At Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania, students across the country can participate in an interactive field trip via live satellite broadcast. At Channel Islands National Park in California, rangers transport the park to classrooms in a grant funded van, which sports an attention getting kelp forest on its side. The van carries an aquarium with live creatures from tidal pools for the students to see and touch. Visitors to the park information center converse with a scuba diving ranger via an underwater video hook-up. The non-profit Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center at the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area in Ohio immerses 4th through 6th graders in environmental ethics through a five day residential program within the park.
Children learn to be good environmental stewards for their neighborhoods and the planet.
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