Student Group Tour Magazine is a publication for individuals, educators and organizations actively planning trips for student groups.

Every issue contains information focusing on student oriented destinations, itineraries, travel trends, and information covering all aspects of student travel. With the regional breakdown, articles and advertisements are placed within their respective section of the magazine for easy reference.

What is student travel?
Student travel is trips by middle and high school students, independent of their families, away from their community.

The top activities for student travel are sightseeing, competing in or watching sports, shopping, outdoor recreation, guided tours, visiting historic sites or state/national parks, camping, attending lectures, visiting history/science/art museums, attending or participating in performing arts presentations, and visiting theme parks.

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Read the Digital Issue: Student Group Tour Magazine, Spring 2009

Performing without Pressure

Non-adjudicated performances offer students valuable lessons and memories to last a lifetime Memories of floral floats or big balloons like Snoopy will remain with band members who march in the Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena, The Rose Parade in Portland, or Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.

Student groups participating in non-adjudicated performances, whether on a destination performance or in a community nursing home, will discover a world of possibilities without the stress of competition. ...

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Learning by doing

In an effort to help students with disabilities partake in science experiments, tactile equipment was developed to ease their hands-on use and incorporated a variety of senses. Then it was noticed that average students using this equipment better understood the experiment.

Over the past 20 years, a science system was developed with the support of the National Science Foundation and the University of California at Berkeley. The notion that science is an active process was embraced by educators because these classroom professionals saw how well it worked for their students.

This active process, or learning by doing, works because the human memory process relies on new data provided by experiences. We learn by doing, by having new experiences, and integrating these into our existing memory of past experiences (sights, sensations, etc.). That is the way we learned how to walk and to climb. Unfortunately, most school curricula allow little time for students to learn by doing.

That’s why working travel into a plan of study is so important. A student learning how to use a backstaff at Jamestown Settlement, finding out about health through the interactive “My BodyWorks” at the Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center, or being inspired by a mind-blowing performance of Blue Man Group offer experiences that foster learning. Who knows what wonders will emerge from a student’s learning memory bank after performing at Carnegie Hall.

The following pages of Student Group Tour magazine are filled with places that will help you add learning by doing experiences to your students’ lives.

Enjoy a spring filled with travel until we meet again in the fall.

Carol Smith,
Editor

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