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: 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 | Grade: 4
Take Me to the River is a hands-on educational program designed for fourth graders run out of Hidden Falls Regional Park each fall. The program focuses primarily on the cultural history of the river, but also addresses geography, geology, and physical science.
Mississippi Park Connection’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 members who contribute to the Ticket to Ride Scholarship Fund.
