Consider these day road trips that are fun and educational!  And, these visits tie in to your child's grade-level curriculum

Check out passes to Zoo Atlanta, the Center for Puppetry Arts, The Michael C. Carlos Museum or any of Georgia’s 63 state parks and historic sites at the Peachtree City Library.

PreK

• Atlanta Zoo (http://zooatlanta.com) 
• Georgia Aquarium (http://www.georgiaaquarium.org/)
• Peachtree City Public Library (http://www.peachtree-city.org) 

 
Kindergarten
Animals

• Atlanta Zoo (http://zooatlanta.com) 
• Yellow River Game Ranch, Lilburn (http://www.yellowrivergameranch.com) 
• Animal Safari, Pine Mountain (http://www.animalsafari.com/) 
• Noah's Ark (http://www.noahs-ark.org/)
• Children's Museum  (http://childrensmuseumatlanta.org/)
• Bubbles & Brushes (https://www.bubblesandbrushes.com)
• Saville Studios (http://www.savillestudios.com/)

 
First Grade
Insects

• UGA Etymology Department (http://www.ent.uga.edu/insectzoo) 
• ZooAtlanta Insect House (http://zooatlanta.com)
• Butterfly House at Callaway (Gardens http://www.callawaygardens.com/things-to-do/attractions/day-butterfly-center)
• Atlanta Botanical Garden
• Camp Create (creative writing camp)

Second Grade
Jimmy Carter

• The Carter Center (http://www.cartercenter.org) 
• Plains, GA (http://www.nps.gov/jica/)

Juliette Gordon Low

• While in Savannah, visit her birthplace (https://www.juliettegordonlowbirthplace.org/)

Geographic regions of Georgia

• Fernbank Science Center
• Consider a day trip to the regions of Georgia: 
  • Piedmont - we live in the Piedmont region.   Have your child notice the rolling hills and dense undergrowth
  • Mountains - even a road trip through north Georgia can provide some stunning views.  Bring along a camera!
  • Coastal Plains - a good way to see the geography of the land is a visit to Providence Canyon (http://www.gastateparks.org/info/providence)

Jackie Robinson

• Georgia Sports Hall of Fame (http://www.gshf.org/)

Settlement of Georgia

• a trip to Savannah or the Georgia coast

Camp Create (creative writing camp)

 
Third Grade

Native Americans:

• Etowah Indian Mounds (https://gastateparks.org/EtowahIndianMounds)
• Indian Springs State Park Museum (http://www.gastateparks.org/net/go/parks.aspx?LocationID=65&s=0.0.0.5)
• McIntosh Reserve (http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=12548) 

Camp Create (creative writing camp)

• Animal Habitats and Adaptations in Georgia: 
  • Piedmont - we live in the Piedmont region.   Have your child notice the rolling hills and dense undergrowth
  • Mountains - even a road trip through north Georgia can provide some stunning views.  Bring along a camera!
  • Coastal Plains - a good way to see the geography of the land is a visit to Providence Canyon (http://www.gastateparks.org/info/providence)

 
Fourth Grade
Simple Machines

• Children's Museum of Atlanta (http://childrensmuseumatlanta.org/) 
• Chattanooga Children's Museum (http://www.cdmfun.org/) 

Planets and Ecosystems

• Fernbank Science Center (http://www.fernbank.edu/) 
• Tellus Science Museum

History:

• Chickamauga Battlefield 
• Andersonville War Prison  

 
Fifth Grade
History:

• Civil Rights Museum (National Center for Civil and Human Rights)
• National Archives (Morrow)
• Georgia Archives (Morrow)
• Presidential Library (Atlanta)
• The King Center (http://www.thekingcenter.org)  
• Clark-Atlanta University, Morehouse College, and Spelman College
• Georgia State Capitol
• Exhibit at the old Macy's (near Underground Atlanta) 
• Little White House / Warm Springs (http://www.gastateparks.org/info/littlewhite/)

Science:

• Providence Canyon in south GA.
• Any of the coastal barrier islands, any beach
• Plant Yates electrical generating plant in Newnan
• Callaway Gardens for plant classification
• PTC or Fayetteville water treatment plant
• Tellus Science Museum

Reading / Language Arts

• Any play (Southside Theater, Legacy Theater, Fox Theater)

Georgia:

• Americus - Habitat for Humanity