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Saguaro National Park
For Teachers
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Saguaro National Park offers a variety of educational opportunities for schools to participate in, ranging from field trips to the park, to park ranger visits to the classroom.
Both desert natural history and cultural history programs are available.
All programs are offered free of charge to schools, with a minimum of two weeks advance registration required.
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![Desert tortoise with radio transmitter Desert tortoise with radio transmitter](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090510014459im_/http://www.nps.gov/imr/customcf/apps/CMS_HandF/Pictures/SAGU_tort_with_radio.jpg) Small radio transmitters track tortoises Learn more about desert tortoises by scheduling a field trip more... | |
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Did You Know?
Javelinas are able to eat spiny prickly pear pads with no obvious harm to their mouths, stomachs or intestinal tracts. Javelinas are not true pigs, they are peccaries, which are native to the America’s.
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Last Updated: September 01, 2007 at 19:34 EST |