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RANGER SCHOOL

Learn the parks

Self-paced, park-grounded courses — taught by the Ranger. Pick a topic and learn the story behind any park.

All courses

Every NPS lesson plan, grounded in its park.

A Penny for Your Thoughts

Literacy and Language ArtsScienceSocial Studies4 lessons

Hopewell Culture National Historical Park

PB & J Archeology

ScienceSocial Studies4 lessons

Hopewell Culture National Historical Park

Today and Yesterday: Comparing Cultures

Social Studies5 lessons

Hopewell Culture National Historical Park

Travel or Trade?

Social Studies4 lessons

Hopewell Culture National Historical Park

Traveling Safely in the Desert

Social Studies3 lessons

Hovenweep National Monument

Ben Franklin: What a Character!

Social Studies3 lessons

Independence National Historical Park

Philadelphia and San Francisco in 1776: The National Park Sites Where History Unfolded! Grade 5

Literacy and Language ArtsScienceSocial Studies5 lessons

Independence National Historical Park

The Liberty Bell as a Modern Symbol, grades 3-5

Literacy and Language ArtsSocial Studies2 lessons

Independence National Historical Park

The Chesapeake Bay in John Smith's Time

Literacy and Language ArtsScience3 lessons

Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park

A Fossil’s Journey

Science5 lessons

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument

Biodiversity and Adaptation

Science4 lessons

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument

Physical or Behavioral Adaptations

Science3 lessons

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument

Stratigraphic Column Formation Sandwich

Science4 lessons

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument

Survival of the Fittest

Science3 lessons

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument

Which Bone Goes Where

Science2 lessons

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument

Boyhood in Brookline: The Challenges and Character of Young Jack Kennedy

Social Studies5 lessons

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

John Muir: Observation and Descriptive Writing

Literacy and Language Arts3 lessons

John Muir National Historic Site

John Muir: Research and Persuasive Writing

Literacy and Language ArtsSocial Studies4 lessons

John Muir National Historic Site

Exploring the Anza Trail

Social Studies5 lessons

Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail

Philadelphia and San Francisco in 1776: The National Park Sites Where History Unfolded! Grade 5

Literacy and Language ArtsScienceSocial Studies5 lessons

Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail

Hawaiian Islands: Born of Fire

Science4 lessons

Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park

Glacial Detectives

Science3 lessons

Kenai Fjords National Park

A Nation Divided: Elementary School Lesson Plan

Social Studies3 lessons

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

The Cherokee People: Elementary Lesson Plan

Literacy and Language ArtsSocial Studies5 lessons

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park