Online Learning Experiences
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!
Season: Fall & Spring | Grade: 3-5+
Big River Journey Online serves as a pre-and-post lesson resource to accompany the Big River Journey field trip, as well as a stand alone resource for online learning about the Mississippi River. The program is filled with interactive learning modules about birds, boats, bugs, water quality, and much more, connecting them to a rich science and cultural learning experience.
Season: Fall & Spring | Grade: 4-6
Working River Online serves as a pre-and-post lesson resource to accompany the Working River field trip, as well as a stand-alone resource for online learning about the Mississippi River. This program engages students with four topics deeply associated with the upper Mississippi River: its geology, its role as a transportation corridor, its waterpower, and continual stewardship efforts.
Season: Fall & Spring | Grade: 3-5
This online program helps kids understand how organisms live within an ecosystem. Three interactive stations feature exciting videos and fun learning modules about floodplains, mussels, pike, and their connection to the Mississippi River!
Mississippi Park Connection’s youth education programs are generously funded by the National Park Foundation, Xcel Energy Foundation, KEEN Effect, Boston Scientific Foundation, 3M Foundation, Ecolab Foundation, and generous members who contribute to the Ticket to Ride Scholarship Fund.