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Environmental Education Field Trips
Hey Humboldt County teachers, sign up today for a FREE field trip to a California State Park near you!
Parks are great educational tools and there are State Park interpreters who would love to guide your class through an unforgettable experience.
There are two ways to take a field trip to a local California State Park: 1) in-person and 2) virtually through the California State Parks’ PORTS program.
In-Person Field Trips
Humboldt Redwoods State Park
Humboldt Redwood State Park features a 2-3 hour excursion where you will learn about the tallest trees on Earth and the people who helped protect them 100 years ago. This program is available in both Spanish and English.
Sue-meg State Park
Sue-meg State Park features a 1-2 hour exploration of Sue-meg Village, a reconstructed Yurok redwood plank village. Docents are California State Park interpreters who are also members of the local Indigenous community.
Redwood National and State Parks’ Wolf Creek Education Center
Redwood National and State Parks trips are 3-day/ 2-night overnight immersion in redwood ecology with state and national park interpreters as your guides.
PORTS Video-Conference Programs
Humboldt Redwoods State Park
1 hour program titled “Who Saved the Redwoods?”. Learn about the women who came together 100-years ago to save the tallest trees on Earth. This program is available in both Spanish and English.
Sue-meg State Park
1 hour program titled “The Yurok people Are Still here”. A walk through of Sue-meg Village where students will engage in conversation about the cultural significance of Sue-meg Village and Sue-meg State Park to the Yurok People and neighboring tribes.
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
1-hour long program titled “Explore Redwood Ecology”. Students will learn about the complex ecology of redwood forests from the canopy all the way to the forest floor.
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
1-hour long program titled “Rivers up, Rivers down, Rivers All Around!”. An engaging discussion about the factors that contribute to healthy or unhealthy watersheds, and how you can become a watershed hero.
Additional State Parks Resources
Grant-Funded Field Trip Opportunities
PassPORTS has several funding streams available for 2022-23 to support travel reimbursements for state park field trips, but no matter the source of funding, admission to the parks is FREE for all field trips.
- Any classroom in Humboldt County can use the following process to take a trip to a state park and be reimbursed for travel and substitute costs:
- Plan and take your trip!
- After your trip, gather documentation (whatever your district uses) that invoices the total bus or van cost and, if applicable, any substitute costs.
- Contact the business person at your district who will fill out an“Interdistrict Transfer of Funds” form (they should have that, it’s a form that requests funds be transferred from HCOE to the district) that references the amount on the invoice(s).
- Finally, fill out this form and send it with the Interdistrict Transfer form and the invoice together to smorago@hcoe.org
- All classrooms in Humboldt County that serve Native American students qualify for a free field trip to Sue-meg State Park. To access this funding and program contact Kara Lu at kara.lu@parks.ca.gov
Looking for other ways to support your students’ experience? Explore the new passPORTS instructional resources for ways to connect your virtual and in-person field trips to your learning in the classroom.
