Upstate NY Fall Field Trip Adventures now booking at Liberty Ridge Farm

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2011 Hubble Space Telescope Adventure Corn Maze at Liberty Ridge Farm , Albany and Saratoga NY Fall family festival of fun , pumpkins, apple cider donuts, pig races and the Jumping Pillow

SCHAGHTICOKE, NY (09/08/2011)(readMedia)-- Liberty Ridge Farm, an agricultural tourism destination and working farm located in Schaghticoke, NY is now booking educational field trips for the 2011 fall season. Celebrating the 12th season of student learning adventures, the Liberty Ridge Farm field trip provides Pre-K to 5th Grade class groups an educational and fun-filled day on the farm.

"Our 2011 corn maze theme, the Hubble Space Telescope Adventure Corn Maze, focuses on space travel and teamwork. Our farm promotes family values of working together, communication, and persistence," said Cynthia Gifford, owner of Liberty Ridge Farm, "we know these are admirable traits all students can learn from."

A field trip to Liberty Ridge Farm meets NYS higher learning standards and is a educational lesson plan in itself. Farm activities teach students about the world they live in, with an active bee hive, animal barns and lots of hands on learning. At the heart of Liberty Ridge Farm is the Hubble Space Telescope Adventure Corn Maze offering an interactive learning experience that allows students to navigate their way through the twists and turns of outer space. A Maze passport game enhances the experience by teaching valuable team building and problem solving skills with hints and clues that helps students navigate as a team.

A trip to the Farm also includes:

• The enhanced Educational Center that features hands on learning about farm history, animals, and why trees are so important for our planet.
• The NEW Jumping Pillow is our newest addition to the farm, each student can jump towards the stars on this anti-gravity inspired activity.
• The Pumpkin Cannon show provides a physics lesson in potential and kinetic energy while watching a pumpkin sail a quarter of a mile.
• The Bee Barn, an observational bee hive, providing a lesson in the pollination process and the importance of bees to our food source.
• A pre-school favorite – Lil' Farmersville, designed to be developmentally appropriate for children 6 and under.
• The Hubble Space Telescope Adventure Corn maze – An interactive learning experience that allows students to navigate their way through the twists and turns of outer space as they answer questions on space exploration.
• Brad's Barnyard – Hosts over 20 activities for body and mind that implement hand/eye coordination and exercise. New for 2011 the Jumping Pillow!

The Liberty Ridge Farm educational field trip provides students and chaperones a three hour self guided learning experience designed to align with New York State curriculum guidelines, and is offered to school field trips as well as daycare and nursery schools. Located through-out the farm, there are new information stations that offer itinerary suggestions, maps of activities and show schedules. If you have never been to the farm before, they have created a realistic interactive look on the new Interactive map at www.libertridgefarmny.com/ map.html. Groups can bag their own lunch, or order ahead from the Liberty Ridge Farm kitchen, and we make it for you!

Liberty Ridge Farm is now booking for their fall Educational Field Trips that will be available starting 9/19/10 and continuing through 11/4/10. While general admission starts at 10am, group admissions start at 8:30am Monday through Fridays. With pre-registration of an educational field trip, admission is only $9 each for students and chaperones, facullty and school staffs are admitted free.

Bookings can be made online or by calling Liberty Ridge Farm at 518-664-1515. At Liberty Ridge Farm, we grow memories.

Liberty Ridge Farm is an agricultural tourism destination and working farm on the historic Hoosic River. In the 12th Season Liberty Ridge Farm has been named the northeast representative for the NASA Space Farm7 special outreach program. The SpaceFarm7 pairs NASA and seven other agri-tourism destinations across the United States in a special outreach program aimed at educating children on space exploration. Liberty Ridge Farm and Goddard Space Flight Center will be paired together to coordinate their leg of the outreach program and celebration. Liberty Ridge Farm has entertained families for 12 Seasons, coming up with new and exciting corn maze designs that delight hearts and minds. The 2011 Corn maze will highlight achievements made during the 20 year NASA Hubble Space Telescope program, proudly bearing the name of "The Hubble Space Telescope Adventure Corn Maze." The Fall Festival begins September 17th and runs to November 6th. Liberty Ridge Farm is a fall family attraction that has food, fun and adventure all in one place with Daily Shows, Attractions, Pumpkin Patch, Fresh Fudge and more. You can find information on the Calendar of Events. The Harvest Haunted Attraction runs every Friday and Saturday with 3 haunted attractions that thrill and chill. The Farm is open to the public daily, and offers school Educational Field Trips, Weddings, Company Picnics, Birthday Parties, Social Celebrations and Special Events

For more details you can reach Michael Velardi at imageMAXmedia 518-207-6052

Liberty Ridge Farm 29 Bevis Road in Schaghticoke, NY 12154. 518-664-1515.

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