Field Trips

Field trip options

All 2021 field trip programs will take place outdoors. Be prepared for the weather!

• Tour of the carvings: Guides will point out carvings, give possible meanings and information about the people who made them.
• Prairie walk: As students walk along the path, they’ll discover the diversity of the unique prairie at the Jeffers Petroglyphs.
• Atlatl range: Students will have the opportunity to learn about the atlatl (spearthrower) and how to use it to throw spears at a bison target.
• Three Sisters Garden: Students will learn about the 3 Sisters Garden - a Native American traditional method of planting.   The Three Sisters include corn, beans and squash that are grown together in a way that nourish each other.
• Bison rub: Bison roamed the prairies for thousands of years.  Students will have the opportunity to learn about, observe and touch an actual location where bison scratched themselves along a Sioux Quartzite rock ledge wall.  The rock shines like glass after thousands of years of bison rubbing against it.

Outreach

Can't come to us? We can bring our programs to you! View our outreach program offerings.

Academic Standards

• Jeffers Petroglyphs Social Studies Standards (PDF)
• Jeffers Petroglyphs Northern Lights Connections (PDF)
• Jeffers Petroglyphs Science Standards (PDF)