North Cascades National Park staff are excited to present science based web pages, bringing this National Park to your classrooms world-wide. Created for 5th through 8th grade level and also available in Spanish, these materials feature ten computer based activities with follow-up of computer activities. Check it out at North Cascades Homeward Bound.

Salmon of the Skagit River Watershed and Threatened and Endangered Species of the North Cascades are curriculm publications which provide background information and learning activities on these topics. Both are available on this website.

Newspapers in Education is a new computer based activities program with a broad perspective of interactive exploration of Pacific Northwest National Parks.

If you are a teacher searching for classroom materials, a student doing research, or a person looking for a place to spend some time, have some fun and learn in the process, LearnNPS is for you. Here you'll find curriculum, fun and games, a guide to park Junior Ranger and Web Rangers programs and a host of other fun and educational media created by the National Park Service and our partners. For more virtual experiences and Knowledge Centers relating NPS resources, see Views of the NPS.

National Parks have outstanding potential for encouraging learning in many subjects. If you teach in Skagit, Whatcom, or Chelan Counties, North Cascades is the national park in your backyard. Several other counties are not much further away. The park staff is eager to help you use the park as a unique classroom.

The North Cascades Visitor Center, near the town of Newhalem along the North Cascades Highway, is a good starting point for a field trip to the park. It offers exhibits, audiovisual programs, and short trails. To help make your field trip educational, we have produced North Cascades National Park: A Living Classroom - Educator's Guide to Field Trips and Activities in Ross Lake National Recreation Area and North Cascades National Park. From time to time, the park offers workshops in using background material, lesson plans, and trip planning advice. If you are considering a field trip to this area of North Cascades, call 206/526-2564 to speak with our Education Specialist, at least 3 weeks in advance to see if park rangers will be able to assist you.

If you are considering a field trip by boat to Stehekin, at the head of Lake Chelan, call 360-854-7365 to see whether ranger staff could present programs or other educational activities to your class. The park has prepared a publication to assist you: Opening the Door to the North Cascades - Educator's Guide to Field Trips and Activities in Lake Chelan National Recreation Area and North Cascades National Park. The lessons and activities in these currucula have been keyed to the Essential Academic Learning Requirements for Washington State.

It may be possible for a Park Ranger to visit your school or classroom and present a program and/or activities. Our travel area spans the Skagit Valley and further, depending upon travel time. For arrangements, please call 206/526-2564 to speak with our Education Specialist, Paula Ogden-Muse.