Field trip t-shirt…check, clip board…check, pencil…check – ready to go!

This field trip is to the Coca-cola bottling factory. It is only 10 minutes from school for a nice short ride in the bus.

We arrived to watch a short film on the history of Coca-Cola. We learned the Coca-Cola recipe was formulated by John Pemberton at the Eagle Drug and Chemical Company, a drugstore in Columbus, Georgia. It was sold at soda fountains across America. We learned how Coca-Cola was first bottled. The film was entertaining and interesting.

After the film, we went into the display area. Always a great place to get photos.

Next, we went into the bottling area. No photos were allowed in this area. The children watched as the bottles/cans went through the process. The most interesting was watching the bottles fill and cap. The machine bottles about 1, 500 per minute.