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Elementary Students and Chaperones: $8 in Fairfax County / $9 Out-of-county schools
Elementary School - Teachers are FREE
Preschool Students: $8 in Fairfax County / $9 Out-of-county schools. Pre-payment of 10 students required.
Preschools - All adults are FREE
Homeschool Students and Adults: $8 in Fairfax County / $9 Out-of-county schools
Homeschool: Based on FCPA classroom guidelines, one teacher per 30 students is FREE
Payment is due upon arrival. Payment options are cash, check (payable to FCPA/Colvin Run Mill), Visa, MasterCard or Discover.
Maximum Daily Capacity
Simple Machines and Producers & Consumers: 3 classes / 90 students
Motion in the Mill: 2 classes / 60 students
Pre-School Puppet Show: 2 classes / 30 students
Students tour three buildings — the mill, the barn and the general store. Students learn about the site’s rich engineering, commercial and social history. The program closely follows the Virginia Standards of Learning for Force, Motion and Energy. It provides opportunity for students to see and use simple machines. Download Simple Machines Learning Kit.
Bring three-to-five adult chaperones per class to assist with hands-on learning centers. Additional drop-in parents may not be able to participate and are discouraged.
Comfortable shoes and clothing appropriate for the weather are necessary. There is walking outdoors among buildings, and the mill is not heated.
Please call 703-759-2771 with questions or concerns, especially regarding an inclusion or ESL class or regarding schools with more than three classes.
Students tour three learning centers and learn how local 19th century producers and consumers — the farmer, miller and storekeeper — used natural, human and capital resources to their advantage. The program follows the Virginia Standards of Learning for History, Geography and Economics. Download Producers and Consumers Learning Kit.
Bring three-to-five adult chaperones per class to assist with hands-on learning centers. Additional drop-in parents may not be able to participate and are discouraged.
Comfortable shoes and clothing appropriate for the weather are necessary. There is walking outdoors among buildings, and the mill is not heated.
Please call 703-759-2771 with questions or concerns, especially regarding an inclusion or ESL class or regarding schools with more than three classes.
Students receive a special tour of the mill geared towards younger students and visit the general store where they take part in a Then & Now activity. The program emphasizes the Science SOLs of motion and sound, Virginia history, and making connections between the past and present.
Bring three-to-five adult chaperones per class to assist with hands-on learning centers. Additional drop-in parents may not be able to participate and are discouraged.
Comfortable shoes and clothing appropriate for the weather are necessary. There is walking outdoors among buildings, and the mill is not heated.
Please call 703-759-2771 with questions or concerns, especially regarding an inclusion or ESL class or regarding schools with more than two classes.
Field trips are available for homeschool groups and organizations. Any program – Puppet Show, Motion in the Mill, Producers & Consumers, and Simple Machines – is available for homeschool groups as long as all students fit the following age groups:
For safety reasons, we are unable to accommodate larger ranges in ages. We are able to present only one program per day.
For questions or comments about the school program, payments, the Learning Kit materials or any other aspect of a field trip, please call the site office any day between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. at 703-759-2771 or email FCPAColvinFieldTrips@fairfaxcounty.gov.
If your schedule permits and you want to bring lunch, there are indoor and outdoor spaces available. In nice weather, we recommend the picnic area adjacent to the parking lot. In poor weather, the group can sit on the floor and eat in the historic barn.
Students should not bring snacks. There is no time to eat during the presentation.
There is ample free parking for school buses.