• Montezuma Peak with agave stalks in a field of flowers

    Coronado

    National Memorial Arizona

  • Park Open

    Coronado National Memorial will reopen to the public Thursday, May 24, 2012 after being closed on Monday afternoon as a result of the Campini Fire. More »

  • Fire Restrictions

    Due to extreme fire danger and concern for public safety, portions of Coronado National Memorial will be under fire restrictions starting on Monday, May 7, 2012. More »

Explorer Boxes

Javelina

NPS PHOTO K. Hooper

Javelina

Available (and free!) to school classes, these 'Explorer Boxes' come with a ranger who will guide students through a 50 minute lesson. As everyone's budgets have grown tighter and tighter, fewer schools are able to afford the bussing required for a trip to one of the national park sites. We hope the Explorer Boxes will fill a need to connect students with the natural world, and to get some of the experiences they would have had during a park field trip.

Hands-on experiences are replicated in the classroom with the imitation skulls, scats and insects that fill the boxes. Those activities are blended with questions and exercises (based on Arizona State Standards) to help students of all learning styles gain skills and knowledge to explore the natural world around them.

The two new Explorer Boxes include lessons for classes Kindergarten through 5th Grade on Mammals and Bugs. Students will explore skulls and tracks while learning what makes a mammal a mammal and why insects are so crunchy.

Keep an eye out for more boxes in the future, too!

For more information, or to schedule your class, please call:

Coronado National Memorial: 520-366-5515 x2310

Did You Know?

Monument 100 along the American/Mexican Border in Coronado National Memorial

There are boundary markers along the US/Mexico Border.  Coronado National Memorial has three boundary monuments, 100, 101, and 102.  The markers are placed within line of site.  They begin in El Paso, Texas and end in San Diego, California.