Field Trip Word Search

Print a field trip puzzle for the bus ride, with a writing strip and its answer key.

Name Date

Find every word hidden in the grid. Words go across and down.

0 of 15 words found

ERBPMZSDLEEYIIR

HNAMETAGUIDEEYG

LYCCVRTPNDCSBWW

EDKHFWUUSGROUPL

EUPASUEBLRSURAG

QSAPXBYACAAVDYN

UTCETATNWZEESTE

DRKRBIEYGQRNLSE

SWTOURAQUARIUMN

RBKNSSCOXEIRNRL

NULENSHYILISCDB

SDNZMREEMTTAHTW

ADRIVEREMIEDERE

PYTGALRNAUAGSBB

FARMAPNNNHXIRFO

This grid is wider and taller than its box. Slide it to see every letter.To drag, hold the first letter for a moment, then slide.Keyboard: Tab to the grid, arrow keys to move, Enter on the first and last letter.

ChaperoneCHAPERONE
BackpackBACKPACK
LunchLUNCH
Name tagNAME TAG
BusBUS
DriverDRIVER
AquariumAQUARIUM
FarmFARM
GuideGUIDE
TourTOUR
SouvenirSOUVENIR
MapMAP
BuddyBUDDY
GroupGROUP
TeacherTEACHER

15 of 24 words from the Field Trip list.

Write one thing you hope to see on the trip, or the best thing you saw.

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Large print Lower-case letters Name and date line on paper

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Answer key: Field Trip Word Search

ERBPMZSDLEEYIIR

HNAMETAGUIDEEYG

LYCCVRTPNDCSBWW

EDKHFWUUSGROUPL

EUPASUEBLRSURAG

QSAPXBYACAAVDYN

UTCETATNWZEESTE

DRKRBIEYGQRNLSE

SWTOURAQUARIUMN

RBKNSSCOXEIRNRL

NULENSHYILISCDB

SDNZMREEMTTAHTW

ADRIVEREMIEDERE

PYTGALRNAUAGSBB

FARMAPNNNHXIRFO

CHAPERONE, BACKPACK, LUNCH, NAME TAG, BUS, DRIVER, AQUARIUM, FARM, GUIDE, TOUR, SOUVENIR, MAP, BUDDY, GROUP, TEACHER

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All 132 words

Getting Ready 22

Backpack A bag carried on both shoulders.
Brown bag A plain paper sack for a packed meal.
Chaperone An adult who comes along to help look after the group. The word is French for a hood.
Destination The place a journey is headed.
Excursion Another word for an outing by a group.
Fee The money an outing costs each student.
Field trip An outing a class takes away from school to learn firsthand.
Itinerary The plan of an outing: where the group goes and when. From the Latin for a journey.
Jacket A short coat that zips or buttons.
Lunch The midday meal, often packed in a bag on the morning of an outing.
Name tag A sticker or badge that shows who you are.
Permission slip The form a parent signs to say that a child may go.
Raincoat A waterproof outer layer for wet weather.
Reminder A note sent home so that nobody forgets.
Roster The list of everyone who is going.
Schedule A list of times for the events of an outing.
Signature A person's own name, handwritten on a form.
Snack A small bite between meals.
Sneakers Soft shoes with rubber soles, good for hours of walking.
Sunscreen Lotion that shields skin from burning rays.
Volunteer Someone who offers to help without being paid.
Water bottle A refillable container for a drink.

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On the Bus 18

Aisle The walkway down the middle, between the rows.
Arrive To reach the place you were going.
Bridge A road built over a river or a valley.
Bus A long vehicle with many seats. The name is short for omnibus, Latin for "for all".
Coach A comfortable long-distance bus hired for an outing.
Curb The raised edge of a street, where riders wait.
Driver The person at the steering wheel.
Engine The machine that makes a vehicle go.
Miles Units of distance on American road signs.
Ride A journey in a vehicle.
Route The roads followed to get somewhere.
Seat A place to sit.
Songs Tunes with words, sung to pass a long ride.
Traffic The cars and trucks moving along a road.
Wheels The round parts that roll.
Window A pane of glass to look out of.
Windshield The big front glass of a vehicle.
Yellow The color of North American school buses, chosen at a 1939 conference because it is easy to see.

Places to Go 25

Aquarium A building with tanks of living fish and sea animals.
Arboretum A garden of many kinds of trees, grown for study.
Bakery A shop where bread and cakes are made.
Battlefield Ground where armies once fought, now often kept as a park.
Capitol The building where a state's lawmakers meet.
Factory A building where workers and machines make goods.
Farm Land where crops are grown or animals are raised.
Fire station Where the red trucks are kept and the crew waits for an alarm.
Gallery A room or building where art is shown.
Garden Ground where flowers or vegetables are grown.
Greenhouse A glass building where plants grow in warmth.
Hatchery A place where fish or chicks are raised from eggs.
Historic site A place kept as it was because of what happened there long ago.
Library A building full of books to read and borrow.
Museum A building where objects of art, science or history are kept and shown. Its name goes back to the Greek Muses.
Nature center A building beside a wild area, with trails and displays on local plants and animals.
Observatory A building with a large telescope for studying the sky.
Orchard Rows of fruit trees, a fall stop for picking apples.
Park Public green land with paths and trees.
Planetarium A theater with a dome-shaped screen for shows about the night sky.
Pond A small body of still water, smaller than a lake.
Post office Where mail is sorted and stamps are sold.
Pumpkin patch A field of big orange squash, a favorite stop in October.
Theater A building with a stage for plays.
Zoo A park where living animals are kept for people to see.

