They spend the day investigating the beach, tide pools, and wildlife that can be found along the gulf's edge. A group picnic serves as a time of sharing and learning from each other. Parents work to raise money so that all who want to can go. The value to the children is the education gained from the activities they are involved in as well as the camaraderie with fellow students and parents. The second grade classes take a weekend field study with parents to Glen Rose, Texas as a culmination of a unit of study about dinosaurs.
Many families camp out, take the tours and observe the dinosaur footprints.
This has become an annual highlight of the second grade curriculum. Third graders takes a city tour , using the downtown tunnel system as a social studies discovery lesson. The students use maps to explore the tunnels and find their way to appointed stops that lead them to a final rendezvous spot. Fourth Graders visit Goliad and the fifth graders' culminating field study is to the state capital in Austin, Texas in May. This has become a Travis tradition eagerly anticipated by the students.