Student and Teacher Resources
This page provides educational resources and links for
teaching geology with National Park examples.
Guides and Park Programs
Arches National Park's Canyon Country Outdoor Education Field Trip Guide is
available on-line. The guide contains over 100 science
activities for children. (grades 1-6)
A 130-page geology
curriculum, called "The Many Faces of Delaware Water
Gap", is available from Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.
It includes curriculum-based field trips for five locations in the park
in Pennsylvannia and New Jersey, as well as a 20 page introduction to
general geologic topics for the park. Teachers are invited
to contact
the park for a free copy. (grades 3-6)
Yosemite National Park, California - "Yosemite in Depth" contains detailed geology lessons and activities, including interactive questions and answers (grades 4-6)
Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri - "More Than Skin Deep, A Teacher's Guide to Caves And Groundwater" (grades 2-8)
Badlands National Park, South Dakota: Self-guided activities for teachers | "Park Fun" for kids
Teaching Paleontology in the National Parks and Monuments (grades 4-6): Curriculum guide [947Kb pdf] | Colorado Standards correlation [33Kb pdf] | 4th grade slideshow | 5th grade slideshow | 6th grade slideshow
Teaching Paleontology in National Parks, Monuments, and Public Lands (grades 2-3): Kit check out instructions | Curriculum Guide | Unit I slideshow, Introduction to Fossils: Part I, Part II, Part III | Unit II slideshow, Environments and Adaptations
A Teacher's Guide to the Geology of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (grades K-12)
Geology Field Trip
Guides by Anabelle Foos [e-mail],
University of Akron: Bryce Canyon | Capitol
Reef | Zion | Dinosaur | Florissant
Fossil Beds | Grand Canyon (north) | Colorado
Plateau | Arches & Canyonlands | Colorado
NM (college-level)
Teacher's Guides
to Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho: A Curriculum on Monument Geology, History and Ecology (grades 5-6) | Teacher's Guide to Broken Top Loop
John Day Fossil Beds, Oregon: Information about programs for visiting school groups and materials for classroom use
Mount Rainier National Park, Washington: Where the River Begins educator's guide to the Nisqually River (grades 4-8) | Living with a Volcano in Your Backyard curriculum materials (grades 6-8)