Field Trips

The Outpost Ice Arenas is a fun and unique field trip destination for your school or youth group. Get out of the classroom and on the ice! Ice skating is a recreational activity that challenges you to try something new and offers a memorable experience. Ice Skating at the Outpost is a great year around activity to promote a fun and healthy lifestyle.

$9.00- kids/students admission and skate rental.

$13.00 1 piece of pizza, a small drink.

$15.00 2 pieces of pizza, a small drink.

Add $2.00 for STEM Adventures per student (Please see below)

FREE admission and skate rental-teachers

 

Want to include a skating lesson for the group?

Skating instructors available for an additional fee

Please inquire for availability through the form below

Field trip times Monday-Thursday 10am-12pm when school is in session. For other availability request on form.

Participants should wear long sleeves and pants, gloves or mittens and thin socks.

 

STEM ADVENTURES FIELD TRIP

Outpost Ice Arenas offers a stem program created by U.S. Ice Rinks and Curiosity Zone Science that will spark your students interest.

Let our Outpost Ice Arenas staff spark your students interest with our STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) adventures-based field trips. Focus on hands-on learning with real world applications. Programs are designed to inspire the natural curiosity in all using fun, familiar, hands-on activities to create wonder and lay a foundation for lifelong learning. The programs teach creative thinking skills which are the keys to success.

When participating in one of our STEM field trip adventures, students will learn science, technology, engineering and math can be found in everyday experiences. One hour of STEM education is included along with 2 hours of Ice-skating! Now your students can STEM right alongside physical fitness!

 

ALL AGES (K-8)
Each activity takes 30-40 minutes & includes 2 hours of ice skating

 

Experiment with Friction Pucks In this activity, explore the science and engineering behind hockey pucks, then explore friction with regard to pucks and curling stones and experiment with “friction pucks”.	Explore Temperature Change Explore the concepts of heat transfer and temperature change in the context of the ice rink environment and experiment with insulators. Participants take home their “air head” insulator.		Make a Balancing Butterfly The concept of balance in skating is explored. Participants experiment with a paper butterfly that can “magically” balance on the tip of its head. Participants take home their butterfly.
Make Catapults In this activity, learn how a hockey stick functions as a powerful lever. Students make and experiment with simple levers (catapults) that can shoot pompom “pucks” across the table or floor. Participants take home their catapult.	Make Fizzing Snowman Learn the science of ice and snow, then learn about chemical reactions by making a fizzing snowman. Students learn how an ice resurfacer works, how salt changes the freezing point of water, how ice and snow are related, and how acids and bases combine to cause a chemical reaction.	Make Paper Helicopters In this activity, students explore the science of spinning, with emphasis on figure skating. They make and experiment with spinning paper helicopters, which they can take home.
Make Pinwheel Rockets Participants explore the science of spinning with an emphasis on figure skating they make and experiment with spinning pinwheel rockets, which they can take home.	Make Snow Slime In this activity, students explore the science of ice and snow, then learn about chemical reactions and make a batch of “snow slime” to play with and take home. They learn how an ice resurfacer works, how salt changes the freezing point of water, how ice and snow are related, and how a chemical reaction can cause a phase change.	Make a Balance (K-3) In this activity, students explore the concept of balance and make a balance toy to experiment with. Participants take home their balance.