Parks As Classrooms
Fort Point National Historic Site provides Parks as Classroom programs designed to engage students in historic inquiry and environmental science.
Educational Opportunities at Golden Gate National Recreations Area's Parks As Classrooms uses the Understanding by Design framework, and incorporates California Common Core Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies. Our inquiry-based park programs can be timed to introduce concepts, reinforce understanding, or stimulate culminating projects within a teaching unit. Programs are typically structured in three parts: a classroom preparation, a national park field session, and classroom assessments in which students demonstrate what they have learned. Teachers are provided with resources, including program curriculum and supporting materials.
How to Request a Field Trip
Ranger-led field trips for the 2024-2025 school year are now accepting program Education Reservation Request Forms. Teachers will be informed if their class was accepted to a program by September 25, 2024.
To be considered for a program, please select a program from below and complete an Education Reservation Request Form found on each program website. Please e-mail us if you have any questions.
