Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area offers teacher workshops in partnership with California Lutheran University.  Teachers can earn a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Credit. Take advantage of this opportunity to explore a national park and earn credits-- class size is limited.  

The 2009 Summer Teachers' Workshop
Continuing Education

July 9-10, 2009
National Park Service and NASA Teacher Workshop: Making the Sun-Earth Connection

Join the National Park Service (NPS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for an exciting hands-on workshop that offers teachers a variety of ways to explore the Sun-Earth system with their K-8th grade students. Also explore how the sun influences the native plants and reptiles of the Santa Monica Mountains, and learn about the Sun-Earth connections of the Chumash.

July 14, 15, and 16, 2009
Cultural Resources of the Santa Monica Mountains and Southern California

Join the National Park Service for an exciting hands-on workshop that offers teachers a variety of ways to explore the lives and history of local Native People and how the lives of the Native People changed with the arrival of the Spanish and the construction of the missions followed by the development of the Ranchos.