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Petrified Forest National Park
For Teachers
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Students from Taylor Intermediate work on a mock fossil excavation. |
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Curriculum-based Education Program Wouldn't it be great if you could incorporate lessons from the classroom into a real world, hands-on experience? You can! Petrified Forest National Park has a curriculum-based program aligned with the Arizona Science (5-24-04) and Mathematics Standards for Grades 4-8: Rockin' Through the Ages: From Fossils to Petroglyphs. Guided In-Park Ranger Programs In addition to the curriculum-based program, the park offers ranger programs for more informal field trips. Here are some examples, although we can always try to cater to your specific education needs. - Talk inside Rainbow Forest Museum followed by a walk on the Giant Logs Trail, learning about petrified wood and other fossils, the Triassic Period, and erosion.
- Hike on the Blue Mesa Trail getting up close and personal with the badlands landscape and petrified wood.
- Tour of Painted Desert Inn National Historic Landmark seeing the craftsmanship of the Civilian Conservation Corps and murals painted by Hopi artist Fred Kabotie.
- Walk at Puerco Pueblo and its associated petroglyphs learning about the ancestral Puebloan people and their lifestyle.
Classroom Visits If you are not able to make it to Petrified Forest National Park and live within about 100 miles of the park, we may be able to arrange for a park ranger to visit your classroom. Here are some examples of possible classroom programs, although we can always try to cater to your specific education needs.
Educational Fee Waivers
School groups may apply for an Educational Fee Waiver several weeks before a visit. Without this application, school groups will be considered a noncommercial group and charged fees accordingly.
Contact us for information regarding educational fee waivers.
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Teacher-Ranger-Teacher
Are you one of those teachers that always wanted to be a National Park Ranger? You might be able to for a summer!
The Teacher-Ranger-Teacher program links national park units with teachers from under-served urban and rural school districts. Selected teachers work as park rangers, performing duties dependent on their interests and the needs of the park. Then during the school year, these teachers bring the parks into the classroom by developing and presenting curriculum-based lesson plans that draw on their summer's experience.
The application process for the Teacher-Ranger-Teacher program at Petrified Forest National Park has closed. If you are interested, check back next year to apply for the 2009 positions!
- 2008 Position Description (26.5kb Word or 240kb PDF)
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Contact Information
Phone: (928) 524-6228 ext.264
Email: email us
Mail:
Petrified Forest National Park
PO Box 2217
Petrified Forest, AZ 86028
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K-12 Fee Waiver Educational Fee Waiver Application for K-12th Grade (PDF file) more... | | College Fee Waiver Educational Fee Waiver Application at the college level more... | | Student Work Examples of art and poetry. more... | |
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Did You Know?
Petrified Forest National Park has one of the most diverse collections of prehistoric pottery fragments in the Southwest.
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Last Updated: September 10, 2008 at 11:42 EST |