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Making America's Best Idea Even Better
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaThe Tarantula can be seen crossing fields and trails as the evening sun sets over Cheeseboro Canyon.
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Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Classroom Activities
 
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area offers programs that can be done by the teacher in the classroom. These programs are self guided. They include:

National Park Legacy:
1st - 12th Grades

Struggle and Opportunity:
A California Cultural Journey
Traveling Trunks for Loan in
Los Angeles Unified School District
4th-5th Grades
Watch the credits a the end of a film and you may discover how often national parks are used by the movie industry.  

Did You Know?
Unique vistas and cultural significance often draw filmmakers to National Parks. Paramount Ranch is the only place in the National Park System where you can see movie making in action at a historic movie ranch once owned by Paramount Pictures (1927).

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Last Updated: July 25, 2006 at 00:22 EST