Part of each designer's job was to take their clients on field visits - whether to research canteens or to simply be made aware of design in the environment.
The introduction should describe the nature of the organization or setting where you are conducting the observation, what type of observations you have conducted, what your focus was, when you observed, and the methods you used for collecting the data.
Popular field trip sites include zoos, nature centers, community agencies such as fire stations and hospitals, government agencies, local businesses, amusement parks, science museums, and factories.
A school trip could be to any location for any reason, either recreational or educational. For example, if teachers take a group of five-year-olds to a theme park or circus, this would count as 'school trip'. A 'field trip' is educational.It's an opportunity to study in the 'field', as opposed to in the classroom.