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Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Agate Fossil Beds Native American Collection
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Join our Education Rangers as we take a tour of the James Cook Collection of Native American artifacts, we will look inside “A window onto Lakota life” here on the Great Plains. We will also explore how the Bison was sacred to the Lakota and we will learn how the animal played an integral part of their daily lives. And talk about the friendship formed between Chief Red Cloud and a local rancher named James Cook.
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Past vs. Present
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Independent reading comprehension. Students will describe the past species and climate of Tule Springs. Students will research the modern species and climate of Tule Springs. Students will theorize the effects climate change could have today at Tule Springs.
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Ranger-Guided Outdoor Fossil Hiking Programs
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Bring your class or group to see the Miocene fossil sites, American Indian heritage artifacts and more up close and interactively!
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
No Dinosaurs Here, Only Mammals!
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Join an Education Ranger as they introduce students to several species of mammals that once roamed the Nebraska plains during the Miocene epoch some 26-15 Million Years ago. Learn about how climate change, geology and other environmental factors contributed to the evolution and extinction of these species. And some other fun facts as well!
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Death Traps
- Type: Teacher Reference Materials
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This scripted slideshow for teachers describes the process by which animals have died and become fossilized in waterholes, influenced by a severe drought. It compares two sites, separated by 13 million years: Agate Fossil Beds and the Badlands. It is designed to teach students the principles relating to the behavior, habitat and survival of living animals; as well as scientific study of past life forms known as fossils; and severe climatic events.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
In this lesson, students will explore 'fossils' by using chocolate chip cookies in an interactive fossil dig! Through creative problem-based learning that incorporates teamwork, students will work in collaborative groups to create an informational presentation about paleontology. After completing this group project, the students will be able to relate to paleontologists while understanding the significance of paleontology.
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Indoor and Outdoor Field Trips
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
On site field trips are the best way for students to connect with where fossils were found and where James Cook ranched and became friends with Red Cloud. Agate Fossil Beds field trips include indoor programs about mammal fossils, historic excavations, American Indian culture and artifacts. Guided hikes on the park's two trails explore the historic dig sites, interesting trace fossils and the natural wonders of mixed grass prairie and Niobrara River.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will recreate the Florissant Formation stratigraphic column (or any rock formation you would like to use) using food materials. Each food item will represent a specific layer of the Florissant Formation (or rock formation).
Petrified Forest National Park
Clam Beds Geology Hike
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Geology/Clam Beds Hike: Grades 3-8, 60-90 minutes Students hike with a ranger into the badlands of Petrified Forest where they learn how to make observations, read the rocks around them, discover fossil evidence and discuss ideas about Arizona's geologic past. Group Size is limited to 25 students.
Lava Beds National Monument
Lava Beds Geology in Mushpot Cave
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Ranger-led tour through cave.
Wind Cave National Park
Fossils!
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
A fun activity for small children. They can choose what fossil to make and then paint it.
Acadia National Park
Age of Exploration
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
There are many different ways to look at history ranging from a broad view of major events on a global scale to a small scale looking at specific local events. We start out with the big picture: how, when and why did the Europeans cross the Atlantic to a land that had been inhabited for thousands of years then look at an example of the cultural interface close to home.
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
On this field trip to either C&O Canal National Historical Park or the George Washington Memorial Parkway, students will conduct a field study activity, to identify some of the ways human impacts affect organisms that live in the Potomac and assess the human impact on a 20-meter stretch of trail in the park.
Andersonville National Historic Site
Interview a Monument: Exploring the Monuments of Andersonville National Cemetery
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will learn how survivors of Andersonville and other groups memorialized Andersonville after the Civil War. Students will examine how the development of monuments in Andersonville National Cemetery reflected the development of the United States from 1890-1920.
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
Owl Pellets from the Past
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The students will develop an understanding of animal identification through bones and bone fragments found in their owl pellets and how they are connected to fossils found at the Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument.
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
Ice Age Investigation
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
An independent research activity where students will make observations and understand that many Ice Age animals are similar to animals that still live today.
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
A Fossil’s Journey
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students learn about fossils, where they are found, how they are formed, and their abundance. In this unit, they can create their own body fossil, trace fossil, and make inferences on the fossil record, like paleontologists do.
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Clay Fossils
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Clay Fossils
Fossil Butte National Monument
The Fossil Cycle
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this lesson plan, students will roll homemade dice to discover if their organism became a fossil or not to demonstrate how difficult it is for an organism to be preserved.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Learn about one of the nation's most important conservation laws--the Antiquities Act of 1906--and how its passage preserved important cultural sites such as Tonto National Monument, which preserves remnants of the Salado culture prior to European contact.