Classified for credit

Historic municipal rose garden with over 250 rose varieties supporting plant biology, horticulture, and cultivar identification studies.

City-managed arboretum with labeled tree and shrub collections — dendrology, native plant identification, and urban forestry concepts.

City-operated nature center with trails, live animals, and naturalist programs — local wildlife biology, habitat ecology, and seasonal field observation.

Minnesota state park with glacially formed lakes and hardwood forest — glacial geology, lake ecology, and Great Plains-to-forest transition zone biology.

Northern Minnesota state park on a glacially formed lake — supports freshwater ecology, glacial geology, and outdoor physical education through trails and water access.

Formal public garden with seasonal plantings — supports plant identification, landscape design concepts, and outdoor observation skills.

University of Minnesota horticultural research arboretum with extensive plant collections — supports botany, plant taxonomy, and applied horticultural science.

Urban national wildlife refuge with visitor center, trails, and river floodplain habitat — covers wetland ecology, migratory birds, and conservation biology.

Federal wildlife refuge visitor center with exhibits on Minnesota River valley ecosystems, migratory birds, and urban wildlife conservation programs.

Federally managed wildlife refuge unit along the Minnesota River — bird and wildlife ecology, wetland biology, and river floodplain geography.

Minnesota River valley recreation area with trails and floodplain habitat — riparian ecology, migratory bird study, and Minnesota river geography.

Regional park along the Mississippi River with interpretive trails and river access — covers riparian ecology, Mississippi watershed geography, and native wildlife.

Small Minnesota state park on a glacial lake with a tragic 1862 Dakota War history — covers freshwater ecology, glacial geography, and regional history.

Municipal botanical garden along the Mississippi River with labeled plantings supporting plant biology and ecology curriculum.

Minnesota state park on glacially formed Fountain Lake with interpretive trails covering geology, woodland ecology, and migratory birds.

Old-growth maple-basswood Big Woods remnant in Minnesota with waterfalls and diverse understory flora — supports forest ecology and native plant biology.

Historic Lake Minnetonka estate gardens — early-20th-century landscape design and northern-MN plants.

Free public Japanese garden on Normandale College campus — landscape design principles, Japanese cultural geography, and native/ornamental plant study.

Federal refuge preserving tallgrass prairie ecosystem in Minnesota — covers grassland ecology, native plant biology, and prairie conservation.

Brainerd-area arboretum — Minnesota native trees and northern-forest ecology.

Urban nature preserve with trails supporting field study of native Minnesota plant communities, wildlife, and ecological conservation.

Residential environmental learning center in Minnesota — structured ecology programs cover field biology, watershed science, and conservation.

County park combining hiking trails with a small zoo featuring native wildlife — covers local ecology, animal adaptations, and outdoor physical education.

Historic indoor palm conservatory at Como Park — tropical plant biology, greenhouse climate science, and plant adaptation to varied environments.