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Free Ranger Visits from the National Park in Your Backyard!
Park Rangers bring the park to your students with a lively, hands-on program in your school.
Workshop-style, interactive school programs are generally 45 minutes to 1 hour for a class of up to 30 students. We can adapt many programs to assembly-style presentations.
All programs are aligned with Georgia Standards of Excellence as listed below. We work with teachers and administrators to ensure programs meet their teaching goals and the needs of all learners!
Kindergarten:
Fur, Feathers, & Scales: Attributes of Organisms (SKL2)
1st:
Plant & Animals Characteristics and Needs (S1L1, S1E1)
2nd:
Georgia’s Regions & Rivers (S2E3)
Grow and Change: Animal & Plant Life Cycles (S2E3, S2L1)
3rd:
Georgia’s Fossils: Records in the Rocks (S3E2)
4th:
Incredible Journey: Water Molecules in Motion (S4E3)
Fabulous Food Web: Energy Flow & Nutrient Cycles (S4L1)
Causes and Consequences: Slavery, the Civil War, and the Aftermath (SS4H4, SS4H5, SS4H6)
Every Kid Outdoors - This non-curricular program introduces students to the Every Kids Outdoors federal public lands pass for 4th graders and families. Includes distribution of hard-copy passes good for the year. Get students excited about spending time with nature and history in America's parks!
5th:
Vertebrate Classifications (S5L1, S5L4)
6th:
Natural Resource Use and Conservation (S6E6)
All grades:
Introduction to the National Park Service
Ranger Careers
Email us at chat_interpretation@nps.gov or call 678-538-1200 to book a program!
Last updated: January 6, 2026
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Contact Info
Mailing Address:
1978 Island Ford Parkway
Sandy Springs,
GA
30350
Phone:
678-538-1200
Call 770-992-6585 for non-emergency law enforcement assistance for any event that does not pose a direct threat to the health and safety of visitors or employees. Examples of when to call 770-992-6585 are for property crime (car break-ins, vandalism), suspicious activity, or a threat to the park's resources (digging).
Dial 911 when there is a direct threat to the health and safety of visitors or employees. Examples of when to dial 911 are for missing person, fire, physical altercation, or injury.
