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Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
Preserving the Past: 6th - 8th grade
- Type: Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will explore the world of museum curators in this lesson. A variety of hands on activities allow students to experience different jobs including cleaning, pest control and more.
Shenandoah National Park
6th Grade | Virtual Shenandoah Watersheds
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Shenandoah National Park lies at the headwaters for three of Virginia’s watersheds. Through virtual exploration and observation of a mountain stream, students will connect local water sources with larger watersheds and better understand the dynamics of stream life and the extensive impacts of water management and usage. 60 minutes
Fort Scott National Historic Site
Meet Missouri, 5th & 6th grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Missouri Flag
Fort Scott National Historic Site
Missouri Compromise, 5th & 6th Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Missouri Compromise Map
Fort Scott National Historic Site
Compromise of 1850, 5th & 6th Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
1850 Political Cartoon.
Fort Scott National Historic Site
Border Conflict 5th & 6th grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Bleeding Kansas political cartoon.
Fort Scott National Historic Site
Order No. 11 5th & 6th Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Order No. 11.
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
Dots, Dashes and Deliveries: 5th - 6th grade
- Type: Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Communication on the American Frontier was challenging to say the least. From freight services to the short-lived Pony Express and the telegraph, students will learn about the various ways people living in the American West sent messages and letters to stay in touch with family and friends back East.
Everglades National Park
"Create a Community" Environment: 4-6th Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Communities are made of different plants and animals that all play an important role.
Everglades National Park
"Create an Animal" Wildlife: 4-6th Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Our "Wildlife" unit is broken into 16 lesson plans, each taking from 20 minutes to several class periods to complete, and targeted mainly at 4th-6th grade students. A class needn't complete every lesson in the unit, though some lessons do refer to one another and are better done in sequence. However, each lesson comes with its own set of objectives and resources.
Everglades National Park
"Fish Relay" Wildlife: 4-6th Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Our "Wildlife" unit is broken into 15 lesson plans, each taking from 20 minutes to several class periods to complete, and targeted mainly at 4th-6th grade students. A class needn't complete every lesson in the unit, though some lessons do refer to one another and are better done in sequence. However, each lesson comes with its own set of objectives and resources
Everglades National Park
"Animal Olympics" Wildlife: 4-6th Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Our "Wildlife" unit is broken into 16 lesson plans, each taking from 20 minutes to several class periods to complete, and targeted mainly at 4th-6th grade students. A class needn't complete every lesson in the unit, though some lessons do refer to one another and are better done in sequence. However, each lesson comes with its own set of objectives and resources.
Channel Islands National Park
Channel Islands Live Dive: 6th Grade
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students explore the kelp forest with a park ranger-diver through an interactive distance learning program. As kelp forest inhabitants are encountered, students identify their roles as producers or consumers. Food chains are constructed and the transfer of energy is discussed. Affects of human activities on kelp forests are also explored.
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
Scientific Discovery Trunk 6th-8th Grade
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This trunk includes exhibit and modern scientific equipment, a resource guide, books, posters and more. It offers students an opportunity to learn about the natural scientific observations from the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the impacts of the changes which have occurred over the past 200 years.
Fort Scott National Historic Site
Missouri Capital Mural 5th & 6th Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Photograph of Thomas Hart Benton painting the Capitol Mural.
Everglades National Park
"Create a Food Chain" Wildlife: 4-6th Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Our "Wildlife" unit is broken into 15 lesson plans, each taking from 20 minutes to several class periods to complete, and targeted mainly at 4th-6th grade students. A class needn't complete every lesson in the unit, though some lessons do refer to one another and are better done in sequence. However, each lesson comes with its own set of objectives and resources.
Everglades National Park
"The Carbon Budget" Climate Change: 4-6th Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students use math, visual and auditory techniques to demonstrate that the amount of carbon being added to the atmosphere by humans is more than what the planet is removing. This activity can use different learning styles to demonstrate the 2008 global carbon budget. Show that the imbalance of a yearly extra four billion tons of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is the fundamental cause of climate change.
Everglades National Park
"Greenhouse Gasses" Climate Change: 4-6th Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This is an active, running game. Students will be able to show how infra-red radiation is trapped by greenhouse gasses. Students will understand what happens to the temperature of the planet if more greenhouse gasses are put into the atmosphere.
Fort Scott National Historic Site
1st Kansas Colored Infantry 5th & 6th Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Statue of African American Civil War Soldier
Fort Scott National Historic Site
Chouteau Trade/Osage Nation 5th & 6th Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Osage Nation Flag