Learning is best served when students are mentally and physically (actively participation) in the process. Most college and university instructors consist of lectures, discussions, instructional videos, computer simulations, online teaching, guest speakers, but also include active learning components of laboratories, greenhouses, and field trips. This paper reviews the benefits and drawbacks of off-campus (traditional) field trips and offers suggestions to a major instructional alternative that is an effective supplement to classroom instruction. Campus field trips may provide an ideal solution to many of the drawbacks of traditional field trips, while retaining most of the benefits of traditional field trips. (Contains 4 tables.)