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The following list of day trips is offered as a supplement to your well-rounded Earth Science education.  Each location has features or attractions that support your classroom instruction in the earth sciences.  Enjoy the experiences.

Trips in the Greater Rochester Area:

Rochester Museum and Science Center – Various Exhibits

http://www.rmsc.org/

Strasenburgh Planetarium – Astronomy Shows, IMAX movies

http://www.rmsc.org/planetarium/planetframeset.htm

Mendon Ponds County Park – Glacial Geology, Naturalist hikes

http://www.monroecounty.gov/parks-mendonponds.php

http://www.monroecounty.gov/Image/MendonPark.pdf

Seth Green drive - lower falls of the Genesee River

http://www.footprintpress.com/TAHrochester2/seth.htm

http://www.nyfalls.com/nortonsfalls.html

http://www.vintageviews.org/vv-r/river/falls.html#lower

Canoeing on Irondequoit Creek.  Canoe rentals available at BayCreek Paddling Center

http://www.baycreek.com/

Winter is a great time of year for digging fossils from the canal (near long pd rd.)

http://maps.yahoo.com/maps.py?&addr=&csz=Greece,NY

Regional Trips:

The Grand Canyon of the East - Letchworth State Park

http://nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/info.asp?parkID=12

http://www.perrychamber.com/letchworth-park.php

http://www.letchworthparkhistory.com/

C.E.K. Mees Observatory in Bristol – Summer Stargazing and tours by appointment

http://spider.pas.rochester.edu/mainFrame/resources/Mees.html

Chimney Bluffs State Park – Erosion of Drumlins along the Lake Ontario Shore.  This trip is best in the dry months, very muddy in springtime.

http://www.inforochester.com/chimney.htm

http://www.answers.com/topic/chimney-bluffs-state-park

Watkins Glen

http://nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/info.asp?parkID=105

NYS Museum in Albany – a great one day road trip

http://www.nysm.nysed.gov

Niagara Falls, NY

http://www.niagarafallsstatepark.com/

Schoellkopf Geological Museum in Lockport, NY

http://www.lockport-ny.com/Museum/geology.htm

Robert Moses Hydroelectric Power Plant in Lockport, NY - They offer tours of the plant (call ahead) and have interactive exhibits on power generation.  A nice complement to visiting Niagara Falls.

http://www.nypa.gov/facilities/niagara.htm

http://www.nypa.gov/vc/niagara.htm

Ontario Science Center – Toronto, Canada.  This is a better weekend trip, but worth it for the diversity of its interactive exhibits.

http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/