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Pictured Rocks National LakeshoreLake Superior's Au Sable Light Station, built in 1874 by the U.S. Lighthouse Service, is located within Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.
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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
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Park Ranger and school children interact in their classroom.
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Park Ranger in Classroom
 
These interdisciplinary programs for schools address Michigan Department of Education Content Standards in science, language arts, history, 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. 

For more information or to schedule a program, please contact: 

David Kronk, Park Ranger
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
P.O. Box 40
Munising, MI 49862
(906) 387-2607, ext. 206
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Be a Web Ranger
Interactive fun
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The Ranger Zone
Many parks offer junior ranger programs on-line.
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Park Ranger leads a shipwreck tour along Twelvemile Beach on Lake Superior within Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.
Special Events
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Michigan's Upper Peninsula is surrounded by three of the Great Lakes.
Global Climate Change
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Mineral seepage creates the vibrant colors shown on this close-up photo of the Pictured Rocks cliffs.  

Did You Know?
Mineral stains give color to the famous cliffs of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Red and orange colors are iron, black is manganese, white is limonite, and green is a trace of copper. There are no pictographs or petroglyphs on the Pictured Rocks cliffs (that we know of).
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Last Updated: January 22, 2007 at 11:44 EST