As a supplementary venues used for learning things, the field trip pathways serve as an important role for the audience to understand resources and to use them effectively in museum learning. It has been widely used in the related foreign countries for a long time. After long-term development, practice and revise, the field trip pathway in western science centers has formed mature design ideas. The audiences' feedback is also positive. It's a good reference for the development of science centers in China. The author tries to explore the law governing these pathways, by taking one example in USA, it tries to analyze the design intent, content structure, education ideas and function there, and eventually provide theoretical basis for the development of science centers in China.

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