Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area offers a variety of "Parks as Classrooms" Programs. These programs specifically target the education curriculum designated for the state of California.
The Chumash:
A Changing People,
A Changing Land
Third and Fourth Grades
Students learn how important biodiversity is to a healthy ecosystem. They also learn how the Chumash depended upon the natural resources and lived in the Santa Monica Mountains for thousands of years. more>>
Parks as Laboratories:
Studies of Land, Water, and Air
For Middle Schools
EcoHelpers: Restoration Program
for Students
High School
For Community Groups interested in assisting the EcoHelpers Program during the summer.
National Park Labs:
Studies of Wildland Fire Ecology
High School
The 2008 Summer Teachers' Workshop
Continuing Education
Biodiversity: From the Santa Monica Mountains to the World. This workshop will be held on July 22, 23, & 24. more>>