• Olympic: Three Parks in One

    Olympic

    National Park Washington

  • Olympic Hot Springs Road Closed

    The Elwha Valley's Olympic Hot Springs Road is closed to public entry beyond the Altair Campground during removal of the Glines Canyon Dam. Olympic Hot Springs is not accessible from the Elwha.

Curriculum Materials

The Freeing the Elwha Curriculum, developed by a team of Interpretive Park Rangers at Olympic National Park, will help you teach your class about Elwha River Restoration through science, social studies, creative response and mathematics.

You can download individual lesson plans and print them out, download the lesson plan overview or request a full CD by contacting the Education Specialist.

  • Browse and download lesson plans by subject.
  • Download the Freeing the Elwha Lesson Plan Overview (864 KB .PDF file).
  • To request a full CD-ROM version of Freeing the Elwha Curriculum contact:

    Education and Outreach Specialist
    600 E. Park Avenue
    Port Angeles, WA 98362
    (360) 565-3146

 
WNPF

  This webpage was made possible in part by a grant from Washington's National Park Fund.

  • Science Minute Videos Science Minute Videos

    See science in action! Read More

  • Discovery Room Activities Discovery Room Activities

    Visit the Park's Discovery Room for additional activities for students. Read More

  • Science Learning Network Science Learning Network

    Go in-depth and behind the scenes to discover how scientists are protecting our northwest national parks. Read More

Did You Know?

rocky beach

Olympic National Park protects 73 miles of wild Pacific coast.  Tidepools, sandy beaches and rocky cliffs can all be found here.