Current Field Trips: Registration Open
Season: Winter | Grade: 4
Winter River is a cold weather educational field trip designed for Fourth Graders and Title I schools with the goal of creating emotional and positive connections to our national parks and public lands. Registration will open in October.
Season: Fall & Spring | Grade: 3-5
Big River Journey is a premier field trip program for Grades 3-5 focused on the Mississippi River within the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area! Students view and learn about the river through onboard educational activities while cruising on a modern Padelford riverboat. Students choose to participate in three of five activity stations.
Season: Fall & Spring | Grade: 3-6
Multiple standards-based topics related to the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area are brought directly to your students during an interactive live video call. These online programs are brought to you by professional park educators from the National Park Service, Mississippi Park Connection, and the Minnesota Historical Society!
The National Park Service's youth education programs are generously funded by the National Park Foundation's Open Outdoors for Kids grant program, Xcel Energy Foundation, Boston Scientific Foundation, Ecolab Foundation and generous MPC members. Mississippi Park Connection is proud to help the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area deliver youth education programs to thousands of students each year.