Classified for credit

Award-winning Japanese garden in Rockford — covers landscape design principles, horticulture, and cross-cultural garden traditions.

Civil War-era village adjacent to Andersonville National Historic Site — primary-source study of POW conditions, Civil War medicine, and emancipation.

NPS site with National POW Museum covering Civil War prison camp history, prisoner-of-war treatment, and the broader moral history of wartime captivity.

Big Sur state park with coastal trails, river estuary, and redwood groves — covers coastal ecology, riparian biology, and California natural history.

SF Bay island state park — Civil War and WWII military history plus Angel Island Immigration Station (the "Ellis Island of the West").

Preserved Mississippian-era Native American mound complex in Indiana — covers pre-contact indigenous culture, archaeology, and the Midwest's ancient settlement history.

Interactive animal park with giraffes, rhinos, and exotic species — supports zoology, animal behavior, and conservation education.

Wildlife sanctuary near Reno housing non-releasable native predators including mountain lions, bears, and wolves — covers wildlife rehabilitation, predator ecology, and conservation biology.

Wildlife conservatory housing large carnivores and exotic animals — covers zoology, conservation biology, and animal behavior.

Downtown hands-on children's museum with interactive STEM, literacy, and math exhibits — inquiry-based learning across multiple core subjects.

Combined natural history and art campus including a natural history museum with dinosaur and wildlife exhibits and adjacent botanical garden.

CA coastal park with the largest mainland elephant-seal breeding colony — marine mammal biology (guided walks Dec-Mar by reservation).

Great Salt Lake island state park with free-roaming bison herds and diverse shorebird habitat — Great Basin ecology, geology, and wildlife biology.

Island state park in the Great Salt Lake with bison herds and shorebird habitat — covers geology, salinity ecology, and wildlife biology.

Civil War battlefield visitor center with exhibits and ranger programs — covers the 1862 Battle of Antietam and its impact on emancipation policy.

National lakeshore on Lake Superior featuring sea caves, island ecology, and Great Lakes geography with ranger-led programs.

Wildlife rehab facility focused on black bear cubs in the Smokies — covers wildlife biology, rehabilitation science, and human-wildlife conflict in Appalachian ecosystems.

National Scenic Trail spanning 14 states with ranger programs at Harpers Ferry headquarters — covers Appalachian ecology, geography, and trail conservation.

Site of the Civil War's final surrender — living-history exhibits and ranger programs cover Reconstruction, military strategy, and primary-source civics.

Oregon Coast Aquarium with marine habitat exhibits — covers Pacific Ocean ecology, fish biology, and marine mammal adaptations.

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo facility — zoology, animal biology, and global conservation programs across a large accredited zoo.

Large marine and aquatic exhibit complex at Moody Gardens — covers oceanography, coral reef biology, and deep-sea marine science through immersive displays.

San Francisco Bay-focused aquarium at Pier 39 — covers Pacific marine biology, local watershed ecology, and ocean conservation.

Newport aquarium village on the Oregon coast with marine life exhibits — covers Pacific coastal ecology, marine biology, and tide-pool science.