Topanga State Park Education Program
Teacher Resources
We are excited that you are bringing your class to our Topanga State Park Education Program!
The following information has been gathered to help prepare your students for the field trip and to help create a more meaningful experience. Please feel free to share any of these resources with your families so they can also learn more about our local wild spaces.
Preparing Your Student Scientists
Online Games
Helpful Videos
This quick video gives a great and succinct description of a watershed so your students can begin to understand this complex idea.
Urban Wildlife Walk
Go on a virtual tour of a local LA neighborhood with RCD educator, Jelly, and learn how to identify some plants that may be in your own neighborhood!
Learn About Tree Cookies!
Learn what a tree cookie is and how scientists can use them to tell the story of a tree!
Bird Basics Video
Help your students better understand the unique adaptations of different bird species.
Post Field Trip Activities
Directions to Topanga State Park Ed. Program
20828 Entrada Rd, Topanga, CA 90290
From S Topanga Canyon Blvd. turn right [if you are coming from PCH] or left [if you are coming from HWY 101] on Entrada Rd. Follow that road for 0.7 miles until Entrada splits. Keep left and drive 0.3 miles until you reach the park entrance of Trippet Ranch on the left.
Drive along that short road until you see a small ticket office which will likely be empty. Keep following that road to the parking lot and RCD Educators will be there to greet you!