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Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site

Teacher-Ranger-Teacher Program

• Type: Teacher-Ranger-Teacher
• Grade Levels: Adult Education

Teacher-Ranger-Teacher is a summer program that aims to connect teachers with National Park Service units to create educational programs that are mutually beneficial for the teacher and the park.

César E. Chávez National Monument

César’s Road, Rangers in the Classroom Program

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Many people have heard of César Chávez and how he fought for rights and justice for agricultural workers, but what were the conditions that nurtured his activism? Our education rangers guide students in a math activity that puts them in César's shoes, showing how difficult it was for migrant farmworkers to have stable housing. Finally, they learn how César Chávez fought for better conditions for farmworkers.

César E. Chávez National Monument

The Power of One, Rangers in the Classroom Program

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This program introduces students to the story of César Chávez and the United Farm Workers. Students explore how the impact of one person can be magnified through coalition-building and collective actions. After a short presentation on the life of César Chávez , students brainstorm ways to confront injustice and compare them to the methods César Chávez used in organizing farmworkers, The lesson culminates in a collaborative math activity.

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument

Ranger-Guided Outdoor Fossil Hiking Programs

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Bring your class or group to see the Miocene fossil sites, American Indian heritage artifacts and more up close and interactively!

Acadia National Park

What Do Rangers Do? Program Planner

• Type: Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

One hour classroom program that introduces kids to the unique jobs that different rangers do via skits. Program works in tandem with Junior Ranger Day and all of the events lead up to kids earning their junior ranger badge.

Homestead National Historical Park

Territorial Ranges

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

In the "Territorial Ranges" activity, students will look at the first Americans and why they moved.

Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park

Teacher Ranger Teacher Program at Palo Alto Battlefield NHP

• Type: Teacher-Ranger-Teacher
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

This summer get paid to do something completely different! Palo Alto Battlefield NHP is recruiting teachers for the Teacher Ranger Teacher program. This year the program will focus on creating self-guided educational experiences.

Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument

Climate Change & Bird Range

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Tule Springs Expedition Research Learning Center partners with our local Audubon Society Chapter to participate in the Climate Watch bird survey citizen science project. Citizen scientists across North America report the data they collected during these surveys to help document how bird species are responding to climate change and shifting their ranges. This activity explores how different climate change scenarios may affect bird populations locally. Author: Jake Johnson & Lauren Parry

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

In-School Programs

• Type: Field Trips ... Guest Speakers
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Bring the park to your students!

Chat with a Ranger at Eisenhower National Historic Site (Virtual Program, Grades 5-12)

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Want to learn about President Dwight D. Eisenhower? Curious about the National Park Service and what a ranger does? Schedule a time for one of our NPS rangers to join you and your students for a fun conversation about the National Park Service, Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower, and the field of history! This program can accommodate numerous age levels and is designed to give your students a chance to explore presidential history, the NPS, and more with a park ranger!

First Ladies National Historic Site

Chat with a Ranger!

• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Chat with a Ranger is appropriate for ANY grade level! In this program, students learn about First Ladies National Historic Site, the park service, and the ranger themselves as they interact in live time with a uniformed ranger. After an introduction to the National Park Service the ranger will address questions from the classroom. Classrooms can prepare and send questions ahead of time if desired.

Timpanogos Cave National Monument

Ask a Ranger

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Ask a Ranger provides an opportunity for your classroom to interact with a Timpanogos Cave park ranger through a live and interactive lesson via the Internet. Students will prepare questions ahead of time and spend 30-60 minutes with the ranger discussing Timpanogos Cave geology, biology, conservation and human history, as well as what it's like to be a Park ranger and work for the National Park Service.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Where's the Ranger?

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Use teamwork to play a game of 20 questions with the ranger to guess their National Park site. SHHH don’t give it away, the answer is Sleeping Bear Dunes. Great for students of all ages, but a basic knowledge of US geography is helpful.

Prince William Forest Park

Ranger in a Rucksack

• Type: Media for Loan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Identify trees and leaves all on your own with our innovative 'ranger in a rucksack' program. Self-guided activities and informational tools help you be your own ranger.

Ask a Ranger!

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Are you sharing career opportunities with your students? Do you love national parks and their amazing resources? Invite Park Rangers in as guest speakers through live video conferencing!

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

Field Studies Programs

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Active, place-based learning about life and earth science, nature, technology, and history with the National Park in your backyard!

Acadia National Park

Carroll Homestead Program

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students are welcome to join role-playing rangers in historical recreation of the Carroll Homestead. Designed around fourth grade Maine state standards, this program explores the contrast between 1800s Maine and contemporary society. Games, costumes, and the beautiful "Mountain House" tell a story of one family's subsistence life in early Maine

Cane River Creole National Historical Park

Read With a Park Ranger: If I Were A Park Ranger

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Read a book with a Park Ranger! Join us in reading If I Were A Park Ranger written By Catherine Stier. While reading this book, students will learn what it is like to be a Park Ranger: what Park Rangers do, where they work, and all the amazing experiences they get to have! Students will learn about the different types of National Parks and all the hard work that the Park Rangers do to make assure the National Parks are safe and fun for visitors.

Cane River Creole National Historical Park

Teacher-Ranger-Teacher

• Type: Teacher-Ranger-Teacher
• Grade Levels: Graduate Level (Masters, PhD)

Looking for a one of a kind professional development experience? Look no further! Become Cane River Creole NHP's Teacher-Ranger-Teacher and join the Park Rangers in reaching children in new and unique ways. Receive course credit through the University of Colorado Denver in this 8-week immersive experience.

Natchez Trace Parkway

Read with a Ranger Saltypie

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

As one of the contributing creators of the Natchez Trace, the Choctaw Nation played a pivotal role in Mississippi. They initially occupied the bottom third of the state, before their staged removal to Oklahoma. This program discusses the concepts of family, strength, and resiliency in terminology appropriate for elementary-aged children, while staying true to the concepts of race and removal along the Natchez Trace.