RANGER SCHOOL
Self-paced, park-grounded courses — taught by the Ranger. Pick a topic and learn the story behind any park.
One topic, many parks — follow it across the system.
Every NPS lesson plan, grounded in its park.
What is a National Park?
Yellowstone National Park
Who Am I? (A lesson on animals and their habitats)
Yellowstone National Park
Winter Survival Adaptations: Caching Food
Yellowstone National Park
Wolverines and Climate Change
Yellowstone National Park
Art Speaks! Visual Arts & the Significance of Place
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
I Know That Tune! Folk Music, Traditions, Opinions, & Historical Facts
Yorktown Battlefield Part of Colonial National Historical Park
Geology pt 3: Rock Types in National Parks
Yosemite National Park
Animal Track Detective
Yukon - Charley Rivers National Preserve
Bird Beak Adaptaions
Zion National Park
Classification Systems
Zion National Park
Desert Plant Adaptations: Structures that Support Survival
Zion National Park
Earth's Features: Interpreting Patters with Topographic Maps
Zion National Park
Genetics and Adaptations: Understanding Inherited Traits and Survival
Zion National Park
Geology pt 3: Rock Types in National Parks
Zion National Park
Pollination Adaptations: Connecting Habitat and Anatomy
Zion National Park
Sustainable Design Solutions: Mitigating Effects of Natural Resource Use
Zion National Park
"Comfortable Camps?" Archeology of the Confederate Guard Camp at the Florence Stockade (Teaching with Historic Places)
"Journey from Slavery to Statesman": The Homes of Frederick Douglass
"Park Vocabulary" National Parks: 4-6 Grade
"The Great Chief Justice" at Home
"The Great Chief Justice" at Home (Teaching with Historic Places)
"The Greatest Dam in the World": Building Hoover Dam (Teaching with Historic Places)
"The Honor of Your Company is Requested": Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Ball at the Patent Office (Teaching with Historic Places)
A Nation Repays Its Debt: The National Soldiers' Home and Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio (Teaching with Historic Places)