Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area is seeking friendly and dynamic volunteers to help educate schoolchildren and work within the park's education programs.

An interest in teaching and/or the natural sciences is desired.

Regular time commitments are required from volunteers.

Programs are usually during the school week starting in late morning.

Programs are: Biodiversity for third- and fourth-graders; Shrub and Tree for fifththrough seventhgraders, teachers and parents; Parks as Laboratories for sixth- through eighth-graders and Studies of Wildland Fire Economy for high school students.

For more information, call Barbara at (805) 370-2348, ext. 201.