Activities in Your State
Educational opportunities abound at state and regional parks, museums, zoos, educational centers, and research facilities across the country. Below are links to some of the many facilities which provide on-site educational programs and tours, and/or virtual exhibitions. Many of the sites also offer extensive teaching materials, activities, and lesson plans that you can use in the classroom. Often the most lasting and stimulating experiences for students are those that provide hands-on learning. Take your students outdoors, bring in experts to your classroom, or tour an actual or virtual exhibit; the people behind these sites are eager to share with your students.
Anniston Museum of Natural History
Alaska Public Lands Information Center (Anchorage)
Alaska Public Lands Information Center (Fairbanks)
Denali National Park & Preserve
Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (Tucson)
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Page)
Wildlife World Zoo (Litchfield Park)
Birch Aquarium at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (La Jolla)
Cabrillo National Monument (San Diego)
California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco)
The Exploratorium (San Francisco)
Lava Beds National Monument (Tulelakes)
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Orange County Natural History Museum (Laguna Niguel)
Redwood National & State Parks (Crescent City)
Butterfly Pavilion and Insect Center (Westminster)
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (Colorado Springs)
Colorado's Ocean Journey (Denver)
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
Gunnison National Park/Curecanti National Recreation Area (Gunnison)
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory (Barr Lake State Park/Brighton)
University of Colorado-Boulder Museum of Natural History
Wild Bear Center for Nature Discovery (Nederland)
Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration
Peabody Museum at Yale University (New Haven)
National Mall Educational Programs
Florida Museum of Natural History (Gainesville)
Jacksonville Zoological Gardens
Museum of Science & Industry (Tampa)
South Florida Science Museum (West Palm Beach)
Georgia Museum of Natural History (Athens)
Bishop Museum (Oahu: Honolulu)
Haleakala National Park (Maui: Makawao)
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park (Big Island)
Black Pine Animal Park (Albion)
Indiana Dunes Environmental Learning Center (Chesterton)
Sedgewick County Zoo (Wichita)
Audubon Zoological Gardens (New Orleans)
National Aquarium in Baltimore
National Wildlife Visitors Center (Laurel)
Harvard Museum of Natural History (Cambridge)
Tsongas Industrial History Center
Zoo New England: Franklin Park Zoo & Stone Zoo (Stoneham)
John Ball Zoological Gardens (Grand Rapids)
Mississippi National River & Recreation Area (Minneapolis/St. Paul area)
Science Museum of Minnesota (St. Paul)
Dickerson Park Zoo (Springfield)
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (St. Louis)
Missouri Botanical Gardens (St. Louis)
Glacier Institute at Glacier National Park (Kalispell)
Folsom Children's Zoo & Botanical Garden (Lincoln)
Bergen County Zoological Park (Paramus)
New Jersey State Aquarium (Camden)
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science (Albuquerque)
American Museum of Natural History (New York City)
Central Park Wildlife Center (Manhattan)
Paleontological Research Institution (Ithaca)
Prospect Park Wildlife Center (Brooklyn)
North Carolina Parks as Classrooms
North Carolina Aquarium (Roanoke Island)
Soco Gardens Zoo (Maggie Valley)
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center (Penninsula)
Oregon Museum of Science & Industry (Portland)
Clyde Peeling's Reptileland (Allenwood)
Franklin Institute Science Museum (Philadelphia)
Roger Williams Park Zoo (Providence)
Thames Science Center (Newport)
Riverbanks Zoo & Botanical Garden (Columbia)
South Carolina Aquarium (Charleston)
South Carolina Botanical Garden (Clemson)
Badlands National Park (Interior)
Wind Cave National Park (Hot Springs)
Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area (Oneida)
Great Smoky Mountains National Park-Institute at Treemont (Townsend)
Ijams Nature Center (Knoxville)
Ripley's Aquarium (Gatlinburg)
Tennessee Aquarium (Chattanooga)
Big Thicket National Preserve (Beaumont)
Dallas Museum of Natural History
Imagisphere Children's Museum (Richland Hills)
San Antonio Zoological Gardens & Aquarium
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (Brigham City)
Utah Museum of Natural History (Salt Lake City)
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park (Woodstock)
National Zoo Conservation Research Center (Front Royal)
Science Museum of Virginia (Richmond)
Virginia Marine Science Museum (Virginia Beach)
Virginia Zoological Park (Norfolk)
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium (Tacoma)
Northwest Trek Wildlife Park (Eatonville)
Whitman Mission National Historic Site (Walla Walla)
Good Zoo & Benedum Planetarium (Oglebay)
New River Gorge National River (Glen Jean)
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