National park units are just like classrooms, places where people of all ages can learn about biology, ecology, history, geology, anthropology, and more. They don't exist just to protect things, but to allow people an opportunity to explore and enrich their educational experience.

From the Cascade and Olympic mountains to the Puget Sound and Pacific Ocean the parks of the Pacific Northwest are one big classroom. During the school year the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in Seattle offers a variety of in-park and in-classroom programs. These programs specifically target the education curriculum designated for the state of Washington.

Program Types

Several different options exist for those wanting education programs centered around the Klondike Gold Rush and its impact on Seattle, the states of Washington and Alaska and the Yukon territory.

Please look over the options and determine which might fit your learning opportunity. For any questions concerning these or other educational programming please call 206 220 4240.

Seattle's stake in the Klondike Gold Rush - Web-based Education
For grades 3 through 6

A curriculum-based education program that includes various lesson plans and activities that your students can use to relive the Gold Rush.

Legacy of the National Park Service and the Northwest
For grades 1 through 12

Here in the Northwest there are over 15 units of the National Park Service. This program offers an opportunity for students to explore them and approximately 395 other national park units from their classrooms.

National Park Lab:
Taming a River
For middle and high school

Through a short 30 minute lab session students will investigate the results and consequences of placer mining in arctic environments.