• Badlands formations against the blue sky; photo by Rikk Flohr

    Badlands

    National Park South Dakota

For Teachers

A park ranger leads a group of students across the prairie.

Ranger Dan leads a group of students on a hike.

Badlands National Park strives to provide high quality curriculum-based educational material for teachers, parents, and students of all grade levels. The resources of Badlands National Park are ideal for exploring topics in many content areas such as earth science, life science, and social studies. 

Badlands National Park contains one of the most complete Oligocene fossil assemblages in North America. The forces of deposition and erosion have shaped this beautiful and foreboding landscape. The park also contains one of the largest mixed-grass prairie ecosystems in North America. It has hosted successful wildlife restoration programs for the black-footed ferret, bison, bighorn sheep and swift fox. There is much to discover in the Badlands!

Find all Curriculum Materials available online.

Schedule a Distance Learning Video Conference!

Contact the park's education specialist for more information.

 

Did You Know?

Tepee in front of the White River Visitor Center

Badlands National Park established a partnership in 1976 with the Oglala Sioux Tribe, sharing lands, specifically the South Unit, and splitting entrance fees. 50% of the fees collected in the park are transferred to the tribe for resource management and recreation projects.