All teachers participating in a Discover the Flyway school program are required to read the Discover the Flyway Terms and Conditions first. Please click here to read the 2025 - 26 Discover the Flyway Terms and Conditions before proceeding.

The primary contact is the teacher who will be bringing the class on the field trip.

If you are completing this registratration for someone else, use the name and email of the teacher who will be attendiing the field trip. Use your own name only if you will be attending the field trip and/or a teacher has not yet been hired or assigned to the class that will be attending this field trip.

IMPORTANT: 2025-26 Discover the Flyway field trip meeting locations depend on the type of field trip you select and time of year you attend. 2025 fall field trips can start at either the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area or the Headquarters buiilding. The location this year may be be different from field trips you have attended in past years.  When planning transportation for your field trip, refer to the directions provided in your program confirmation.

Arriving by private vehicles? Encourage carpooling. Discuss and provide directions to field trip drivers in advance.

Arriving by bus? Confirm start time, end time, and travel time to and from the field trip site for the field trip option you select before reserving a bus.

Yolo Basin Foundation has two funding opportunities. You may apply for both grants if you would not be able to attend the field trip without them. Funds are limiited.

Transportation Mini-grant: Yolo Basin Foundation's Transportation Mini-grant program helps with the cost of bus transportation to a Discover the Flyway field trip. You are eligible to apply if you will be using bus transportation and the school qualifies for Title 1 funds or your class can not afford the cost of a bus without funding assistance. Transportation grants are limted to the lesser of $300 or the cost of the bus. Funds are limited. Check "yes" below if you would like to apply for a Transportation Mini-grant. 

Fund-A-Field-Trip Grant: Yolo Basin Foundation has funding available to cover Discover the Flyway field trip fees. You are eligible to apply if your school qualifies for Title 1 funds or you can not afford the cost of a field trip without assistance. Funds are limited. Check "yes" below if you would like to apply for a Fund-A-Field-Trip grant.

Applying for one or both grants does not guarantee funding. Please look for other sources of field trip funding.

All teachers must attend a one-time Teacher Workshop before bringing a class on a Discover the Flyway field trip. The 2025-26 Teacher Workshops are scheduled for Saturday, October 25, 2025 and Saturday, January 24, 2026. If you have not attended a Discover the Flyway Teacher Workshop in the past, sign up using the link in the confirmation email you receive immediatley after submiitting this registration or go to the Teacher Workshop page on Yolo Basin Foundation's website.

2025-26 Discover the Flyway Teacher Workshop - 10/25/25

2025-26 Discover the Flyway Teacher Workshop - 01/24/26

Provide the information below for the teacher(s) who will be attending the field trip. If you are completing this form for someone else, provide the name and contact information for the teacher(s) who will be bringing their class(es) to the field trip. If you do not know who will be teaching the class yet, use "TBD" for the first and last name and leave the email address blank. If you are submitting the registratiion for a teacher who is new to Discover the Flyway, please share the Teacher Workshop registration inforrmation with them. 

Maximum number of students per field trip: 30

Minimum number of students per field trip: 15

Minimum number of chaperones per field trip: 3

October 2025 through December 2025

Discover the Flyway in the Wildlife Area with Tour

Discover the Flyway in the Wildlife Area - No Tour

Discover the Flyway All-class Activity and Tour

Exciting changes are coming to the Yolo Demonstration Wetlands! The aging trailers and education facilities located behind the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Headquarters will be removed and replaced thanks to state funding for the Capital Improvement Project. Work starts this summer and will continue through the fall. The Demonstration Area will not be accessible during this time. In order to offer school programs during construction, Discover the Flyway field trips have been modified and will continue in two new formats. Both options provide Discover the Flyway's hands-on, inquiry-based activities led by Yolo Basin Foundation's experienced staff and docents.

Discover the Flyway in the Wildlife Area field trips meet and take place entirely in the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area. After an all-class introduction to wetlands, students will rotate through three, small group science activities followed by lunch. Teachers have the choice of concluding the field trip after lunch (the "no tour" option) or continuing with a binocular lesson and tour of the Wildlife Area (the "with tour" option). This is an all outdoor program.

Discover the Flyway All-class Activity and Tour field trips meet at the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Headquarters and start indoors in the conference room. After an all-class introduction to wetlands, the class will participate in a science or social science presentation. The students will then break into three smaller groups to actively explore the selected topic in more detail with a hands-on learning activity (also indoors). After lunch, the field trip continues with a binocular lesson before driving to the Wildlife Area for a tour. With the exception of the tour, this is an all indoor program.

Discover the Flyway in the Wildlife Area Field Trips 

Meet and take place outdoors in the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area. One science unit. Students rotate through three different science activities in small groups. Lunch. Optional: binocular lesson and tour of the Wildlife Area

Discover the Flyway in the Wildlife Area Field Trip with Tour ($290)

Three Activity Science Unit

Grade Levels: 3rd - 6th

Hours Required: 4

Number of Students: 15 minimum - 30 maximum

Three Science Activities: Migration Madness, Animal Tracks Scat & Signs, Fantastic Flying Mammals

Lunch in the Wildlife Area

Tour of the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area After Lunch

Discover the Flyway in the Wildlife Area Field Trip - No Tour ($215)

Three Activity Science Unit

Grade Levels: 3rd - 6th

Hours Required: 2.5

Number of Students: 15 minimum - 30 maximum

Three Science Activities: Migration Madness, Animal Tracks Scat & Signs, Fantastic Flying Mammals

Lunch in the Wildlife Area

No Tour of the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area

Discover the Flyway All-class Activity and Tour Field Trips

Meet at the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Headquarters. A choice of one science or social science topic (choices listed below). Indoor, all class presentation. One hands-on activity in three small groups (also indoors). Lunch. Binocular lesson and tour of the Yolo Bypass Wiildlife Area. 

Discover the Flyway All-class Activity and Tour ($265)

Grade Levels: K - 6th

Hours required: 3.5

Number of Students: 15 minimum - 30 maximum

Lunch at the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Headquarters

Tour of the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area

Social Science Activity

Patwin Life - Autumn: Acorn Season (3rd - 4th)

Science Activities

How Do I Compare to an Egret? (K - 1st)

Owl Pellets (2nd - 6th)

What Can I Eat With This Beak? (3rd - 6th)

Select a field trip option and field trip time.

Discover the Flyway in the Wildlife Area field trips, with or without tour, have four start/end times to choose from.

Discover the Flyway All-class Activity field trips have one set start/end time.

Discover the Flyway All-class Activity field trips require a topic selection. Do not select a topic if you select one of the Discover the Flyway in the Wildlife Area field trips.

You do not need to make a payment during the registration process. When you get to the payment screen, you can select "Pay Later" as your payment option. You will receive an invoice with payment information and instructions via email after your registration is submitted.