Field trips in North Dakota

South Dakota state park with bison herds, Black Hills ecology, and wildlife programs — biology, Great Plains geography, and conservation.

National park preserving North Dakota badlands and Theodore Roosevelt's ranches — covers geology, prairie ecology, and conservation history.

National park preserving North Dakota badlands with bison herds — covers prairie ecology, geology, and Theodore Roosevelt's conservation legacy.

National park preserving badlands, prairie, and bison habitat in Theodore Roosevelt's ranching country — covers ecology, geology, conservation history, and Great Plains geography.

Living-history village with 40+ historic buildings — covers Northern Plains pioneer settlement, agriculture, and 19th-century frontier daily life.

Reconstructed Mandan-Hidatsa village near Lewis and Clark's winter camp — covers Plains Indian culture, Native American history, and early exploration.

North Dakota state park along the Missouri River with native prairie and bison herd — Great Plains ecology, river biology, and Northern Plains geography.

Regional zoo along the Missouri River featuring native Great Plains and North American species — applied zoology and wildlife conservation.

North Dakota dinosaur museum with fossil displays and paleontology exhibits — covers Cretaceous paleontology, geology, and the natural history of the Great Plains.

ND state park with Custer's reconstructed Fort Lincoln home and a Mandan earthlodge village — military and Plains-tribe history.

Reconstructed Lewis and Clark winter fort — covers the 1804–05 Corps of Discovery expedition, Native history, and westward exploration.

Reconstructed 1828 fur-trade fort on the Missouri River — covers westward expansion, Plains Indian relations, and 19th-century commerce.

Living-history frontier village with historic buildings and period demonstrations — covers Great Plains settlement, pioneer life, and 19th-century North Dakota history.

NPS site preserving earth-lodge villages of the Hidatsa and Mandan peoples — covers Plains Indian history, archaeology, and Lewis and Clark expedition context.

North Dakota badlands state park with rugged buttes and native grassland — supports Great Plains geology, prairie ecology, and physical geography.

Hands-on children's discovery center in Minot — interactive exhibits covering early STEM, literacy, and creative-thinking skills.

Historic frontier town associated with Theodore Roosevelt's Badlands ranching — covers late 19th-century Western history, conservation origins, and cowboy culture.

State museum covering North Dakota's natural history, paleontology, Native cultures, and pioneer settlement with extensive exhibits.

North Dakota hands-on science center with interactive STEM exhibits — supports physical science, math reasoning, and natural history for K–8 learners.

Reconstructed Mandan earthlodge village at Fort Abraham Lincoln — covers Plains Indian culture, pre-contact history, and Great Plains archaeology.

Badlands overlook at Theodore Roosevelt National Park with exposed sedimentary layers — covers geology, erosion, paleontology context, and Great Plains geography.

Self-guided trail through Badlands geology at Painted Canyon — sedimentary rock layers, erosion, and North Dakota geomorphology in an outdoor setting.

ND state park in a dramatic river gorge with forested trails and wildlife — covers Pembina Hills geology, boreal-transition forest ecology, and river systems.

Self-guided loop trail through petrified wood formations in the North Dakota Badlands — covers paleobotany, fossilization, and Cretaceous-era geology.