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Planning Your Next Field Trip?

Field trips take students out of their normal, schoolroom environment; why not make the trip an exploratory adventure as well?

Ride the ACE Train to your next field trip and discover a new and exciting world of transportation on rails!

The Benefits of Riding ACE

• Travel as a group with the freedom to move about
• One FREE chaperone ticket for every ten students
• Restroom and water fountain available on every car
• ADA accessible

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** Please contact ACE with your group travel plans at least 30 days in advance of your trip.

POINTS OF INTEREST

THE TECH MUSEUM
The Tech is singularly focused on inspiring the innovator in everyone it reaches. An expansive variety of interactive exhibits and unique floor programs showcase not just how technology works but how it affects who we are and how we live. The Tech's 132,000 square feet are divided among five themed galleries focused on Silicon Valley innovations, the internet, the relationship between technology and human performance, and exploration including space and deep sea. The Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater and various unique museum programs make a visit to the bright, mango-colored Tech one you won't soon forget.

CHILDREN’S DISCOVERY MUSEUM
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose is a hands-on museum with over 150 interactive exhibits and programs that provide children an opportunity to touch, explore and investigate the exhibits that they see around them. Its educational mission encompasses the themes of Connections, Community, and Creativity. In its unique environment, children actively make connections among ideas, people and cultures. Children's Discovery Museum has been named by Child Magazine as one of the Top 10 Children's Museums in the nation.

THE ROSICRUCIAN EGYPTIAN MUSEUM
The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum houses the largest collection of Egyptian artifacts on exhibit in the western United States—including objects from pre-dynastic times through Egypt’s early Islamic era. Students pinpoint Egypt’s geographic location and discover the crucial importance of the Nile River as a catalyst for Egyptian civilization. Students will learn about the mummification process, tour a replica of a rock-cut tomb, crack the mysteries of hieroglyphs, learn about the kings and queens, and meet the gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt. The museum offers thematic tours designed to meet the standards set by the California State Frameworks for History-Social Science geared for the sixth grade curriculum.

PARAMOUNT’S GREAT AMERICA
Physics, Science, and Math Days offer elementary, middle and high school students a chance to discover the “thrill” of learning as they apply scientific and mathematical principles to the real-world rides and attractions at Paramount's Great America. PGA offers the only exclusive, students-only Physics, Science, & Math Day at any theme park in California. For over 20 years PGA has been thrilling students and teachers alike with hands on learning that bring the concepts of the classroom to life in the 100-acre theme park. A mix of hands-on experimentation and hands-up-in-the-air fun turns Northern California's largest family entertainment center into the area's largest hands-on learning lab. Other exciting PGA events include: GRAD Parties, Performing Arts Day, Gospel X-plosion Competition, USA Drill Team Competition, and USA Cheerleading Competitions.

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"Our 8th grade students have been riding ACE to Great America for the last six years. I appreciate the accommodations you made to assure that our trip was safe and pleasant. Some of our students are more excited about the trip on the train than the day at the park.

Thank you and we hope to continue this partnership as long as the train runs!"

Frank Souza
Principal
August Knodt School