Education Reservations Forms for the 2024-2025 school year are now live! To apply, please submit the form found at the bottom of this page.
Grades 3 - 4OverviewHow can nature teach us about community?
Into the Redwood Forest uses the Understanding by Design framework and aligns with the K-12 Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core Standards. The program is framed by the essential question - " How can nature teach us about community?" Program’s Framework and Curriculum Links:Please click here for the Into the Redwood Forest Understanding By Design grid
Program StructureInto the Redwood Forest programs are structured in the following three-touch model: 1. Classroom Preparation - Teachers complete three pre-lessons supported by park-provided resources, emphasizing the use of scientific inquiry to explore observation, inference, environmental assessment, and social community well-being. Subsequently, students will analyze both their surroundings and the societal vitality of their communities. Please share details about preferred NPS staff visit in the Education Reservation Request Form. 3. Classroom Assessment - opportunities for students to demonstrate what they have learned through inquiry investigations. Please email or mail back student work to NPS staff.
How to ApplyStep 1: Educators must complete the Education Reservation Request Form. Step 2: Park staff will reach out to accepted classes after September 24, 2024 to schedule a date for your class visit and park visit. Please keep in mind, programs at Muir Woods are only offered Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Step 3: New teachers must attend a Teacher Workshop to confirm program dates. Step 4: Teachers complete pre-site lessons with students before the scheduled Ranger Class visit. Ranger visits the classroom virtually or in-person. Step 5: Class attends in-person park visit. Step 6: Teachers complete the post-site lesson and share student work with Rangers. Education Reservation Request Form – In-person Park VisitUse this form to apply for the Into the Redwood Forest Education Program.
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NPS Form 10-1750 (Rev. 04/2021) OMB Control No. 1024-0228 NoticesPrivacy Act StatementAuthority: Public Law 114-289 National Park Service Centennial Act and 54 U.S.C. 100701 Protection, interpretation, and research in System. Purpose: To administer education programs for education audiences including but not limited to school groups, scouting groups, extracurricular groups, and home school groups. Routine Uses: To effectively manage requests for education received by the NPS, the Education Reservation Request Form is used to collect basic education reservation information to facilitate operational aspects of scheduling groups for park education programs, including in-park education programs, ranger in classroom programs, and/or online distance learning programs. Disclosure: Voluntary, however, failure to provide the requested information may impede the ability to grant your education reservation request. Paperwork Reduction Act StatementWe are collecting this information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501) to provide park managers and educators the information needed to schedule and conduct education program activities. All applicable parts of the form must be completed in order for your request to be considered. You are not required to respond to this or any other Federal agency-sponsored information collection unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. OMB has approved this collection of information and assigned control number 1024-0288. Estimated Burden StatementPublic reporting for this collection of information is estimated to average 5 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service, 1201 Oakridge Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525. Do not send your completed form to this address. Nature Guides
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A video introduction to the "Into the Redwood Forest" school program in English, Spanish, and Cantonese. Audio Described for visitors with vision disabilities.
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A video introduction to the "Into the Redwood Forest" school program in English, Spanish, and Cantonese. Open Captioned for the Deaf.
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Last updated: August 20, 2024