Landforms in the Sand: The Geology of Lake Roosevelt
Grade: 3rd-HS
Chaperone Ratio: 1:10
Group Size: Minimum 10
Maximum 60
Program Times: Depends on location
Program Length: 1 hour
Program Dates: May –October only.
Program Type: In-Park or Classroom (**see requirements below)
Program Requirements:
Nearly any location that has a water spigot within 75 feet of a sandy beach where students can build landforms in the sand and water can run freely.
Program Overview:
Discover the amazing geologic forces that shaped the landscape in the Lake Roosevelt area. This program features students creating a landscape complete with a flowing river and discovering what the force of water can do to a landscape.
Landof ManyOpportunists: The Game of Species Survival
Grade: 3rd-HS
Chaperone Ratio: 1:8 and 4 adults who can help
Group size: Minimum 8
Maximum 60 (40ish is ideal)
Program Type: In-park or Classroom
Program Length: 1-1.5 hours
Program Requirements:
An area outdoors where the grass is very thin; dirt area with some small gravel size rocks OK. The ground needs to camouflage dried beans, but not bury them. Minimum 60 foot square area.
Program Overview:
Students will learn how aggressive exotic species take advantage of a wide range of resources in order to expand their range and compete in a nonnative habitat. This program features a relay action game. Each team represents an animal in our natural world and will try to survive as a species.
Avian Mystery
Grade: 5th-8th
Chaperone Ratio: One teacher
Group Size: Minimum 10
Maximum 29 (the number of puzzle pieces)
Program Times: Depends on location
Program Length: 1 hour
Program Type: Ranger-Conducted Classroom
Program Requirements:
A 10 foot wide and a minimum of 52 inch tall wall area where a sheet of felt fabric can be anchored to the wall.
Program Overview:
This mystery program has students sharing information from a puzzle piece as the puzzle is completed. Once completed they will know which bird they have been describing. Students will be able to describe the status of the American Bald Eagle; identify at least 3 reasons for their decline; identify how protection under the Environmental Protection Act has helped it’s recovery and identify locations near them where they can observe Bald Eagles. SHhhhh! Don’t tell them which bird it is!
Sponsored by: Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce and the Grand Coulee Balde Eagle Festival.
Fur Trade at Kettle Falls
Grade: 3rd-HS
Chaperone Ratio: 1:10
Group Size: Minimum 10
Maximum 60
Program Type: Classroom (similar to the Mission Point Tour except in your classroom)
Program Length: 45 minutes
Program Overview:
Status symbols differ from culture to culture and through out time, but we all seem to need or want them. A brief overview of what life was like on a fur brigade, how Indians traded at the trade shops and an understanding about different cultural status symbols. Students will be able to: Identify the primary fur trappers/traders sought; Explain why beaver was the most valuable fur to trappers/traders; Give one example of how fashion is still a status symbol today; Give an example of a status symbol in tribal culture, 1800’s European culture or today’s American Culture and give one example of how the arrival of the fur trade changed the American Indian’s way of life at the mission point area.
