Theme Park Guidelines for

Group Educational Activity/Educational Activity

Policy

1. The student must do an "educational" tour of the park that relates to their courses for that semester to qualify for a paid admission. 

2. The ES must go to the park’s website and print out the "educational materials" for the educational tour, be sure it matches the student’s course of study, and see that the students complete the appropriate worksheets that go along with the visit to the park. 

3. Some of the worksheets are designed to be completed prior to the visit, some during the visit, and some after the visit. 

4. The ES needs to be sure the parent/student understand his/her expectations of what the student will complete if he/she participates in an EA at the theme park. 

5. We suggest the ES collect some of the pre-visit worksheets prior to releasing the check/tickets to the family to ensure it will be an “educational” tour with state dollars.

6. After their visit, the ES must list the educational learning activities that occurred that day at the park, plus the learning they did on the worksheets in preparation for the visit, in detail.

Restrictions

• Lunch may not be purchased by school PO
• Admission may only be purchased for enrolled students and for a GEA, instructional funding must pay for chaperones as required by the vendor
• Parking and/or mileage to the park may not be purchased by school PO
• Theme parks, not educational in nature, must be done as a GEA with an Educational Tour only; no individual EAs will be accepted.

Examples of Theme Park/Educational Activities

Knott’s Berry Farm: (GEA only) http://www.knotts.com/group/sales/education/Tour%20Packages.pdf

Knott’s educational materials are on this webpage. Do not submit an EA, but follow the GEA procedures.

Legoland: (GEA only)

http://www.legoland.com/groups/education/resourceguides.htm Legoland’s educational materials are on this webpage. Do not submit an EA, but follow the GEA procedures.

Marine World: (individual EA or GEA)

http://www.sixflags.com/discoveryKingdom/groups/schools.aspx.

POs can only be made for the School Educational Programs. Educational materials are emailed out from the vendor.

Monterey Bay Aquarium: (Individual EA or GEA)
http://www.mbayaq.org/lc/teachers_place/resources.asp

Monterey Bay Aquarium's educational materials are on this webpage. See website details prior to submitting a PO.

Paramount’s Great America (GEA only) http://www.pgathrills.com/events/events_education_days.cfm Only for Physics, Science, and Math Days—see website for specifics. Do not submit a EA, but follow the GEA procedures.

Six Flags Magic Mountain (Denied)

No educational tours are offered at this time.

Universal Studios (GEA only)

http://usrg-edu.universalstudios.com/

Universal Studios’ educational materials are on this webpage. Do not submit an EA, but follow the GEA procedures.