Field Trips & Educational Visits
The Detroit Riverfront is happy to welcome students of all ages to visit our parks for place-based educational opportunities.
We offer multiple options for field trips including guided experience with a team member, or teacher-led visits using our intentional curriculum. Please review the information about our field trip opportunities and use the forms linked below to request a date for your classroom to visit the Detroit Riverfront. Please read the FAQ before submitting your field trip or park visit request.
Guided Field Trips
Thank you for your interest in the Detroit Riverfront parks and greenways. We offer guided field trips from Detroit Riverfront Conservancy staff throughout the school year and summer. Field trips are available to pre-k through 12th grade classrooms and homeschool groups, camps, scout troops and other youth group organizations.
Please fill out the form below and a team member will be in touch to organize your field trip experience on the Detroit Riverfront.
Teacher-Led Park Visit
All are invited to enjoy Detroit's Riverfront. If you plan to bring your school or organization on a visit to a Riverfront park, please fill out this form to indicate the planned date and time of your trip. This form is for independent teacher or chaperone guided experiences only.
Teacher-Led Field Trip & Park Visit Form
Teacher-Led Curriculum
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy staff developed a teacher-led curriculum, which can be used by classroom and community teachers to guide learning at Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park. The K-12 curriculum is grounded in Michigan Next-Generation Science Standards, the Ralph Wilson Park interpretive themes, and the principles of place-based education. It includes a 60-minute semi-scripted lesson plan, pre and post visit classroom activities and projects, vocabulary lists, a student activity guide for the park, materials list, a content-focused reading list, and a park map.
The teacher-led curriculum gives educators the opportunity to guide their students through a standards-based outdoor learning experience without having to book a guided field trip. The teacher-led curriculum is intended to be used at Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park. The curriculum for various grade levels is linked below.
