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- Olympic National Park
Ecosystem Olympic
- Type: Guest Speakers
- Grade Level: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
- Subjects: Science
- Tags: ranger in classroom,ecosystems
Bring Olympic National Park's ecosystems into your classroom!
- Olympic National Park
Freeing the Elwha (Good Intentions)
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Level: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
- Subjects: Social Studies
Freeing the Elwha (Good Intentions)
- Olympic National Park
Freeing the Elwha: Life on the Homestead
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Level: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
- Subjects: Social Studies
Freeing the Elwha: Life on the Homestead
- Olympic National Park
Freeing the Elwha (Neighbors Along the Elwha River)
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Level: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
- Subjects: Social Studies
Freeing the Elwha (Neighbors along the Elwha River)
- Olympic National Park
Freeing the Elwha (Effects of the Elwha River Dams)
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Level: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
- Subjects: Science
Explore the effects of the Elwha River Dams
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Level: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
- Subjects: Science
- Tags: geology,rocks,hotspot,plate tectonics,weathering,erosion,Earth,lava,Pele,volcanoes,islands
Students are introduced to the study of geology. They will learn about what is hidden beneath the surface of the Earth and how the geology of the Earth gives shape to the landscape. They will learn about the theory of plate tectonics and how the movement of these plates affects the world around us.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Level: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
- Subjects: Science
- Tags: geology,igneous rocks,sedimentary rocks,metamorphic rocks
Students will be able to identify the major rock formation types in various national parks.
- Olympic National Park
Geology pt 2: Rock Sorting
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Level: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
- Subjects: Science
- Tags: geology,igneous rocks,sedimentary rocks,metamorphic rocks
Students will be able to identify the three basic types of rocks (Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic) and sort samples of rocks into the three types?
- Olympic National Park
Freeing the Elwha (Salmonid Natural History)
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Level: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
- Subjects: Science
- Tags: salmonids,genetic diversity,ice age,phylogenetic trees,Evolution
How does biological evolution account for the diversity and distribution of salmonid species?
- Olympic National Park
Freeing the Elwha (River Flows and Sediment Movement)
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Level: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
- Subjects: Science
- Tags: hydrology,erosion,geology,ecology,rivers
Seasonal weather patterns affect the flow patterns of water into the rivers (and watersheds) of Western North America. What landform features can form when erosion is caused by fast –moving water from Spring and Fall rains, and snowpack melt off?