{"product_id":"grand-teton-national-park-virtual-field-trip-lesson","title":"Grand Teton National Park Virtual Field Trip App Lesson | Audio + Map + Quiz","description":"\u003cp\u003eTake students across Grand Teton National Park with a completed 7-stop WanderListen virtual field trip that moves from Cathedral Group Turnout and Jenny Lake to Signal Mountain, Oxbow Bend, Jackson Lake Dam, Colter Bay, and Mormon Row. 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