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The parks listed below have curriculum-based
education programs. Some of the programs require a visit to the
park, others can be used in any off-site setting.
Programs marked with a 
are based on places listed in the National Register of Historic
places, but which are not units of the National Park System. The
National Register of Historic Places, a program administered by
the National Park Service, is the nation's official list of historic
places significant at the local, state, or national levels, most
of which are privately owned and maintained.
Please feel free to contact any of your National
Parks or National Register sites for more information about possible
educational opportunities for you, your classes, or your children.
National parks belong to YOU.
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Mexico Programs
Aztec
Ruins National Monument - classroom
and on-site resources
Capulin
Volcano National Monument
Get pre-visit information and explore
on-site resources
Carlsbad Caverns National
Park
About
Bats, Caves and Deserts Learn
about Carlsbad while meeting requirements of New Mexico's
state-wide education framework. This complete, on-line teacher
guide is designed for elementary school teachers, though adaptable
for secondary grades.
Chihuahuan
Desert Lab One of five National
Park Laboratories designed to enhance schience math and technology
studeis at the high school level.
Pecos National Historical
Park
The
Battle of Glorieta Pass: A Shattered Dream (Teaching
with Historic Places) Explore
the impact of the Civil War on the people who lived through
it. Examine the past military experience of people in your
community, state, or region and compare it with the events
at Glorieta Pass, New Mexico.
Salinas Pueblo Missions
National Monument
Gran
Quivira: A Blending of Cultures in a Pueblo Indian Village
(Teaching
with Historic Places) Students
will be able to make sense of past events and issues as they
affected people at different time periods, and they will develop
historical empathy toward diverse cultures.
White Sands National Monument
White Sands National Monument's
education
programs offer curriculum-based
programs that directly relate park resources to what is being
taught in the classroom. A series of Education
Fact Sheets is available on
the web site, with topics ranging from desert wildlife to
descriptions of how and why sand dunes move. On the site are
also recommended resding lists for preschool, grades 1-3,
grades 4-6, middle and high school.
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