Field trips can enhance learning, increase interest and help to solidify concepts. Besides all that, they're fun! Join HOME at various locations throughout the year for some real-world learning experiences!
If you need some financial assistance in order to participate in a HOME field trip, please feel free to apply for a scholarship. HOME has a limited amount of funds available for this purpose thanks to some generous donations! Contribute to this fund to support homeschool families in need!
Relax on our beautiful historic train cars while you take in the ever-changing scenery along Casco Bay. On-board narration provides fascinating history about the sights along our route, as well as Maine railroading history.
Where: Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad, 49 Thames St. Portland
When: Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Time: 2:00pm
Cost: $10.75 ages 3-12, $15 ages 13 and up
Grade: All Ages
Deadline to Register: June 3, 2024
Parking: Maine Narrow Gauge does not offer its own parking lot to park in. Parking around their location includes 1 hour free parking, metered parking, or day parking at various lots close to the station. Please plan accordingly.
Accompanying HOME Unit Study: Learn about clouds, storms, meteorology, and more with HOME's unit study Trains.
The Downeast Scenic Railroad offers a wonderful 12-mile round-trip train ride from Hancock, Maine, through Ellsworth Falls, and across the Union River Bridge on the former Maine Central Railroad. The beautifully restored passenger train, with vintage locomotives and coaches, staffed by our all-volunteer crew, is the first passenger train to run on these tracks since 1960.
Where: Downeast Scenic Railroad, 8 Railroad Siding Road, Hancock
When: Friday, June 14, 2024
Time: 10:00am
Cost: $9 students, $14 adults
Grade: All Ages
Deadline to Register: June 3, 2024
Accompanying HOME Unit Study: Learn about clouds, storms, meteorology, and more with HOME's unit study Trains.
* HOME Event Refund Policy - Registration fees may be refunded up to the registration deadline for any HOME field trip. No refunds will be made after the registration deadline. In the event that you must cancel, please consider making your fee a donation to HOME rather than requesting a refund! If an event must be canceled or rescheduled for any reason, HOME will notify participants. Refunds will then be considered on a case-by-case basis, depending on whether or not the event is rescheduled.
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Maine offers endless opportunities for field trips. Be sure to join the HOME Field Trip Forum on Facebook as a resource for ideas, news and updates on what's happening around our state.