Shenandoah National Park offers a variety of educational opportunities for students of all ages. From curriculum-based programs to classroom materials and advice on exploring the park with your students, the Education Staff will help you make the best use of the park’s resources.

Shenandoah National Park is an ideal outdoor classroom, with its wildlife-rich forests, rocky peaks, and cool mountain streams. Imagine a kindergartner drawing a map of the sounds heard around him in the forest or a 4th fourth grader quietly watching a deer to determine for herself how it survives in a meadow community. Picture 6th grade students collecting and identifying macroinvertebrates as a way to determine stream health or high school students analyzing soil samples to understand weathering and erosion on mountain slopes.

Shenandoah National Park is also a place of heritage and history. Students can discover the conservation and work legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps from the 1930s or learn about the historic significance of Rapidan Camp, the nation’s first “summer White House” used by President Herbert Hoover. They can explore the reasons why a National Park was placed here in Virginia and consider the life-changing sacrifice of the mountain residents that helped create Shenandoah National Park as a gift to the nation.

Whether you attend a curriculum-based education program or go on a self-guided adventure in the park, your visit to Shenandoah National Park will be a memorable and fun learning experience for you and your students.

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Shenandoah National Park
Education Office
3655 US Hwy 211 E
Luray, VA 22835
Ph: 540-999-3489
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