30 Great Science Field Trips to Consider for the Future

Hello, Science Enthusiasts!

Here are some ideas for future science field trips.
None of them has been fully researched for feasibility.
A couple have starter links you can see.

We want to see more SCIENCE IN ACTION! -- both in research and application.

If you are interested in helping to organize any of these, please
let us know. We really like your ideas.

1 Go zorbing (riding downhill in a huge hamster ball).
http://jscms.jrn.columbia.edu/cns/2007-04-24/guzder-zorb

2 Visit a hydroponics farm.
http://www.local.com/results.aspx?keyword=hydroponics&cid=1355&gid=US_2_-_IL&gclid=CI7J0eO3mpUCFQQiIgodQyXhgA

3 Visit the NANOTECHNOLOGY BUILDING at Northwestern.
http://www.nanofabrication.northwestern.edu/

4 See a demonstration of the uses of BIOFEEDBACK.
http://www.eegchicago.com/?gclid=CJP2-re7mpUCFQsiIgodDBHmgQ

5 See an AMAZING ANIMALS training exhibition (to get them ready for Hollywood movies).
http://amazinganimals.biz/index.html

6 Visit CPS Student SCIENCE FAIR.
http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalContentItemAction.do?blockName=City+of+Chicago%2fVolunteer+Network%2fContent&deptMainCategoryOID=-536900068&entityName=Volunteer+Network&topChannelName=SubAgency&contentOID=536928294&Failed_Reason=Invalid

7 See VIRTUAL REALITY used for Urban Planning at UIC.
http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/udv/cave/index.htm

8 Visit Celtic Knot's SCIENCE CAFE ,6 pm to 7:30 pm.
Location: The Celtic Knot, 626 Church Street Evanston.
At some date in the future.
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/457710/

9 Visit the huge REPTILE SWAP in the burbs.
http://reptileswap.com/

10 Have a tour of the BIOLUMINSENCENT ANIMALS section at Lincoln Park Zoo.
http://www.lpzoo.com/

11 Take Ronnie Drantz's tour of Wildlife in Chicago.

12 Visit an ostrich ranch.

13 Ride in a commercial dirigible.

14 Attend an inventors conference and trade show.

15 Sse "free energy machines" demonstrated.

16 Visit a wind farm.

17 See demonstration at a lightning safety testing lab.

18 Visit an agricultural commune, or the Amish, to see farming practices old and new.

19 View "Our Daily Bread," a film about industrial farming.

20 Visit a bee station.

21 See wild raptor birds being tagged and released in Illinois.

22 See anti-gravity magnets demonstrated.

23 Sponsor a seminar about how to become a science teacher.

24 See the tornado simulation lab at University of Chicago.

25 Attend an Argonne Lab talk.

26 Sponsor a seminar on SCIENCE VACATION OPPORTUNITIES -- science cruises, niche cruises -- expedition vacations, engineers without borders, peace corps.

27 See computational biology lab -- there was a U of C lecture on the topic not long ago.

28 Visit the site of the planned Spaceport Sheboygan and the Space Travel Museum.

29 See the complete collection of Thomas Edison's notebooks at Greenfield Village.

30 Visit a robotics design and testing lab.

We can discuss these over time, especially at our Science Videos Pizza Party:
http://science.meetup.com/77/calendar/8685228/

See you there!

--Robb Murray