills


Field Trip+

Field Trip+ Packages

In our Field Trip+ package, students will enjoy an educational wagon ride. Each wagon holds up to about 35 people. This is a fun way to learn about growing pumpkins, how plants grow, agriculture and the environment!

Basic Field Trip

$10.00/ student

This package includes:

  • our corn maze
  • picnic site for lunch
  • fun farm activities

Field Trip+

$12.00/ student

This package includes:

  • our corn maze
  • picnic site for lunch
  • fun farm activities
  • educational wagon ride

Teachers, chaperones and bus drivers are free!

When navigating the maze, please separate your students into groups of 4-6 students per group which will allow each person the opportunity to be a valuable contributing member. Please talk to your students in advance about sharing the decision making process or switching the leadership of the group after each checkpoint. Each group should have an adult chaperone.

Reservations

Due to the popularity of our school field trips, we cannot accept any new reservation requests for the 2024 season.

Thank you for your interest.

Request A Field Trip Online

Email schooltours@richardsonfarm.com with any questions.