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
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.
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.
Did You Know?
Four state parks were the triumph of a grassroots movement to protect open spaces minutes from Los Angeles in the 1950s & 60s. Three women, Sue Nelson, Jill Swift, and Margo Feuer further galvanized the movement that helped make Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area a reality in 1978.