🌲 ParkQuest Kits for Schools, Museums, Camps, and Afterschool Clubs 🌟

Bring the wonder of national parks and outdoor exploration to your learning space with ParkQuest Kits!  Each month, these themed kits deliver engaging activities, hands-on experiments, and educational resources designed to connect participants with nature and science, wherever you are. Perfect for schools, museums, camps, and after school clubs, these kits are tailored for curious minds and adventurous spirits.

• Monthly Themes: New kits are announced at the beginning of each month, featuring fresh themes and activities inspired by nature, wildlife, and conservation.
• Limited Availability: Missed a month? Some previous kits may be available—just ask us about availability.
• Affordable Fun: Each kit is priced at $64.95, offering an accessible way to spark curiosity and inspire learning.

Check back here monthly to discover the latest ParkQuest Kit and join us in making outdoor education exciting, interactive, and memorable!

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🌊 April 2025 ParkQuest 🌿
Engineering Kit:
Everglades Water Flow Challenge: Engineering the River of Grass

🐊 Inspired by the vast wetlands of Everglades National Park

This exciting hands-on STEM kit challenges students to design and build a water filtration and redirection system to explore how water moves and is naturally cleaned in the Everglades. Along the way, students will engage with real-world engineering concepts like fluid dynamics, filtration, and environmental restoration while strengthening their problem-solving and teamwork skills.

💡 NGSS Connections:
✅ MS-ESS3-3: Design a solution to minimize human impact on natural systems.
✅ MS-PS1-3: Gather and analyze data to identify the effectiveness of different filtration methods.
✅ ETS1.B: Develop and test designs that optimize water flow and filtration.
 
💞 Social and Emotional Learning:

•  Teamwork: Encourages collaboration as students design and test their water systems.
•   Resilience: Builds problem-solving skills as students troubleshoot and iterate their designs.
•   Environmental Stewardship: Helps students connect their work to real-world conservation efforts, imagining how engineering can support ecosystem restoration.

💡 What's Included:
✅ Materials for 4 groups of 5 students
✅ Step-by-step aligned with NGSS standards
✅ All supplies to design, build, and test water filtration and redirection systems
✅ Real-world context tied to Everglades National Park and water conservation challenges

💲 Price: Only $64.95 per kit!

Let’s inspire curiosity, creativity, and problem-solving in your classroom while connecting students to the incredible wetlands that protect and sustain life!

#ParkQuest #Everglades #STEMChallenge #HandsOnLearning

🐾 March 2025 ParkQuest Engineering Kit:
Navigate the "Lost Rover" Challenge at Mammoth Cave!

🕳️ Inspired by Mammoth Cave, Carlsbad Caverns, and our incredible underground parks

This thrilling hands-on STEM kit invites students to design and build a functional rover capable of safely navigating a winding cave path to deliver supplies to a "lost team" underground! Along the way, students will dive into real-world engineering concepts like balance, friction, and torque while strengthening their problem-solving and teamwork skills.

💡 NGSS Connections:
✅ MS-ETS1-4: Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modifications.
✅ PS2.B: Explore types of forces and motion.
✅ ETS1.C: Refine solutions through analysis and optimization.

💞 Social and Emotional Learning:

• Teamwork: Encourages collaboration as students work together to design and test their rovers.
• Resilience: Builds problem-solving skills as students troubleshoot and iterate their designs.
• Empathy: Helps students connect their work to real-world rescue scenarios, imagining how technology can aid in underground exploration and emergencies.

💡 What's Included:
✅ Materials for 4 groups of 5 students
✅ Step-by-step lessons aligned with NGSS standards
✅ All supplies to design, build, and test functional rovers
✅ Real-world context tied to National Parks and the challenges of underground exploration

💲 Price: Only $64.95 per kit!

Let’s inspire curiosity, creativity, and problem-solving in your classroom while connecting students to the fascinating world beneath our feet! 🌟

#ParkQuest #MammothCave #STEMChallenge #HandsOnLearning

🎒✨ February 2025 ParkQuest Engineering Kit:
Rescue the "Lost Hiker" Zipline

Only taking 50 orders, so order early.

🏔️ Inspired by Zion, Glacier, and rugged mountain parks 🏔️

This hands-on STEM kit empowers students to design and test a functional zipline to safely carry a small "hiker" across a canyon! Along the way, they’ll explore real-world engineering concepts like force, tension, and gravity while practicing teamwork and problem-solving skills.

💡 NGSS Connections:
✅ MS-ETS1-2: Evaluate competing design solutions to a problem.
✅ PS2.A: Investigate forces and interactions to understand motion.
✅ ETS1.B: Optimize solutions through testing and iteration.

💞 Social and Emotional Learning:

• Encourages collaboration as students work in teams to brainstorm, build, and refine their zipline designs.
• Builds resilience as they face challenges and find solutions through trial and error.
• Develops empathy by connecting their work to real-world scenarios, imagining how ziplines can save lives in rugged environments.

💡 What's Included:
✅ Supplies for 4 groups of 5 students
✅ Step-by-step lessons connected to NGSS
✅ All materials to build and test ziplines
✅ Real-world context with a National Parks connection

💲 Price: Only $64.95 per kit!  Only taking 50 orders, so order early.

📦 Perfect for classrooms, after-school programs, or STEM clubs! 📆 Order now to give your students an unforgettable learning experience!

🚀 Let’s zip into STEM while building skills that last a lifetime!

#STEMEducation #EngineeringChallenge #NGSSAligned #SocialEmotionalLearning #ParkQuest #NationalParks #TeamworkInAction

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