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Big Bend National ParkEverett Townsend on the rim of Santa Elena Canyon, 1930s
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Big Bend National Park
Curriculum Materials
 

Boiled down to its purest essence, the National Park Service’s Parks as Classrooms program is all about helping children understand their world. It is a concerted nationwide initiative to utilize the wonderful resources of the parks for teaching and learning purposes- in the process, education becomes active, experiential and fun.

Curriculum-based materials were developed in 1996 and are tied to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).


Biodiversity—2nd Grade Educator's Guide (400k pdf file) 

Cultural History—4th Grade Educator's Guide (500k pdf file)

Geology—6th Grade Educator's Guide (700K pdf file) 

Spanish Educator's Guide—all three guides in spanish (1MB pdf file)

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1855 map of the Big Bend region  

Did You Know?
First Lieutenant William H. C. Whiting, leader of the first topographical survey through Texas in 1849 is credited as being the first to use the name "Big Bend" in reference to the distinctive curve of the Rio Grande.
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Last Updated: March 27, 2009 at 10:09 EST