• Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument

    Sunset Crater Volcano

    National Monument Arizona

For Teachers

Thank you for your interest in the Flagstaff Area National Monuments Education Program. This includes, Sunset Crater Volcano, Wupatki and Walnut Canyon National Monuments.

National Park Service sites offer wonderful opportunities for students, of all ages, to experience an outdoor classroom. In gaining greater understanding of the earth and its inhabitants, students learn stewardship and preservation ethics. Park Rangers work to preserve and protect monument resources while teaching students about what makes the sites special.

The Flagstaff Area National Monuments is currently in the process of updating the education program. The following materials were designed to assist you in preparing for a class trip to the park(s) as well as offer resources to enhance your educational experience whether you bring your class to the Flagstaff Area Monuments, or want to bring the Flagstaff Area Monuments into your classroom.

Click here for information on Planning a Field Trip.





Did You Know?

Paricutin volcano erupting

When Paricutin erupted in Michoacan, Mexico in 1943, scientists flocked to the site. Observations and studies there have helped to explain the eruption of Sunset Crater Volcano in Arizona 900 years earlier.