Oregon Coast Field Trip

Ten locations. Ten activities. Three Days.Griffon High School Freshman Class Trip

By Patricia Eckstrom

Where are we Going?• Astoria • Astoria Column• Fort Clatsop

• Hammond• Wreck of the Peter Iredale

• Cannon Beach• Haystack Rock

• Tillamook• Cheese Factory

• Lincoln City• D Street River

• Depoe Bay• Shopping District

• Otter Rock• Devil’s Punch Bowl

• Newport• Cobble Beach• Oregon Coast Aquarium

Griffon High School Field Trips: Every student taking part in field trips provided by Griffon High School are expected to perform with the highest expectations and respect. See the Student Handbook for the full list of permissions and expectations.

Each over-night field trip is packed with learning opportunities and, as such, each student will keep a journal and document their activities – questions and answers, calculations, facts, and anything else the students believe to be important.

Over-Night Field Trip Journals are weighted differently for each subject by the students’ general education teachers. The journals will be weighted between 10-25% of the term grade.

Astoria Column• What are we doing? • After setting-up a

designated landing area, we will drop our customized “airplanes” off the Column and test to see who’s plane lands first.

Fort Clatsop• What are we doing? • We will learn about the

different tools Lewis and Clark utilized on their venture, the Oregon Trail.

Wreck of the Peter Iredale• What are we doing? • We are going to

“explore” the remainder of the ship and try to make an educated guess as to how much longer the ship will take to finish breaking apart.

Haystack Rock• What are we doing?• We are going to discuss

the biology regarding the natural construction of Haystack rocks.

Tillamook Cheese Factory• What are we doing? • We are going to learn

how cheese is made from Oregon-based dairy farms.

D River• What are we doing?• We are going to

measure the temperature of the river and ocean and calculate the difference, discussing why there would be a difference in the temperatures.

Depoe Bay Shopping District• What are we doing?• Stopping at the

different stores, we will be experiencing hands-on economics.

Devil’s Punch Bowl• What are we doing?• Weather permitting, we

will hike inside the Bowl. Otherwise, we will discuss the current inside the Bowl and the dangers of which these currents cause.

Cobble Beach• What are we doing?• Discussing why

Oregon’s only Black Beach is the color it is.

Oregon Coast Aquarium• What are we doing?• We will learn about the

biology of the ocean.

Bibliography• Google Earth• https://c1.staticflickr.com/2/1432/5165576091_3073c4c003_b.jpg • Griffon High School:• Fictional concept from ED233 “Design a School” Project• Mascot Original art by Patricia Eckstrom