Education

How We Help

The national parks serve as some of our nation’s finest classrooms and centers of active learning for all ages. From science to the arts, service learning to teacher training, America’s national parks teach invaluable lessons about our planet, our history and ourselves. In an era of shrinking education budgets and fewer opportunities to experience our world firsthand, the National Park Foundation is dedicated to establishing national parks as powerful learning environments that can provide in-depth, real-world learning experiences that shape lives and strengthen America's national parks.

The National Park Foundation is:

  • Bringing over 30,000 students to national parks this year through its Ticket To Ride program.
  • Working with teachers in all 50 states to embrace national parks as places of classrooms and centers for active learning.
  • Making a difference, with over $3.5M provided to national parks through education grants and programs in the last three years.

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Education Programs

Education Success Stories

Yellowstone National Park sent staff to improve their crosscut saw maintenance and sharpening skills through the help of... read more

Yellowstone National Park Impact Grant

Thanks to the National Park Foundation and the South Florida National Parks Trust, Biscayne National Park is developing... read more

Biscayne National Park Impact Grant

This project enabled the interpretive staff and volunteer astronomers of Glacier National Park to expand night sky... read more

Glacier National Park Impact Grant

An Electronic Field Trip to Bryce Canyon National Park explored the park’s unique geological and paleontological... read more

Bryce Canyon National Park Electronic Field Trip

To increase accessibility opportunities within Canyonlands and Arches National Parks, the park reconfigured erosion... read more

Canyonlands National Park Impact Grant