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Kansas Educational Excursions

Afford your child the best chance to learn by taking field trips to different locations that encourage learning and curiosity. The locations listed below are wonderful tools in reinforcing the ideas taught in the classroom while having fun!

KC Pumpkin Patch
Kansas City's premier educational pumpkin patch for children K-4th grade.  With something new being offered throughout every season, there is bound to always be a field trip perfect for your home education curriculum.

Address: 29755 W. 191st St., Gardner, KS 66030
Phone: (913) 484-6251
Web: http://www.kcpumpkinpatch.com/
 
Kansas City Zoo
Come visit with the Sumatran tiger brothers and stay for one of the many Zoo's overnights!  There is a safari adventure in store for every homeschooler.
 
Address: 6800 Zoo Drive, Kansas City, Missouri, 64132
Phone: (816) 513-5700
 
The Sedgwick County Science and Discovery Center
Our mission and goal is to inspire a deeper interest in science through creative and fun experience. Exploration Place is dedicated to providing informal, enjoyable learning experiences with extraordinary resources for exploration for people of all ages.
 
Address: 300 N. McLean Blvd., Wichita, KS 67203
Phone: 316-263-3373
Web: http://www.exploration.org/index.php
 
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center
At the Cosmosphere, visitors hear the non-biased, definitive story of the Space Race. With a U.S. space artifact collection second only to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and the largest collection of Russian space artifacts outside of Moscow, the Hall of Space Museum is known by space enthusiasts worldwide.
 
Address: 1100 North Plus, Hutchinson, KS 67501-1499
Phone: 800-397-0330
Web: http://www.cosmo.org/
 
Wonderscope Children's Museum of Kansas City
WONDERSCOPE Children's Museum of Kansas City, located in Shawnee, Kansas, is committed to sparking a lifelong love of learning in children through the power of play. Wonderscope provides fun, inter-disciplinary arts and sciences exhibits and programs for children 10 and under, their parents and teachers from across the Kansas City area.
 
LEARN* PLAY*GROW communicates our belief that children learn best through play and that through fun, imaginative, hands-on learning, they can grow to their fullest potential. Wonderscope's vision is to be recognized as a vital community resource that serves the needs and interests of children by providing dynamic exhibits and programs that stimulate curiosity and motivate learning.
 
Address: 5700 King, Shawnee, KS 66203
Phone: 913-268-4176
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Web: http://www.wonderscope.org/
 

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