Bringing a Ranger into Your Classroom

Schools up to 30-miles from White Sands National Monument may request a ranger to present a program in the classroom. (This includes the communities of Alamogordo, Tularosa and Cloudcroft.)

White Sands National Monument offers curriculum-based programs that directly relate park resources to what you are teaching in the classroom. Program topics are offered on desert ecology, geology, plants, animals, adaptation, area history, minimum impact resource use, environmental ethics, biodiversity, and endangerd species. Other topics may be arranged.

Please plan ahead! Before calling the park, decide what program topic would most directly relate to the unit you are teaching and most beneficial to your students. The park requires at least 1 month's notice in order to schedule and prepare for the program. Each program will be tailored to meet your class's educational needs.

Contact Kathy Denton, Education Specialist, to schedule an in-school program. [phone] ex 231.