Explore This Park

• Learn About the Park
  • Education
    • Parks as Classrooms
      • Field Trips
        • Self-Guided Programs

Self-Guided Programs

In addition to the ranger-guided programs, Shenandoah National Park provides training and lesson plans for teachers to prepare for and lead curriculum-based field trips to the park. Group size limits and grade levels vary. The Come To Your Senses and Shenandoah Residents programs require reservations. See individual program pages for more details.

Learn more about planning a field trip.

Contact the Education Office to schedule a program or for more assistance on planning a program.
Email: email us at [e-mail]
Phone: [phone] ext. 3489

 

Come to Your Senses

Kindergarten
60 -120 minutes

Shenandoah National Park is an exceptional environment to develop sensory awareness with a variety of habitats and diversity of plants and animals.Students will learn stewardship behaviors and find ways they can help protect and preserve the environment.

 

Shenandoah Residents

First Grade
60 -120 minutes

Plants and animals live all around us and each one has the same life needs. Students will investigate how, where and why plants and animals meet their life needs in their respective environments

 

Virginia's Gift to the Nation

Fourth - Tenth Grade
2 - 3 Hours

Shenandoah National Park is a significant part of our nation's history as well as Virginia's environment and economy. In this lesson, students will explore the historical, cultural, economic, and ecological significance of the Park through classroom activities and a field trip.

 

Exploring Earth Science

Seventh -Twelfth Grade
60-120 minutes

Exploring Earth Science in Shenandoah National Park provides middle and high school teachers with the support materials and training necessary to use Shenandoah National Park to instruct earth science and geology. The curriculum contains lesson plans provide opportunities to study outstanding examples of different geologic processes and concepts.