Plan A Field Trip

Park Ranger and school children interact in their classroom.
Park Ranger in Classroom
NPS photo
 

Gregg Bruff, Chief of Heritage Education, and Dave Kronk, Park Ranger, have retired from the National Park Service. Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore continues our commitment to outreach education and creating park stewards for the future through hands-on, minds-on programming. With these vacancies, however, we are in transition with the interpretation and education outreach program. For information, please contact:

Tim Colyer, Chief of Resource and Visitor Protection
906-387-2607, ext. 203
email



These interdisciplinary programs for schools address Michigan Department of Education Grade Level Content Expectations in science and social studies. Please choose from these pre-school through twelfth grade natural resource or cultural resource programs or request a topic of your own that will meet your needs. We offer classroom programs, school site programs, and field trips. Teacher in-service programs are available upon request.


Did You Know?

The Grand Sable Dunes are located just west of Grand Marais, Michigan, in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

The Grand Sable Dunes are a federally designated Research Natural Area. The five square miles of dunes are an unusual glacial kame terrace with overlying dunes caused by fluctuating lake levels over the centuries. The dunes are located in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, near Grand Marais, Mich. More...