PORTS Programs

PORTS Virtual Programs

Looking to come on a field trip to Donner Memorial State Park but can't make it in-person? PORTS is the perfect option!

PORTS (Parks Online Resources for Teachers and Students) Programs are a FREE distance learning program with California State Parks!

PORTS uses the power of videoconferencing to support K-12 educators in designing deep and meaningful learning experiences in virtual and in-person classrooms.

“Travelers of the Sierra Nevada Mountains”: Join a Donner Memorial State Park Interpreter sharing stories of the diversity of people that came through the Donner Lake area in the Sierra Nevada Mountains (near lake Tahoe, California). Listen to accounts of the first people that called the Sierra Nevada Mountains “home”, The Washoe, to the immigrants that dared to cross the treacherous Sierra crest. Some of the covered wagon settlers were successful and became heroes (Stephens-Townsend- Murphy Company) while others struggled and became trapped by a big winter snow (The Donner Party). This program is designed for 4th - 8th grade audiences. 

 

PORTS On Demand - Schedule an interactive virtual presentation with your class or group with a California State Parks Interpreter to learn about the Donner Party of 1846.