About this resource
- Appropriate grades
- K–12
- Subjects
- science (biology and life science, environmental science, geology, natural history), social studies (United States history)
- Provider
- National Park Service
- Special requirements
- Flash is need for some portions of the site.
Legal
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LearnNPS is an educational website for teachers, students, and Web Rangers from the National Parks Service.
Web Ranger Kids can find information on the NPS parks before they visit, complete a series of activities to qualify for an award, and send Web Ranger e-cards. There are also links to NPS park websites, full of information and activities. Kids can post their art work and other projects on this site and find out about the Junior Rangers program.
Teachers will find plenty here for their classes as well, from locating parks in their curriculum to arranging for the loan of traveling exhibits and audio-visual resources for their schools to information on planning field trips. There are also hundred of lesson plans and materials for teaching about history and culture as well as nature and science.
