Distance Learning
- Grade Level:
- Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
- Subject:
- Science
Travel back in time to learn about the animals and landscape of Beringia during the last ice age! Students will join a Park Ranger to explore the role of Beringia and Bering Land Bridge National Preserve in the history of human migration into the Americas.
Program Details
Bookings must be made at least 1 week in advance. Upon booking, a confirmation email requesting further details will be sent to the provided email address. A 10 to 15 minute test connection call is REQUIRED before the program start date, and must be booked through a link in the confirmation email.Programs are offered through Microsoft Teams or Zoom. If you would rather connect via Zoom, please send the relevant Zoom links to bela_interpretation@nps.gov. The National Park Service may attend Zoom meetings by invite only.
The program is FREE and designed for students grades 6-8. The total length of the program is approximately 45 minutes, including time reserved for student questions.
Please click here to book your program!
Program Objectives
1. Students will learn where Bering Land Bridge National Preserve is currently located and observe where the North American continent was formerly connected to Eurasia, a region known as Beringia.2. Students will learn about the climate conditions of the ice age by observing the extent of the North American ice sheets and the now-submerged region of Beringia.
3. Students will discover the animals and landscape of Beringia during the last ice age.
4. Students will learn about the complexities of human migration into North America via Beringia.
5. Students will be introduced to archaeological findings and research within Bering Land Bridge National Preserve.
Next Generation Science Standards Addressed
MS-LS2-4: Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.MS-LS4-1: Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past.
HS-ESS2-2: Analyze geoscience data to make the claim that one change to Earth’s surface can create feedback that causes changes to other Earth systems.
HS-ESS3-1: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.
Vocabulary
Beringia, Bering Land Bridge, ice age, ice sheet, mammoth steppe, woolly mammoth, American mastodon, extinction.Last updated: January 13, 2025