field trip

FIELD TRIP

INTRODUCTION

A group of people away from there normal environment is called field trip or excursion. Field trip provide students the opportunity to take a break from there normal routine and experience more hands on learning.Popular field trip site includes zoo,natural centers, community agencies, science museums etc. Not only do field trip provide alternative educational opportunity for children, they can also benefit the community if they include some type of community service.

OBJECTIVES OF THE TOUR

1.  To develop a knowledge about rich heritage and history.

2.  To develop self confidence in students.

3.  To provide unique opportunities for learning.

4.  To devlop co-operation among students.

5.  To provide a platform for team work.

IDENTIFICATION OF THE SPOT

Kuthiramalika ,art gallery ,priyadarshini planetarium ,butterfly park and medicinal garden near the planetarium are the places ,we were observed for our educational purpose.

1.  KUTHIRA MALIKA(PUTHEN MALIKA PALACE)

Kuthira malika,is a palace built by swathi thirunal rama varma,on the south eastern side of padmanabha swamy temple in thiruvananthapuram.The palace gets its name from the 122 horses that are carvedin in to the wooden wall brackets that support the southern roof. Kuthira malika , built in the 1840’s ,it is an example of traditional kerala architechure , with its typical sloping roofs, over hanging caves ,pillared varandahs and enclosed courtyards. Intricate carvings adon the wooden ceilings ,with each room having a distinctive pattern. The roof is supported by granite pillars.

                      A portion of kuthira malika have been converted to a palace museum that houses some of the assets owned by the Travencore royal family. The palae collections include 14 life-size kathakali mannequins ,Belgian and Italian mirrors, crystal chandeliers ,paintings, musical instruments ,traditional furniture , a musical tree which produces 8 sounds on tapping and other artifacts. The palace has a large collection of idols and sculptures made from white marble.

                   Kuthira malika is the venue for swathi sangeetholsavam ,a yearly music festival commemorating the legacy of swathy thirunal. The music festival is conducted from 6-12 january every year.

2 .ART GALLERY

                   Sree Uthradam Thirunal Marthanda Varma , chithralayam has been set up at ranga vilasam palace to provide th e public with an authentic perspective on the glorious place of travencore. The museum include different photographs, rare photographs taken by His Highness himself and other photograph like William D’cruz ,N.P.Hariharan ,S.Rajan and B.Jayachandran. The paintings and photographs are set inside the royal embiance of ranga vilasam palace near Padmanabha Swami Temple.

3.PRIYA DARSHINI PLANETARIUM

                   Planetarium, is opened in 1994 to the public, this is one of the most versatile planetarium in the century. The main GM-11 star field projecter here can project almost all the constituents of the visible universe. It can also simulate the star –studded night sky over any location on the earth, on any day up to 12 ,500 years back or 12500 years in to the future.

                    The museum has 10 galleries exhibiting more than 300 items. Each gallery contain items  related a particular discipline of science and engineering. There are galleries for electrical ,electronics ,mechanical, automobile and bio medical engineering. There is a special gallery for popular science and also for solar energy. Mathematics,computer science and space science are the other disciplines having galleries for their own.

                 In addition to the planetarium , the museum offers facilities for night sky observation with a fully automatic 11 inch telescope. The museum operates two mobile science exhibition units on astronomy unit named Astrovan. The museum also conduct creative science workshops for school children during every summer.

4.BUTTERFLY PARK

               The science and technology museum includes planetarium, dinosaur park,butterfly park , children park and also a herbal garden.

             In the butterfly parks, there is different species of butterflies are exhibited there in flash boards.Butterflies are the symbol of a balanced and healthy nature.The life cycle of butterfly is an example of complete metamorphosis, as the beautiful adult butterfly emerges only after passing through the egg, larva and pupa stages.There body parts are very delicate and life span is very small. Hence even the slightest imbalances in nature will affect them. In this park we were observe these wonderful creatures and tried to understang the glory of nature , its tenderness, its balance and of course its imbalances. We  were collected many pictures of different species of butterflies from there.

5.MEDICINAL GARDEN

                                       The science and technology museum also contains a medicinal garden. Different medicinal plants are there. Rare species of herbal plants exhibited there. Plants have the ability to synthesis a wide variety of chemical compounds that are used to perform important biological functions and to define against attach from predaters such as insects, fungi, and herbivorous animal . So medicinal plants are important in our life. We care them, we were collected some pictures of medicinal gardens and observe different varities of medicinal plants and discuss the importance and medicinal uses.

DETAILED PLAN

             The field trip was conducted on 11/09/2015 ,Friday. The journey was planned to start at 9’o’clock in the morning from the college campus. At first we planned to go kuthiramalika. We were observed the palace and collect some informations and went to chithralayam art gallery. From there we watch different photograph and paintings. Then we went to priyadarshini planetarium. We saw different galleries for electrical ,electronics ,mechanical, automobile and bio medical engineering. After that we ate our food there. Then visited butterfly park and collected different photograph of different butterflies.At last  we took photographs of medicinal garden and discussed the importance in our life. After than we decided to go back to home.

BENEFITS DERIVED FROM THE TOUR

                    The tour was a very pleasuring experience , as it promoted yhe development of qualities like sharing adjustment, attitudinal changes, co-operation etc. The tour also help to develop the aesthetic sense and appreciation of the innate powers. Tour gives enjoyment and pleasure to all. It give outdoor experience. Field trip was a memorable.lovely experience as it erased that stuffiness of for wall. The tour widened the scope of information in the geographical ,historical, technological areas. Organization an  conduction of study tour is an important task to be learned as a student teachers.

PROBLEM FACED DURING THE TOUR

The problem faced during the tour is that it was heavily raining. So that we could not start the tour at time.But the students tried their best as a learn to overcome the problem and to started the journey at 9:30.we went to kuthira malika,art gallery,planetarium,butterfly park and medicinal garden.

                 SUGGESTION

·       In planetarium  ,a proper guide should want to have accompanied with us.

·       Give proper maintains for medicinal garden and butter fly park.

·       We should  want start the tour at decided time.

CONCLUSION

Field trip are to produce civilized young man and women who appreciate culture and the arts. It is seen that more advantaged children may have already experienced cultural institution outside of school, and field trip provide a common ground with more advantaged and less advantaged children to have some of the same cultural experiences in the arts. The purpose of the trip is usually provides students with outside experience                   

Submitted By ,

Aiswarya.P.Nair

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