Our goal is to provide a wonderful experience for students and teachers alike, while teaching about farm life, animals, agriculture and produce.

School Field Trips

When are Field Trips?
SPRING/SUMMER Field Trips are available Tuesdays through Fridays starting April 1 and FALL Field trips are available Tuesdays through Fridays, starting September 28, with morning sessions arriving at 9:30am and afternoon sessions arriving at 11:30am. You may do the activities at your own leisure. The park closes at 2:00pm. Highlighting the field trips will be interactive lessons (subjects change seasonally) in our main barn.

Field Trips are Self Guided
Our field trips are self-guided. This allows you to be able to take as much time as you want in every area. There will still be plenty of staff on hand to help you. We will give you maps of all of the activities and where they are located, as well as times for the lesson. Your school may stay together as one group or divide up into smaller groups. Each activity will accommodate up to 100 people at a time. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

What about Food?
Students are invited to bring their sack lunches to eat in the Farm's picnic area. Please help the students to clean up after their picnics -- this will teach them to respect the property of others and to always leave a place cleaner than they found it. You can also purchase a Farm Meal for $3.50 which includes an all-beef hotdog, chips, and a fruit drink. We must know in advance how many Farm Meals will be required for your group.

Fees and Registration
The cost for the field trip is $7 per student and $7 per adult, with one teacher admitted free with every 20 students. Fees are payable on the day of your trip. Purchase orders are accepted. Registration is required. Please phone 405-799-FARM (3276) or take advantage of the online registration form.

All School Field Trips include the following:

Visit to the Animal Barn
Students will have a chance to pet the barnyard animals. (Hand-washing stations are provided, and hand-washing is required.) Wilbur, the pot bellied pig, loves to have his back scratched. Thumper and Lucille, our lambs, just love to be petted. Spot, the Flemish Giant Rabbit, loves to be scratched (and sometimes 'scritched') between the ears. Sara, the goat, loves to be petted between her ears and her tail wags when you do. Festus, the burrow, entertains by kicking a big soccer ball.

Ride the Jupiter!
Students also will ride the Jupiter Train, a third scale replica of the United States' first transcontinental locomotive. This historic train met the Union Pacific's #119 at Promontory Summit on May 10, 1869 -- it was on the nation's very first transcontinental railway. See more about the historic railroad in our Farm Blog. At the conclusion of the ride, everyone receives a sticker that says they rode the train at the Orr Family Farm. If time permits, the students may ride the carousel ($1 extra per student).

Take a Hayride
Take a hayride around the farm. In the Fall, we'll take you out to our 'Very Sincere Pumpkin Patch' where everyone will be able to pick their own 'Sugar Pie' pumpkin. The 'Sugar Pie' variety is known to make the best pumpkin pies. At other times, we view the orchard and view the largest horse training center in Oklahoma with 240 stalls.

Instructional Time
Our Spring Lesson is " A Day in the Life of the Cow" where the children learn to make real butter. Our fall lesson is " The Life Cycle of a Pumpkin" where children will learn about the different varieties of pumpkins and how they are grown.

Seasonal Field Trips

We have different themes for Spring, Summer and Fall Field Trips. These may include trips to the pumpkin patch, visits to the bee hives, our very popular lesson on the dairy cow, or other farm features. Our Teaching Resources section includes information for teachers to plan field trips, lesson plans, coloring sheets and more. Visit 'All Aboard the Farm Blog!' for new information on Field Trips often.

Make a School Field Trip RESERVATION and we will call you to confirm availability of your date and time!
Be sure to see our Photo Tour of the farm, as filmed from the Jupiter.