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THE SCIENCE FIELD TRIP COMPANY
FREE DIG KITS!
Send Your Students on the World's Greatest Gem-Mining Adventure!
Free to join. No educator purchase required. Free shipping for qualifying U.S. campaigns.
Our Dig Kits pair with 36 different elementary science subjects, transforming science into an exciting gem-mining adventure!
Meet the Gemlings, explore amazing science, and recover missing specimens as students DISCOVER, IDENTIFY & COLLECT real rocks and minerals!
Adventures
WHY WE DO THIS
Amazing Science Shouldn't Come Out of a Teacher's Pocket!
We believe no educator should have to spend their own money to make science exciting!
At Excavating Adventures, we're working to solve that problem with FREE online science adventures, FREE classroom printables, and a super-simple program that helps educators earn hands-on science kits.
Our ultimate mission is to put a FREE Dig Kit into the hands of every elementary student in America!
Four simple steps to more science!
🪨 EARN MORE!
Explore 14 Easy Wins. Do a little each day or begin several right away. Verified activities earn credits.
📣 SPREAD THE WORD!
Share with friends, families and your community. Their qualifying tracked purchases and support can earn even more kits.
🚀 GET DIGGING!
New campaigns: secure at least 25 kits in 14 days. Existing campaigns retain their original minimum. One FREE U.S. shipment follows campaign closing and group and delivery verification.
PICK A PATH. FOLLOW YOUR CURIOSITY.
FREE Online Science Adventures
Explore all 36 elementary science subjects across Earth, Life and Physical Science. No kit purchase is required.
12 FREE ADVENTURES
Earth Science
Rocks, minerals, weather, landforms and the systems that shape our planet.
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12 FREE ADVENTURES
Life Science
Living things, ecosystems, adaptations, cells and a world of connections.
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12 FREE ADVENTURES
Physical Science
Matter, forces, energy and motion. Discover how our world works.
Explore this branchYOUR FIRST ADVENTURE IS WAITING
Choose a world. Become its science hero.
FOR TEACHERS. ALWAYS FREE.
FREE Printables & Classroom Activities
Build the science before the mission. Find ready-to-use vocabulary worksheets, teacher guides and answer keys for all 36 adventure subjects.
- Earth, Life & Physical Science
- Printable practice for elementary science
- A direct connection to each free Adventure
YOUR NEXT SCIENCE LESSONChoose it.
Rocks & MineralsEcosystemsEnergy
Choose it.
Print it.
Adventure!
Rocks & MineralsEcosystemsEnergyWorksheets + teacher guidance + answer keys
MEET YOUR GUIDES. TAKE ON THE GRUMBLIES.
Meet the Gemlings
The Gemlings need help recovering their missing specimens from the Grumblies. They teach the science, share clues and guide students through their worlds.
Use that science to solve each challenge and drive off the Grumbly. Victory is yours online. Then, if you choose, the mission continues with real specimens.
Discover → Identify → Collect
Start a Free AdventureTHE HANDS-ON MISSION
Discover. Identify. Collect.
Train with our free science resources. Put your knowledge to the test in a free Online Adventure, complete the science challenges, and drive off the Grumbly. Then choose to continue hands-on as you Discover, Identify, and Collect.
DISCOVER
Dig in and uncover the missing specimens.
IDENTIFY
Use your science skills and specimen cards to identify what you discovered.
COLLECT
Keep your real specimens and collectible Gemlings, and grow your collection.
The online victory is complete and free. A physical kit is an optional next chapter.
THE MISSION CONTINUES OFF-SCREEN
Shop & Support the Mission
Qualifying purchases through a tracked campaign shopping link help that classroom or group earn free student kit credits. To support a specific group, start from its campaign shopping link.
Rocks & Minerals Excavating Adventure Kit
$24.99
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Volcanoes Excavating Adventure Kit
$24.99
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Fossils Excavating Adventure Kit
$24.99
Explore this kit →Kits are optional and sold separately. Online completion does not award physical specimens, Gemlings or a kit. Follow kit instructions and adult supervision.
More discoveries. More students. More FREE Dig Kits!
Bring hands-on science to your elementary classroom or group.
START EARNING FREE DIG KITS!Free to join. No educator purchase required. New campaigns need 25 secured kits; existing campaigns retain their original 20-kit minimum. Qualified campaigns are eligible for one free U.S. shipment after campaign closing and verification.