The following field trips are offered in the park in the spring and in the fall for elementary students. These free cirriculum-based programs provide hands-on learning experiences using the park's cultural and natural resources as teaching tools.
![]() Kindergarten: Explore with Your SensesStudents use their senses to learn about his special protected national park. Students learn about he history and wildlife of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. ![]() First Grade: The TREE-mendous SmokiesStudents discover the amazing trees of the Smokies through hands-on activities while identifying parts of a plant and plant life-cycles. ![]() Second Grade: Animal GroupsStudents explore animal group characteristics during a hike in the forest, animal relay, and the "pelt game". ![]() Second Grade: Mountain LifeStudents learn about life in the 1800's during a hike to a mountain cabin. Students will get a chance to use a cross-cut saw, play the "old-timey" medicine game, and make their own "old-timey" toy. ![]() Third Grade: Plant and Animal AdaptationsStudents take a hike to explore plant adaptations, and learn about animal animal adaptations by becoming "skull detectives". ![]() Fourth Grade: Mountain Food WebsStudents investigate the relationships between species and the role they all play in a complex forest food web during a mountain hike. ![]() Fifth Grade: Cherokee CultureStudents learn about the indigenous people of the Smokies and their customs and culture during a hike. Students learn about technological development while throwing atlatls and creating their own pottery.
To request a program, please complete Complete this Form. You also can contact the TN Education Office by email or phone (865-436-1258).
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Last updated: July 10, 2023