Carlsbad Caverns National Park offers numerous educational opportunities and materials. Recently the park unveiled a new lineup of ranger-conducted school programs for all grades. These include both onsite presentations at the park and offsite presentations in school classrooms. School fee waivers are available if a field trip to the cave correlates with a specific topic of study in class. A list of available programs as well as fee waiver information can be viewed through the Plan a Field Trip links on this page.

The park also offers curriculum-based materials for students of all ages. For high school students, the Chihuahuan Desert Lab offers hands-on participation in resource monitoring and stewardship activities at the park. Also available is a high school geology curriculum guide, as well as three curriculum guides for middle school classes on geology, ecology and biology. About Bats, Caves, and Deserts is a curriculum guide designed for elementary school classes.

Available on request are an introductory ParKids video and a traveling trunk designed to help teach students about park resources. The park also has a Junior Ranger program for visiting children and electronic fieldtrips (EFTs) on bats and geology.