On the Tour 30

Admission The price of getting in.
Artifact An object made by people long ago.
Brochure A folded paper with pictures and facts about a place.
Camera A device that takes pictures.
Clipboard A stiff sheet with a metal grip that holds a page while you walk.
Curator The person in charge of a museum's collection.
Dinosaur An ancient reptile whose bones can fill a museum hall.
Diorama A small three-dimensional scene behind glass.
Discover To find out for the first time.
Docent A museum guide, usually a volunteer. The word comes from the Latin for "to teach".
Entrance The way in.
Exhibit Objects set out for visitors to look at.
Explore To look around a new place.
Fossil The remains or print of an ancient living thing, kept in rock.
Gift shop The store by the exit that sells souvenirs.
Guide The person who leads a group round and explains what it sees.
Hands on Describes an exhibit you may touch and try.
Map A drawing that shows where places are and how to reach them.
Observe To watch carefully.
Picnic A meal eaten outdoors.
Question What you ask to find something out.
Scavenger hunt A game of finding every item on a list.
Sketch A quick, rough drawing.
Souvenir Something bought or kept to remember a place by. The word is French for a memory.
Telescope A tube with lenses that makes far things look near.
Ticket A slip that shows you have paid to go in.
Tour A walk round a place with someone explaining it.
Wagon The farm cart that carries visitors on a bed of hay.
Worksheet A page of questions to fill in as you go round.
Wristband A paper or plastic strip worn to show you have paid.

Staying Together 22

Buddy The partner you stay beside all through an outing.
Classmates The others in your room at school.
Crosswalk A marked path for people going over a street on foot.
First aid Simple care given at once for a small hurt.
Group Several people who stay as one.
Head count A check made by numbering off everyone present.
Lanyard A cord worn round the neck to hold a badge.
Leader The one in front whom the others follow.
Line People standing one behind another.
Listen To pay attention to what is said.
Manners Polite ways of behaving.
Meeting spot The place where everyone agrees to gather.
Parent A mother or father, who signs the form.
Partner One of a pair.
Patience The ability to wait calmly for your turn.
Roll call The reading out of a list of names to see who is here.
Rules What a group agrees to follow.
Safety Being free from danger.
Teacher The adult who leads a class.
Vest A sleeveless top. Bright ones make a group easy to spot.
Whisper To speak very softly, as in a quiet gallery.
Whistle A small pipe blown to get everyone's attention.

Back at School 15

Drawing A picture made with pencil or crayon.
Favorite The one you liked best.
Highlights The best parts.
Journal A book for writing about what you did and saw.
Memories What you carry home in your head.
Photos Pictures taken with a camera.
Poster A large sheet for showing what the class found out.
Recall To bring back to mind.
Report A written account of what you learned.
Return To come back.
Scrapbook An album of pictures, tickets and notes saved from an outing.
Share To tell others about what you saw.
Slideshow Pictures put up one after another on a screen.
Thank you note A short letter of gratitude written to the guide or the driver afterward.
Tired Ready for a rest.

How this list was compiled: Own work: the word list and every clue were written for this page. Word meanings were checked on 8 October 2026 against each word's entry in Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/field_trip and the entries for the other words, with the word histories of chaperon, itinerary, souvenir, omnibus and docent). Facts in the clues were checked the same day against these English Wikipedia articles: Field trip (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_trip), School bus yellow, Bus, Museum, Museum docent, Planetarium and Curator. Licence: own work

How it works

Permission slip, Chaperone, Bus, Museum and Souvenir are among the words of this field trip word search. Its six lists follow the day in order, from Getting Ready to Back at School.

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From Permission slip to Thank you note

Getting Ready has Permission slip, Name tag and Brown bag. On the Bus has Driver, Aisle and Route. Places to Go names 25 stops, from Aquarium, Planetarium and Zoo to Orchard, Pumpkin patch and Fire station. On the Tour has Docent, Exhibit and Scavenger hunt, Staying Together has Buddy, Head count and Roll call, and Back at School has Journal and Thank you note.

Three words with a story

School buses in North America are Yellow because a conference in 1939 chose a color that is easy to see. Bus is short for omnibus, Latin for "for all". Docent, a museum guide, comes from the Latin for "to teach".

The writing strip reads: Write one thing you hope to see on the trip, or the best thing you saw.
Add the name of your own destination to the word list before printing, and the class hunts for it.

Questions and answers

Is there a printable field trip word search?

Yes. Press Print or save as PDF. Page one is the puzzle with a name and date line and the writing strip, page two the answer key. Both fit Letter or A4, so a copy for every seat can go on the bus.

What words are in the field trip word search printable?

132 words and phrases, each with a clue, down to Lanyard, Clipboard and Wristband. Airports, hotels and luggage are left to the travel word search.

Is there a list for a zoo, museum or farm trip?

Places to Go has Zoo, Museum, Aquarium and Farm, and On the Tour has Exhibit, Fossil, Diorama and Wagon. For animal names, print the zoo animals word search or the farm word search.

Which list suits kindergarten and first grade?

Short and Easy: 12 words of 3 to 5 letters, such as Bus, Zoo, Map, Seat, Farm and Pond. On Easy every word reads across or down.

All 132 words

Getting Ready 22

On the Bus 18

Places to Go 25

On the Tour 30

Staying Together 22

Back at School 15

How it works

From Permission slip to Thank you note

Three words with a story

Questions and answers

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